The Werewolf King's Bride

Chapter 247: Humble

(From Blue's Perspective)

"What the hell...? What the fuck is written here?" Flint grumbled.

"My god, Lord Flint has an awfully foul mouth," Ruby muttered. "Is swearing for every little thing necessary?"

"How would you know that? If you were in my position, you would do the same."

"Her Highness pays you well and also lets you go no matter how you behave. Isn't that enough?"

"I work my ass off for the payment," he defended himself. "Ask Her Highness. Your Highness, have I not been working properly?"

"Yes, you have been," I said tiredly. "Anyway, can you read what's on the paper?"

"No, but it's a mage's message. I can't read it though," he replied.

"Are you sure it's a mage's message?"

"Positive. I feel awful. There has not been a single time when I have not been able to read, no, there has been only one time... Lord Luc might be able to read this."

"That's why I told you to make five copies. I will send one to Luc," I said. "How long will it take?"

"Not long, just an hour. I will bring it to Your Highness myself since it seems important," he said.

"Yes, please do so," I nodded.

There was no photocopy machine in this world. So, mages were used to copy documents. It took quite a long time. Only Luc and the masters of the magic towers could make copies in the blink of an eye.

"Don't be like that with Flint, Ruby. It's hard to find someone like him who works so fast and is loyal."

"Yes, but Lord Flint has an awful personality. He respects Your Highness, but he is very rude with others."

"Others mock him as well."

"He also swears a lot," she said, ignoring me. "I feel sorry for his wife."

"Haha, he might not be like this with his wife."

"I doubt so. I think he is the same way at home," she said.

"You and I know a person who is quite rude with others, but very gentle when he is with his wife," I said.

"Who...? Oh... But His Highness is one of a kind. It's very hard to find someone like him. I still don't think that guy is any different at home."

"His wife is pregnant, right?"

"Yes, five months."

"Ah, I should send her some flowers... I will ask Flint what flowers his wife likes," I muttered to myself. "By the way, where is Perita?"

"I will send her to Your Highness now that Your Highness has finished your lunch," Ruby said. "I will take my leave then."

"Alright..."

Perita came to my office very soon. She seemed to have been sneaking food from the kitchen again.

"How many times do I have to tell you not to do that?" I sighed.

"I just took a cupcake."

"You won't be able to go out with me if you do it again," I said.

"Is Your Highness going somewhere?"

"Who knows?"

"Take me with you, Your Highness."

"Promise me you won't steal food from the kitchen again," I said.

"Hmph, okay...," she pouted.

"Anyway, why I called you- Tell knight Julius to come to my office right away," I said.

"Why?"

"Just do as I told you, Perita. You will be here, so you will find out about it anyway," I said.

"Okay, then..."

'Why do I feel like I am working with children in adult's bodies here?' I thought when Perita left. 'Even my husband is kind of childish from time to time. Perita is completely like a child. Flint swears a lot and says weird things and sometimes the way I have to convince him, it's like I am convincing a child to do something in exchange for something. Ruby is a bit more mature than all of them.'

"May I come in, Your Highness?"

"Yes, is it Julius?"

"I brought him, Your Highness," Perita grinned as she pulled him inside by his collar.

"Let go of his collar. I told you not to misbehave."

"I was not!"

"Leave him."

"Yes..."

"Take a seat, Julius," I said, smiling.

"Yes... It's... it's an... honor to be able to talk to... you, Your Highness," he stuttered as he took a seat. "I mean, right in front of Your Highness...

It's really..."

"You don't have to be stiff, Julius. Relax," I said. "I just want to talk to you about something and that's all. You can return to work soon."

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"Yes, Your Highness. I hope I can be of help to Your Highness."

"Don't worry, you will be. Alright, so Julius, you are Calix's roommate, right?"

"Calix? Yes, I am. Did he do something, Your Highness?"

"No, no, he has not," I shook my hands. "It's just I want to know a few things about him. Are you friends with him?"

"Yes, we have been roommates since His Highness brought him here. So, we are quite close. We are best friends, actually. Though he is three years younger than me, we get along well," he said.

"I see... That means you can tell me about Calix, right? Actually, I want to know what kind of person Calix is and his personality."

"Um, Calix is not that friendly with everyone. I mean, he is not rude and he doesn't have a bad personality. He just is a bit cold and doesn't talk to others. It's like he always isolates himself. It took me a while to get close to him as well, but I am glad I tried," he chuckled. When he was talking about Calix, he seemed to be quite relaxed.

He got over his nervousness as well. "Calix might seem really unfriendly at first glance, but it's just he is very clumsy when it comes to communication. But if someone manages to get close to him, they will know that he is actually very clumsy and a good person."

"It's a good thing that Julius is Calix's friend. He is very young, so I am worried about him. It seems Julius is always on his side and is taking care of him."

"Your Highness, it's true that Calix and I are very close. I take care of him as much as I can. I won't lie- he might seem so tough and stuff like that, but he is actually kinda broken on the inside. Since Your Highness said that you are worried about him, I think I should let Your Highness know about this."

"Do tell me more."

"Calix suffers from nightmares every night without fail."

'As expected, he is traumatized because of something.'

"He sweats a lot and keeps saying something like 'Please, don't kill him... Let me live...' He did not tell me when I first asked him. But when I kept pressing him, he opened up to me. I just want the best for him. So, can Your Highness promise me that you won't let him go on any dangerous missions after I tell you about it?"

"Actually, I have been planning the same thing. So, it's alright. I can promise you that."

"His family were burned to death during a war. That's the time when His Highness found him. His younger brother died right in front of him. That even traumatized him greatly and he is scared of fire. Even after all these years, he had not gotten better. He is young, so it's expected that he has that kind of reaction.

I just want him to get better, but perhaps it's too soon to ask for something like that."

It definitely was too soon to ask for that. I knew what it meant to be traumatized. Sometimes I thought my past did not affect me, but I would be proven wrong in a while. Those events did affect me and always made me feel miserable and helpless.

"Please do not tell Calix that I told Your Highness about it. He told me to keep it a secret. But it's for the best."

"That's alright, Julius. I know you want the best for him. I wish the same. So, I will take steps to make sure that Calix is not sent to any dangerous missions," I said. "You can go back to your work now. Thank you for today."

He looked quite shocked. Everyone had the same type of reaction after they talked to me. It was very strange.

"Time to get Calix some help it seems," I mumbled. "By the way, Perita, can you tell me why he was surprised?"

"Isn't that because Your Highness is too humble even towards a knight? Not just knights, Your Highness is very polite and thanks everyone including servants and maids. It is very unusual and they are not used to this kind of treatment. At first, I was surprised as well."