Chapter 70

LUCIAN and the others arrived at lunch. By that time, Jucel had already prepared a meal for all of them.

"Where's Chloe?" Lucian asked as he went to help her in the kitchen.

"She's down the pit," Jucel answered with a smile and her usual Saranian accent which was still thicker even after months of adjusting into the language of Demetrius. She handed him the plates and other utensils. "Lady Vivien gave her a hard beating. Firing a continuous five quivers of arrows was probably tiresome."

Lucian chuckled, shaking his head at the same time. "She's been good in training Chloe, at the very least. I don't understand why she wouldn't stay until we meet each other."

"Well, you can't expect a Clover to be in the same place as the simple Krysts like us," Barbie ranted. She pulled a chair and sat heavily. "Ugh! I couldn't believe Master Froilan was joking about going easy on us," she groaned.

Jucel perked up at the name. "Master Froilan?" she asked. She could reme