episode_0013

“Ugh…”

My head feels like it’s going to burst.

I did fall asleep, but I don’t feel like I slept properly because I kept waking up from the scissors every now and then.

“What the heck is going on this morning?”

I wanted to sleep more, but there was someone who couldn’t stand it and woke me up.

“It’s not morning. The sun is already high in the sky.”

Delua.

He is my temporary bodyguard assigned to me by the Queen.

“When did I ask you to wake me up? You should be waiting outside the door. What will people think if you come and go from my room like this?”

“Don’t say anything weird! I just…”

“Oh, okay, just go outside. I need to sleep more.”

“……”

I thought I heard this sound coming from somewhere.

I rubbed my eyes wondering, ‘What is it?’ and barely raised my head, only to see Delua gritting her teeth and shaking.

“What? Didn’t you hear what I said?”

I’m sorry, but my position as a court tutor is much higher than that of a queen’s bodyguard.

Even now, she is not the queen but my direct bodyguard.

Besides, I heard that the Floyd family is a prestigious earldom family.

‘Hey, where did you dare to glare from?’

In a class society like this, the difference in status must be clearly shown.

You should suck the assholes of those in power properly, and be cold and merciless to those below you.

It’s not like I’m going to start some kind of enlightenment movement or something to abolish the caste system of this world.

There’s no need to be nice to this guy right now, because he has to be the person that he is, Adrian Floyd.

“If you don’t want to go out, come here and get some water. I already feel uncomfortable because I didn’t wash properly, do you want to go get some warm water?”

“Enough with the joking. I am not your subordinate or maid. I am just doing this job temporarily according to Mama’s orders…”

Wow, I felt this yesterday too, but the more I look at this kid, he seems really arrogant.

Especially the way you look at me.

‘Yeah, well… I can understand that you showed me that scene from the beginning. But…’

What can he do now that the queen has come over?

“Delua. Are you a virgin?”

“That, that suddenly…”

“Oh, that’s right. I’ve already finished talking with Mama and we’re close enough that she’s giving me her escort, but you still look at me like some pervert trash who raped a princess.”

“Oh, I never looked at it that way!”

“Really? I thought you despised me so much?”

“That, that kind of thing… Absolutely not!”

I guess my guess was right since you’re flustered?

‘Well, they didn’t see Purua use magic at dawn because they were out waiting…’

So, I guess he still couldn’t understand the queen’s sudden change in attitude towards me.

I’m just following orders.

‘hmm…’

However, since he was secretly with the queen, we can say that this guy is definitely on the queen’s side.

Since you trust me, you’ll stick with me.

“Well, let’s say you’re a virgin.”

“……”

“So, how good are your skills? Are you really strong?”

“Please… Stop the insults. Please stop now..”

“I wasn’t insulting you. I’m just curious. How good are you? Actually, I’m kind of popular. Are you really willing to trust me with your life?”

“Sigh…”

Delua let out a deep sigh and her expression, which had been tense with anger, relaxed as if she had given up.

“I heard you’re leaving for Pelot soon. You’re going to be an instructor at a knight training school.”

“Yeah. But?”

“It’s already been 5 years since I graduated from there.”

“Really? I thought you were younger, but you look quite old, huh?”

The Royal Academy, which requires admission only to adults.

Among those who graduated from that academy, most of those who dreamed of becoming knights went to a knight training school, and after graduating from there, they were promoted to full-fledged knights.

So, Delua, who graduated from there 5 years ago, is at least in his mid to late 20s.

Maybe I’m almost thirty.

“I graduated second in my class. I think that should answer your question.”

She answered the question about her age without any hesitation.

I held back from asking why she was still a virgin at that age.

‘I’ll have to use it if you mess with me later.’

“Grading second place? Is that a big deal? It’s not like there’s only a journalist training school in Pelot. Don’t they produce graduates every year? So how is that?”

“……”

The guy suddenly opens his eyes and glares.

Did your pride get scratched?

“If you’re so curious…”

-chuck!

The man’s left hand held the scabbard on his waist.

“Would you like to try it yourself?”

His right hand was already holding the hilt of the sword.

Looks like he’s going to pull it out at any moment.

Here, I was handing over the initiative, so I didn’t show it on the outside, but my heart started pounding for a moment.

“Haa… This, this, I should tell Mama. She should be more careful when choosing an escort. Are you out of your mind, trying to draw your sword on the person you are supposed to protect?”

“That, that’s because you keep insulting…”

“What on earth did you learn in training camp that you can’t hold back on a few words and lose your temper!?”

“……”

“And what? You? Do you think that’s what I should be called by your guy?”

Although he seemed to have considerable skill, he was sorely lacking in speaking skills that he could not open his mouth any further.

“…Excuse me.”

It seems like he has a similar personality, but it doesn’t work on me.

“It seems that people from Peloton can’t even apologize properly.”

The initiative has passed.

Now is the time to trample and show the difference.

“That’s…”

“Skill is skill, but I heard that patience is the most important thing for a knight. But you are too arrogant. You are guarding Mama with that much patience?”

“Please forgive my rudeness.”

Finally, the guy’s gaze fell endlessly to the floor.

“Delua.”

“Yes…”

“I didn’t want to do this either. You’re here to protect my life.”

“That’s…”

“So let’s make it clear. It’s better for both of us, right?”

“Yes, from now on…”

“Why is the knight so listless!?”

“Oh, this will never happen again!”

‘Are you coming to your senses now, Aesong-ah?’

“So, you’re confident in your skills?”

“Yes!”

“If Mom keeps it by her side, I believe I can keep it by my side too.”

“I will always stay by your side until the day you leave for Pelot and definitely prove it!”

Unlike the first time, the spirit was really high.

I was just being a little petty and ran to the queen to complain, but it was very effective.

Well, it would be much better if you bow down before me.

Rather than being fired from the position of bodyguard to a big shot like the queen.

“Okay, then just get out.”

“No.”

“Huh?”

“I really can’t. Mom ordered me to stay there. There’s a window in this room, so it’s dangerous to wait outside.”

That’s not wrong.

“Really? But you were just outside last night, right?”

“That’s… sorry. I was out of my mind at the time…”

“Why did your feelings suddenly change?”

“That’s… A little while ago, a colleague came to me and told me to do it properly… Oh, and I have something to tell you.”

Deloitte lifted something from the table behind her and handed it to me.

“Actually… I woke you up to tell you this, even though it was rude. I’m sorry.”

“What is this?”

“This is a letter from Mama.”

“Ah…”

Suddenly, I come to my senses.

‘That’s right. The contract was something like this…’

But there was one problem.

‘But can I read the writing in this world right now?’

The day before yesterday it was impossible.

The day I first opened my eyes in this body.

Since I was just in the room, I had some time to spare, so of course I searched around to gather information.

However, I could not understand the books on the bookshelf or the numerous documents Adrian had written himself.

“Here it is.”

I received the letter from Delua.

I opened the envelope and unfolded the folded paper with a trembling heart.

“Huh!?”

what.

I can read, right?

The content is easy to read.

The unfamiliar arrangement of letters that I was seeing for the first time in my life entered my head several times easier and faster than the letters I had used in my previous life.

‘Ah! Now that I think about it…’

right.

Being able to read was a given.

Haven’t we already understood things that are tens or hundreds of times more complicated than this?

This is nothing compared to the complex circuits and magic circles drawn all over Purua’s body.

“Delua.”

“Yes!”

“Bring all the books in this room. Oh, no. No books, just paper! Letters and all the things Adrian… I think I wrote!”

“Yes?”

“What are you doing? Hurry up!”

Now is the beginning.

Now I feel like I can finally begin to fully adapt to this world.

* * *

“This kid… What the hell is he doing?”

Complaints, complaints, complaints…

A box in a corner of the room contained numerous letters criticizing, condemning, and expressing discontent towards Adrian.

“I…”

I think I have a rough idea.

Why is that guy so obsessed with new technology?

‘You must have wanted to shut them all up. With overwhelming power…’

No matter what, it’s like that.

What the heck, no one likes this guy.

Not only the Floyd family, but also the Royal Academy, where he had been a tutor before becoming a court tutor.

The letters started out demanding an explanation and continued with threatening statements that they would never forgive and would definitely take revenge.

‘And this kid…’

Most of the letters were not even properly opened.

Although they may not know, there is a high probability that they checked the sender’s name and then threw it away without opening it if they deemed it useless.

‘At this point, isn’t he just a person with a ruined personality?’

“I… Adrian.”

“Oh, why? Can’t you see I’m busy right now?”

“That’s not it… Aren’t you going to eat? It’s already past noon.”

“Really? I’m not that hungry?”

No matter how many times I read a letter like this, it’s useless.

The content was all the same, and there was so much of it that it was a waste of time to read it all.

First of all, he took it apart.

I should start by checking letters from people he considers important.

‘Is this something the Academy Director sent?’

It was a letter that arrived just three days ago.

It was sent by someone who was the chairman of the academy, and the letter was not very long.

In short, there are letters and items that have arrived for me, so come and pick them up when you have time.

‘article?’

Maybe it has something to do with his research.

‘But where is the academy?’

-Gulp.

I was just about to ask Deloitte about the Academy.

I thought there was some thunder.

“shi, shishishi… Excuse me.”

“……”

Since I can’t always have Princess Purua with me, I’ll have to drag this guy around and ask him questions about this and that.

“Go out. I’ll buy you lunch.”

I started taking off my clothes.

It’s my first time going out of the palace, so I should dress up a bit.

“What are you doing? Come and help me.”

“Yes? But I’m an escort…”

“Write. Are you talking back again?”

“But…”

“Aren’t you going to eat?”

Eventually, Deloitte came closer to me.

“Take off your pants, I’ll take off your upper body.”

“Yes?”