I had been at the palace for a month now. Everyday, consisted of lessons in Math, Literature and History. My instructors had sung my praises to the Empress, who had taken further interest in me. I would have tea with the Empress once a week, dinner with the royal family once a week, I would meet with Prince Remly twice a week, and I would try to meet with Axel every other day. My days were full, and relatively peaceful. Adom had been doing well in his classes, and he also seemed to be adjusting to life well here. He didn't have servants to wait on him, and his treatment wasn't nearly as good as mine, but I hadn't found any evidence of him being mistreated.
Actually, the imperial knights seemed to have taken a liking to him. I saw one of his practices, and they all treated him warmly, lik
