Chapter 9 - Time To Die (1/2)

Chapter 9: Time To Die

As the Crown Prince of Teniac’s fiance, she was supposed to be the main character of the show, yet she hadn’t even come out of her castle to make an appearance. So until now, Clint had happily used the castle as his place to fool around with while not forgetting to pay Cassie, the only maid in the castle.

He even nicknamed his secret getaway tree as the “Tree of Promise.”

Come to think of it, the possibility of her being the owner of the castle was good. Clint was the only one so unruly as to enter the castle of a woman engaged to the Crown Prince. Women would only be willing to follow Clint to the castle and not of their own volition.

Despite all his solemn talks, Lawrence didn’t think a man surrounded by beautiful women like Clint would have touched his fiance. In fact, he wasn’t interested even if Clint dragged her and stole her first night away.

“Come to my office this evening. I have something I’d like to speak to you,” said Lawrence, frowning.

At that moment, Clint stopped gushing his feelings and straightened his back.

***

Clint dressed properly for the first time in a long while and headed to Lawrence’s office.

“Captain, why do you think that poisonous snake is calling you?” asked Tarren, deputy chief of the Knights’ Order, which he commanded.

“Maybe he noticed that I touched his woman…”

“No way. If I found out about it, I’d have beaten you right away, Captain.”

“…Am I that funny, Tarren?”

“Yes, Captain.”

Clint had a look of resentment hearing Tarren’s calm answer.

Clint did everything he did to look comical. He couldn’t help it. If he looked competent to the Imperial Family, they’d eventually use his knighthood for their own benefits. The only thing Clint would face was death and his men’s family facing poverty.

In his life, all the adults he grew up with were now dead.