"Kid? Why did you stop?"
Mikael's query jolted Deon out of his daze and the young royal lightly shook his head as he walked on,
"It's nothing, Sir."
Or so he replied, but Mikael could tell that the boy was conflicted about something— perhaps that 'something' had to do with the old man they just saw.
'Based on the captain guy's story, I'm pretty sure he's the swordmaster who saved the kid from 7 years ago.' Mikael recalled their awkward conversation in the secret basement and inferred the old man's identity, 'As I thought, the kid wants to transfer to swordsmanship department...'
In the short time that they'd been stuck together, Mikael naturally came to know that Deon Hensworth, the third prince of the royal family descended from the blessed Spear Master, is a huge closet sword otaku.