Ero Skill Tree

Chapter Eighty-Six: Plans for the Capital

The next day I woke early. Jill had already left without a sound, probably sometime in the night when Altria and I had fallen asleep. She probably had duties to attend to first thing in the morning. Altria hadn't decided to return to her own room and was still happily sleeping away next to me as I sat up in bed, trying to work out what time it was.

I'd only been up for a couple of minutes when there was a knock at the door. I would have been surprised if Altria had organised someone else to visit in the morning, but I couldn't rule it out completely. I called out cautiously.

"Hello, who is it?" I asked.

"It's Lillia, can I come in?" Replied the voice from outside.

"Sure, let yourself in, I'm still in bed."

Lillia stepped inside and after a quick glance around the room noticed Altria laying there next to me.

"I had a feeling I would find her here, when there was no answer from her room this morning!"

"Yeah, she paid me a surprise visit last night..."

"Honestly, she doesn't have any sense of decency. This is someone else's home... Well, I suppose Serin probably expected something like this to happen anyway."

"Probably." I replied laughing awkwardly.

"Anyway, you two should get up. Breakfast is going to be served soon and I want us all to talk about heading to the capital tomorrow. I'll see you downstairs in half an hour."

"Okay."

"I'll leave you to sort her out." Lillia said as she left the room.

"Err thanks."

As soon as Lillia had left us, I gently woke Altria.

"Huh, Theo?" She said sleepily as she opened her eyes.

"Yeah, it's me. You slept in my room last night remember?"

"Oh yeah..." She said rolling over and looking at me invitingly.

"As much as would want to, we need to get up. Lillia is expecting us all downstairs in half an hour. I'm going to have a quick shower first."

"Ehh, okay. Lillia will just complain if we don't hurry, I suppose."

"Yeah, it looked that way."

"Fine then."

Altira climbed out of bed and started looking for her dress. While she was doing this, I made my way to the shower. By the time I had finished washing and returned to the bedroom, Altria had left. I supposed she had gone back to her own room to wash and change. After drying off and changing, I decided to head downstairs to find the others. I was met by John at the bottom of the stairs.

"Good morning Theo. The others are waiting for you in the dining room."

"Morning John. Well, I suppose I shouldn't keep them waiting any longer."

"Please follow me." He said gesturing towards the corridor.

John led me to the dining room, where the others were all sat waiting for their breakfast.

"Morning Theo. Did you sleep well last night?" Serin asked as I joined the group and sat down.

"Yes, thank you. That was the comfiest bed I've slept on in a long time."

"Oh good, I'm glad to hear that."

As we spoke Jill rolled a trolly full of food into the room. She was once again smartly dressed in her maid uniform, with no sign on her face of anything that happened the previous night. I tried not to stare as she went around placing our food on the table. She tried to stifle a yawn as she finished serving.