Chapter 70 - Duty (1/2)
Simon entered his new room and took his luggage from the floor, placing it on a nearby sofa. Opening the luggage, Simon was greeted by two sets of clothing and a bundle of metal daggers and white paint. Seeing that he had all of the essentials, Simon smiled and closed the luggage in satisfaction.
Knowing that he would probably have to start his tenure as Blood Consort today, Simon briefly took some time to clean up his clothing before leaving the room and proceeding downstairs towards the throne room again.
This time, only Malece occupied the room. Seeing that he had some privacy, Simon decided to speak up confidently and say what was on his mind.
”Dear wife, On the subject of training the guards, I have no clue on what I must do. I have never trained people before, I am only 16 years of age. May you please reconsider this duty and assign a proper drill master for them? I assure you that I can do all of my other duties just fine, but this one will not be suitable task for me.” Simon respectfully declared as he pointed his concerns. Hearing Simon say these things, Malece could not help but agree. Although she seemed to not care about Simon's opinions in the past, she is indeed not a close-minded person. She knew when to hold back, albeit not when she felt a threat to her goals.
”I will grant you this courtesy of assigning a drill master to oversee the training. You will have to work extra hard to make up for this...perhaps you will have to make it up to me personally, don't you think?”
”No. I already told you that I will not engage in s.e.x.u.a.l activities with you until I actually come of age. Please do not speak about this any further.”
”Fine then, you will have to train them on your own then. If you do not wish to compromise, then I will not either.” Malece sighed as she looked at Simon in disappointment. Also sighing, Simon understood her meaning, if he did not want to budge, then she would not budge either. Such tactics are used in business, so why not here?
”I will let you assume your duties now, enjoy.”
Seeing Simon enter, the guards halted whatever they were doing and stood in formation to greet their master.
”Exalted master! We respectfully greet you and hope to improve ourselves under you!”
Simon grinned and inspected the quality of his guards with his eyes. All of them were on equal visualisation rank as him, but he could still beat them into submission if he wanted. Seeing that they didn't seem to contain any auras of lethality or particularly anything powerful, Simon felt slightly disappointed. He wanted guards that could actually be dependable, but seeing these guards only at a barely acceptable level, Simon could only sigh.