Bonus chapter

As they passed in the hallway, the blacksmiths on the way lowered their heads and beat their chests as they hollered,

"Long live king Virtya! Long live king Virtya! Long live king Virtya!

Of course, no one was allowed to get near to these people because the knights were vigilant, it was not that anyone dared.

"Your majesty, I promise to come to Pollow and see how the steel that we are making are being used there." Nataschenka shook the three people's hands and said her goodbye after she vowed to one day go to Pollow district at the cement plant for sightseeing.

"I will be waiting for your arrival." Virtya said simply and entered into the carriage.

"Ooohh! What a surprise. I thought you were still sleeping in the palace, to think that my sister can manage to wake up this early... I am utterly bewildered." Virtya said when he found Galina already seated in his carriage. 

"I notified you beforehand that I will accompany you to Pollow, it has been a long time since I stepped in that place." Galina yawned before she smiled at Virtya.

Right at that moment, both Tanya and Alexandre entered into the carriage abd sat on the seats behind Virtya and Galina who sat at the front.

This carriage didn't have much space but it had a good ventilation system. It was a design that Virtya came up with because he didn't like the olden seat arrangement where they sat facing each other while staring at each other's faces.

Virtya's eyelids were becoming heavy now that he was relaxing and not overwhelmed by queries and reports from everywhere. However, Virtya didn't allow himself to fall asleep, he turned and stared at Galina.

Just like him, Galina had a cascading black hair, she was slender but shorter. She had a beautiful face that made Virtya want to pinch her that much. Unlike them who were wearing suits, Galina was wearing a dress.

"Do you have a boyfriend or someone that you hold a crush on?" Virtya pinched Galina's chin and asked but he was suddenly intercepted by Alexandre.

"Oooh champ! You shouldn't be asking a girl such silly questions, instead, you should ask if she wants to be taken out but since she is your sister... It will be much better if I am the one asking her, is it right, Tanya?" Alexandre asked as he stared at Tanya for support. However, Tanya only glanced back at him for a moment without uttering a word before she turned and stared out of the window at the moving scenery.

"To hell with it Alexandre! This is a bro and sissy moment. You are not permitted to take part in." Virtya stared at Alexandre and said coldly before he turned back to Galina and smiled.

"You haven't answered my question... What type of boyfriend do you want... You know that stuff, I heard little girls like you like the bad boys...It is silly though. I don't know which is this lucky bad boy that has attracted your eyes." Virtya stared at her questioningly as he awaited for her answer.

Instead of answering, Galina leaned forward and buried her head between her thighs. Galina was a twelve years old girl and in these times, girls at this age were considered ripe for marriage because they had entered the age where they could get pregnant and give birth, thus, Virtya knew that his sister should be thinking about whom she liked and wanted to marry, he had to change her thinking because to him, Galina was still small and she should not be thinking of stuffs like getting married and having children now, she should wait until she turned 20 years. Maybe not finding the right man was affecting his sister's mentality, thus, Virtya had to correct her. After all, marriage and getting children was not mandatory, it was just that sometimes, feelings and the mental situation might affect one's behavior. Galina was the only family that Virtya had as both his father and mother were no more, Virtya didn't want her to be broken.

"Galina! My cute sissy. Please answer me or I will throw you out!" Virtya threatened and it seemed that his threat had worked because Galina revealed her face and stared at Virtya with a scowl plastered on her face before she said,

"Instead of wanting to know my stuff, you should be telling Tanya how much you love her. I have seen you gawking at her countless times while drooling over her but you have never even told her that she is beautiful... What kind of man are you?" 

After Galina said that, she once again buried her head between her thighs.

Silence!

No one uttered a word. Alexander's mouth opened and closed one at a time but he could not find the right words to say, on the other hand, Virtya's face was calm but inside, he was in turmoil. He felt much embarrassed and he simply wanted a hole to open up so that he could bury himself. He turned back and peeked at Tanya and saw that her expression hadn't changed in the slightest, she was still the same, detached and cold. She was still viewing the passing scenery as if she hadn't heard anything but Virtya knew that she had heard it all because Tanya was always meticulous and kept all her senses active, that was how she was trained in the ways of the commander by her late father who was king Markov's commander.

"Well... Please Tanya, don't take it to heart. Galina may be naughty at times. I will make sure that she will not join us next time. I hope you will forgive my little sister for her misbehavior." Virtya said earnestly. He sighed and stared coldly at Galina who was staring back at him with scornful look as if he was a dimwit.

"There is no offense to forgive." Tanya's low voice was heard. She didn't turn her head to look at them as she continued to stare at the passing scenery as if it had mystified her.

Virtya's thumbing heart calmed down and he swallowed to moist his dry throat.

"Thank you Tanya. You are my best knight." After saying this, Virtya surrendered to his drowsiness.