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Chapter 3

It's not until near the dinner where you have the Fourth Prince specifically address you. Wait. It should be more appropriate to say when one of the princes addresses you.

In the royal family, there's six in total. The King and Queen and then their four sons. The Crown Prince, the Second Prince, the Third Prince and the Fourth Prince. It's the Third Prince who stares at you. "You already hired someone to fill the position?"

The Fourth Prince is confused until the Queen steps in. "I hired her," She turns to Miss Lia. "I take it, she's been doing well?"

Miss Lia bows respectfully. "Yes, your majesty. For today and tomorrow, I'm having her memorize the routine before letting her do any task."

The Queen hums in acknowledgement and the Fourth Prince finally turns in his seat to look at you. Your eyes meet briefly but you quickly look down. "Oh, I didn't even notice!"

The Second Prince chuckles. "Really? You didn't notice someone new following you around this morning? How pathetic."

"Don't belittle him." The Crown Prince sends a glare towards the Second Prince who simply chuckles.

The atmosphere feels weird and tense. Your nails continue to dig into your skin. You don't like it. Still, it seems the Fourth Prince doesn't really care. "So, what's your name?"

"I-It's Y/N, Fourth Prince." You bow your head and your eyes are not even looking in his direction.

"Ah, well nice to meet you!" He sounds cheerful. "I'm Felix."

This time the King finally interrupts. "Felix," He begins. "Don't give your name. They must not address you casually."

The Prince scoffs at this. "C'mon, father. They're serving me so it's just best to be friends with them."

"Don't enlighten me with your backwards thinking. You've been spending too much time with that scholar from overseas."

It seems that the prince had enough. "Well thanks for the comment," He stands up. "But I must get going to start on my training." He motions for your group to follow and you do so, ignoring the stares of the royal family. You really hate this already.

You all follow Felix outside and past the castle garden. You don't ask questions and you're curious as to what Felix would do. Finally, you arrive near the entrance of the royal knights. He greets the ones stationed and makes his way to a covered area. He greets an older man who still has gray-peppered hair but honestly looks kind of buff.

"Hello, Prince Felix, ready to start training?" The older man asks.

"Yes and I thought I told you to just call me by my name, Cassian." Felix- wait. The Fourth Prince begins by taking off his shirt.

Wait again.

Taking off his shirt?! Hastily, you tear your gaze away. It would be so inappropriate for you to look at the royal family's body! The older man laughs. "I know, I know, but I am afraid your mother might come like the last time."

"I see." The prince sighs. "Well, let's start stretching?"

"Of course."

Besides you, Miss Yeji nudges your arm. "Are you a little embarrassed?" She giggles.

"H-Huh?!" You are embarrassed but you can't tell her that!

"Don't worry," She assures you. "Our Fourth Prince likes training and does not mind if we watch. Just make sure you quickly look away if any of the royal family comes by."

You nod, wary of her sentence. Is this perhaps a trap? Maybe setting you up for failure and then you're fired? But maybe not since it seems Miss Lia is also watching. Miss Lia is smiling and giggling with Miss Yeji and you're dumbfounded. You're not sure what to do. So you watch the Fourth Prince for a while and look around the place, eyes shifting between them every so often.