The knight gave a small nod of response to the baron’s words, merely accepting the circumstances they were given. While not ideal, she could make due with the room, whether she slept on the floor again or decided to share a bed with Naida. Otto didn’t seem as accepting of it though. The baron had his lips pursed together and was clearly thinking over what route to take in this dilemma they were faced with. However, the man didn’t have the chance to as Crow spoke up before he could suggest something else. Penelope looked over at the viceroy as he took it upon himself to volunteer sleeping on the floor. 

The knight leaned her head into the palm of her hand, hiding a small smirk as Crow acted defiantly against the baron. She hadn’t thought much about it before but she supposed the baron’s strictness from both the night before and that morning hadn’t set well with the former thief. It was only natural that he wouldn’t completely let Otto dictate everything. That, however, didn’t mean the baron was pleased with it. Her green eyes drifted back onto the baron, watching as he hesitated to reply to Crow, clearly still looking for a way around it. Unfortunately, Crow hadn’t left him much wiggle room and with a long sigh, Otto nodded his head. 

“Very well then. I’ll inform the innkeeper that we’ll be taking the two bed room.” Otto relented before turning to walk off to make the group’s reservation. Penelope watched him leave for a moment before turning back to the rest of the group as Percy and Preston settled in at the table as well. 

“Looks like you’re with me tonight!” Naida grinned as she turned back to Penelope.

“Appears so.” Penelope laughed, less inclined to deny sharing a bed with her friend after both a hard night on the floor and a long day’s travel. 

“Hello,” a new voice interrupted. Turning her head to look over, her gaze fell onto the bar wench who had clearly approached the group to take their order. The woman gave a charming smile, a fake one but charming nonetheless. “I apologize for the wait. What would you like to order this evening?”

 “I’ll have the chicken and vegetables.. And an ale please.” Penelope replied. She looked away from the wench as she continued to go around the table, taking the orders of the others. Her mind drifted to her early departure the next day. Blinking, the knight glanced over at Crow besides her and leaned over to the viceroy after he finished placing his order. With their time limited, she did have a small suggestion to make before it completely ran out.

“Hey, I was thinking,” the knight began with a small smile as she looked up at him. “after dinner, we should take a short walk around the village. Since I’m leaving tomorrow and we got here early enough, I thought it might be nice.” That and she was admittedly hoping to get a few moment alone with him before she didn’t see him again for almost two weeks. There was still the lingering threat of mercenaries but as long as they stuck to the boundaries of the village where local guards were posted, surely it wouldn’t be too big of a risk.