The Peace Never Last

Right after Aurora left her parents' chambers, the atmosphere turned into a tense one. There's no one in the empire who doesn't know about the devotion of each member of the Claramay family towards Aurora. In front of her, they appeared to be kind, gentle, thoughtful, caring, and even angel-like personalities.

However, when Aurora wasn't looking, all five of them turned into the devil themselves. The grand duke and duchess would gather any intel that's related to Aurora whether it's bad or good. If it's good, they'll continue to spread it even further. If it's bad, it'll be the triplet's job to figure out its source and put an end to it. They won't be thinking twice about how to deal with it. A warning, a threat, or even killing occurs.

The grand duchess broke the silence.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ' Antoine, ready the night renegades. Order them to sneak into the Coleman's. '                                                                                                                                                                                                        ' Keane, makes sure that no one follows the carriage that Aurora will be riding. '                                                                                                                                                                                                     ' Cullen, make some troubles when that little vermin comes tomorrow. '

After that, all the three of them were thinking the same thing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ' Of course, mother. '

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Meanwhile, the situation with Aurora and the servants...

' My lady, I'll have Knight James escorted you to your room. I've informed the maids to prepare your bath. I can see how tired you are. After this,  no more training or reading. My lady's going straight to bed after you're done with bathing. '

Aurora who was dumbstruck, sulked when she wasn't allowed to practice swordsmanship. She knew that Wayn will take away her sword if he finds out that she was training when she's supposed to be resting. Aurora understood that he cares for her mentally and physically.                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ' Haha, alright Wayn. If I keep on arguing with you, you won't be giving me any of my favorite food for each serving. '

After hearing what Aurora had said, Wayn felt at ease.

' Have a good rest, my lady. '

' Goodnight, Wayn. I'll see you tomorrow. '

Aurora was escorted by one of her family's knights, Knight James. James Anderson was a commoner before he came to the Claramay residence. He has bestowed the name ' Anderson ' after his teacher, Andrew Channing who was the head knight of Light Armada.

The Claramay's knights are divided into two. Light Armada and Night Renegades. Light Armada is a knight squad that protected the Claramay's out in the open while Night Renegades are the ones who protected them in the shadows. Even if these quadrants belong to the same house, they do not get along with one another.

Light Armada considered Night Renegades as assassins who carried out orders brutally even though they were told to do it more conscientiously. On the other hand, Night Renegades viewed Light Armada as weaklings as they can't carelessly withdraw their sword publicly as it would tarnish the Claramay's name.

To be more understanding, these two are like cats and dogs. If it was possible, every meeting that occurred between them would probably end up in bloodshed.

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' James, how's today's training? Does the newly recruited ones are able to keep up with it? 

' Yes, milady. Although they were exhausted pretty quickly after the fourth training. While others are still unable to break through the fifth one. '

' I assumed that all of them weren't using their mana properly. Bet some of them tampered with their own mana, which resulted in blood coming out of their mouth, others are unable to control it properly and fully and the rest aren't even feeling their training wholeheartedly. '

' BINGO MILADY!! YOU'VE HIT THE TARGET!! Nothing can get past you. '                                     

' Then how come you still haven't broken through the fourth as well, James? '

' EEKK!! Please milady, I don't want to undergo that training again. Huhuhu. Of course, a genius swordmaster such as yourself is able to overcome any stage of training. '

' Very well then, James. The day after tomorrow we'll be sparring. After that, I'll reorganize your training. '

' REALLY??!!! YOU'RE THE BEST MILADY!!! I'LL ONLY SERVE YOU UNTIL THE LAST OF MY BREATHE!! '

' Why are you acting like a child, Knight James? Compose yourself this instant. '

' Auk! As you said, my lady. (Sniff) (sniff) why are you being so mean, Lady Aurora. '                                                                                                                                                                                    (sniff) (sniff) 

Being a perfectionist as they are, it's pretty normal for the people who are living within the Claramay's mansion to experience strict guidance. The same can be said for the maids and butlers. In the eyes of the outsiders, it may seem like they are just normal servants whose job was to only obey and carry. However, that wasn't the case for the people who worked for the Claramays. To be employed by them, you have to go through a test, a life-threatening one but the one who had to go through with it won't be notified about the test.

Men who applied to be a knight or butler will be tested by a suicidal attack while the ladies who wanted to be a knight or maid will be tested by stamina fighting. They will be given any weapon of their choice on the day they were recruited as well as a room to stay alone for a night where the test will take place. If they passed the test in addition to that they have accepted to work under the Claramay name, they will be asked to sign a contract which includes compensation and protection for their families if their lives were to be sacrificed in the battle that they will face. Not to mention, they too will receive training in order to increase their talents so that they will be more sensitive and aware of each surrounding.

Other than that, social status didn't even matter when it comes to talented individuals. Being recognized by any of the family members and acquire a chance to live a better life, is an opportunity that won't come knocking on your door twice. Moreover, every individual will be taught by the family members themselves which involves mana manipulation, weaponry, divine, and devil accumulations. Every training will be examined by one of the young masters or the young lady herself. Every accomplishment that they've obtained will result in increasing the danger that will have in every task.