Chapter 69 The Great Revelation
Author: M_W Cancer
Grammar Checker: M_W Nomral
However, Leo closing his eyes to try and avoid trouble was unfortunately still useless. The group of soldiers still walked towards him and was obviously going to cause trouble to him.
"Kid, what you doing here? Are you lost or something?" A stout-looking soldier said as soon as he arrived in front of Leo.
"Yeah kid, no one is allowed inside Princess Tiana's personal garden!" another soldier followed up.
"Oy, stop that! You might scare the kid away, hahaha!"
Hearing the soldiers' voices, Leo could only open his eyes and feel helpless inwardly. He really doesn't want to communicate with these soldiers simply because they were obviously here to just make fun of him and cause trouble.
"Dammit, are soldiers really this bored in their life that they'll look for trouble the moment they spot someone nearby around?" Leo can't help but asked himself inwardly.
"You see that!" Leo said as he pointed towards Princess Tiana and Cassandra and the other's location, "I'm with them, that's why I'm here."
"Oh, then how about you give us a chance to get to know those three beautiful girls, hahaha!" The stout-looking guy quickly followed up. Obviously, he won't include Princess Tiana, since she was his Master, and also not Veronica because she's the Princess's best friend. Hence, the three, specifically Cassandra, Elizabeth, and Angel were obviously what he meant about.
"Go and ask them yourself!" Leo exclaimed before closing his eyes once again.
At this moment, within the group of girls, Veronica, the friend of Princess Tiana and Leo, saw what was currently happening and wanted to quickly stop the soldiers from bothering Leo using her identity. However, Princess Tiana put her hand in front of her, trying to stop her from stepping up.
Cassandra and Angel also wanted to step in, but Princess Tiana turned towards them and shook her head, simply implying that they should also not step in. So, the two girls could only stay put and watch. Obviously, they don't dare offend the Princess.
The action of Princess Tiana was really weird. No one understands the reason why she was stopping them. Did Leo perhaps offended her or something...?
Meanwhile, Elizabeth doesn't care about what will happen to Leo. She was even laughing at his misfortune deep inside. She was just sipping her tea and watching how the scene will unfold, with an obvious sign of interest in her eyes.
At this moment, the stout-looking man was annoyed by Leo ignoring him. So, he put his arm on top of the latter's shoulder.
"Kid, you better respect me! I'm Yule, the Vice-Commander of Princess Tiana's personal guard!" The stout man said, introducing himself to Leo.
"Oh, and I'm Leo Heart, a Mage and a first-year student of Silver Mage Academy..." Leo replied nonchalantly, returning the introduction while still closing his eyes.
"You..." The stout man was immediately annoyed by Leo's nonchalant reaction.
"Will you punch me in the face or something?" Leo suddenly said before slowly opening his eyes, "If that's the case, then I really pity Princess Tiana. She had unexpectedly accepted a stupid person to be her personal guard. And a Vice-Commander on top of that!" He added before shaking his head, seemingly showing his pity.
"I'm indeed stupid, but I'm strong! Princess Tiana doesn't need smart people, only strong ones that are capable of protecting her with their life!" The stout man said, puffing his chest proudly.
"Oh, is that so? Then how will you save your Princess now, then?" Leo said while wearing a mischievous smile on his face.
"Save?" The stout man asked curiously to Leo. He then looked at Princess Tiana. But he quickly noticed that the princess was safe. So, what was he going to save her from?
"Save her from the poison that she's currently drinking!" Leo said, revealing the reason why.
"Ahhh....!" The stout man exclaimed in shock before frantically running towards Princess Tiana, aiming to get the teacup from her hand.
At this moment, Princess Tiana watching the charging stout man was wearing a disappointed face. Obviously, she feels disappointed with how the stout man acted.
"Princess, give me that teacup, or else you're going to die!" The stout man quickly yelled out.
Suddenly a man with a scar face appeared out from the roof of the place that Princess Tiana and the others were sitting at.
"Kalid, do you really think that the Princess would be poison in such a way?" The scar face man said before landing on the ground.
"Vice Commander Yule, sir!" The stout man with the real name Kalid stood straight and saluted.
"I don't know sir, but better be safe than sorry, sir!"
"Stupid! Everything that the Princess is eating and drinking was tasted first by the palace royal taster, so no poison would be able to easily pass through to the Princess table!"
"I'm sorry Princess for failing your task!" Vice Commander Yule said, bowing 90 degrees to Princess Tiana.
Princess Tiana could only shake her head helplessly and saying, "It's fine, not a big deal, no one was hurt anyway..."
Leo currently crossing his leg under the tree shade was curiously watching the scene. He had finally understood that everything was an act, but what for? It's not like he had offended the Princess or something, right?
Moreover, he finally realized why the soldiers were stupidly trying to cause trouble. It was simply because Princess Tiana herself had asked them to, but when though? This also explains why the soldiers' way of asking for trouble sucks! After spotting him, they quickly approached him and try to ask about what he was doing at the man-made garden of the Princess, then they suddenly changed out of nowhere to introducing them to the three women. He had really been curious as to why it was as weird as that, and he finally understood the reason why. The soldiers were doing it despite feeling unwilling.
What Leo said was indeed right! The soldiers were indeed executing the task unwillingly. After all, they are soldiers, so causing trouble without any reason is not their code of chivalry that was taught when they were still training, especially not a code of chivalry from Silver Royal family soldiers.
Turning her head towards Leo, Princess Tiana said, "My apologies sir Leo, I just wanted to test your capability."
"..." Leo just replied with a dubious expression on his face.
"You see, our Silver Royal family had been protecting a person from one of the major Noble Household for 10 years now. So, when I heard that this person was coming to my royal palace to escort my friend Veronica, I quickly thought of a plan to test his capabilities. Whether that guy was really worth protecting or did my parents just waste their effort protecting a useless person..." Princess Tiana explained, wearing an apologetic face towards Leo.
"Huh?" Leo could only make such a sound. He was dumbfounded after hearing such an explanation from Princess Tiana. Obviously, he had understood that the 'This person' from her explanation was him, but that wasn't what he was curious about.
He only knew that he had offended the daughter of the Snow Noble Household from the five major Noble Households, specifically Elizabeth Snow, but this Noble Household itself doesn't even want to kill him and had instead proposed to him to marry their daughter.
So, he was really curious as to which Noble Household was this that the Silver Royal family had been protecting him from in this past 10 years, and it was specifically from one of the five major Noble Households, too.
"You really don't know?" Princess Tiana can't help asking.
"Unfortunately, I don't..." Leo quickly replied while shaking his head.
"Do you know about the rank one of the five major Noble Household?"
"Yes, the Crystal Skull Noble Household!"
"That is the Noble Household that we're protecting you from, specifically from Richton Skull, the second son of the Crystal Skull Noble Household, the man who had fallen head over heels to your Fiancée Elizabeth Snow..." Princess Tiana explained before turning her head towards Elizabeth Snow, who was somewhat sad while staring back at her.