Right after the maid had told Cedric that someone claiming to be from the Servant guild had come to see him, the man immediately set off with brisk, purposeful steps toward the place she'd mentioned. The distance he had to cover was considerable, since the training grounds knights normally used sat in the west wing — while whoever claimed to be from the Servant guild had asked to meet him in the garden in the east wing. It really was a rather suspicious spot for a meeting that supposedly wasn't meant to be much of a secret.
Occasionally resting a hand on the hilt of the sword hanging at his side, Cedric kept his brow furrowed, staying on guard against a summons this sudden. If the Servant guild really had been sent by Duke Florance, as he suspected, it stood in stark contrast to the current state of affairs. It seemed highly unlikely that Reynald would invite Cedric to meet somewhere within the imperial palace grounds, given how heated the situation had grown lately.
