Walking aimlessly to where her feet touched, she eventually ended up deep inside the imperial palace. Suddenly, there were no people around to talk to.
‘I think I’m totally lost.’
While she was wondering what to do, she heard voices from afar.
Evenel, glad that someone had appeared who could tell her the way, moved towards the sound.
Soon the noise got closer, and as soon as the people’s silhouettes were visible, she spoke before they could avoid her.
“Excuse me, could you tell me where His Majesty’s……”
But her words did not continue to the end. Many eyes were focused on her at once.
There were about twenty people in the open square, all dressed in the same attire, holding swords in one hand.
Evenel recognized them as the imperial knights right away.
Silence settled in the space where they were staring at each other.
“Excuse me……”
As Evenel broke the silence and opened her mouth, a short blackhaired knight came towards her.
“This is where our knight’s order is training. What brings you here?”
‘Ah, so this is the training ground His Majesty mentioned.’
Only then did she understand why the knights were gathered. It seemed that she had suddenly interrupted their training.
“I’m sorry for the interruption. I am……”
“Huh?”
Then, a bright brownhaired knight pointed at Evenel, his face full of surprise.
“Why, Shan?”
“That’s the person from yesterday. The one from Aodin.”
At Shan’s words, the noticeably surprised knights examined her face closely. They realized that she was indeed the noble young lady they had seen at the stadium yesterday.
“Yes, it’s definitely her.”
As soon as they realized that fact, their eyes filled with hostility in an instant. Evenel saw that change clearly as well.
‘She was there yesterday.’
That meant they heard everything she had said.
They would want to kill her already, and since she had also insulted Shuher by comparing him to Aodin, this reaction was perhaps inevitable.
“This is not a place for the young lady. Please leave at once.”
To Evenel, the words sounded like this: they could not tolerate her standing not only in this training ground but in Karies itself.
“I need to go to His Majesty’s palace, but I’m lost. So I somehow ended up here.”
Her explanation only made the knights’ eyes colder.
Evenel spotted the familiar patterns decorating their shoulders and cautiously asked.
“Are you by any chance knights under Demil?”
“Yes, we are members of the knight order led by His Majesty the Emperor. I am Raul, the former Vice Commander.”
Raul, the first to step forward, introduced the knight order with a trembling expression.
He had heard the rough story through Commander Demil. He would be staying at the imperial palace from now on. But he never thought he would encounter them so soon.
Evenel felt the same way. It was only disconcerting to suddenly come across the knights without warning.
But they had fought demons on the front lines with Shuher, so it was a gate they had to pass at least once.
They would run into each other a lot from now on.
But from the start, it felt completely tangled. It felt like facing numerous enemies alone.
‘If I’m going to train, this place seems better.’
Evenel made the judgment that using this training ground would be good considering the future.
The reaction would be the same anywhere else, and she liked that it was in a secluded place where she could focus solely on training.
“Is there a shooting range here where I can train?”
“There is, but why do you ask all of a sudden?”
“I think I’ll be using it often.”
At her calm words, the knights’ faces all hardened. Briefly, faces doubting if what they heard was really true were seen.
Then Shan, unable to bear it any longer, raised his voice and stepped forward.
“This is a space strictly for our knight order. What qualifications do you have?”
“Shan.”
Raul tried to calm him down, but Shan coldly brushed off his hand. Being in the same space with Evenel was unpleasant enough.
“Raul, we honestly have to speak our minds.”
Shan came right out and met her gaze headon.
“Here, or anywhere in Karies, there is no one who will welcome you. Don’t delude yourself into thinking you’ve become something because you’ve gained abilities. We don’t need your power to fight demons. Even if we die, we will not accept your help.”
‘As expected.’
Evenel hadn’t expected the animosity towards her to disappear just because she had gained abilities. If it were to disappear so easily, she wouldn’t have come here in the first place.
“Please leave. Before I forcibly remove you with force.”
“Is your name Shan, by the way?”
At this point, Shan, who had thought that Evenel would be frightened or feel ashamed, could only be taken aback when she showed a relaxed smile.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
