After Sera left the table, the whole table was silent. Even the princess who was bubbly just a while ago didn’t speak a word after her brother left. The other noble ladies already knew that the princess was just trying to be more friendly because of the young lady of Fiore. Now that she was no longer around, she was back to giving them the silent treatment. “Your Highness, are you planning for another tea party tomorrow?” Tiana, the daughter of Marquess Gale, asked. “No.” One word. She received a one-word reply right after she had been talking right in front of Lady Sera. Was there something about the Fiore lady that even the princess wanted her attention? She knew that the lady’s existence was amazing but it wasn’t even her own achievement. Why would they even like her that much? After a while, the princess once again stood up to look for Sera and they were once again left on their own. Why were they even hanging around the princess when they

“Can you just not leave yet?” Eli held on to Sera, trying to stop her from going home. Even though the duke was already there and the duke said that he would allow Sera to be her playmate, she still didn’t want her to go that day. “Why is the day so short?”Sera smiled at the princess. “Then you can just invite me again next time. I’ll come earlier so I can spend more time with Your Highness.”“Really?” Eli’s eyes sparkled when she heard Sera’s proposition. “Can I invite you again tomorrow?”“I’m afraid you can’t do that, Your Highness,” the princess’ attendant butted in. “You have a scheduled lesson tomorrow for the whole day.”“Can’t I study with her?” Eli tried to reason with her attendant but the attendant shook her head.“You still need to talk with His Majesty about it. It would take a while to

“Now tell me, where did you guys hide my sister?” Xander’s icy voice echoed in the room. He lent his hand to Andrei and the latter immediately understood what he wanted and placed the knife on his hand.“I didn’t know.”Xander’s brows furrowed as he raised his hand that was holding the knife so the man immediately shouted.“But I can tell you a little information about their hideouts!” The man shut his eye tightly. Afraid that the knife would cut his skin again. “She could be in one of those.”“Talk.” Xander sounded impatient as he sat in front of him and crossed his legs. “I wouldn’t want to waste my time on you but it would make our search for Sera faster, I’d gladly give you some of my attention.” He gently slid the knife’s blade on his face so the man trembled in fear. “Now talk and stop wasting any more of my time, okay?”&ld

“How did you get strong in a span of a week?” Sera asked Rupert after she lost in their sparring duel. It had been a week since the kidnapping incident and she was required to recover before she was allowed to enter the training grounds again.“It’s because I had to protect you, my lady.” Rupert clenched his fists as he remembered how helpless he was back then. “I don’t want to be a burden to the lady I am serving.”Sera somehow felt guilty, but she chose not to console him. If that failure would be the reason for him to grow strong, then it would be better for him to remember that failure until he got over it.“Then let’s get stronger together, Rupert. I won’t let myself be outdone by you!” Sera laughed as she picked up her wooden sword. “Let’s have another spar!”“That’s enough, Sera.” Xander butted in as he took the wooden sword on Sera’s h

Sera really had to do it that day. If she passed up the chance, she would have to wait for another month. According to the documents that she saw on her brother’s table, the auction house would only open once a month. She couldn’t afford to wait for another month because she needed to have that achievement until before the month ended. She needed to persuade her father to allow her to join the knight training school!She looked at the knight walking beside him and sighed again. She knew that it was a hopeless case with Rupert. Unlike his older brother, Rupert was as much as strict as her brothers when it comes to going out alone. Even if she had been trained with knights and she was the owner of Kane’s sword, they still wouldn’t allow her to go out on her own.“Sir Rupert…”“I told you, my lady. I wouldn’t allow you to go anywhere that would potentially harm you.” Rupert sounded impatient. Though he wa