The prince lead me to his horse and hesitated once again.

- Do you ride?

- No, my world doesn't have horses.

They both looked surprised.

- So how do you get around?

- I was just joking... We mainly use cars, bikes, trains... Horses are mainly for sport.

- Cars? Bikes?

The prince mumbled under his nose and looked at me, all bewildered. I let out a tired sigh.

- I will explain everything later. I guess you'll have to help me with this one.

Since he was so embarrassed by looking at a female body, I thought he wouldn't dare to touch me, but he grabbed me under my armpits and placed me gently on the horse. He then jumped behind me and leaned a bit forward, his arms protecting me at both sides.

- Please hold my waist so you don't fall.

- What?

I looked up at him, his face all red. If he is so embarrassed, why the hell did he offer me to hug his waist? Looking back at all my memories of people riding horses together, the ladies usually held the reins of the horse. The knight came to the rescue.

- If both people hold the reins, the horse will get confused.

- Aaahh...

I hugged the prince with both hands and felt his body stiffening once again. I confirmed my guess, he was somewhat thin. And he is definitely on the shy side, not used to a woman's touch, for sure.

I can't say I was experienced with men myself. No, I never dated anyone, I've never been with a man. However, when you grow up in an orphanage, the gender distinction becomes somewhat blurred. Both boys and girls slept in the same room, went to the same bathroom, and got dressed together. Later on, when I was studying physical education at the academy, I had a lot of classes about human anatomy, so I've seen all kinds of naked people. Of course, touching a man was very different from looking at them, but when you work out in the gym all the time, your threshold for embarrassment goes all the way up.

The horse started moving so suddenly, that I was quickly returned back to my senses. The feeling was new to me, I'd never ridden a horse before. Everything was shaking, the prince's jacket was scratching my cheek as I pressed my head closer, and my butt hurt like hell.

'Guess who'll be sore tomorrow?'

I tried to look in front of me but it appeared to be impossible. Just how on earth do people ride those horses all the time?! Maybe it was like that because the prince's body was covering the bigger half of my view? Or maybe a beating sensation on my butt? Probably the combination of two.

I looked up at the prince once again. He looked serious, focused on looking straight ahead of him. The wind was flapping his black hair in all directions, this moment really felt like something that can only happen in a movie or a fantasy book.

I tried to relax my body and brought myself closer to the prince. I wanted to feel somewhat comfortable cause the amount of pain in my lower body really started to bother me. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

- Hmm, he smells so nice, even when riding a horse...

- What?

I murmured those words to myself thinking the galloping sound and the wind would bury them, but it looked like the prince heard me talking.

- I said you smell nice!

I smiled at him and almost exploded. His face was flushed once again, he looked like a tomato.

I think this is going to be fun.

When we arrived at the palace, my jaw almost dropped to the ground. Well, I have seen some movies and read some books, but seeing something like this in real life was a whole different experience.

It was a huge tall building that looked like one of those foreign cathedrals you see on the postcards. Light grey stones, marble tiles on the floor, covered with beautiful carpets. Vacuuming that would be real hell. Stained glass on the windows, heavy velvet curtains, tall candles, fantastic paintings on the walls, and not a speck of dust. I felt like being in a well-tended museum.

Everywhere we went, we were greeted by the knights and servants. They all looked strangely at me, but I understood that. I looked oriental, as they might say, exotic. And I was also dressed like a hobo, apparently.

We walked deep into the building and went up to the second floor when the prince suddenly stopped and turned to face me.

- We will now enter my study. No one is allowed here except for Raphael. We won't be interrupted here, so we can talk freely.

I just nodded.

He opened two heavy doors and offered me to come in first. Manners. He entered the room right after me, Raphael came in last.

- Let's sit down and talk.

He pointed his hand at a comfy couch and set on the opposite one. The knight stood behind him. I was busy still admiring my surroundings. His study was as luxurious as everything else I've seen so far. It never hurts to have some extra money to spend.

- So, tell us more about you.

Raphael's patience grew weak and he talked first.

- Well... Whew, where do I start? As I said, my name is Yoona, I'm 24 years old and I'm a fitness trainer. I came here from a different world which is located in the future.

Both guys flinched and rounded their eyes at me.

- Future?!

- So you know what's gonna happen in the future?

The prince looked quite excited, too bad I had to shatter that.

- Not exactly. My world is like thousands of years ahead of yours so I only know what will happen then.

They looked disappointed. I continued.

- However. My world is very advanced in a lot of areas like technology, medicine, methods of preservation... A LOT of stuff.

They did not seem impressed. What a bore.

- Anyway, what we know about the human body is way more advanced than what you guys know.

I ventured a guess.

- We have a way to train each and every muscle in our body to achieve any kind of result. We also know a lot about muscle growth and how food affects it.

"Now I see some spark of interest. The prince looks excited again."

- Continue.

- Well, I can help you guys train more effectively to achieve any result you want. You just need to tell me what you need and I'll come up with a plan. Hell, I can create a training plan for every. single. knight!

I shouldn't have said that, their eyes got too sparkly again.

- But... Will you be able to train all 200 knights assigned to my palace?!

The prince widened his eyes and leaned forward.

- Uhm... I think I was too rash. The better tactics would probably be to examine the knights, divide them into groups according to their physical records, map out the training goal, and then train each individual group according to the plan. Of course, the prince and his personal knight will receive their own personal programs and diet plans.

I think my speech made a good impression on them. They looked at each other and scratched their chins like old beardy people in cartoons. The silence was finally broken by Raphael.

- But what do you mean by "examining"?

- Well, I'll have to measure your bodies and check your muscles.

Dorian flinched and turned red again. His shyness is adorable. Although I never believed that men can be so self-conscious, it was kinda refreshing to see a full-grown man blushing at the thought that a woman will have to check his body.

- I-Is this necessary? Can you just look at our bodies in our training attire?

- I can, of course, and please don't get me wrong, it's not like I wanna see a parade of 200 naked knights in front of me, but since there are no advanced means of measuring one's muscle-fat ration, I'm afraid I'll have to calculate it visually.

I was hit with silence once again. Well, I was ready for that.

- Come on, guys, you bothered the Great Goddess and she had to summon me all the way here to help you, the least you can do is cooperate, don't you think so?

- She is right, Your Majesty, we do not really have a lot of options.

Raphael sighed heavily and looked at the prince. The latter did not lift his head for some time, being deep in thought. Finally, he stood up and spoke.

- Deal. We will follow your ways and listen to your advice.

"Yes!"