"Tell me, Duke Eric, what happened between you and my mother?" After the dance finished, Alice and Eric go to the garden and seat while looking at the stars.
"Hugh, it all starts when I want that tuna fish. Well, it's not my fault tho, I saw her like she was lacking of nutrients from vegetables. So, I told her to buy veges instead of fish. And she grabbed my hair until it went bald at this side" Eric shows his left side of hair.
Alice laughs
"Well, I think it is funny tho how my mother will pick a fight with a young man, well actually, she wanted to buy it for me. I love tuna, so she wanted to cook it for me, but she came back with a broken basket like there was typhoon at the market, hehehe"
Eric silent
"If I have known it was for you, I just give it to her then,.." Eric speaks
Alice stops moving her feet and look at Eric.
"I never know our Grand Duke is such a romantic person that will sacrifice his favourite tuna for other people hahahaha"
"If it's for you then, I don't mind"
Eric stands and goes to the fountain in front of them. He looks at his own reflection and smiles
Alice still confused what was happening. If she took it to heart, she will feel blushed. But she pretends like she did not understand and heard Eric.
Two days later,
"Alice could you pass me that documents at the rack and the books too." orders Eric
Since the day of the ball, Eric has become more friendly towards Alice. Perhaps, he has destroyed the wall between him and other people around him..?
"The second thing you need to know as a master and the leader is knowing your enemies. Learn about them. Do some research before joining the battlefield. During the expeditions, you will slowly learn how to handle the situations. Unexpected things happen like a sudden war. When you know who attacks you, from where they will attack, and how they attack, will consequently help you to determine what to do at that time. If the one who's attacking you just unknown troops of bandits, remember they are humans, find weakness in humans. What humans fear, and use your surrounding to help you. For instance, if there are a group of venomous birds near the situation, bait them until they attack the bandits. But the most important thing is you have to make sure those venomous creature will not harm you too.
"Yes sire!" Alice jot down words from Eric. She now became more serious when they talk about enemies. As she has done mistakes in the past, let this be a practice for her to not repeat the same mistakes again.