- So, what are we going to do now?

I was eager to start right at that moment, but I started feeling a bit tired and hungry. My stomach let out a weak grumble and both the prince and his knight heard it.

- Let's start with giving you a room and something to eat. Raphael, please tell the maids to prepare the guest room for the lady.

"Lady, my foot."

Raphael bowed his head and left the room. Dorian stood awkwardly next to the couch and tried to avoid looking at me.

- I will find a maid to assist you at all times as well.

- A maid?

I looked up at him and rounded my eyes. No way!

- Well, it's not like I require any help, I can take care of myself, so you don't need to worry!

Dorian frowned his eyebrows and looked down at me.

- It appears so indeed, however, since you'll be residing at my palace and I will be introducing you as the Goddess's disciple, I think it's only natural to make people believe that I'm treating you as such.

"Wow, his sentences suddenly became so long and fancy. Now I'm getting the royalty vibe."

- Right... By the way, this whole building is just YOUR palace?

Dorian nodded in agreement.

- Wooow... So there's more?

- My half-brother Luther has his own palace too, and His Majesty the Emperor lives in a separate palace with his wife. They all are located close by, though.

I started to feel very insignificant and insecure but I couldn't show it to the prince. He is now my employer and I need to make sure I do not get fired before I even started.

- So tell me, mister Dorian, how are we going to organize the process? Should we start tomorrow morning?

- Tomorrow I will have to introduce you to my family... I live on an allowance from the Emperor's place, so any kind of additional expenses had to be justified. In addition, they will discover your presence sooner or later, so it will be better to get it over with as soon as possible.

"Allowance, really?"

- But how come the prince lives on allowance? Is it normal in your world?

He looked away and wiped his forehead.

- Let's say it is.

"Something feels off. Is he like an illegitimate son or something? Or is it because he is just a second prince? So what is he preparing for so eagerly? Don't tell me he is preparing for rebellion against his family?!"

I threw a suspicious glance at the prince, he was still looking away. He doesn't seem like a bad person to me, though. I guess I will learn more as time passes.

Raphael returned after a couple of minutes with a maid standing behind him.

- Your Majesty, I brought Aurora to assist the trainer.

The maid stepped forward and bowed her head, I bowed my head in return - Korean traditions all the way.

I took a good look at her - she was short, kinda plump, even slightly overweight, I guess? She had bright blonde hair gathered in a rather loose bun, big blue eyes, and naturally red lips. She was pretty. I noticed her abrupt shy glances in Raphael's direction - she liked him! I grinned and came closer to her.

- Aurora, is it? My name is Yoona, please take good care of me!

She lifted her head and glanced at me. My hoodie was open so I think she noticed my abs, she got embarrassed.

"Is it embarrassment or lack of self-esteem? I'll have to find out for myself."

- Your Majesty, the guest room is ready for miss Yoona and the bath is currently being prepared. Will there be any more assignments for me?

Dorian looked at me briefly and said as if he was talking to the couch.

- Miss Yoona, do you need anything? The food will be delivered to your room, you can tell Aurora if you have any preferences.

- Uhm, a change of clothes would be nice.

The prince flinched and looked at Raphael.

- Uhm... I'm afraid my palace doesn't have women's clothes... If I call my tailor now, I'm sure he'll prepare a dress for you by tomorrow morning.

"Dress? How am I supposed to train in a dress?"

- I'm sorry, mister Dorian, but don't you think a dress is not suitable attire for the trainer? I'll have to move my body a lot, so I'll need something more comfortable. Maybe I can get a knight's costume or something?

Raphael examined my body with his eyes and exhaled.

- Well, maybe I can try and find an extra set of uniform of a small size...

"What? Are there no small-sized people among knights?"

- I'll be fine with that! You can still call your tailor over and he can make me some extra clothes for a change. As long as I can wash them, I really don't need much.

Dorian stared at me as if I said something audacious. He opened his mouth ready to say something but hesitated.

- I... I'll call the tailor over, Aurora will get you after you're done with your meal.

Once I finished with my bath, I put on a robe they have prepared for me and came inside my room. Aurora rushed me to take a bath so I didn't really have a chance to look around, but now that I see it, it looks ridiculously rich.

A king-sized bed with silk bedding, a coffee table with two velvet couches on both sides, a desk made of some kind of redwood, and a comfortable chair next to it. It even had a spacious balcony overlooking the palace's garden.

"They do know how to treat guests around here."

I heard a light knock on the door.

- Lady Yoona, can I come in? I brought your dinner.

"Again with that lady."

- Come in!

Aurora came inside the room and placed my meal on the desk. The meal consisted of a beef steak with fried onions and potatoes, two slices of bread, and a salad. She also brought me a glass of red wine and a glass of water.

"This is a good opportunity to test the quality of food here. If I am going to take it seriously, I should deal with their diet too."

I cut a piece of steak and put it in my mouth.

"First time I'm trying steak. It is indeed delicious, but I can taste it was fried with a lot of butter. It's fine to eat something like this every now and then but not all the time, that's for sure."

I opened the desk drawer and found a plane notebook along with the ink pen. I decided to write everything down.

My notes were as follows:

1. The steak has too much fat - switch to the grill, reduce the amount of butter, try lighter meat.

2. The potatoes were fried in the lard used from the steak - see to that too.

3. Remove the bread or teach them how to bake the whole wheat one.

Aurora was gathering the plates on the tray when she saw me writing my notes.

- Lady Yoona, may I ask you what are you writing?

"A curious maid, I see. Well, I did write everything in Korean, it means she doesn't know how to read it. Wait... Come to think of it... Which language am I speaking here and why the hell do I understand it?!"

- I wrote my impression of the meal I had just now. I will need to make up a meal plan for the knights so I need to know what kind of food they eat around here.

- Oh, but the knights do not eat the same food as His Majesty!

"Of course they don't, how can they feed steak to more than 200 people every day."

- Aurora, can you not call me a lady, please? I'm a divine being, but I'm not a noble.

The maid hesitated and blushed.

- Alright, if this is what you want... Yoona.

- Good job!

There was another knock on the door and a woman's voice followed it right after.

- Excuse me, miss Yoona, His Majesty's tailor has arrived.

- Come in!

The door was open and a tall slender woman came inside. She looked like a fashion model who had just walked off the runway. She was wearing a somewhat tight jacket that went all the way down to her thighs, straight white pants, summer shoes that looked like the ones men wear to the office, and a yellow silk scarf on her neck. Is she not hot at all?

- Miss Yoona, my name is Clarissa, I am here to measure your body for some clothes. Before we begin, here is the knight's uniform, I was asked by sir Raphael to bring it to you.

She laid down a set that consisted of a tight black top with short sleeves, a white loose shirt, straight black pants, a leather belt, a brown leather vest, and a pair of black boots. It seemed to me she was not happy about giving something like this for the lady to wear.

- Now if you'll excuse me, let us proceed to the bathroom and get some measurements taken.

I followed her to the bathroom where she took my robe off and looked at my naked body. I could not say if she was impressed or shocked cause she remained silent, but it was obvious she has never seen a female body that looked like mine before.