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M/n hums in response, his knowledge of Khaenri'ah was limited to what he knew from the book but it seems that Verose knew something. "Come back in three weeks, next month's sign-up is during the second half of the month. Don't be late, Lumine."
"Thank you, your majesty!"Lumine beams beautifully but M/n wasn't impressed and neither was Verose. Just as Lumine stands the doors to the bedroom open; it was Tartaglia! He didn't so much as glance at Lumine and ran straight to his master with a huge grin on his face. "Your majesty! Look what I found!!"
"Hm?"Wrapped up in a blanket in the gingers arms was a small white fox with seafoam hues, the poor thing looked terrified and jumps into M/n's arms to get away from Tartaglia. "By the frost! What did you do to this poor thing? It's frightened beyond belief!"
"Hehehe, I caught it! Well, that isn't it actually, it was nearly killed by one of the horses that got loose from the stable a couple of minutes ago! I'm not sure where its family is, So I brought it here!"
"Hand."M/n orders lightly and of course, Tartaglia places his hand onto M/n's upturned palm; like the first time. "You did good Tartaglia. Something as small as this won't survive without a caretaker, I'll raise it for now but when it gets older, we'll teach it how to fend for itself and to thrive in the open plains of Snezhnaya."Tartaglia felt his heart flutter in his chest from M/n's praise and beautiful words, he kneels and M/n runs his cool fingers through Tartaglia's hair. Lumine witnesses everything, from start to finish. "Miss Lumine, you're overstaying your welcome."
"Oh sorry..."Verose chuckles after urging her to leave the room, he noticed a dark look in her eyes and hoped that Tartaglia felt it but said male was too focused on M/n. "See you in three weeks, miss Lumine. You best prepare yourself, the queen's forces aren't for the faint of heart nor the unmotivated. Failure is a possibility but it's not wanted."
"I won't let you down, your majesty!"
"Hm, let's hope not... It'd be a shame since you made such a fuss over this. May the ice immortalize your success."Lumine bows and runs out of the room without missing a beat. That's when Tartaglia took notice of the woman. "Your majesty, who was that woman?"
"If she meets the requirements to join her highness army, she'll be a recruit. If not, she's no cost for concern."
"You're not interested in her are you?!"
"Oh Celestia, no! I'm just stating the obvious. I have my team of skilled and dangerous people. Heidi is known as the mirror maiden of the Fatui, I'll make Verose into the grim reaper, and of course you Tartaglia; the Eleventh harbinger."M/n explains with a handsome smile. Tartaglia sighs softly, happy that there won't be another person that could get between him and the prince. ".....Are you sure?"
"I'm as sure as can be! Ah, Verose don't forget about that list, you should get a move on, we're quite far from the shop I want you to visit, you should arrive around sunset."
"Yes, your majesty."Verose bows and makes a hasty retreat from the room to prepare for his special trip. "Why didn't you send me instead?"
"I have my reasons, now what should we name this lovely...."M/n lifts the fox then smiles. "Girl."
"How about Lillia? I think it's a pretty name."
"Then Lillia shall be her name."Lillia chirps happily, making herself at home on M/n's lap. With how happy she is with being in my lap, it'll be difficult to set her loose later on, she'll be too trusting of humans and that could lead to a lot of trouble but we'll see... "So what is Verose going to get for you?"
"It's a secret but expect something nice for yourself later today, so do avoid your room for a bit. I believe you like it and find it quite enjoyable~"
"Is it a new polearm?! Oh, oh is it some new daggers?!"
"I recently got you new daggers, remember?"Tartaglia beams as he explains that there isn't a thing as too many new daggers. He continues to make guesses but M/n was tight-lipped about it and innocently plays with Lillia.
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Just as M/n said, Tartaglia was surprised to see a box on his bed with a letter on top, so of course, he popped the letter open while holding the box in his other hand.
