Humans may dwell here

-- Greetings, travelers! I'm afraid I must disappoint you: you've arrived too early, and the prince cannot receive you yet. I offer my sincere apologies; you will have to wait for an hour or two. In the meantime, I suggest you proceed to the dining hall, as you seem to have just arrived and should rest. If you desire intellectual entertainment, the prince has instructed me to open the library for you.

Vsevolod, who had recently enjoyed a meal at a nearby tavern, once again felt that familiar pang of hunger, and therefore politely accepted the invitation to the dining hall. After all, reading books wasn't exactly his cup of tea. The village dweller was practically illiterate, and the few scraps of knowledge he had gleaned from his mother only allowed him to decipher the simplest sentences. However, this did not bother the mighty warrior in the slightest, and he was more than happy to sample the delicacies from the prince's manor.