Hey, the Mistress had only told him to ensure the missing ingredients were replaced. Which he just had. Obedience was paramount, after all.

Though he did not seem to be around when Ignis returned home with the groceries. Very curious! Perhaps this was why he requested Ignis pick them up? Either way, he wasn't available to take the groceries from Ignis and put them away.

His keen senses would make note of a note of fresh air, like a door or several windows were open deeper in the house, and the kind of silence that suggested Liliana was either out, sleeping upstairs, or in her basement workroom.

And just the faintest trace of something acrid in the air.