"Please, this way, Young Lady of Ash."
A Senior Royal Guard spoke calmly while moving one hand toward the side of the training ground where Vera and her maids were supposed to wait before the match began.
His voice carried through the training quarters without needing to be loud, and his posture remained straight even as he directed the young lady of Ashenlocke toward her assigned position. The man was not merely an ordinary Royal Guard. He was a Captain of one of the divisions within the Kingdom's Royal Guard military system, and the gold details on his uniform made his position clear even to those who did not know him personally.
Vera nodded calmly.
Her maids followed her lead and bowed appropriately toward the Senior Royal Guard before moving after her.
They walked toward the waiting area.
