196 - Return to Sender

Plotline: Main

Chapter Type: Social

"I'm sorry." I said, to the young lad with his hand upon my chest. "Say that again."

"You are not permitted entry."

I sighed. "I have a room on the second floor."

"You do not. Du Jing, who was paying for your room, explained that you are to return to your barracks, effective tonight."

Of all the petty... "When should I be here to meet her in the morning?"

"So sorry." he said. "I mean to say that the noble Du Jing does not require your assistance, and that she prefers never to lay eyes on you again."

I rubbed my eyelids with my left hand, greatly desiring to shove him out of the way and demand answers from Du Jing herself. "Did she say why?"

He looked down and away. "She says... she says your actions killed her stronger apprentice."

"The actions of..."