The Masked prince
Chapter 30: Evelyn Wants To Protect Regan

Chapter 30: Evelyn Wants To Protect Regan

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With the directions given by Hannah, Evelyn finally exited the corridor.

In front of her eyes was a large ground and her eyes immediately found Regan who was standing in front of many men and saying something.

Prince Rex and Elias were also there.

She walked towards them.

"That was all. From today on itself, all of you shall start to train."

Evelyn heard Regan saying loudly to all the men when she was approaching him.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The men said in a chorus.

Regan turned to look at Elias who then stepped forward to guide the men.

On the other hand, Regan’s eyes fell on the girl who was walking towards him.

His red eyes behind his mask narrowed lightly.

"She is very stubborn"

He whispered to himself only to hear in response

"Is she?... But so are you."

Regan glared at his brother who merely chuckled and went towards the men who had started to train.

Evelyn’s steps slowed down when she was near and heard Regan ask her seriously

"What are you doing here? Did I not ask you to rest?"

She almost felt guilty under his gaze but said

"Your Highness, I am fine. Can I help you in any way here?"

Regan looked at the girl with narrowed eyes and the latter knew that her attempt of diverting his attention had been exposed.

"No!"

He replied indecisively.

Evelyn frowned when she saw that he was about to walk away.

She immediately followed him and asked

"Then can I help in the kitchen?"

Since he had told her that she could do those chores that had been assigned to her by him, she had not been able to help in the kitchen.

"No!"

Evelyn didn’t feel discouraged and asked again

"Then, Your Highness, May I clean your chambers?"

"No!"

The answer made Evelyn slightly frustrated.

"Then what am I supposed to do?"

She stopped walking and her voice was slightly louder as she expressed her frustration openly...something she didn’t even realize.

However, Regan did.

The prince turned around to look at the girl. Her green eyes were filled with irritation and she looked completely annoyed and frustrated.

So this was the real her.

His red eyes were strangely soft as he looked at frustrated Evelyn and said

"You should rest. You have been wounded."

Even on the battlefield, if the situation was not so urgent he allowed soldiers to rest for a day if they have been wounded.

Evelyn’s frown went deeper at the words.

"I ...I don’t have the habit of resting so much. If I stay idle, then ...the thoughts in my mind make me go crazy."

What kind of thoughts?

Regan had wanted to ask but he couldn’t...when he saw her troubled expression.

It was perhaps the first time she was talking about this to someone else.

He could tell that.

And he was right.

Evelyn found it difficult to explain herself so she decided to be honest.

She rasied her head when she didn’t hear anything from Regan for a long time...only to find him looking towards the training men.

Did he even hear her?

She wondered but somewhere she was relieved to see that he was not asking her more questions.

Her surprise however couldn’t be imagined when Regan suddenly looked at her and said or more like commanded.

"You will train with them."

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A few moments later, when Regan made Evelyn stand in line with the men who were practicing the moves shown by Prince Rex, everyone looked at him with puzzled expressions on their faces.

Even Evelyn seemed to be confused when Regan told her calmly

"Copy them."

"Regan, what are you doing?"

Rex was the first person to ask his brother.

Regan looked at Rex and said calmly.

"She will train with them."

"What? Why?"

Rex asked immediately as he looked at Evelyn’s thin body. Would she be able to go through the difficult training?

Was Regan thinking straight?

His eyes were clearly asking all the questions to his brother but the latter looked completely calm and confident at his decision as he said

"What if someone attacked suddenly? She would not even know how to lift a sword. That is a very dangerous situation."

Not only Rex but everyone else heard Regan’s words but the one who was deeply impacted by them was Evelyn.

Indeed, her master was a prince, and attacks on princes were quite normal. If they were attacked then she would be nothing but a burden to her master.

The thought made Evelyn uncomfortable and she immediately said with a determined expression on her face.

"Your Highness, I want to learn. I will protect your Highness."

A flicker of pride flashed in Regan’s eyes when he saw Evelyn’s determined face and he nodded his head in satisfaction.

"Good"

On the other hand, Rex’s lips twitched.

He really wanted to tell Evelyn that her master didn’t need anyone to protect him. Others needed protectors when they were fighting him.

What protect him! It was certainly because his brother was deeply impacted by today’s incident and he wanted his girl to train so that she would be able to protect herself in the future!

But he wouldn’t accept it.

One person was deeply wounded by this interaction.

Regan’s word of ’Good’ meant that he agreed with Evelyn.

Elias looked hurt as he stepped forward and asked his master

"Your Highness, Am I not enough?"

But his master gave him only a glance and said coldly

"No!"

Elias was shocked as he looked at his master’s back. Why did his master’s glance seem to be condescending just now?

Rex sighed when he saw Elias who looked like an abandoned concubine. He couldn’t help but feel sympathy for the man.

He patted the man’s shoulder as he said

"Be Generous...you need to make space for a new person now. After all, your master can’t spend his whole life with you."

And Elias was again wounded by these words.

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