The Lore

The Lore Chapter 8

She found herself walking towards the dormitories searching for Odom until- *CRASH!* a loud noise was heard which startled Princess Julianne and made Izumi whip his head. They both headed toward the direction of the sound, finding Odom! And some angry dude? They caught a scene of a short middle-aged man raging at Odom. Turns out it was his instructor, or trainer for future combat Odom might face as future king. "Is everything alright?" Julianne asked the 2 men in front of her "NO! THIS DUNDERHEAD ISN'T TRYING! AND DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS FOR THIS BOY TO LISTEN TO A COMMAND WITHOUT HAVING TO REMIND HIM OF EVERY STEP?!" The instructor yelled "Yeah, the old man is just overreacting" Odom bluntly said "W- WHA... OVERREACTING???" The instructor continued yelling at Odom which made the situation worse and awkward as Izumi and Julianne tried calming them down, while the servants cleaned the mess, seeming unbothered as if this were normal. This lasted for about a few minutes, they were still arguing but it dialed down a bit and something shiny caught Julianne's eye. It was Kevin! She took this as an opportunity to finally get some progress and she gently tugged on Izumi's cloak which made him turn his head down at her and she signaled to Kevin and thankfully he took the hint. Julianne trailed off to Kevin and Izumi played the part to try and calm down the situation to at least try getting an attempt of information from somebody. "Hello Kevin" she started blocking Kevin's path and forcing his attention on her to distract him from coming in "Oh... Hi," Kevin said dully, which caught Julianne's attention but decided to ignore it "Hey, so the dinner was really good! I thought of how the duchess spoke of her open strengths or the royal advisor's wisdom on battle, and how the high duke of Brigitta applauded his craftsmanship, but I was wondering what-" Julianne was cut off and abruptly in shock as Kevin just leaned forward letting go of his balance and just dug his face to her shoulder which made her stiffen at the sudden contact, which made her a bit awkward on how to address this. "Um... Kevin?-" "How do you know you've made the wrong decision by trusting in your feelings," Kevin said blankly which kept her quiet as she thought about it. "I guess, by future events that happen" she responded still not moving, letting him stay leaning on her "And what do you do to those who've 'wronged' you in those future events?" He continued, which made her think about it again "Wronged.. As in wronged you? Or others" she questioned "I don't know... Both?" ... "Mentally? Or physically wronged?" she questioned "Ughhh. I DON'T KNOW! I CAN'T TELL!" he said a bit louder which made her flinch a bit. "..." "Sorry, it's just... I'm having a hard day" "It's 10 in the morning and you're already having a bad day?" she tried joking, and it worked. Barely though "Yeah.." "Is it about last night?" she asked. no response. "Does this have to do with Roland?" she asked again. again no verbal response but this time he nodded his head that was still leaning on her. "Was it why you were spying? Did you not like what you saw?" she questioned "Yeah..." "Are you sure you understood what you saw?" she asked more "Well you know what they say 'actions speak louder than words'" he finally responded which made her silent this time until she asked, "Are you sure he understood what he saw?" ...

Kevin's POV:

I pushed myself off of her and looked her straight in the eye, wide-eyed. I contemplated what she said and it started making sense to him, and his heart started beating quickly with some sort of rush of adrenaline, which made him kinda bouncy, making him say super quickly "Ohmygoshthankyou!Ineededthis,yourthebest" and he gave a quick hug taking her a back and he sprinted off"

Back to Julianne's POV:

(What just happened?) She questioned and started recounting her memory a few minutes ago till someone came behind her lowering their face down to her ear "How come I've never gotten a hug from you before?" which made Julianne yelp loudly as her reflexes quickly turned and slapped the person. Who happened to be Izumi.. (sorry Izumi!) "Ow." He said massaging his face "OHMYGOSHIAMSOSOSORRY!" She relentlessly apologized to him, while he just brushed off the pain. "I didn't mean to, I am so sorry!" she said very, very guilty "What are you sorry for? If anything he deserved it." Sofia said coming in with an ice pack for Izumi "Sofia!" Julianne questioned "What? It's his fault, he came up from behind and he should've expected this. (and to think he would learn his lesson the first time when he got kicked instead of slapped...) and besides he's dealt with a lot worse " she pointed out "Yeah, you don't have to worry about me princess, I can handle this... Minor detail." Izumi said.