I FELT THIS EARLIER WHEN ASKING THE CAPTAIN TO STEP ASIDE, BUT...
THIS PLACE IS REMARKABLY NEAT FOR WHAT IT'S USED FOR.
I WONDER HOW MANY KNIGHTS MUST HAVE LOST THEIR HONOR HERE...
GREETINGS, YOUR HIGHNESS.
I'M LOGAN, YOUR NEWLY APPOINTED ESCORT KNIGHT.
I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE I'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE INFAMOUS MOND PALACE.
MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF LOGAN...
UNPLEASANT.
EVEN THOUGH HE KNOWS THE RUMOR THAT I SEDUCE ESCORT KNIGHTS AND RUIN THEIR FUTURES,
HE COMES STRAIGHT UP TO ME.
THEN HE MUST HAVE AN ULTERIOR MOTIVE.
HE MUST HAVE COME ON A SEPARATE ORDER FROM ANTON.
WHATEVER IT IS, IT WON'T END WELL FOR DOMINIC OR ME.
THE ONLY RELIEF IS THAT HE ISN'T DOMINIC.
EVEN AFTER COUNTLESS REGRESSIONS, I STILL CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT ANTON IS THINKING...
AND YET HE SENT SUCH A CLUELESS FOOL TO ME, DESPITE MY REPUTATION FOR CAUSING SCANDALS WITH ESCORT KNIGHTS...
OR ARE MEN LIKE THIS ALL HE HAS LEFT?
IF SO, THAT'S ONLY NATURAL.
THERE COULDN'T POSSIBLY BE TWO MEN AS UPRIGHT AS DOMINIC AROUND THE KING.
MEN LIKE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WEEDED OUT LONG AGO.
SPENDING A FEW DAYS WITH LOGAN ONLY MADE ME MORE CERTAIN.
HE WAS SENT TO SPY ON ME.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE'S TRYING TO CATCH ME DOING, BUT...
ONE THING IS CERTAIN. THIS SO-CALLED ESCORT KNIGHT'S EYES...
ARE FIXED ON ME ALONE.
YOUR HIGHNESS, AREN'T YOU HEADING TO THE STUDY?
...WHY BRING UP THE STUDY ALL OF A SUDDEN?
I ONLY THOUGHT YOU MIGHT GET BORED STAYING IN THE PALACE ALL DAY.
I NOTICED THE CAPTAIN GOES THERE EVERY EVENING.
THE TRUTH IS...
THAT'S WHERE I SPEND A VERY SPECIAL KIND OF TIME.
I WAS GOING TO TELL SIR LOGAN ONCE WE GOT A LITTLE CLOSER, BUT...
AS IT HAPPENS, TONIGHT LOOKS PERFECT.
THOUGH... YOU DON'T SEEM AFRAID OF LOSING YOUR HONOR, SIR LOGAN.
HEHEH...
LIFE IS SHORT, AND YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE.
MY MOTTO IS TO ENJOY WHATEVER PLEASURES I CAN.
BESIDES...
DIDN'T YOUR HIGHNESS BRING ME HERE BECAUSE YOU WERE ATTRACTED TO ME?
I'M CONFIDENT I CAN SATISFY YOU JUST AS WELL AS THE CAPTAIN CAN...
SO I TRUST YOU'LL PROTECT MY HONOR.
HEARD THERE WAS AN INCIDENT AT MOND PALACE FIRST THING THIS MORNING. I WONDERED WHAT IT WAS, BUT NOW I SEE...
YOU HAD YOUR TONGUE CUT OUT FOR TRYING TO KISS MY CONSORT?
DAMN IT... DAMN IT, DAMN IT!
WITHOUT A TONGUE, I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN MYSELF!
THAT WOMAN MIGHT FRAME ME HOWEVER SHE PLEASES...!
I HAVE TO WRITE SOMETHING DOWN AND TELL YOUR MAJESTY THE TRUTH SOMEHOW...
USELESS WRETCH...
WHAT WAS THE CAPTAIN DOING WHILE THINGS GOT THIS BAD?
ESCORT DUTY IS SUPPOSED TO BE HANDLED IN PAIRS, IS IT NOT?
THAT IS PRECISELY WHY I ASSIGNED SIR LOGAN AS A SECOND ESCORT KNIGHT.
YOUR MAJESTY...
AS I TOLD YOU EARLIER...
I COULDN'T SLEEP LATE LAST NIGHT, SO I WENT TO THE STUDY ALONE...
ONLY TO FIND SIR LOGAN ALREADY THERE...
NGGHHH!
MMPH!
AND HE TRIED TO FORCE HIMSELF ON ME.
MMPH!
YES, OF COURSE.
YET HOW DID SIR LOGAN END UP IN THE STUDY FIRST?
UNLESS THE TWO OF YOU WERE BOTH PLANNING TO COMMIT THIS DISGRACEFUL ACT.
CAPTAIN, TAKE SIR LOGAN OUTSIDE.
...PARDON?
THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS, YOUR MAJESTY.
IT WAS PAINFUL BEING IN THE SAME ROOM AS THE MAN WHO TRIED TO FORCE HIMSELF ON ME.
CAPTAIN, PLEASE TAKE SIR LOGAN OUTSIDE AT ONCE.
UGH...
...I'D RATHER... WHAT A RELIEF.
BECAUSE I'M JUST A LITTLE LESS MISERABLE NOW.
Logan is assigned as the new escort knight to Mond Palace. Adelheid dislikes him at first impression and thinks he is a spy sent by Anton to watch her. In the study, Logan oversteps his bounds with her as they grow closer, and in the morning he is punished by having his tongue cut out, while Adelheid says that he tried to force himself on her.
