In the study of the castle hall.

"Your Highness, I'm back."

After seeing His Royal Highness the Prince, a figure dressed in a black hooded suit knelt down on one knee and saluted.

"Well, get up...... Shadow. The expression on Su Luo's face was very twisted at this time.

The shadow is the name of the person in front of her, and it is also the identity, and the meaning of her existence is the shadow of the third prince.

Well, she, not him.

Strictly speaking, Shadow is the adopted daughter of the queen.

Of course, the queen did not raise this daughter to make her a princess, but to be a shadow for her son and a help for her son.

After all, with the third prince's cunning and unlearned skills since he was a child, his body is weak and brainless, and he is really a normal lord in the future.

Therefore, the shadow has been receiving the same education as the prince, and in the future, the third prince really became a lord, and the shadow was able to hide behind it to help deal with the affairs of the territory.

As for why she chose a woman, she was probably afraid that her son would be threatened, in this world similar to the ancient Middle Ages, the concept of patriarchy is still serious, and most women have no rights.

"When you're back, take off your hat." Su Luo hesitated.

"Yes, Your Highness."

It's still a voice without the slightest emotion.

Slowly taking off the hood on his head, he instantly revealed his short gray hair, black eyes, and white and delicate face.

Since she can be adopted as an adopted daughter by the queen, the appearance of the shadow is naturally speechless, but the unsmiling appearance makes Su Luo a little unnatural.

Of course, now is not the time to think about this, the little chick who has never seen the world coughed lightly and looked away, "How many knights did Grandpa send over this time." ”

The shadow didn't speak, but handed over a letter—a mimeographed envelope from the Grand Duke.

Su Luo looked at the shadow that was silent like a wood, took the envelope and looked at it carefully, without any greetings.

The meaning of Grand Duke Carlos is very simple, the reinforcements will only protect the safety of the prince, and will not participate in the competition for the throne, and even at the end of the envelope, the third prince will give up unrealistic illusions.

"Phew, fortunately, the Grand Duke is a sensible person." Su Luo slowly breathed a sigh of relief, and his worries could finally be put down.

Then there is the size of the reinforcements, of which the number of knights is 100, but some maids, servants and serfs will be sent in the future.

With these reinforcements, the third prince can also initially have the capital to gain a foothold in the north, and it is more than enough to run this territory with peace of mind without fighting for the throne.

"When will the knights arrive?"

"Tomorrow."

"Well, that's good......"

Awkward conversation, Su Luo closed his eyes slightly, thinking about how the third prince talked to the shadow.

Uh, they rarely get along with each other?

After getting the answer, Su Luo was a little depressed, and after recalling it carefully, he realized that the third prince of waste did not admit his incompetence at all, and thought that it was meaningless for the queen to cultivate a shadow for him.

Even, to a large extent, the third prince still hated the shadow, thinking that this was his own shame, and if someone knew that there was a shadow behind him, he would definitely be laughed at.

This third prince is really a fool - Su Luo sighed weakly, he had been sorting out the knowledge of the original third prince all this time, and found that there was no useful information at all.

"It's hard work, let's go down and rest first......"

"Yes, Your Highness." The shadow retreated, and slowly retreated.

His Royal Highness seemed to be a little different—after closing the door, thinking back to what the third prince had just said, the shadow had a different color on his face.

Walking briskly back to his room, the shadow finally exhaled slowly.

The room was a little dim, and her eyes scanned the room, and she walked quickly to the bottom of the bed and pulled out a wooden box.

Carefully wiping the dust on the wooden box, she took out the key to open the wooden box, only to see a large amount of sundries placed in the wooden box, and on top was a pink rag doll.

Mother, I'm back......

......

In the early morning, the shadows still rise early.

With a long sword in her hand, she planned to go to the remote woods behind the castle to exercise.

Although she does not have great knightly talents, her training is as persistent as ever - only to fulfill her duty as a shadow when His Highness is in danger.

But after coming to the woods, looking at the messy woods, she was slightly stunned, could it be that during the time she left, someone else had come here to train?

But before she could think about it, she suddenly felt someone approaching behind her, and subconsciously turned around, and the long sword in her hand pointed quickly.

"Morning ...... Good morning. ”

Looking at the long sword that suddenly pointed at him, Su Luo was startled, and raised his hand again and again, showing an embarrassed smile.

"Your Highness." Reacting to this, the shadow hurriedly put away his sword and knelt down on one knee.

"Well, get up."

Su Luo breathed a sigh of relief, "Are you here to exercise too?" ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Well, I'm here to work out too."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Aren't you curious about what I'm doing here?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

"Well, can you say anything else?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

Whew, this way of talking is so uncomfortable - Su Luo felt his heart hold his mouth.

Then, ignoring the shadows around him, he came to the woods and used the Imperial Beast to summon the resting chestnut squirrel.

Squeak, squeak!

After Komatsu came out, he looked energetic, and the fatigue of yesterday's training was swept away.

The beast space can help the pet beast recover its physical strength and spirit, but it needs to consume 1 energy value, and the two beast summons are 2 energy points, which is just enough to consume the energy value he got from meditating for a day.

Its gaze looked at its own beastmaster, and it was suddenly stunned, only to see a human woman suddenly fall in front of its beastmaster, and pointed her long sword at itself!

Squeak, squeak!

Komatsu instantly became alert, and his figure squatted slightly into a fighting position.

However, before it could make a move, Su Luo suddenly said, "Komatsu, shadow, don't do it!" ”

Squeak, squeak!

The chestnut squirrel was stunned, but it didn't lift its fighting stance.

The shadow was slightly stunned, the appearance of the monster in front of her was indeed very suspicious, but she didn't have time to think about it at the time, and subconsciously blocked in front of His Highness.

"Shadow, put down the sword in your hand first, this is my pet beast, there will be no danger." Su Luo looked at the figure in front of him without hesitation, and said in a soft tone.

"Pet beasts?" The shadow was stunned, but he obediently put down the long sword in his hand.

Seeing this, Su Luo hurriedly stepped forward, picked up the chestnut squirrel, and gently stroked the smooth hair on the little guy's body to soothe.

"Your Highness......"

After seeing this scene, the shadow's face changed for the first time.

At this time, she was really confused, and she didn't understand what was going on in front of her, pet beast? What do you mean?

"Well, that's exactly what you see."

"I'm not an ordinary person, but a spiritual mage who can control monsters."

"You also know that there is no way for the royal family to become a mage...... So I can only choose to hide. ”

Su Luo explained with a smile, and repeated the previous wording, and he also kept observing the changes on the shadow's face as he spoke—but unfortunately he didn't find anything.

His Highness is a spiritual mage, and he can still control monsters?

Shadow's heart at this time was not as calm as it seemed, and she couldn't help but hear the words that His Highness said yesterday.

Is this really the third prince I know? So he's been disguising his identity all along?

Suddenly, she couldn't help but remember that the third prince had been deliberately splitting her apart, was it to secretly exercise magic?

"Well, that's ......"

"I'm sorry, I've been hiding it from you, I hope you don't care."

"And just now...... Thank you for your protection...... But next time I don't have to, I can protect myself. Su Luo said.

"Protecting Your Highness is my promise to the Queen."

The shadow finally spoke, and then saw her enter the woods with a sword in her hand, with a blank face.