Catching Leonardo in the act was not hard. He was covered in blood. The blood was not his. He had taken them all on, one at a time. "None of them were even worthy of my time. They were not paladins like that Artur was." he gloated. I rolled my eyes at the bluster. He disobeyed me. This meant that he needed to be punished. He was not to come out of his room until it was time to go. The very next day, Artur came for his revenge. I told all my children to stay inside. Gerald White was the bishop hosting us here. We could relax while he handled things. He had the authority of the religion to make him go away for a time. Luckily for us, that brief time was all that we needed. I knew that we had stayed for a decent amount of time. While Artur was twiddling his thumbs in vain, we could sneak back to Mansfield. That was exactly what we did. The fact that Leonardo took on all those duels for us meant there was no real shame on our heads. It was impossible to conclude Leonardo did anything other than slaughter those 3. We simply returned home after a wedding. Our home was not a real secret.
During our return, we saw a young man was tending to our yard. Grissell would contract an older man to take care of it. As the manager of the household, I delegated all projects like this to her. Grissell informed us that this was the son. He was wearing a straw hat and sucking on a popsicle. I had introduced the concept to the county from my position of influence on the court. Freezing fruit or juice was not something the people of this technological level could do all the time, but we paid decently well. The family bought all the equipment on our recommendation. He smiled a waved at us when we approached them. I smiled as I looked at his handiwork. "This is good. Did it give you any problems?" I asked. He shook his head. "No, sir. I'm just maintaining what my father has started. He was not feeling so well." he said. I looked him up and down. He was healthy. I had an interesting idea. "How would you like to be my new squire? My children are all knights on their own now." I proposed. To be honest, I had honestly gotten used to being served. He agreed to it right away. It was a nice thing.
Each of my children were going to have to get used to him. I did not even know his real name yet. When I asked him, he told me he was named Higg. Leonardo was not having it. "Why are we taking in a random human!? I don't want him walking around in our home." I raised my eyebrow at him. "He already has a home and father to go home to. He just needs to help me with certain things that I do not really want to deal with." He glared at Higg. "You better say no if you know what's good for you!" he tried to threaten. Higg was slightly older. "You don't tell me what to do! I want to be a knight." he said. That was that. Leonardo walked over to him. Higg was not backing down. I was happy that he was not a pussy. Leonardo swept his legs and sat on Higg's crotch. "Do you think that you deserve to be a knight? You don't. Father accepted you, but I will never." he said as he glared down at the new squire. Higg was blushing and trying to dismount my son. Leonardo smirked. "Oh? Is that your stamen poking me!? You are getting pretty presumptuous. You want to shoot your seed in my pistil?"
