Ch. 626 For better or worse

Just when Alberich Sage was just starting to get comfortable enough to come out of his shell and start interacting with the castle staff and members of the imperial family from somewhere other than Rosebud's shadow, he found himself sitting on Treow Stonebark's lowest branch once again.

Sitting there he tried to recall the last several days that seemed more like a dream or nightmare than reality. Life in the Imperial Family's main residence and castle was far from anything that he had ever experienced before.

A soft bed, warm bath, and all the food and drink he could ever want were things beyond his wildest dreams, but the constant buzz of activity that was centered around him often was the stuff of nightmares for someone like him that had very little experience being around others.