Penelope glanced over at the king as he said he wanted a word with Crow. She looked over at the viceroy and gave a small nod before turning to follow her father as he gestured for her to follow him. She fell instep behind him and walked out of the room. Once the door closed behind them she let out a long sigh and shifted her gaze onto her father. "So what do we do now?" she asked quietly. 

"You go about your day as normal. I'll handle speaking with Tybalt about what happened and conducting the search for the 'culprit'." John explained to her with a shrug. "There's nothing more we can do other then that. Besides you have guard duty later today, right?" He looked over at her and she nodded her head in confirmation. 

"Not until midday though." Penelope responded. 

"Well go get something to eat before then. The Great Hall should still be serving breakfast right now." John sighed and began to head down the staircase. Penelope followed after him, silently noting that the crowd that was there before seemed to have left. The only ones that remained were Tybalt and a couple guards that had been in the throne room with the nobles. Tybalt was listening with his arms crossed over his chest as they seemed to be recounting what was discussed. However, the conversation fell short as the two Vermillions reached the end of the stairs and eyes turned to them. 

John dipped his head to Tybalt and stepped over to the captain, dismissing Penelope as he moved in to report to him. Penelope gave a grateful nod to her father and continued on her way to the Great Hall. As she stepped in, it was easy to tell that the people of the castle were still flustered about the events of the morning. It seemed like nearly everyone was looking over their shoulder, except for a small few who seemed unconcerned. 

"Penelope!" 

An eager voice came from the right of her and she turned her head to see Cedric waving to her from a table he was sitting at. The knight hesitated to join him. In truth, she had been hoping to find Naida since she would have liked to speak with her friend about what was going on, even if she couldn't share all the details. However, the knight didn't want to be rude and reluctantly made her way over to join the male knight at his table. 

"Morning." she greeted him with a small nod. 

"Have you heard what's going on? Everyone's saying that the thief stole from like three people." Cedric asked immediately, seeming a bit excited by the castle gossip. 

"Heard about it? I spent half my morning proving him innocent." Penelope smirked. 

"What?" Cedric blinked in surprise. "How'd that happen?"

She shrugged her shoulders. "The king ordered my father and I to speak with Collin and search his room."

"The king himself, huh?" Cedric mused eying her. He smiled. "Well I'm guessing you two didn't find anything then?"

"Not a thing. People were just quick to jump to conclusions due to his history." Penelope said before shifting her attention onto her food as a servant brought them plates. "So aside from that, how's your morning going?" she asked casually, beginning to dig into her meal.