Hearing her ask him, Balthazar took her offered hand and got back to his feet as he thought about it. Really he didnâ€™t have to go, he had enough money in the pouch he had found to get him along till he found some work and set up a decent life.  Not to mention he had seen plenty of the world in his time as a slave, translating, a guide, as bait for wild animals his masterâ€™s wanted to hunt. So the first thing on his mind was to say no to her,  that he had had enough of his travels and wanted to do nothing more then settle down and have a quiet lite.<br/><br/>But something kept him from saying as much. For some reason he truly just couldnâ€™t get the words off his lips to tell her that he wasnâ€™t going to follow her. "Hm, I've decided you have no choice." She smiled and took his hand dragging him back to the castle with her.  Hearing that, He just sighed, but offered no resistance as he followed along with her. â€œHow exactly do you plan to get me into the castle without any guards seeing a dingy person like me right behind you.â€<br/><br/>Then again he thought about another pressing matter. "Or a better question. How are you going to get your father to let you leave if he's really as strict as you said before."