Herald of the waters

Avoiding his gaze, you concentrate your eyes in your toes that nervously move like of their own will on the dirt floor. Then, after a moment of thought, in the belief that life has left you out of any other option, you shyly rise your face to reply:
"Yes sir, thank you sir."
Voloi then opens a warm smile and says:
"You don't need to address me as a sir, as I am not one. Reserve that to his Lordship. However may I understand that you want to serve Count Alexeai as a servant boy?"
You then answer
"Yes, that is what I meant; I don't know what else I could do."
The old servant then continues
"So write the gods, my dear boy; are you to come with me now, or should I come for you in the evening?"