บท 225: The Carriage Ride

(From Blue's Perspective) 

"I am Calix Elver. I will be guarding Your Highness today," a boy no more than sixteen said, bowing. There was no way he was going to be more than sixteen. 

"Come back as soon as you are done," Demetrius said. "I don't mind you looking around. It's just you don't know the ways much..." 

"I understand," I said. "I will come back soon. But..." 

"What?" 

"Calix- how old is he?" 

"How old are you? Sixteen?" Dem asked, looking at him. 

"Yes, Your Highness," he replied. 

"Why is a sixteen-year-old here?" I asked. "He... He is not eighteen yet. But why is he in the knights' squad? He should still be training or something." 

"If Your Highness is worried about my skill, I can guarantee you that I can protect you very well," Calix said. 

I sighed. "I am not worried about your ability. It's just... If you are not eighteen, you should not be doing such things."