His heart beat rapidly before he forced himself to calm down.
William knew that his answer would decide how his future would be. He had always thought about becoming a noble because he didn’t want to become an ordinary commoner and lost this life.
Even though it would be difficult, but he wanted to try.
He refused to have the poor fate for his entire life.
And just when he thought that he could only walk on this path for a long time, Aurora came to him and asked the question to him.
"A personal knight is a person who will protect the lord they serve," William replied as calmly as possible.
Aurora looked at William and then asked, "Does it good enough for you or you have to become a noble yourself?"
William didn’t immediately answer.
He was thinking about it from another perspective.
His original goal was to become a noble and then served the kingdom as a knight. It would be inevitable for him to fight on the frontline and if there was any battle, then he had to be prepared to be deployed.
Without wars, trying to accumulate enough merit to become a noble was not easy and he might have to work hard for years or even decades.
On the other hand, following Aurora as her personal knight meant that he would be respected by many people. Not mentioning Aurora’s status as the duke’s daughter, she was also the future crown princess.
If he was able to become Aurora’s personal knight, no one would dare to disrespect him in the slightest bit.
In a way, he would also have a higher position than his father.
But...
"Can you tell me why do you want to pick me, Miss Aurora?" William asked carefully. He felt that he didn’t have any advantage over the other apprentice knights in Duke White’s Residence. The other apprentice knights were all better than him and his performance was mostly average.
When one picked a personal knight, they would usually pick someone who was strong or capable or if they were still young, talented.
Because only in this way would they have better subordinate.
After all, the nobles wouldn’t want to have weak people as their subordinates. The stronger they were, the more reliable would they be.
"I didn’t say that I want to pick you." Aurora smiled. "I want to see your performance first."
His performance?
William was confused but Aurora didn’t explain.
As much as Aurora wanted to pick someone directly, William was not those commoner knights who were serving the kingdom and could only wait when there was a noble who wanted to pick them. He was still an apprentice knight under Duke White Family.
"My status might be that of the noble daughter, but I have a goal in my life," Aurora said and then stood up. "For that, I would need loyal people to me."
The female knight had long retreated far away from Aurora and William. She knew better than anyone that it was not easy to provoke Aurora. If she were to make a mistake, she wouldn’t be able to keep her life.
Rather than hearing things that she shouldn’t hear, it would be better for her to stay away.
William furrowed his eyebrows. He was not sure about what Aurora wanted.
"You don’t have to answer me now." Aurora tilted her head and then smiled. "It’s almost summer, so you would be able to see my first move."
First move?
It was then William recalled that Aurora was the future crown princess and also the Yellow Kingdom’s diplomat.
Because of this, Aurora would have to work a lot.
William had heard from his father that Aurora was studying a lot of things in order to be a qualified diplomat.
But what is Aurora’s plan?
William didn’t know.
But right now, all he could answer is, "Yes, Miss."
Aurora stood up and then walked in the direction where the female knight was located to resume her training. "You may leave, Apprentice Knight William."
"Yes."
...
Summer come and soon, it was time for the negotiation.
For some reasons, the negotiation this time was held in the Yellow Kingdom, which meant that Aurora didn’t have to go to the Red Kingdom again. However, this didn’t mean that her mother would let her off so easily.
Duchess Isabella had to make sure that Aurora was doing her work well so that Aurora could always become the Yellow Kingdom’s diplomat without any problem.
If there were people who come to protest because Aurora’s work were not done well, she had to work again.
Duchess Isabella didn’t want this.
"Everyone is here, Aurora." Duchess Isabella glanced at her daughter. "Are you ready for your first negotiation?"
Aurora looked at her mother and smiled. "Yes, Mother."