"I am haruto, the emperor's personal escort knight, please to make your acquaintance Miss" a silver haired handsome man stood infront of me with his towering figure overshadowing me, though considering that his on his 30's
This guy is pretty youthful looking just like the emperor, His empty blue eyes stared down to me which surprisingly gave me goosebumps, a shiver ran down my spine."The pleasure is all mine Master haruto, I am in your care from now on" I tried my best to not stutter, heck the kingdoms best swordman is currently infront of me! I can't afford to mess up now, I secretly calmed myself down in my head as he just nodded and turned his back on me gesturing for me to follow him and I did.
Wearing a simple brown pants that reaches my ankle with the end loosened up and a white blouse and black laced up boots, Carrying my sword by the hand as master haruto lead me to the castles back gate, the gate to the knights division quarter where all palace knights sleep and train in..
The two guards guarding the gate bowed their heads and opened the gate to master haruto, The smelly scent of man sweat filled the air while the sound of swords clashing into each other were all heard at the same time.
I must say such a place like this is no fit for a lady, muscular and build knights who had no shirt on and bathing in thier sweats under the sun is such a sight one lady couldn't endure but luckily I'm not like those ladies, for that I'm grateful for my mother even though I despise her from the bottom of my heart.
"Miss seraphina is already from a noble background of the knight house of Charlotte so You must be used in holding any weaponry" master haruto said with his back facing me and continued his walk toward the entrance to the palace hall.
"Yes, My older brother---I mean his highness the six prince and I are trained by viscount Charlotte himself since our childhood" I explained, With me becoming a escort knight and daichi a prince it's also not qualified for me to call him older brother anymore which is.... unusual and....weird, even though I know this will happen still I'm use with calling him older brother.
"Well then, I'll just have to teach you the rules on becoming an escort knight" he said
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" It is important that the one you are guarding is at least an eyesight away, Being an escort knight also means that you must guard them wherever they go and even during the night, but since you are escorting six different princes than you don't have to do a night shift guard" this guys doesn't talk a lot and only went straight to the point, I took note of every little things he said in my mind and nodded but also stayed quiet while walking behind him.
We are currently walking in circles in this maze like library of the castle that have very tall and enormous bookshelves making it impossible for anyone to not get lost in this place, but lucky for me master haruto seem to know where we are heading and where we have been through so I'm fine---for now.
He picked out three different medium length book and handed it to me, it's some sort of book for Knight and how to be a proper knight, this guy doesn't kid when it comes to being a proper knight.
"You also have to know every little things about your master, I already ordered someone to write about the princes different habits, likes, dislike and schedule for you, a maid from their courtyard will hand it to you later" he added.
"you will start your job next week and your first schedule is with the first prince--his highness, Niko Lucille" heard that name before, I already calculated every information I have about the princes in my memory and of course all of them are from the memories from my previous life.
And I must say the first prince will mostly likely be my biggest concern out of all of them, he is two-faced and very manipulative, the only one he ever trusted is his personal aid who is also his maternal cousin, and the heroine, if I do something that displeased him I might as will cut off my own head before he throw me into an endless pit of torture and abyss hell!
I must take precautions on everything I do when it comes to the first prince!.
The day I start my new life is also the day that will either lead me to my doom or a better life(sort of).Damn!, I'm really considering on being an assassin rather than this! Is it too late to back out now?---probably yes."May god protect us all" I silently prayed to the gods as if I'm about to face death right on, but seriously I'm not kidding, I took a deep breath before knocking on the Lillith courtyard located in the west wing of the castle and where the first prince resides."Greetings, you must be knight Charlotte, his highness the first prince new escort knight" a maid greeted me politely and bowed, I only nodded and replied"Yes that is indeed me, please to meet you, I will be in your care from now on" the maid only returned my words by smiling and bowed once more, "his highness have been very excited to meet you" I'm sure he is I sarcastically said in my mind, I followed the maid as she lead me to where the first prince is.Unlike daichi who was the total carbon copy of the
Enjoys peace that is what Benjiro means, if someone hears this they would think of a gentle and loving king that will bring long everlasting peace in the kingdom but instead.."Do whatever you want, just make sure not to bother me while I'm sleeping" your always sleeping! I shouted in my mind but I kept my mouth close instead, his name fit him very well, a lazy prince that only cares about sleeping and finding a quiet place then he just enjoy the peace.I found him sleeping up on a tree in his quiet and empty Rosewood courtyard.all the maids and servants come here only twice a week to clean the courtyard Because the second prince doesn't like crowded places and noisy environment so he only allow them to come here if it's necessary such as cleaning, the guards are stationed outside of the courtyard to avoid disturbing the sleepy prince, When it comes to his meal one, two maid comes in quietly and set up his food on the table trying to not wake him up, then they tiptoed away then come
"ne, ne, sera!" A voice continued to annoy me while tapping my shoulder, thankfully my patience is still long so I didn't instantly killed the annoying third prince."Yes? What can I do for you, your highness?" His a royal pain in the ass compare with the two faced first prince who I rather be with then this little brother of his.Compared to the fourth and fifth prince that need to be respectful to uphold their titles as the empress sons, the first and second prince that always need to be careful when they act and of course my ex-half-older-brother who is the sixth prince have to uphold his morals however this third prince doesn't have any much morale in himself because number one. His the emperor's son with his most favored consort and number two. His a notorious playboy in the kingdom and finally number three. His useless, but of course he's not that much of a 'playboy' right now since his just a kid but in the future he will certainly will."Play with me" he bashfully grinned at
"greetings, his highness the fourth prince, I am seraphina Charlotte, your escort knight from this day onward, Pleasure it is to meet you" kneeling on one knee as I bowed infront of the dignified, gentle and angelic type fourth prince.Raphael lucille, god! even his name is angelic, But I must admit, this gentle prince is the only prince that get along with all the other five princes in the castle, even to daichi!, I kinda like him since in the game his the only one that doesn't use dirty, scheming and deceiving methods to get the heroine and the throne.But I'm also sure that even this angelic prince hides a lose screw somewhere, All the other capture targets have one so I'm sure this one isn't much of a difference.Elegantly sitting on a chair as he gracefully have tea, His beautiful light brown hair shines below the sun, Breathtakingly blue eyes, Just like the first prince who resembles his mother, Raphael also looks so much like his mother."The pleasure is all mine, Knight Charlo
"go away, I don't need a useless escort knight, I can protect my own" the arrogant, egoistic and apparently a tsundere fifth prince said, standing tall infront of me, why are all princes so persistent?!It's not like I'm the first women escort knight! For godsake! My father's mother and aunt was also an escort knight before they got married! I don't even want to be here!"Of course you can your highness but his majesty--the emperor tasked me to you and to your brothers so I must follow orders" I politely said, more like 'tried' to politely say it without anything rude coming out from my mouth."Tsk, then just stay out of my way" and my patience is running out.I followed this walking wall out the training area, He didn't even bother slowing down to my pace but then again he did tell me that he didn't care about me at all."Ah your here" master haruto spotted us not so far from where he is, As the king's escort knight his skill surpass the skill of the generals and any sword wielder in
"hell is waiting for me" Those were the very first word I uttered first thing in the morning, I remembered not being able to sleep last night because All I could think of is me meeting my ex-half-brother slash sixth prince.Standing up from my bed, I didn't bother to comb my messy bed hair or look at myself at all in the mirror, Walking to the kitchen I pour myself a good cup of coffee while thinking...Which one is better, the two-face pretentious first prince? Or this demonic sixth prince?I would say, death. Death is the best answer.Maybe I should grab a knife and head on to the death Option, yeah I should probably do that."Good morning seraphina""Ah!" I screamedWhat?..."Your majesty.....what an earth are you doing here?" Great, how embarrassing is this!! I'm literally standing infront of the emperor in my pajamas!! Oh god please kill me right now! "I've came to make sure you come at work, This is your half-brother we're talking about so I want to make sure that neither of yo
Finally! I survived my first week, now I just have survive a million more days with them until I....die.Sigh. This is a nightmare!."Good morning seraphina!, Did you had your breakfast already?" Walking out of my house then locking the door, I heard Mrs. Dalton greeting me."Good morning to you too Mrs. Dalton, and yes I just finished having my breakfast, thank you for asking" I don't know why but I seemed to have a soft spot for old people and children ever since I could remember, even in my past life."Your welcome dear, you must be looking forward on having the whole weekend for yourself after such a hectic first week of the job, go on and enjoy yourself" she smiled at me warmly, every morning I would always see her watering her plant and greeting me a good morning, which is....nice."Thank you Mrs. Dalton, say hi to Mr. Dalton for me" I said before running off to my first destination.The newly opened Moon cafe! Just around the corner, You may not know this about me but I have qu
In a week, Daichi's royal banquet will be held, although it was a bit rush, nothing can be done when it's the emperor's order, Just like in the novel, the emperor is quite fond of daichi, since he saw viscount Charlotte as his brother ever since they were small he sees daichi as his own son in a way too.Unexpectedly the emperor is fond of all of his sons, of course there are other royals in the palace like the 3 concubines, 1 consort, 1 empress and 3 princesses.The consort is none other than Windy Thyme--- the emperor's beloved woman and also the third prince mother, The 3 princess are mostly concubine-born daughters but none the less the emperor is a doting father despite how he looks.The palace have been rustling and bustling day and night for the preparation Especially the marigold courtyard where he resides, each courtyard is like a mini palace, it have it's own servants, maids, butlers and full set of rooms, including the ballroom.From birth each royal will be granted of thei