His response was more bitter than the welcome. It would be so easy to just let go and end them all. This was the main reason he didn't their stay in human settlements anymore. 

"I have no affiliation with the queen and do not know of what you speak. I'm just a lone traveler that needs food and rest."-he said while taking a step forward.
"Where is your father kid?"-Grover asked the kid but didn't leave him a chance to reply as he turned to the village.
"Where are the men here? Is there no village elder that I could speak to? Is this how you treat all travelers weary from the road and in need of rest?"- he yelled loudly enough for the prying villagers watching from the safety of their homes to hear. All the while he was walking steady, step by step closer to the boy, aiming to walk past him as he addressed the villagers.