“Sir Knight? Why have you returned?”
The stableman of the White Knight Order who had discovered Ian hurriedly ran out.
“Look after my horse for me.”
“You seem to have been caught in the rain as well, Sir Knight. Are you alright?”
Handing the reins to the stableman, Ian rushed to the training ground without a moment to reply. Soon after, he stopped to catch his breath in front of the training ground.
Despite the notsoshort distance from the stable to the training ground, Ian’s Adam’s apple moved noticeably as he thought about not encountering a single person.
The duel was not over yet. Behind this door, Rosebelia was fighting a knight named Conrad.
Ian, who had caught his breath, put force into the hand holding the door. Inside the training ground, other than the grim sound of swords clashing, it was eerily silent.
Standing in front of the door, Ian’s eyes were directed straight to the center of the training ground.
‘Can that be called a duel?’
The duel was onesided. Rosebelia was the aggressor, and Conrad was merely defending.
The moment Conrad assumed an offensive stance, Ian clenched his fist.
As if to mock his unease, Rosebelia easily deflected Conrad’s attack and, moreover, exploited the opening.
Conrad’s skill did not appear objectively bad, but Rosebelia’s swordsmanship was on an entirely different level.
It seemed as though she could predict her opponent’s movements in advance, always one step ahead.
Especially her quick thrusting motion, appearing to step back only to stab forward, was so fast that it was uncounterable, even when anticipated.
‘The outcome of the duel has been decided a long time ago. Why isn’t it over yet?’
Like a match, like a demonstration, the duel that seemed to pinpoint Conrad’s weaknesses one by one ended with Rosebelia sending Conrad’s sword flying through the air.
“The duel is won by Lady Rosebelia.”
Upon Linart’s declaration, the White Knight Order members, who had been holding their breath watching the duel, let out a unanimous cheer. Sheathing her sword, she shook hands with Conrad and took off her helmet.
As her golden hair flowed down like a wave, revealing her face, Ian swallowed hard.
He had only met her smile, but his heart was pounding as if it were not his own.
He slowly raised his hand to his chest. The strong heartbeat flowed through his palm into his entire body. It seemed as though his ears would go deaf from its loud thumping.
‘You have begun your first love.’
Ian could not easily believe the words that Neison spat out to me as if declaring.
No, he couldn’t fully accept his words because he didn’t know the emotion called love.
But now, he thought he might know a little. At least at this moment, he was sure of one thing.
There is nothing in this world that shines brighter than her smiling face.
[Star Icon]“Sir Conrad, do you accept the result?”
“YeYes, of course, I accept.”
Contrary to his words of acceptance, Conrad’s expression still looked flustered.
“That’s good. From now on, you’ll have to call the lady knight by the proper title……”
Suddenly, at the end of his thrown glance, he saw an incongruent face.
Ian?
The one standing at the door of the training ground was indeed Ian’s face. The problem was that he was drenched, unlike those inside.
Hadn’t he gone back to the palace?
I ran past Conrad, who seemed to be mumbling something, towards the door of the training ground. Then I followed Ian, who had run back into the rain.
“Klein? It’s you, right?”
At my question, Ian stopped abruptly.
“Come inside. It’s raining a lot.”
“Weren’t you supposed to have gone home?”
“I came back because I left something……”
He came to find something he left and heard that I was dueling and came to the training ground?
“You could have picked it up later. Did you come all this way in the rain?”
Seeing Ian up close was even more miserable. He was soaked from head to toe, and thick droplets of water fell from the epaulet on the shoulder of his uniform.
“I am fine.”
“You hardly slept as it is……”
The words questioning why he had done something so foolish rose to the tip of my tongue.
“Are you worried about me now?”
“Don’t you worry?”
I quickly raised my hand to Ian’s forehead. Unlike the slight fever in the morning, his forehead was burning hot.
“You have a fever? Call a carriage on the way back… No, how about staying at the knight’s quarters tonight?”
He would have been drenched in rain on the way there, and if he got soaked again on the way back, it would be strange if he were fine.
“The quarters?”
“Yes. It’s best to change clothes when you get there.”
[Star icon]“Rose is staying at the knight’s quarters tonight?”
“Yes.”
Olivia, who had been looking gloomily at the ashen sky, curled her lips into a smile.
“Better stay there forever.”
Margaret, who looked around, whispered.
“Madam, someone might hear.”
“There’s no woman who hasn’t passed through David Collin, yet he couldn’t hook the wooden Rosebelia.”
Whether the rumors about David Collin were inflated, or Rosebelia was not an easy opponent.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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