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Bonnie caught his glance and stared at him fiercely. The six–foot–five man was startled and proceeded to pretend that nothing had happened. He stared straight forward and waited for the test

to start.

“The test will begin now. Form two rows, and we’ll hold the duels one by one,” the butler said to the bodyguards.

The group began the duels according to his instructions. The first round of duels disqualified half of them. Then, he held another round of duels and cut the numbers in half again. Now, there were only Twenty–four bodyguards left.

should do it.” Alfred nodded in satisfaction. “Take a break, everyone. I’ll pick a captain in twenty minutes.”

After twenty minutes went by, Alfred arranged for them to duke it out amongst themselves. The six- foot–five man was very skillful. He sent his opponents flying in no time.

was about to make him captain when Bonnie spoke up. “I don’t think it’s enough for the Knight family’s bodyguard to be good in a fight. That’s too easy. They should have some medical knowledge as

“You’re just a student, Ms. Bonnie. It would be better for you not to get involved. After all, this is

respectful tone, but he did look down on her. He couldn’t believe Bonnie really thought she was mistress of the house.

confirm her suspicions. “In 1998, the wealthiest man in Aquilonia, Nox Turner, died of poisoning. His bodyguard

accidentally breathed in an odorless, poisonous gas and slipped into unconsciousness. She remains in a vegetative state to this day. Many incidents like that have happened. Do you think you’ll be able to take responsibility if someone tried to poison one

was unnerved. He wasn’t happy about this. He felt as if she was challenging his authority. So, he said spitefully, “Maybe you should test them then, Ms. Bonnie. You must have worked

a terrible student. She was probably just trying to show off. There was no way she could think of something to actually test the bodyguards with.

brought to her. She wrote down ten

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questions with the doctor he hired for his tests. To their disbelief, they were substantial questions! She wouldn’t have been able to come up with

can’t believe you have such a deep knowledge of toxicology, Ms. Bonnie. Could you

gave the word, the

of them could give the correct answers, but the six–foot–five

sheet and chuckled. She walked to the man in question and asked

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