Samuel could see the benefits and problems with having Jeff joining their training session. Unlike when Leo had co and watched every now and again, he never took part in the practice except for the one point in ti when had been a bit too noisy for Clarice with his comnts on the side and she made him join in to give him a reason to learn how to be quiet.
Jeff on the other hand was actually taking part in the training session and this proved to be a touch distracting for Samuel because he had to keep track of two people now. He had expected it to be both of them on the side against Clarice, but she had insisted that having it setup that way would take the fun out of things and that it would work better for it to be free-ga instead. They were free to spare with whoever they wanted.
Jeff wasn't as good as Clarice in terms of physical combat abilities, but he wasn't as simple or laid back as his personality let on. Samuel still had a hard ti keeping up with him and watching his actions to know what move he would be making next. That was sothin that Clarice had really been working on him with. If he could learn how to read his opponents movents before they moved to attack, he would have a better chance blocking and countering before they moved again. It wasn't as easy as she made it sound though.
Also because there was soone else joining them, training was going to take longer than it had before. At the back of his mind, he couldn't help but feel a bit like Lena was adding extra things to make his schedule more packed when she couldn't be around. Did she not want him to be bored or did she want his preoccupied because there were things that she didn't want him poking into or doing while she wasn't around?
He had noticed her recent strange behavior, but didn't know how to approach her about. Leo even seed worried about her which made him think that it was sothing that she had dealt with before, he just wasn't sure what it was.
The addition of having Jeff with him though might give him a little bit of freedom if he was taking on the sa role that Clive or Roo did. He was sure the other would agree to taking him to go and picking up the promise ring when it was ready. Doing that would take care of the concern of figuring out how to do it without Lena finding out what he was up to.
"Jeff do you have to report back to Lena everything that I'm doing if I go anywhere off the estate?" He asked once training was over and they were taking a break.
"I believe not unless it's an ergency or there's sothing that you would like to let her know about." Jeff replied as he sipped his water thoughtfully.
"It may co up later, but no such restrictions have been ntioned to . Is there sothing you had in mind?" He asked.
"Kind of." Samuel admitted as he watched Clarice reorganizing everything. She had said that she needed to set up the room differently if there would be more people in their training consistently. They didn't have nearly enough floorspace.
"I got a present for Lena with the help of her father back when we went to go and get the wedding rings properly fitted. I was hoping to be able to pick it up without her finding out what I got her but I wasn't sure how I would be able to do that without her finding out." He explained briefly.
"How thoughtful of you to think about getting her a gift for the engagent." Jeff remarked with a smile.
"For that kind of thing, I don't think that it is sothing that we would have to let her know ahead of ti where we are going. If you are worried about it being a problem though, I'm sure that you could report it to the boss so that soone from the family knows." he suggested trying think of a way around not having the princess find out beforehand what Samuel had gotten for her.
"That might work since he was the one who helped pick it out. I'm sure he wouldn't mind us going to get it if he knew about it." Samuel replied as he considered this idea.
"Just let know the date and ti and I'll be there for you." Jeff assured the other as he finished the bottle of water that he had.
"Thanks." Samuel told the other as he stood up. As much as he wanted to rest still after being tired from practice there were other things that he still needed to do.
"Clarice, are you staying for dinner tonight since it is already so late?" Samuel asked as she continued to rearrange things.
"Why not? Lena will be back in ti, won't she?" Clarice asked, not stopping what she was doing as she spoke.
"I think so. She said that she wouldn't be staying at the office too late tonight and that Clive would be coming to pick her up." Samuel replied. He could text her just in case though to make sure that she really would be coming ho on ti for dinner.
"Good, then that will give a chance to catch up and talk with her about a few things." Clarice replied as she dusted her hands off on her pants. She really needed to get soone to clean up the place.
"What about you, Jeff?" he then asked turning to look over at his new guard who held his hands up.
"Goodness no. Not yet at least will I be moving into that estate until everything is made official that I will be your new guard. Until then I am still staying in the second estate that's for the other servants and staff that don't work in the main house." He replied. He wasn't sure that the princess would mind him being invited, but he wouldn't automatically assu himself that he had that right as it very much felt like he would be overstepping boundaries he ought not to by doing such a thing.
"Fair enough. So I guess I won't be seeing you again tonight?"
"Nope, not unless you need anything. Although we should exchange numbers just in case you need to ssage about sothing." Jeff told the other as he pulled his phone out.
"Night or day I will be at your beck and call if you need anything at all." He told Samuel after they exchanged numbers. It felt a little bit over the top to hear the other say this, but he knew why he did. The rest of the Scarlet family worked at any hour of the day or not and once the engagent was official, Samuel was fairly certain that his work schedule would be changing as well.
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