"Pipe down, I hear ya!"
Vincent had just entered the castle himself, and was rubbing his temples irritably with one hand as he turned slightly and paused in his brisk walk to face the woman who was making such a fuss. A young man in his mid-twenties, he hardly seemed like he belonged in the castle himself, with his rumpled casual clothes and braided red hair partially hidden by a bandana. Hair done in a myriad of small braids, two small, chin-length braids fell loose from his bandana to hang down on either side of his face.
Raising an eyebrow slightly as he took her in, glancing sidelong at her, he gave a nod. "Yer the new hopeful, eh?" Obviously, otherwise the guards at the gate wouldn't have let her in. Besides, she matched the description of the one he'd been told would come. "Alright. Follow me. I'll take ya to Queen Lykoth, but be patient...I apologize for the delay, but I gotta do some things first, but I promise it's all on the way; won't take long." He didn't sound sorry in the least. But, that was the sleep deprivation talking; he was far more pleasant when he wasn't cranky from getting too little sleep due to work and his...sickness, when it decided to act up.
Without waitingâ€"after all, he'd been in a bit of a hurry before she'd grabbed his attentionâ€"he took off again, heading toward a liveried servant making his rounds. Quickening his own pace, Vincent caught up with him as he was about to head off toward the hall that lead to the kitchens and, after speaking briefly with him, the servant hurried off in a direction entirely different to where he'd originally been headed, setting the tray he had been carrying down on the ground.
That taken care of, Vincent lead Sachiko on toward a spiral staircase, a guard stationed at the bottom of it. Seeing Vincent, the guard nodded, and Vincent glanced back at Sachiko. "After you," he said, motioning with his hand for her to go up first. "Queen Lykoth's quarters are up there. I'll be attending ya. And...no worries, alright? This'll be a really informal meeting, so be at your ease. Besides, it shows confidence, and if you wanna be a knight, one of her elite, you'll need a lot of it. Among other things," he told her, just as a head's up.