Kain had been quick to catch Veronique before she got hurt and took hold the leashes the moment they left her hand to stop Mos and Bos from running off in Garden, the dogs went to a stop and turned back only to immediately look apologetic as they saw the severe stare on Veronique’s face combined with the Guard murderous look.

  ‘They are a bit too energetic’ Veronique thought, then, as Kain let the redhead safety back on the ground, she turned to the maid

  “You kept them on the leash and just walked them when needed?” she stated taking a guess at what must have happened

  “Y-Yes?” Lucia responded confirming it, at that Veronique sighed ‘it’s okay she didn’t know, I should have told her’ she thought, figuratively beating herself up for forgetting to say such thing

  “Mos and Bos are high energy dogs, they need to run and play throughout the day or they will stay hyper and be unhappy” she calmly explained “Let them off the leash for little while tomorrow”

  “B-But Lady Veronique, I was afraid they w-would go to d-disturb you if I d-didn’t keep them leashed” Lucia illustrated her thought process

  “And if they did that at the wrong time I would have got into trouble” Veronique added immediately catching on the issue

  “Y-Yes” the maid confirmed at that the redhead crossed her arms, one hand under her chin as she thought of a solution

  “Isn’t there a some other spot where they could play without them risking to pick my scent by accident?” she ended up saying “I mean this place is huge” even then it wasn’t out of the realm of possibility that Mos and Bos could be able to catch her scent from everywhere in the garden since it needed to crossed to reach each wing of the Aurelia’s estate

  “Outer…garden” Kain answered her question

  “We got another garden?!” why was she still getting surprised at this point?

  “Y-Yes Lady Veronique but you can’t go t-there” Lucia warned her almost frenetically “i-it’s not a-allowed”

  “Is it just a me thing?” Veronique wondered doubting the outer garden was riddled with wolves or something of the sort, she trusted her guard wouldn’t point out such a spot otherwise

  “Yes” Kaine got in the conversation “Safety…reasons”

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  “But is it safe for my dogs?” the redhead wanted to be 100% sure of such thing

  “Yes” he confirmed after that Veronique didn’t take long to formulate a plan of action

  “Alright then it’s decided, you two will let Mos and Bos run in the Outer Gardens in the mornings, hopefully that will tire them down enough that I can train them when I come back from Miss Hawkings” then she looked at how her dogs just didn’t seem to be able to stay still “Now we need to get them tired or else they won’t sleep well tonight, so take the leash off”

  “A-are you s-sure?” Lucia was hesitant to do such thing

  “They have been just fine without the leash till today, so there is nothing to worry about” Veronique pointed out “if they are too hyper during the night and keep me up, then we would have another issue tomorrow” and so the leash was off, but Mos and Bos only started running after Veronique gave them an approving nod.

  “Ah before I forget does any of you know where could I find a map?” she asked as she had almost forgot about it

  “Got…one” her knight said “give…tomorrow”

  “Thank you for your trouble Kain, I will give it back as soon as memorized it” Veronique was overly grateful for his help and it was mostly because she didn’t want to deal with the library staff again.

  “Keep…it” he replied “no…need” during the whole conversation he always covered his mouth before speaking.

  One day Veronique will ask him about it, but now it wasn’t the time.

  -

  Once Moss and Boss were sufficiently exhausted Veronique had thought of starting their first training session but realized she was missing a key component.

  She had no treats to give them, she had been so focused on the fact she had to spend the day with Miss Hawkings that she completely forgot about it.

  Looks like it was fate that she wouldn’t be training Mos and Bos today.

  “Lucia I will need some dog treats for tomorrow’s afternoon” Veronique pointed out

  “Y-Yes Lady Veronique” the maid affirmed then they headed back to the Veronique’s room, Mos and Bos were back with the leash, but since they were used to stay without it they were whining about it

  ‘Great I already messed this up’ Veronique thought angry at herself for making them develop such bad habit.

  Regardless the dogs were tired and went to take a nap on her bed as soon as they were unleashed inside the room.

  She briefly wondered if she should try to correct that behavior too, but her bed was huge and it didn’t bother her one bit so she decided against it.

  This was still her private room so nobody should give her grief over it, but she made a mental to make sure to wipe Mos and Bos’s paws.

  It mustn’t be nice to the servants to clean the dirt they bring in, and, thinking about it, it wasn’t hygienic to let them on her bed with dirty paws after they shat and pissed.

  “Lucia get some rags and small bucket ready so I can clean Bos and Mos when they come back from the garden tomorrow” she decided on that compromise to let the dogs on her bed and unburden the servants of some extra work.

  “No need Lady Veronique I-I will d-do it” Lucia offered sounding almost offended that the redhead suggested such thing

  “No offense, but they don’t know you well and they might overreact to it” Veronique stayed firm in her position “let’s wait till they get used to me doing it, before you start as well”

  Today she will leave the dogs alone, but tomorrow there wasn’t force in this world that would stop her from starting on their training.

  So in the meantime she kept reading her book till it was time for dinner.

  Reminder that unless otherwise stated the Dead are always hanging around Veronique doing their own thing.Right now Veronique is too concentrated on the present to pay any mind to them, but they are still there.

  Once again that’s another thing that would have come across better with the webcomic format.

  Hanging Jaw - the Dead with the jaw just barely attached

  Little Drag - the Dead with just the top half that keeps dragging itself around Veronique in circles

  Clashing eyes - the Dead with the eyes danging from its orbits.

  The Decapitated Friends - two Dead that seem to be talking while holding on their own heads