Elena''s POV


    I heard the synchronized footsteps of warriors taunting nearby and instantly woke up. After


    blinking for a while, I stretched out and sighed as I looked around.


    Because I was exhausted from all the running for the past three days, I went straight to bed


    after Prince Deacon left and slept, so I didn''t have enough time to check out the ce.


    The bed I was on was smaller than the one in the Prince''s tent. Unlike the one in Prince


    Deacon''s, the ground didn''t have any floorings, but the lighting, tables, and chairs were almost


    the same.


    What I found notable was that there was a separator on one of the corners to hide me when I


    was changing, which I very much appreciated.


    Since they were all men, none needed it, so I reckon they probably made it in haste for me. It''s


    made of wood andrge leaves and straws.


    I''ve changed intofortable pants and a simple shirt and still paired it with mybat


    boots.


    Just in time, as I finished changing, someone called out.


    "Luna Elena? This is Beta Tyson, and I''m here to call you for a meal."


    I came out, and a gentleman in his 30s with a beard and long hair bowed to greet me. Though his hair was tied back, a few strands of his hair were loose in front of his face.


    "Nice to meet you, Beta Tyson." It was the first time I saw him.


    He gestured through the way, and I followed him toward the massive open tent where many of


    the warriors were eating.


    "Oh, no need. I can do this." I smiled at him in gratitude as I grabbed the MRE from him and prepared it myself.


    "Where''s Prince Deacon? Won''t he have his breakfast?" I asked when I looked around and


    didn''t find him.


    "The prince''s schedule is always swamped. Aside from patrolling, he''s also training the new


    warriors," he exined.


    My spoon stopped mid-way through my meal, and I furrowed my brows in confusion. "


    < Chapter 18


    Patrolling?"


    Does he even patrol by himself? The border warriors could do that.


    +8 Points >


    Beta Tyson nodded his head. “Yes, he said patrolling is an important task. Though we have warriors assigned for that, he''d still do a few rounds daily at random times."


    Hearing that, I admire him even more. He''s very diligent and hard-working. He really takes


    things seriously.


    "Oh, and by the way, Luna. Two of your friends arrived today. They''re already at the main camp


    being inspected."


    My face instantly brightened up upon hearing that.


    "Really?"


    When he nodded, I started eating faster, excited about seeing my friends. It felt like forever


    since Ist saw them.


    "Hey! yer! We miss you!" A woman with shag brown hair whose wearing warrior clothes ran toward me and immediately engulfed me in an embrace.


    "I missed you too, Maise," I coughed up after almost being strangled to death by her death


    trap embrace.


    "Oohhh, there''s a lot of hotties here," Saige uttered in excitement as she winked, causing me to


    Saige had long red hair wrapped in a bun. Though she wore warrior clothes, her belly button and waist were bare. We tease her sometimes and call her the Honey Trap because of her


    beauty, and she sure knows how to use her charm.


    Though she''s deadly with her fist, she''s way more deadly once she starts trapping men in her inescapable trap of charm.


    "Finally, we''re here! In the flesh!"


    We had our arms around each other''s shoulders as we stood in line, looking far at the entire


    camp.


    All three of us were apprentices who trained in Custodes, and it''s our dream to fight in a battle and give our share of skills, but when I got married, the two of them also stayed behind,


    waiting for myeback.


    "I''ll leave you first to catch up."


    < Chapter 18


    I sheepishly looked at Beta Tyson, who was still in front of me. "Thank you."


    +8 Points >


    "Oh, do you happen to know where the recruitment is taking ce?" I asked before he left.


    He looked a little hesitant for a while but then nodded. "It''s on the east side of the main camp.


    "Here, have these." I pushed some MREs to Maise''s and Saige''s side as they sat with me.


    At first, our table was filled withughter and reminiscences, but then it became filled with


    fury as I narrated what had happened to my wrecked marriage.


    "Those homewreckers!" Maise mmed her fist on the table where everything moved, and


    those around us nced at it.


    "Chill out," I said in a calm voice and gestured around us.


    "How could we calm down when that bastard and wanna-be-Luna treated you like that?" Saige replied instead.


    Maise then clenched her hands and started stretching it like she was ready for a fight. "I


    swear, I''d teach those two a lesson they''ll never forget when I see them."


    "Alright, that''s enough. On to the good stuff," I said excitedly, trying to change the subject as I


    stood up and grabbed their hands.


    They both looked at me with questions, but I didn''t answer them and just pulled them toward


    the recruitment area, where we saw a long queue of unlisted warriors trying to apply.


    "Now, this is what I''m talking about." Maise finally came down and queued with


    me.


    Our hearts were pumping with excitement as our dreams were not at arm''s reach, but it all


    shuttered when we reached the recruiter who scrutinizingly stared at each of us with prejudice


    as he mercilessly said the words we never thought we''d hear as a Custodes apprentices.


    "You''re not qualified. Leave!"