The next day, Ezra talked to Hugo."How did the interview go, Lord Ezra?""It went well." Ezra paused. "But I don't want him to have jobs in the castle yet. We need to observe him for now."Hugo nodded."We don't know if Cerulle or anyone else is behind him yet.""So where will he be stationed?""Anywhere outside that makes sense," Ezra said."He won't be coming to the classes after?"Ezra contemplated. "Yeah, he will. I mean, at least in the afternoons. We can just see him sitting still inside the classes."Raydall saw a hulking mass of shadow enter the dining hall. Beside it, there was a much smaller shadow that stretched long across the floor. The door creaked open.He saw Demis smiling and laughing at Galwell's jokes as he entered the castle's dining hall."Hey, Raydall," Demis blurted out as soon as he saw his friends. "Vendis, Noren. You're here too?""Of course. Didn't you know that already?""I mean... I thought I wouldn't get to see you.""What?""Master Hugo didn't really tell me much. He just told me that I would start bringing messages from the inner ring to the administrative offices. Then he told me that I would get to go inside the castle. Hehe."Demis chuckled. "I thought I was going to have a meeting with Lord Ezra, just me and him.""Nu-uh, didn't I tell you that we had these meetings every day after we had done our work for the day?" Vendis said."You didn't tell me that was during the afternoons. Besides, I thought you meant that you did these during the night or something. Also, I didn't think that I would be included here." Demis sniffed again."Lord Ezra told me that you had a perfect score for the exam," Raydall said, "and you said you didn't wanna see who had a higher score when we were at the docks."Raydall frowned."Cause it was boring. Hehe." Demis laughed. "I told you I would beat all (...)