“Is Commander Gabriel here?”
Gabriel, who entered the headquarters of the Guardian Knights, looked up and saw Linart.
“Is Randolph inside?”
“Yes, he’s waiting.”
The place Linart pointed to with his eyes was the commander’s office. Gabriel let out a faint breath and soon moved on.
“Come inside with me.”
Linart, who showed respect by bowing his head, followed Gabriel and opened the door to the commander’s office one step ahead.
“Come in and sit down, Gabriel. Have you come from paying homage to His Majesty the Emperor?”
“Indeed. There seems to be something for me to discuss.”
Randolph, who put down his teacup, laughed briefly.
“It seems you still don’t like staying in the Guardian Knights.”
“It’s the same for both of us, being uncomfortable with each other, isn’t it?”
The smile faded from Randolph’s mouth.
Once, both were knights of the Guardian Knights.
They both had aspirations to become commanders, and though Gabriel, who had an open mind, dreamed of change, the conservative Guardian Knights did not respond.
Eventually, Gabriel left the Guardian Knights on his own, disliking the fact that only men of noble status could join.
‘This goes beyond simple discrimination. It’s about missing talents obscured by status and gender.’
Gabriel, who was stroking his beard, swallowed a bitter smile.
“The Emperor’s concerns are great, so it seems we must advance the monster subjugation. What do you think?”
Randolph casually said.
“I agree. The situation is not ordinary, so it would be best to leave as soon as possible.”
“We’ve already prepared a list in the Guardian Knights.”
Linart, who was standing quietly beside the sofa, cautiously conveyed this, and Gabriel nodded.
“We’ll prepare a list in the White Knights soon.”
“By the way, I heard that a female knight of the White Knights killed the monster this time. Is that true?”
“That’s right. It’s our Rosebelia Winters.”
Linart’s eyes widened as he listened to the two.
‘Rosebelia Winters…’
It was the young lady of the Winters family who had saved Daisy in the square.
“Are you referring to the noble young lady of the Winters family?”
“You Guardian Knights all think the same, don’t you?”
“Yes?”
Gabriel laughed at Linart’s seemingly confused expression.
“I’m not talking about the noble young lady, I’m talking about the knight Rosebelia Winters who killed the monster in the village. I wish you would call her properly in an official place.”
“Call her properly? Is there a special title for a female knight? As you know, we don’t have female knights in the Guardian Knights…”
At Randolph’s words, Linart’s brow narrowed.
“There’s no difference in calling her a female knight. Don’t we usually call knights ‘Sir’?”
“That’s true, but how can we call a Lady ‘Sir’?”
Randolph scratched his head as if in trouble. Gabriel, watching him, swallowed a sigh.
“Rosebelia Winters is certainly a woman, but she is a knight. And the Emperor himself called her ‘Sir Rosebelia Winters.’ Can’t you call her that?”
The commander’s office became silent at Gabriel’s rebuke. Randolph quickly opened his mouth, looking at Gabriel’s stiff expression.
“If His Majesty calls her that, so shall we. But I wonder if the Lady will be pleased with it.”
“Don’t worry. The knights I know in our White Knights would much prefer ‘Sir’ to ‘Lady.'”
At that moment, Linart’s lips parted slightly. He remembered how he had called Rosebelia and touched his forehead.
‘I either omitted the title or called her Young Lady Winters.’
Without realizing it, he was treating Rosebelia not as a knight but as a noble lady. Perhaps in his subconscious, he hesitated how to address her and unknowingly treated her as a noble lady.
In fact, Rosebelia was the first female knight Linart had ever properly faced.
He knew there were female knights in the peacekeeping force and the White Knights Order, but the numbers were so rare that he never came across one.
‘I should have called her a knight, why did I do that?’
Was it because he first encountered Rosebelia at a banquet? Was it because the image of Rosebelia in a dress was deeply ingrained in his mind?
Linart shook his head briefly. Any reason he could think of was nothing but an excuse.
It was a clear mistake on his part, no, it was intentional bias.
The fact that he had tried to stop Daisy from learning the sword without thinking was because he had the underlying belief that ladies do not suit the sword.
He had been taught since childhood that women were to be protected by men, and he took that teaching for granted.
“You, why are you like that?”
Linart, who had been roughly rubbing his cheek, bowed his head deeply to Gabriel.
“I have received great instruction from the Commander. The fact that the monster, which was not dealt with by the guardian knights and the peacekeeping force, was killed by Rosebelia Winters, a knight, shows she must be an outstanding talent.”
As praise for Rosebelia came from Linart’s mouth, color returned to Gabriel’s face for the first time.
“You’ll find out when we go to the monster subjugation together.”
[Star Icon]After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
