Penelope glanced over at Crow as he went on to answer Cedric. A smile crossed her lips at his words as he danced around the topic of women that interested him. Naturally, the knight hadn't been worried about the women Crow had to entertain at the party, but she still found herself a little warmed by his words. However, as he suddenly went on to tell Cedric that he had already made his choice. The knight's eyes widened slightly. Even though they would hopefully be able to officially court by the end of the day, she was caught off guard by the rather bold move. For a moment, she thought the viceroy was coming clean about their intentions only to relax as he slyly denied Cedric a name. 

A small smirk crossed her lips and she turned to Crow with a smile. "Well, hopefully things go well for you today then." she mused in a friendly manner despite her gaze softening slightly.

Cedric glanced between the two, looking caught off guard by Crow's words and unsure what to make of Penelope's own reaction. Penelope wasn't sure if he caught on fully that Crow was referring to her but not wanting to encourage him to figure it out quite yet, she turned her attention back to her food. "Yes..good luck to you then." Cedric said slowly, seeming a bit thrown off by the information. Still, the nobleman offered a polite, but clearly forced, smile. "There'll be a lot of disappointed women tomorrow if it works out." 

After a brief moment of silence, Cedric drummed his fingers against the table and then slowly moved to stand up. "I should probably head off. Got guard duty to get to." he said with a sigh. He casted Penelope a small smile. "I'll see you around Penelope... Collin." he added, with a stiff dip of his head to Crow. Having said his goodbyes, the male knight moved to leave the two alone. 

Penelope merely nodded her head to her comrade as he left before relaxing now that she was left alone with Crow. "Well at least that seemed to get rid of him." she mused with an exasperated sigh. "Hopefully that'll be the last time I have to hold my tongue about already being taken."