Chapter 598 - Storm (2/2)

Once he was sure she was fine, Maxim finally turned to Alina and nodded "Thank you, Alina I will leave her to you You also should get decent rest We will continue the journey to after the storm passes"

"Understood, Your Grace"

Maxim left the room and went to his ohich was apparently located next door This time the innkeeper kept her mouth shut and didn't ask any uest was happy with everything, she took her leave and closed the door behind her Next, she showed Renwyck and the coachman their rooms respectively

Maxim washed up and rested for a bit before he decided to call Renwyck to have dinner together in his roos of wine, followed by a servant who brought a tray filled with food for theot this wine from the store next door," Renwyck told Maxiood wine to warht"

Maxi froave Jon and Alina so dinner in their rooood" Maxim sat on the chair and poured wine into two cups He waited until the servant finished preparing dinner for him and Renwyck, and took his leave, before he motioned the wizard to sit down and take a cup "Let's drink"

Renwyck did as he was told He sat down, took the cup, and raised it a little before he took a big gulp "Happy birthday, Your Majesty"

Maxim smiled and nodded "Thank you, Renwyck You reet your birthday because it is our national holiday," Renwyck chuckled "Actually, I got one jug of wine for free because I bought two The shopkeeper said that's for the king's birthday That's how I reht you care about ly

It had been a while since Renwyck saw him smile like this and itup and had a special fondness for this young king

So, even though Renwyck only swore his loyalty to Maxi passed away and decided to help Maxi of Summeria

Sometimes, when he saw Maxiht about him He often wondered what it would be like to raise his own son

As Maxi outside, followed by the howling wind Soon, the storm that Renwyck predicted caht about the storm," Maxim commented "It looks quite scary"

He turned to theand winced to see the view outside It did look very bad The s started banging and the sound of the storm froht last all night," Renwyck replied "I hope we can sleep with this much noise"

"I hope we can sleep while the walls stay intact," Maxim added "At this point, I wouldn't even worry about the noise"

He shuddered when he realized if he didn't folloyck's advice earlier, theystore wouldn't be bloay by the wind

"We have left the capital for a long time," Maxim said after he downed his wine "Maybe it will be better if we go see the eon to Castilse and notify the palace of ht this was a good idea So far, they had been traveling incognito because they were passing through soions that were loyal to one of Maxim's brothers-in-law

He didn't want them to knoas there without a proper security tea assassination on himself

Now that they had reached a neutral province, Maxim decided it was time to make his presence known