When Barns returns to the castle the next morning, someone is already waiting for him.
"Mr. Barnacles, sir! Good morning!"
Barns waves as Roscoe, Yunie's younger brother, comes racing toward him.
"Mr. Hero, have you seen Yunie?" Roscoe asks, frantic. "She didn't come home last night."
Barns is stumped. "I haven't," he admits. "But I went to town late last night. I hardly saw anyone."
"Big sis went to town to run some errands for the guild," Roscoe says, his words as frenetic as his body. His worry is palpable. "She was talking to that bodyguard guy, the one who used to be a vampire. El…something."
"Eldrie?" Barns asks.
"Yeah! I saw them walk to town together!" Roscoe wails. "But she never came back!"
Barns pats Roscoe on the head. "Don't worry, little man. We'll find her."
'Yunie and Eldrie, huh? Are they hooking up or something?' Barns wonders. As he considers the possibility, another dark thought crosses his mind.
'Eldrie's one of us…right? He wouldn't…'
