Book 7.5: Chapter 3
Her Majesty had a puppy. At least she did back then.
He didn’t know when the puppy started accompanying Her Majesty but it wasn’t any expensive or brand item. It was the most ordinary type of dog with mixed fur colours. However, he was Her Majesty’s favourite puppy. As a matter of fact, Her Majesty liked her dog more than human beings.
The puppy was very small and very clingy toward Her Majesty. However, the puppy slept in the resting room of the Valkyries at the entrance of the inner court. It ran around in the palace asserting its dominance. Due to Her Majesty loving him, nobody dared to say anything. He even dared to go to the kitchen to steal the Empress’s food for the next day. The chefs couldn’t let him eat Her Majesty’s meat, but at the same time they couldn’t hit him. so they had to call for Castell whenever it ran in there.
For some reason, the dog was very close to Castell. All Castell had to do was tell him to leave, and he would leave. Maybe it understood that Castell was Her Majesty’s personal attendant, so he trusted the young man. Castell always picked him up and brought him to Her Majesty.
Her Majesty is very generous; more precisely, she had no interest in normal tributes. If the things other nations sent her couldn’t fit in the warehouse, she would generously gift it to those around her. A few days ago, the lord of Karnashun sent her a head cloth and silk from the desert. After taking some for herself, she gave the remainder to the court ladies that served her.
Castell didn’t get any, but that’s probably because Her Majesty felt that guys didn’t need that sort of stuff. Castell really wanted it, despite it not being something he needed, as it was a reward from her. He viewed anything she rewarded him as his most important things, as it was an indication that she acknowledged his work.
But nevertheless, she had never given him anything other than the cherry tomatoes when they met.
Whatever the case, though, he still had to complete his jobs. As long as he performed his jobs well, she would surely reward him. She will for sure.
That was how Castell comforted himself. When he got up from his bed and looked at the sun that had just come up outside, he cheered himself on before heading to the inner court after getting dressed. When he just got to the entrance of the inner court, however, he felt the atmosphere was a very different today. Usually, there are two Valkyries on guard duty here, while the other Valkyries behind them were hidden.