Penelope let out a soft laugh as his stomach voiced it’s support of his words. The knight smiled amusedly as the two half siblings bantered with each other and focused her gaze ahead as the group headed into the inn. She swept her gaze over the inn, noting it was still busier than usual but at least a little less crowded than the last. There was also an odd amount of peasants amongst the crowd. It was at least more than the knight was used to seeing amongst inns since most of the lower class simply couldn’t afford to leave their homes. While it did intrigue her, she didn’t dwell on the thought and instead focused back over to Crow and Naida. She followed after Crow, glancing curiously over at him as he hastened his pace to lead them into the dining room.

Brushing it off as his eagerness to eat, she followed him over to the empty table and moved to slide into the bench besides him. Penelope let out a soft sigh, finding it nice to finally sit down without it having to be on top a moving beast. She leaned her elbows lightly against the table and glanced around the room. “Well at least it seems that this inn isn’t as crowded as the last.” the knight mused.

“That’s true. Hopefully you’re able to get a bed tonight, Penelope. If not, my offer still stands.” Naida said with a smile. 

“I’ll keep that in mind.” Penelope nodded. “I’m just a bit surprised with how many villagers are staying here. I mean, with the king’s tax, I imagine affording to stay here can’t be easy for them.” 

“It appears they’ve managed to save enough somehow.” grunted Otto from behind them. Penelope jumped slightly and turned her head to look over at the baron as he stepped over to join the table, sitting down at an empty spot. Just like the night before he seemed displeased about something and it wasn’t hard for the knight to guess that it had to do with the lacking of available rooms. A small frown crossed her lips. She was tired and admittedly, had been hoping for a bed of her own that night. 

“No luck with getting a big enough room?” Naida asked. 

Otto shook his head and let out a long sigh. “It appears the peasants here are mostly traveling in larger parties so rooms bigger than two beds are all booked up. So, that leaves us with a bit of a dilemma of how we’re going to make this work.”