Penelope smiled at him and moved to step into the castle as he opened the door. The knight glanced at the nearby guards, silently wondering to herself how much longer they'd be looking at him like that, before she focused her gaze back ahead and walked on as Crow picked up his pace slightly. As he spoke up about his father again, she gave a thoughtful look at his words. It was difficult to say how the king was going to handle their relation. Surely assumptions would be made since the two looked quite a bit alike.

"I'm not sure how he'd handle it either." Penelope mused quietly. "I doubt he'd openly admit it right now, even if you are taking the job. After all, doing that would probably only fan the flames more when you take the position and it'd drag him into them as well." The knight shook her head. She couldn't imagine the king announcing his relation to Crow would go over well if he decided to address it. He had a lot of favor amongst the nobles in the kingdom at the moment. Promoting Crow to viceroy would bring him trouble, announcing that he was his son would surely bring him more.  

"Those closest to him might know but I doubt they'll do anything about it.. And those that become suspicious likely won't approach him about. After all, it'd be a risky move on their part if they did." Penelope pointed out as she thought about it more. She looked over at Crow and offered him a half smile lowering her voice more as she added, "If he did tell people, it'd probably be a while after you accepted the job, when things began to cool down from that. He'd have less to worry about then, especially if you become a talented ambassador."