First Snow

After training so harshly that he was completely exhausted and unable to move, he would recover his stamina while studying in the library, go hunting with military personnel, and then attend a social party or tea time with the imperial knights introduced to him by Gilbert.

And in his spare time, he reviewed the letters from the Mold family and the report on Hilfin that Catherine gave him, and planned his next move.

He had been living this inhuman life for more than five days now, and he had never once missed a deadline or failed to finish what he had to do.

But, even though more than an hour had passed since the promised time, there had been no contact from Carl.

Catherine was teaching Billford by interpreting the martial arts book written by Gilbert, and she thought that since it had come to this, it would be a good idea for Carl to rest for a day or so.

"Sorry I'm late. I had some work to do."