The rest of that day was spent with her friends as they left before the changing of the sun and moon. Princess Celestia gave them tickets so they could leave at princess Twilight's request so they could let their families know they were alright after what had happened. I found that my time in the castle was now spent being watched which I realized after an hour of following princess Twilight around. The day ended with her basically ordering me to speak my mind should I need to. While I fought with her a little in private saying how I would be disrespectful doing so she told me regardless and used the fact I must abide by her every command. I simply sighed and responded as I usually did when she gave me an order.
I did not sleep last night as of what had transpired and was thankful I was able to make a single dose of my clans Energy Brew. I did find that it wasn't only when I was walking around following the princess that I was watched. I noticed at least one guard watching me from the far end of the hallway and seemed to time it to walk past me every 15 minutes and seemed to collaborate with two others guards so to seem it was not suspicious.
I simply stood in front of the princesses door and pretended I didn't realize what they were doing. Although a few guards did stop by and make some small talk for some unknown reason before they simply left. All I replied in was yes and no answers. Such as if I was dedicated to protecting the crown, although I answered that I only answered to Princess Twilight, if the room I was protecting was princess Twilight's room, and others such as if my day was good or not or if I believed that the captain was the one who stopped the rebels from killing off those who were trapped in the castle, this one I simply answered in maybe.
I was so glad when the next day came and I watched the window at the far end of the hall slowly light up as the moon was lowered and the sun was brought out of its hiding place. I stayed standing in front of the door when I heard the door open slightly behind me. "good morning princess."
"did you stay up all night again?" I heard a slightly angry familiar voice say.
"yes, princess..." I heard a small sigh behind me as I stayed standing in front of the door.
"you need sleep Hanzo." I then heard her say as her voice slowly walked away from the door. "even though you slept for more than a day before what occurred yesterday."
"after yesterday princess I no longer trust the guards in the castle. Not until the ones who let the rebels into the castle to enact their plans have been caught."
"you think it was a guard who let them in?" I heard a surprised tone come from the princess from away from the door.
"it was either a guard or one of the castle staff that let them in. I'm leaning more towards the guard princess considering they must patrol everywhere in the castle including the halls that are forbidden for the average staff." I simply answered her.
"I trust that they will find them Hanzo. The princesses said they would do their best to find who did it." I simply scowled underneath my face mash as my eyes darted to the end of the hall to my left to not see any of the guards watching me. Just an empty hallway for once. "are you ready to go Hanzo?" the door opened up all the way as I turned to find princess Twilight was wearing a long dress that went down just a few inches above her ankles... if she had ankles that is. She was wearing a dark purple Empire dress with dark blue lines going over it to make a pattern on the front of the dress. She walked past me with a smile as I followed after her. "the princess is most likely going to ask for you to leave us be while she takes me to look at the guard and make some choices."
"you have to pick 30 correct? May I make a suggestion princess?" she turned back me and gave me a small smile. "don't look for guards that are strong and wise... try to look for those with conviction..." she smiled and nodded.
"I will take your suggestion to heart Hanzo. I must say I am liking this new you with what we spoke about last night." I gave a small scowl under my face mask but it soon turned into an almost unnoticeable smile. I followed her through the halls until we reached the dining room. I took my spot against the wall behind princess Twilight as she joined the other three princesses for breakfast. "when did you get in Cadance?" I heard her ask with a small amount of glee in her voice.
"just this morning." the pink princess spoke up with a small smile as she took a bite of an omelet. "once your brother and I heard of what happened we rushed over here on the train. I'm glad to see that everypony is alright... my consolation for the loss of guards auntie's..." Princess Celestia and Princess Luna gave her a sad smile with a small nod. "so I heard that something special is happening today." Princess Celestia's eyes darted over to me for a moment but I played that I didn't notice. "so are you glad for what your new responsibility is going to be? Do you need a book about it?" Princess Twilight proceeded to blush at the mention of the book while Princess Luna and Princess Cadance smile at her.
"I'm just worried that I'm going to screw up..." Princess Twilight spoke up with a small amount of worry in her voice.
"it is a hassle to keep an eye on but I'm sure that if something came up it can be easily rectified by just speaking with your guard," she spoke.
"Hanzo. You are free to explore the city and or castle should you wish." princess Celestia suddenly spoke up as I remained standing at the wall. "Hanzo..."
"don't forget princess he only listens to me for some reason." princess Twilight said with a small chuckle.
"it is to prevent other rulers from controlling me to get to my charge." Princess Celestia had her eyes narrowed towards me while Princess Luna and Princess Cadance looked confused.
"you don't believe we would do that do you?" Princess Cadance asked with worry and concern in her eyes.
"it has happened before and said the event was the reason the clan law was created over 3 generations ago for my family which was soon followed by many of the others clans that lived in my homeland," I answered.
"nonetheless you don't need to worry about your clan laws here." Princess Celestia spoke up with a small smile but I could see the intention in her eyes.
"nonetheless princess..." I watched her eyes narrow for a moment. " I will not abandon the laws I have lived my entire life just because I am somewhere different."
"I would ask why you are being so talkative..." she started but Princess Twilight spoke up.
"that's kind of my fault... I ordered him to start speaking his mind more before I went to bed last night." she had a sheepish look on her face while the other three princesses looked surprised. "so I apologize for his words." she then turned to me. "but I'm sure that Princess Celestia has a few guards to watch over me."
"then may I ask Princess Celestia a question?" said princess looked surprised but gave me a nod. "are they competent?" anger filled her eyes. " I am only asking or I would not leave her with them."
"yes..." she did well to hold in her anger. " I believe they are very! Competent." I gave her a slow nod.
"Princess Twilight."
"yes Hanzo?" she responded slowly.
"should you have need of me I will be training at the guard's yard." I watched Princess Celestia's eyes widened in shock slightly as I saw some worry enter them.
"have a good workout." Princess Twilight responded as I gave a quick bow and walked out of the room. Once I was sure that no one else was watching me I slumped over slightly and gave a small sigh as I thought of Princess Celestia's reactions to me speaking out. I would have to be careful around her even though she was Princess Twilight's mentor for a time. I took the time as I traversed the halls to start thinking of what has happened and what I have heard during those events. When I first arrived in this world I found griffons talking about the griffon king I believe. What happened yesterday I heard some more talking about the griffon king. I would have to be extra vigilant until I was certain that I could expose him to the princesses. Knowing that they would most likely take my accusation and notify the griffon king who would most likely refuse it and would not do anything for a long while or he would try to be more cunning with what he had planned.
Soon I reached the doors that lead into the locker rooms for the guards when I realized something... I never came across any of the guards patrolling for some reason. I have a reason to believe I was lied to seeing that I didn't notice any guards in the dining room either. I gave another sigh as I walked into the male side of the locker room and came upon a few guards taking off their armor and putting them onto armor stands as they got dressed into what appeared to be cloths comfortable for training in. "Hanzo!"