Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 7] by Fuyu Aoki

Author:Fuyu Aoki
Language: eng
Format: epub

Lloyd returned by evening, same as the previous night. Greeting him again at the door was Chloe.

“...Welcome back.”

“I’m home—” Lloyd froze in his tracks. Chloe wasn’t prostrated on the floor like the night before, but something was clearly amiss. Her voice lacked energy, her gaze aimlessly drifted to the floor, and her shoulders drooped. “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”

Chloe let out a strained laugh. “And here I thought I was doing a good job of hiding it... What was I thinking, trying to deceive a knight...”

“No, it was quite obvious,” Lloyd shot back. “So? What happened?”

“It seems that I’ve discovered a critical weakness in my housekeeping skills.”

“A critical weakness?” Intrigued by Chloe’s unusually solemn expression, Lloyd unintentionally furrowed his brow as well. Chloe’s gaze wandered around the room as if she were struggling to bring up a particularly difficult subject. Finally gathering the courage to speak, she locked eyes with Lloyd and confessed, “It seems that...I’m unable to use a knife!”

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That afternoon, Chloe had successfully purchased a kitchen knife—or perhaps managed to would be a better way of putting it.

Okay Chloe, you can do this. You’re just buying this knife. No one’s holding it. All you’re doing is buying it. As Chloe approached the knife display, her whole body began to tremble. Fragmented memories from that fateful day flickered through her mind. Pushing through them, she managed to complete her purchase. Although it was a far cry from the panic attack she experienced the other day, the ordeal was still distressing nonetheless.

Will I be able to use a knife like this...? she’d thought at the time.

Her gut instinct would later prove to be true.

Before preparing dinner, she first made her rounds cleaning the house. Then, when the time came, she gripped the knife and—

“My hand was...shaking so much. I couldn’t hold it properly—let alone cut with it.”

Chloe sat on the living room sofa, one hand gripping the other, as she explained the situation to Lloyd, who was sitting across from her. “A housekeeper who can’t even hold a knife? That’s unheard of. I-I’m so sorry, this must come as such a disappointment to you.” Chloe bowed her head deeply. How can you be a competent housekeeper without being able to use a knife? He’d be justified in firing me on the spot.

Oblivious to the thoughts running through Chloe’s head, Lloyd’s gaze remained fixed on her. He rose from his seat, moved closer, and knelt in front of her. “You know, I’m terrible at sewing.”

“...I’m sorry?” Bewildered by the abrupt change of topic, Chloe cocked her head to one side.

“Terrible doesn’t even begin to describe it. I tried it once and couldn’t handle it. The small needle going in and out and in and out and in and out... I thought I’d be driven mad.” Lloyd grimaced as if recalling an unpleasant memory. “I’m terrible at all tasks that require any sort of finesse, frankly. The same goes for cooking, cleaning in tight spaces... They’re all just things I’m not suited for.

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