Chapter 95 - Morning Routines (2/2)

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Princess Bang-gwi was progressing steadily with her training; she found the slow and lumbering Hegemony mechs to be surprisingly easy to control and the physical training became easier as time went on.

Princess Bang-gwi got up as usual and felt good enough this morning that she was able to start stretching on her own without Chuhan Jwi pulling her out of bed. Princess Bang-gwi started to become more serious and had kept all of her pretty and frilly clothes packed, opting instead to wear a sports bra, spats shorts, and military issued jumpsuit.

Princess Bang-gwi found herself admiring her own body in the mirror while she was stretching in just her sports bra and spats shorts. Her diet was always good so she did not have much extra fat, but she noticed that her body as a whole felt lighter and looked leaner.

She only felt a little depressed when she peeked at her sports bra and felt that she was not filling it out as much as she used to.

"I guess those are the first things to go…" Princess Bang-gwi said dejectedly.

A knock came from the Princess's door and the Princess heard Chuhan Jwi say, "Are you awake Princess?"

Princess Bang-gwi used to feel irritated by that question because she felt that if she wasn't awake she wouldn't be able to respond to it until Chuhan Jwi shouted it loud enough that she did wake up. She stopped being irritated by it because when she had questioned it once a glass of cold water was splashed on her face instead.

"Yes, just stretching Jwi!"

Chuhan Jwi walked in with Xiǎng Pigu behind her.

The Princess just finished stretching so she energetically stood up after she was done, grabbed on to Xiǎng Pigu and said, "I'm hungry! Let's get some breakfast!"

Chuhan Jwi coughed and said "Ahem, Princess, your clothes?"

Princess Bang-gwi looked down at herself to see that she was still wearing her spat shorts and sports bra. She probably would have gone as is had nobody said anything, but since she was reminded about it she grabbed her jumpsuit and slipped into it, tying the sleeves around her waist and just wearing a sports bra on top as most of the other girls did this in the summer to keep cool. Once the actual training commenced for the day, they would untie the sleeves and wear it normally to absorb all of the sweat.

Princess Bang-gwi and Xiǎng Pigu walked arm in arm like best friends towards the cafeteria while chatting away, Chuhan Jwi was a short distance behind them. Chuhan Jwi admitted that she missed chatting with the Princess like that, but she also was glad for her to make friends her own age as well.

Once they reached the cafeteria, a few people noticed the Princess and Xiǎng Pigu enter, but the initial sensation of it had finally let up after a few days so she could enjoy a more peaceful meal.

"Vinnie was going to introduce to his friends, right?" the Princess asked Xiǎng Pigu.

"Yes, we should look for him!"

They spotted Vincent at the same small table as before with his friends he had motioned towards a few days ago. Spotting them as well, Vincent waved to the 3 of them.

Looking at their small table, they only had two empty seats. The Princess did not hesitate to take one of them and this caused Xiǎng Pigu to get flustered again because she wanted to sit next to the Princess, but since she was a commoner and Chuhan Jwi was a noble, she would naturally give up her seat for her.

Chuhan Jwi smiled at Xiǎng Pigu and said "It's ok, take it."

Seeing Chuhan Jwi offering the seat to Xiǎng Pigu, Vincent felt the need to stand up and offered his chair to Chuhan Jwi. "Lady Chuhan, please, you may use this seat!" Vincent said while bowing slightly.

Seeing Vincent so respectful of Chuhan Jwi surprised Vincent's 3 friends because of his usual contempt for the nobility, but they assumed it was a good thing anyways that showed Vincent was growing up as well.

"Hey, you going to introduce us?" one of Vincent's friends finally spoke up.

"I'm sorry, Lady Chuhan, Princess, and Xiǎng Pigu; these 3 are my closest friends from my home town, Brian, Alexander, and Sabrina."

Brian and Alexander appeared to be brothers and even twins at that so the Princess said "So you two are brothers, right?"

Brian and Alexander looked at each other, frowned and then turned away quickly while Sabrina and Vincent started to laugh.

Vincent finally calmed down after the Princess, Xiǎng Pigu, and Chuhan Jwi exchanged curious looks with each other. "They're not brothers, they just happen to look alike, and they HATE it!"

"That's a bunch of crap, I'm much better looking than Alex!"

"At least we agree that it is crap, but I am the better looking one obviously!"

Both of them looked at each again and looked away suddenly with a loud "Hmmph!"

Everyone laughed together again watching them, seeing this warmed Chuhan Jwi's heart and she hoped these sort of days could last.