Chapter 48: Knight Work

"Take care of yourself, Henry," the red-haired knight was using an authoritative tone. Henry could tell Trenton wasn't pleased that he had fallen asleep in the chair. "I'll tell the commander to stop putting you on lookout duty."

At the words of his knight, Henry quickly sat up straight and rubbed his eyes.

"Of course, sir," Henry tried to assure him. "I'm taking care of myself. I was just worried about how she was doing."

It seemed that the universe had terrible timing and Henry couldn't hold back the cough that he quickly hid behind his hand still in its greave from hours before. He looked sheepishly up at Sir Trenton before taking the bowl of food.

"Worry about yourself too," Sir Trenton warned. "You need to go with the other apprentices and begin-"