If Louis had to be honest, he would have admitted that this wasn't going quite as he expected it to. He had naively assumed that he was going to be taking part in something far more grand and epic. Only to find out it was more or less an extermination job. As such, Louis found himself in an odd predicament in which his pride both demanded that he just leave since such work was beneath him, and demanded that he fulfill his obligation. Something else he found strange was the Underwood girl a few years older then him. He knew of the family, but he was sure that they were human, not beastkin. That would be something to check on later

At the west gate, he soon discovered just how ill-prepared for this he really was, having not really thought about the fact that he had never so much as touched a weapon until a few days ago. However, he did have something to fall back to; his memories of his brother training. While Crow wasn't a Rapier user per-say, he was very proficient with every kind of sword that Louis could think of. So he had seen his brother handle one of these before. As much as he loathed having to copy his brother, it was his best bet. Falling into what he could remember of the proper stance, he readied himself for combat...

Only for one of the bird monster things to charge at him.

His body moved without any input from his brain, and he thrusted his weapon into it's chest, badly wounding it. The bird crumpled to the ground,  to hurt to do anything else. Once his brain caught up, Louis took his weapon and shoved it into the bird's head, finishing it off without anymore pain. Feeling awfully proud of himself (and looking like he knew what he was doing), he decided to reply to that Cecelia girl "If you're so willing to risk your life and name for coin thief, then be my guest. However, don't expect any of us to aid you is such a foolish endeavor"