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Chapter ♦ 32

Zylith.

I've always known that I'm the kind of person who attracts lots of excitements wherever I go, and it had gotten rather lively since I had arrived at the castle of Reveldron. But I didn't realize that my kinks of attracting excitements were rubbing off on my subordinates as well.

Until yesterday that is.

What made me believe in such outrageous superstations you say? Please do hear me out first.

Yesterday, at the brink of twilight, when the day met the night, I was returning from my usual evening stroll when I happened to meet Lord Xavier on my way. I felt like it was finally fate's work at play when I saw him walk towards me while flaunting that regal aura of his.

From the moment I first set my eyes upon him, there was something enticing about him, from the way he moved to his slightly long hair and mysterious eyes. His features seemed as though moulded from granite. He looked for all the world like he was walking to the beat of my heart, literally, like there was music playing in the background as he approached me in slow motion. I could see his toned muscles popping out at all the right places of his uniform. His dark eyebrows, which was sloped downwards in a serious expression melted away as he, like always returned a smile to me when he caught my admiring gaze.

"Your Highness," He said, "I know that you do not prefer to be accompanied by any attendant during your evening strolls, but I still do recommend you to be escorted at the very least, by a maid, Sire. This loyal vassal of yours, cannot help but worry if you were to be left alone without a single aide."

Lord Xavier turned out to be as much of a worrywart as Lord Gilbert.

"Ahahahaha! You're turning out to be more alike Gilbert as days pass by, Lord Xavier. I don't understand why you guys have to be so anxious over such trivial matters. It's not like I am going for strolls outside the castle. I don't think there is enough dangers inside the castle to jeopardize my life if I were left alone for an hour or two." My cheery laughter chimed into the surrounding atmosphere as I talked.

"Ah! I'm just worried about others in your immediate vicinity, Highness."

"Huh? What was that?" I knitted my brows together in scrutiny.

"(Ahem!) Nothing Your Highness, I do understand that you need some personal space from time to time. I mean we all need it. So I do not really blame you for wanting to be alone during your evening strolls. Haha.... Well anyways, I do hope that you will let me know if you are in any need of anything at all in the future, My Liege. I do not approve of you taking actions on your own like you did during the incident of Countess Wroth before. It is highly dangerous, and we cannot afford to attract the attention of the Queen Dowager towards you anymore than necessary." He reprimanded me in a clement but strict demeanour. "Do you, understand?"

"Yes yes, I do my lord. Whatever you say." I smiled and agreed in a perfunctory manner.

"Your Highness please! You have to take my words into serious account!" Lord Xavier pursued after me in a haste while I sprinted on ahead in a jovial disposition.

I felt like one of those heroines in the movies where they tease the male leads and run off ahead into the sunset, and the good-natured male leads chase after their better halves in agitation.

I was looking back from time to time to see an agitated Lord Xavier trailing behind me while running ahead, when suddenly my steps halted to the sound of a quite familiar voice.

"Who's there?" I heard, followed by a strident clanging sound, most probably the sound of a weapon being etched into the ground. I stopped dead in my stride as soon as I had realized I winded up in the knight's tourney hall.