"Um... s-sir?"
Rei looked up from the clutter on his dress to see a nubile young woman in a nightgown. "Yes?" Ye asked, giving her his full attention. She blushed, a bit wary of him. The whole town knew that he was a lech. The whole town also knew that the house girls were safe from his affections, but that didn't mean she wasn't wary. She was too new to even know that many of the maids working at House Acualian were good friends with him.
"Um... there's someone at the door..."
"Let the guard deal with them."
"N-no... the servant door."
"Hm. Did we expect any deliveries today?"
"Y-yes... but it never arrived... the other maids gave up, and thought it'd come tomorrow. They figured that no one would come at night, when it gets so cold... I'm the only one awake, because they had me scrubbing pots and pans, but I'm not... I'm not supposed to answer it, because I'm so new and inexperienced..."
Now that Rei was out of the books, he could hear the strange knocking reverberating through the house. "Doryx is out, is he not? I suppose... I guess I'll get it." With a groan, he got to his feet and stretched his arms and legs, cramped from sitting for so long. One leg had fallen asleep, and he had to limp to the door. The maid giggled, and he ignored her as he navigated the stairs, corridors and such to the kitchen, where the rythmic knocking could be heard. He opened the door to find a pale woman standing in the cold, not in the least bit dressed for it. Loooking over her shoulder, he could see the carts. Did she pull them here? he wondered. She would have to be very strong or very magical to have done so, he knew.
"Welcome to the House of Acualian, milady. Please, come in. It must be cold out there. If you will allow me to assist with your deliveries, I can wrap this up and get you a warm bedroom to spend the night in. I am Rei. What packages might these be, milady?" He motion to the maid who had trailed behind him for the ledger sitting on a kitchen shelf, besides the recipe books. She handed him that, and a pen dipped in ink, as he awaited the womans words.
[[OOC: Sorry I took so long!]]