Chapter 65 (1/2)

The Royal Guard’s Training

※This chapter is in Klaus’s POV

“Ahh!”

A woman cried out at the same time the rattan basket fell White sheets were strewn across the corridor

Was she nervous? Eized in a thin voice

“M-ies”

She tried to fold the sheets in a panic, but her hands were shaking and they fell again I picked up the basket that had rolled to my feet, and placed it next to her She looked up, and her hazel eyes widened when I held out a hand

“Uh, umm”

She hesitated

“Please stand You’ll get dirty”

A little forcefully, I took her hand andto breathe Letting go, I gathered the laundry and lightly dusted it before dropping it back into the basket

“Here you are”

I handed it to her, al

“Th-thank y-you”

Shaken as she was, she accepted it I couldn’t help s bitterly when she looked up at htened little creature’s

“You’re welcome Please take care not to injure yourself”

Her face flushed She nodded vigorously

“P-Please excuse me—!”

She turned on her heels and hurried aith the speed unfitting of so figure, I touched my cheek

I stood there feeling depressed when someone hailed me from behind

“Heeey, ladies’ man!”

I turned around to findthere

“Even though it wasn’t your intention, don’t lead innocent girls astray Don’t you pity them?”

“Don’t slander others All I did was pick up the laundry”

“‘All’ you say? I find it highly unusual that you would do so like that,” he teased

I frowned, but I couldn’t refute hilance and walked by Why, then, did I do that? The ansas simple

“Why are you in such good spirits?” he asked

As he said, I was in an excellent ht festive

“No reason”

“You shouldn’t lie The young uy like you is suddenly all sunshi+ne and smiles And then there was your superior officer, the one who dislikes you He was treone insane”

He wasa lot of noise, but I found it hard to deny I knehich incident he referred to

Whenever my superior officer and I passed each other, he always made snide remarks Usually, I stared at him coldly and kept htly and said, “I’ll work hard” I wouldn’t bla my sanity

“Honestly, what happened? Did your precious ?”

“No If that was the case, I wouldn’t be like this”

“Oh really now? Spare me”

Dennis gave a big, exaggerated shrug He see me with his faint smile

I was irritated “If you have no business with ”

I walked away and he didn’t stop me

“You can celebrate, but you shouldn’t be a bother to yourvoice but I didn’t look back

He’s ridiculous, I thought

Even if I was festive, I’d never relax uard I’d never allow myself to hinder Princess Rosemarie

My resolution was solid but none of it appeared on my face as I completed my work dispassionately

Before I knew it, it was already night

I’ve finished handing over the ent matters, but I didn’t return to my own room Instead, I headed to a different location

Lahter in the night I passed through, ains of huradually fell away, and a nocturnal bird cried in the distance The fire for the watch of a semi-ind

My soles crunched as I stepped on the pebbled ground The training ground was still, the hustle and bustle of the day seeht from the fire behind me stretched my shadow