Three days after the Critic's Spoon incident, which made Lylia's Kitchen the most talked-about restaurant in three provinces, Greg was finally able to get back to his real work. The fence posts for Thomas's house were only half-finished, the merchant wagon was still being planned, and he hadn't even started making the inn's cooking pots yet.
Felix walked into the workshop looking suspiciously pleased while he was drawing out patterns for the fence's reinforcements. That should have been a red flag on its own, since Felix only looked that pleased when he was about to cause trouble or had already done so and was waiting for someone to notice.
"Good morning, Sensei!" Felix said, bouncing over to Greg's workbench with the energy of someone who had not stayed up all night doing what he was supposed to be doing.
"Morning," Greg said without looking up from his drawing. "Did you do what I asked and finish organizing the scrap metal?"
"Yes! Of course I did it!" Felix said right away.
