Book 3: Chapter 9: For the Young Lady Part 5
The impactful phrase ‘Capturing Lady Sophia.’
If this was a game, I would have happily captured her but since this was reality, it became an entirely different story. It definitely wasn’t something which should be done just for fun, like when capturing someone in a game, to say the least. But, more importantly, I couldn’t ignore what Young Master Ernest said next.
“Cyril, have you thought about studying abroad in the Flamefield Empire?”
“…Studying abroad in the Flamefield Empire?”
I was Lady Sophia’s exclusive butler. But, Young Master Ernest had just told me to protect Lady Sophia. Thinking of the suggestion he followed up with just after, it was probably somehow related to Lady Sophia.
“I told you the other day that Her Highness, the Imperial Princess, Charlotte took an interest in you, didn’t I?”
Crack!
I wanted to believe that the sound of something being crushed coming from Lady Sophia’s direction was just a figment of my imagination. Indifferent to my attempts at escaping reality, Young Master Ernest continued to talk.
“I already told you before but the Imperial Prince, Harold and the Imperial Princess, Charlotte are planning to study abroad at the Londobell Academy. If possible, I want to prevent that from happening.”