The addition of someone labeled as a personal knight to his already large number of maids and guards wasn't in fact, something Ian would welcome.
Unlike the others, this one new guard followed him into his library, study, and even to his room. What about privacy? The crown prince went through so much trouble to persuade this delusional swordsman not to enter his private spaces.
As if it wasn't already hard to sneak out of his room, this little guard made things even worse.
"Your Highness, why did you come all the way here? What're you doing?"
And when he thought he'd managed to trick Kieran to successfully run away, the boy caught up to him right before he could sneak out of the mistress' palace.
"I... I came to a walk..."
He was midway through climbing down a wall.
"What's that you're eating?"
"N-nothing. I ain't eating anything!"
The half-bitten cookie was thrown to the ground.
"....."
"....."
