Chapter 99 – Lennon Reichhart
“Please call me Ranel for short.”
“Wait a minute… What?”
I asked again just in case.
What did your last name say? Berzerk?
Suddenly, sweat started pouring down her back and she started seeing images of her mother holding a knife to my neck.
“It’s Ranel Bergerk Perion.”
“Ah, ah…!”
Berzerk.
The name of this kingdom is also Berzerk… The queen’s name is Isis Berzerk Perion.
That means the man I was talking to just now was the prince, the main character of today’s party.
‘Then doesn’t that mean I didn’t even know his face, let alone be polite to the prince?’
My back was already damp from cold sweat.
“Are you okay?”
“It’s okay, no, it’s okay!”
He straightened his body as if his military spirit had been raised. Both hands were held behind the waist.
I had to do my best to be polite from now on.
If this prince ever speaks ill of me to the queen, by then my head will have been cut off and hung in the city.
“Puhuhuh, you’re a fun person.”
“Thank you.”
The prince covered his mouth and started laughing.
The way he smiled with his mouth covered, and his eyes naturally curved was beautiful.
“Ha, something makes me feel comfortable talking to you.”
“Thank you.”
When I saw him smiling involuntarily, I felt like my heart was pounding.
Pure white skin and thin jawline. A cute uvula that sticks out alone on a thin neck, and lastly, an aura that shows off sexiness while looking young.
All of this combined made it feel like he was seducing the women around him even when he was still.
Even now, he already has this level of charm, so I don’t know how scary he will become if he gets a little older and becomes more powerful.
“Aren’t you too nervous earlier? “You were talking well with me just a little while ago~”
“Yes, I understand.”
First, as the prince ordered, I relaxed my body and leaned against the railing as I did before.
Okay. Because I’m really okay.
I calmed my mind and body by repeating the same words to myself.
“Um… Hello, Ranel?”
“Honorific language.”
“Hello.”
Bad boy.
Look at how he told me to treat him comfortably, but when he told me to talk a little more comfortably, he immediately told me to use polite language.
It may sound off-putting, but seeing him laughing while covering his mouth made me quickly realize that it was a joke.
Looking at his smile, I could feel that the prince was ultimately a person like me.
When I spoke up, he accepted it with a smile.
I was happy to see Ranel’s smiling and accepting response, and I laughed like crazy when I told her how I had lived up to this point and how much I had been beaten by her mother.
“Puhahaha, it’s really fucking funny!”
“Prince?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. It’s just so funny that I can’t control it…”
“What…”
He was so different that I doubted whether he was the same prince who had exuded an elegant and old-fashioned feel just a moment ago.
It’s like… A laugh like that of a robber.
“By any chance, Mr. Lennon, do you know about other worlds?”
“Another world?”
“Yes! It’s just… There was no magic in the world, so other studies developed… Or a place where women and men changed.”
Women and men switch? Then, chivalry is done by men, not women, and women show cuteness instead of men…
‘Just thinking about it makes the world a bit disgusting.’
As my expression hardened, Ranel seemed to sense something was wrong and tried to talk back.
“Well, I’ve imagined something like that. “I have a hard time making friends… So I just thought about it!”
“Is that so?”
Well, being a prince was a position where it was difficult to get along with others easily.
Because he was a member of the royal family, he had to be polite in front of others, and he must have been very tired from the numerous training sessions.
You probably don’t have any close friends… It’s pitiful.
As Lennon looked at him with pitiful eyes, Ranel’s face became increasingly red, as if he was being stung by something.
“Don’t look at me like I feel sorry for you.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes…”
In this way, Ranel and Lennon spent time listening to each other’s stories.
It’s like old friends, even though they met for the first time, they get along well and even talk about each other’s secrets.
“I actually…”
“Actually?”
“No! Just wait a little while and look forward to it.”
‘A little later?’
I don’t know what it was, but Ranel returned to the banquet hall with a red face.
When I saw them leaving for the banquet hall again, I felt something was missing.
Even though it’s unfortunate, there’s nothing I can do.
He is royalty, and I am a nobleman.
Leihart is a bit stronger among the nobles.
As I felt the cool breeze outside, I felt uneasy.
I can’t believe I felt this way about someone I met for the first time… I guess I’m crazy because I’ve never met a man before.
“Whoa, let’s just go in.”
I don’t know if that brief conversation changed something in me, but I need to come to my senses anyway.
If I crash again today, my mother will probably try to kill me, so come to my senses…
As I went back inside the banquet hall, I saw a woman dressed in some amazing clothes and her mother talking to a group of people with her man next to her.
As soon as she saw her mother, she tried to run to greet her, but seeing the cold sweat running down her face made her feel uneasy.
“Les, Lennon! “Come here quickly.”
“Yes?”
Her mother’s appearance was like a soldier who had filled up her standard when she first joined the Knights.
“Hello.”
She greeted me with the utmost courtesy. I don’t know much, but if my mother is that annoying, she probably isn’t an ordinary person.
“You are Lennon.”
“Yes!”
The woman with her kind and beautiful smile looked down as she straightened her dress.
Even though it is a kind smile, you can feel the age and skill in that smile.
“Just like Ranel said, he’s a fun-looking kid.”
“Yes?”
“Lennon? “Have you done anything strange to the prince?”
I become a little afraid that someone may have said something strange about me, and my back automatically straightens.
Other people said that when they were in a good mood, they would bend like a bow, but they could not easily move in a straight line like a sword, let alone a bow.
“As expected, it’s the same reaction as before, isn’t it?”
When I looked to the side at the sound of her familiar voice, Ranel was standing there with a charming smile.
“Prince.”
“Yes, the prince.”
Then the person next to you…
“Queen, I’m going to hit Lennon’s head.”
It was simple, but he performed a headbutt, which is the most common move among knights.
A legendary attitude that everyone from new recruits to experienced knights do at least three times a year.
It was a pose that everyone from our mothers to our grandmothers… And even our ancestors had tried at least once.
“I heard you claimed to be Ranel’s bodyguard and tutor?”
“Yes?”
“Lennon?”
I couldn’t turn my head as the situation suddenly took a strange direction.
Tutor? Even an escort who always has to stick around to protect you?
I couldn’t understand what on earth I had done to be asked to do such an important task.
The escort of the prince I met for the first time today…
“Lennon told me earlier. “With his skills, there’s no way he can’t teach swordsmanship and even guard.”
“Are you serious?”
“Of course!”
Ranel smiled and put his hands together.
‘Why does that smile make me feel uneasy?’
Her mother’s mouth was slightly open, and her eyes were out of focus, as if her soul had left her body.
I wasn’t angry, but I felt a strange sense of fear because it was an expression I hadn’t seen before.
“The Raihart family has protected the Kingdom of Berzerk since the first head of the family. I believe that the Ryhart family will do well this time too.”
“Thank you!”
With those words, the Queen slowly disappeared into the crowd.
Only me, Ranel, and my mother remained here, creating silence.
The prince slowly leaned forward and put his mouth to my ear.
“Please continue to take good care of me, sir.”
“Ah…”
When I came to my senses again, Ranel had disappeared, and his mother was looking at me with worried eyes.
We slowly walked sideways and drank a glass of wine without saying a word to each other.
Maybe it’s because they’re both so nervous, but half goes into their mouths and the other half slowly flows down their necks along their jaw line.
“Mom… What should I do?”
“What should I do? It’s special training starting today.”
It was clear that I wasn’t going to start working as an escort or tutor right away, so I had to force myself to improve my skills until then.
If I do something wrong, I might ruin my family.
Ranel Bergerk Perion.
It was the name of the master I had to serve from today.
As a knight of Raihart, you must become a sword for the kingdom.
It may seem too early, but the water has already flowed, and we must ride the flow.
