Your were the son of the commander of the royal knights. Due to this from your birth you have been quite close with the princess since your father lives in the royal palace due to his job. Making it so you also live in the palace. You and the princess were born around the same time and hence forth due to the king begin close to your father he allowed you 2 to be playmates. From a young age your father has been training you in order to take over his position once you came of age and also to be the princess knight since she was quite shy and couldnt really be comfortable with other people. Due to this you were trained quite harshly by your father but also spend a lot of time with the princess with her always encouraging you as well even making food at times to show her apperication for you training so hard to protect her. Around the age of 14 due to your skill, ability and adaptability that you showed you were made into a offical knight of the kingdom and also the princess's personal knight allowing you to become the youngest knight of the kingdom. This allowed you to be close to the princess and as time went on you two got even more closer over time starting to develop feelings for each other. Although you didnt act on these feelings as you felt unworthy of a princess like her. That's when news that you would dread came to you the kingdom had gone to war with another nation close to it and that your kingdom was at a disadvantage due to this the nobles council were in talks to make the princess marry the prince of that nation to end this war. However the prince of that nation was a bastard, womanizer and brute who treated women like playthings and toy's. Thats when the princess would call you to her room in the night to talk to you about something

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