A THRONE OF BLOOD || bxb

VII | First Day

[Reynold]

The castle was a sweet place. The large vases ranged from porcelain vases from the Mista Empire, and shimmery golden vases crafted by master artisans in Esticia. Not to mention the floral decorations. It was like a forest neatly arranged into a bouquet in a vase.

Tapestries were hanging on almost every damn wall, telling tales of past Kings and Queens of Esticia. Some were even about the wars that had taken place before. The tapestries were kinda dusty and fraying at the ends though.. So much for high quality castle decor.

The other five bodyguards were in the same room as me, all changing into their custom armours gifted to us by the Queen herself. Maybe these royal people weren't so bad afterall.

I stared in the mirror for quite some time, admiring the void black armour that I was wearing. I had to wear a skin tight turtle neck inside, and strap on a leather belt that hoisted my... wooden blade.

We had to hold onto wooden blades for the time being. Looks like we still had to go through training even though we passed the ridiculously easy test from the other day.

Who knew I'd be here right now as a royal bodyguard in the castle? This never would have crossed my mind, but here I am. I needed to earn that money for Dad.

Truth be told, I was half-hearted about this whole job. Things would've been more interesting if I were assigned to Prince Ares. The battles I would be in excited me somewhat. I guess Prince Lucian's fine.

I watched as Milanna, the girl who is ranked top amongst her fellow Rangers, helped Solar with her armour.

They were the only two girls in the room. Milanna had tied her waist length black hair into a low ponytail. Solar was the one with blonde bob cut, and she too had a long scar on her left eye like me. But mine was on the right.

Bolt was sulking in the corner. His red hair matched his red armour, much to his distaste. I never really understood that guy. Why is he here if he was moping because he's a fucking royal bodyguard? A mystery that will remain unsolved, I suppose.

A castle maid opened the double doors, telling us to follow one of the guards outside to the rooms of the royal family members. Time to meet Lucian.

Oh wait. I'd have to refer to him as Prince Lucian from now on.

I knew that name was way too familiar and out of place to be some random nobleman. He was the freaking Prince! I could only wonder if he is truly as nice as he was the other day.

The image still never left my mind—his red cheeks as he struggled to avoid eye contact during the pledging. I never knew I had this feeling, but a new emotion surfaced in my heart I guess.

Yes. I have a newborn feeling to always tease the poor Prince from now on. He was way too easy. Even with my improvised pledge that had him taken aback.

The guard guided me to Prince Lucian's room. It was quite a distance from the other room I was in. I cleared my throat, placing my hand on the golden doorknobs. Everything was golden in this fucking castle, huh? Even the flowery patterns on the door were made out of gold.

"Prince Lucian! I am Reynold Grey, your new bodyguard." I announced my arrival, trying to sound as dignified as possible.

I waited a good few minutes. No response.

I turned to the guard beside me who was guarding the door. I furrowed my brows at him in confusion, to which he shrugged his shoulders as he vigorously shook his head. Even he doesn't know what's up with the Prince?