@Galactic Navy Officer I guess they wanted to surprise him but that kinda backfired... he should have been prepared, meh. At least the mc is a grownup inside and managed the situation quite well. Now what i'm even more surprised is the fact that the dwarf has no beard!!! <img src="https://stickers.mgcdn.xyz/trollface/39.gif" class="sticker" alt="trollface sticker" loading="lazy" />

At least this time, the slave was the grownups' idea when MC was still a little kid.  Wha...