Maids in fear of fena starts leaving as they reach the kitchen door. Fena calls out to them in a loud voice.
"Before leaving apologize first to Dion. You people got no right to criticize him. When you have no idea how much hard work he puts in his goals."
The maids turn their faces towards Dion and fena, "Apologizes to Dion and promise to never make fun of him again."
At that moment Dion Stares at fena for a while and then looks down at the floor.
"I here by make a commitment that Dion will become the greatest and most loyal Knight of empire in coming up next four years."
Hearing upon this Dion gets surprised and looks at fena with a teary and full of happiness eyes and start looking other way.
After saying that fena turn towards Dion and bring closer her face to his face.
"What? What are you making such a cry baby face for?"
"Because it got me surprised and makes me happy at the same time. No one said this before for me with such confidence. Even I myself started to lose confidence in myself and my skills whenever I failed the knight exam."
"You are an idiot really. What does your failing have to do with your goal. Isn't it proof of your determination towards your goal even after failing you are Continuously swinging your sword. Not everyone can do this, And what's with knights exam?"
"You dumbass, How old are you that you are even entering in Knight examination? Wait, Do they even allow children's to take Knight exams?"
fena looks at Dion while raising her one of eyebrow as to give the impression of are you messing around with me?
Dion gets confused at fena's expression and in a while he gets what she mean.
"Believe me, "It's true Knight exams allow children's to take exam, And later they give the little task like helping in towns and other all."
While saying that Dion backs off seeing how fena expression gets darken after hearing what he said. Fena starts pulling her hair in frustration.
" You're telling me that the emperor allowed such a thing this time, Like hell where he was last time. Now I get it that old man what he is trying to do by making me receive training classes."
Dion looks at fena in confusion, "My lady, What are you talking about? I don't seem to understand a thing"
'No I remember well in my previous life there wasn't such a thing allowed but what was the emperor doing in my previous life. No wait, was he even alive at that time? Because the current balance in empire is maintained so well and equally because of the emperor. I remember passer-by nobles mentioning emperor's death. I can't seem to remember the reason of his death.'
"Nothing it's nothing. Let's start eating food. Here have this pie. It's really tasty."
'Not like I need to care about such things as empire or anything like that.'
While I was occupied by my thoughts. I tried to reach my hand to the pie plate just to find it empty.
Fena gets pissed at the Dion selfishness and grabs him from collar.
"You sure are glutton. In two minutes you finished the whole pie by yourself. Your dumbass didn't leave a single piece for me. Weren't we supposed to share? You traitor that was the last pie and there is nothing to eat except raw vegetables."
"I was just too hungry and couldn't help it and what's so bad about eating the pie that my mother made."
"Huh! Your mother made. Is your mother a maid? I remember now you did mention both of your parents working here."
Dion feels pissed and glares at fena.
"My mother is the Head maid not maid so don't say like that. Both of my parents are hard working for me and my little sister that's why I also want to do something for them."
"Calm down! You brat shouldn't you should be showing this kind of attitude towards maids who looks down on you?"
Meanwhile, both were busy in glaring at each other the head maid entered the kitchen and quietly starts baking pie. When they hear the sound of spoon dropping they both turn their heads towards the head maid.
"What are you doing mom?"
'I see! She is head maid. She looks kind.'
With a bright smile, "You both were seems to be very busy in glaring contest meanwhile I thought of baking a pie to end your fight. I have been watching you both from start. Be good kids and stay where you are because I'm going to punish you both."
As both of them looks at each other in confusion and starts making excuses.
"He started first by eating whole pie by himself. Even though we were meant to share."
"No, I told her I was hungry and couldn't control myself. Can't she show some mercy."
"But you didn't even apologize to me."
As they started arguing again the head maid gets closer to them to punish them.
Suddenly both of them started to feel fluffy and realizes they were hugged by the head maid.
"You don't need to fight with each other. Do you? Aren't you friends with each other?"
"I don't remember making him as my friend."
"How mean? Didn't you just helped my boy regarding the two maids earlier?"
"That I did. So?"
"Only a friend help other friend in difficult times. Right!"
'Honestly I know this kind of things well since I am not child inside. I used to hear a lot in school and that's why I feel more boring hearing these kinds of things again.'
"Yes! My lady and I are friends now. Since you gave me your share too."
Fena jaw dropped at how simple and easy Dion is, And it can't be helped since he is just a child.
'No you dumbass I didn't give my share to you. You just simply ate it without asking or considering once and thanks to that I'm dying of hunger.'
Fena make an indifferent face and agrees to be friends with Dion. He gets excited and keeps shaking hands with Fena.
"Yeah! Yeah! We are friends now. Ha, ha, ha…"
Call me Ann! My name is Ann," It's a pleasure to meet you my lady. I will be in your care from now on."
"It's nice to meet you too, Ann!"
Later Fena and Dion finishes eating the pie and leaves the kitchen.
"I need to get back to my room immediately and starts counting how much I have collected till now. It's been a long day a lot of happened."
As I reached my room and opened the door. The moment the bed came in my view. All the exhaustion took over my body and I collapsed on my bed, Fallen into a deep sleep.
The next moment all I knew was that the sun was up, And it was early in the morning.
Suddenly my door was knocked harder than yesterday and I could get the feeling what could be behind the door?
As I walked towards the door to open. I kept praying that it wouldn't be duke.
"Open the door quickly you little shit still sleeping. How long you are going to sleep?"
"What do you want you old ass? It's still early in the morning."
"Didn't I told you yesterday we are going to have training in early morning?"
Upon hearing that fena closes the door at duke's face.
Duke's gets pissed and breaks the door and grabs Fena from collar and starts dragging her.
"You little shit, How dare you to shut the door on my face."
"Yesterday you haven't said a single thing about training in early morning you old ass. Have mercy on me. Don't you see winter is started it's too cold outside."
"That's what makes you stronger to work hard in any season. No matter what happens one must keep fighting."
Duke's start lecturing and warns fena about the collection of the antic piece and all the things she made in her room will be taken away. Fena gives in to save the hard work she went through to collect those things.
While seeing fena get dragged by the duke in such a cold weather. Dion laughs at fena and tries to leave quietly before the duke notice him.
Seeing that fena starts the act," You old ass I can't do training alone. It doesn't motivate me that much. I need a partner to do training with only then I can have motivation. When I will see my partner keep getting better I will start to feel jealous and that's what it will start competition. Isn't it how training always works."
Duke pauses for a moment and gives a thought to what fena said and agrees.
"Sure it's true! That's how I too got better at my swordsmanship. A partner you say I have someone in my mind, But I will introduce him to you after attending the royal banquet there everyone will come to know you. Who you are? What can you do? That's why you need to learn all other things too in this one month. I will have to send other tutors to you."
"For Now, I will pick Dion. He is a very diligent child."
Duke calls out to Dion who was trying to escape. Dion starts making excuses in front of duke. Since he was scared to fight against the duke.
But duke starts dragging Dion too from the collar and reaches to the training grounds.