On the other side of the courtyard, several children around seven or eight years old were gathered together, listening to an old Priest with thinning hair read from the Bible.
"You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. This is all the beginning of the calamities..."
Most of these children belonged to the household knights. Since their fathers had no fiefs, the children had no choice but to gather here.
Geoffrey, waiting in the courtyard, noticed them—or rather, he noticed a burly man in Chain Armor. It was his Guard captain, the man in charge of his household knights. He was standing with the children, listening to the Priest read from the Bible.
Geoffrey walked over. As he drew near, the old Priest noticed him and stopped reading.
"Lord Earl, is something the matter?"
