"It's a magnificent palace, isn't it?" I murmured curiously, glancing back at the tower as I spoke. He nodded indifferently. "Don't tell me you're impressed," he mocked. "No," I answered truthfully. "Although it is impressive, I've never really seen it before in real life." He snorted in response, before rolling his eyes, seemingly annoyed. I frowned, unsure of what he was thinking about. "So, are we going inside?" he asked, nodding towards the large double doors at the top of the stairs leading down to the entrance of the castle, the very same doors that I had seen from afar. I hesitated for a second before nodding slowly. "Y-yeah, we should probably go inside," I stuttered softly. Although I had been in the castle plenty of times before, and although I had visited it often during fe

