The Idle System (A LitRPG series Book 7): Family, Pegaz [learn to read books txt] 📗

possibility of bringing in new clients, he was hopeful again.

Sarah, however, had plenty of people to care for. Business picked up significantly as people wanted to feel their best for the occasion, but as soon as they felt even slightly better, the patients would scurry home to prepare for the royals.

Sitting outside the training area, Sarah and John could see two lines of four mounted knights that had just entered their Scan’s range.

John recognised the knights in the left formation from the kingdom’s capital, but the ones on the right donned different armour and weapons, so he assumed they were from the other kingdom. Sarah had the same assumption.

A large white carriage decorated with gold trimmings soon followed with an additional set of mounted knights behind it. Inside, two people dressed in royal garb sat with their eyes closed and arms crossed.

The man had short, light-brown hair that was parted on the left. His clean-shaven, triangular chin, round lips, and snub nose made him seem more arrogant than one would expect of a prince.

The woman, however, had a softer look. Her golden hair was braided into two large pigtails, framing her round face. Despite having nearly-perfect bone structure, she had a hooked nose which sat atop her oddly-thin lips.

Neither said a word, but by the look of disgust on their faces, it was clear that they couldn’t stand the sight of each other.

“Trouble in paradise?” Sarah asked, turning to John who now had a smirk on his face.

“More than likely. I don’t feel like getting in the middle of it.”

Sarah softly touched John’s arm and shrugged. “Me neither.”

John turned to look at Kelly who was training behind them.

“Kelly!” John waited for her to turn around before shouting again. “Come here!”

She promptly put her equipment down and walked towards John and Sarah.

“The royal entourage is here. If any trouble comes up, we’re leaving it to you. We’re too old and can’t be bothered anymore.

“Remember to wear the golden eagle badge since it was given by the king, but if anyone asks about it, tell them the truth— you got it from me,” John cautioned.

“What about if they want to meet the training master, thank the miraculous doctor, or the real owner of the golden eagle?” Kelly shouted after her parents as the two walked off into the jungle.

“Not interested!” the duo shouted as they disappeared into the thicket.

When they were out of sight, the couple teleported a few miles away.

Deciding upon a large tree, they climbed up to a branch that could hold them both before getting comfortable to watch the show.

“There’s only five months until Kelly’s twenty-first birthday, the royals might reveal some of the truth to her,” Sarah said with concern as she glanced at her husband.

John sighed. “After all this time, we still haven’t seen her use any system skills. We’ve found out what kind of person she is, but that’s about it. If she finds out, then so be it. If she doesn’t, we should make it a surprise gift for her birthday. Let’s see how she deals with these royals first.”

Sarah sighed, too, before leaning into John’s chest, getting as comfortable as possible for the show unfolding before them.

* * *

Kelly watched her parents disappear into the jungle. She knew John had dealt with royalty before, but she didn’t understand why he wouldn’t want to meet a prince and a princess.

Turning around, she walked towards the entrance to the town to wait with the other villagers.

More than ten minutes passed before the first knight passed through the town gate. The entire crowd cheered and welcomed the royal members as they watched the cavalry surround the carriage before dismounting.

Facing the caravan, the knight situated a wooden step beneath the passenger doors. Almost immediately, the crowd grew silent as the prince stepped out, his gloved hand waving to onlookers.

“Welcome, Prince of Gralux!”

The prince turned around and held his hand out towards the carriage. A few seconds later, a smaller hand appeared from the doorway and gently grasped his hand.

When the princess set her first step onto the ground, the crowd erupted into cheers, throwing flowers at the feet of their future leaders.

Both of them gave a short speech about how it was nice to be there and explained how touched they felt because of the warm welcoming they had received. They spent a few minutes mingling with the town’s new elder and a few locals, too.

As they were about to leave to tour the town, one of the prince’s knights whispered something into his ear. The young man nodded and turned to his wife-to-be.

“My uncle has heard about an instructor that has trained more knights than any other town with only the combined efforts of the knights in the capital beating his record. He wants to know if he can have the honour of meeting the instructor of this town.”

Since the crowd was silent as the prince spoke, everybody had heard it.

With pride, Kelly smiled at the fact that her father was second only to the capital in training students, but then a thought struck her.

Only I know that my father isn’t currently in town, should I tell them? I should tell them… I’ll get to talk to the prince!

She did a little jig before regaining her composure. Walking out of the crowd, she stood up straight and spoke with conviction. “Your Highness, the instructor has left town and we don’t know when he’ll return.”

The prince’s eyes widened as he saw Kelly, but he hid his interest in her. “That’s quite unfortunate.”

He was about to turn and walk away when he heard his uncle laugh. “So one of the best instructors in the kingdom ran away when the royal entourage showed up? What a coward!”

The princess knitted her brows and spoke up. “How can you call one of our people a coward? He probably didn’t want people like you challenging him.”

Laughing even harder, the prince’s uncle shouted, “Then that means I’m right and he is a coward! If