There were fifty knights stationed outside.
If they were to be attacked intentionally, the thick wooden gates wouldn’t last long.
The knight guarding the outer castle walls felt his mouth go dry with anxiety.
Knights were positioned along the walls, everywhere.
However, the majority were concentrated in the north, where monsters were expected to appear.
At the main entrance of the outer castle leading to the capital, only the bare minimum of six people were available to open the gate.
One had already headed towards the inner castle, leaving just five here.
A perfect thirteen.
Could they buy enough time until the Duke arrived, in the worstcase scenario?
An anxious hour passed, and then the welcome sound of hoofbeats rang out.
“The Duke has arrived!”
[Star Icon] [Star Icon] [Star Icon]The peculiar standoff at the outer castle ended with Gillian’s arrival.
“Open the gate.”
At his soft command, the knights immediately lowered their guard and began turning the winch.
With a sound of metal clashing and grinding, the thick castle gates opened.
“Hmm.”
After checking the knights outside the fully opened gate, Gillian made a soft sound.
The knights who had come to the Barlock domain were just as reported.
At least fifty knights, all donned in fairly highgrade armor and bearing the royal family’s insignia, proved they were formally sworn in.
They had a master, a wealthy one who could afford such armor.
A corner of Gillian’s eye slightly lifted.
“I am Duke Barlock. I came to greet you because I heard an esteemed guest had arrived.”
“We are not guests.”
“Then?”
“We came to become knights of Barlock after seeing the public order.”
“Ah, and your master is?”
Step.
Taking a step forward, Gillian smiled.
His hair fluttered in the sudden snowstorm, scattering in the wind.
The moment the knight felt a chill from Gillian’s gleaming golden eyes through the blurring snowflakes, a blade touched his neck.
“……!”
He had been watching intently.
Yet, he couldn’t comprehend when the young Duke Barlock had drawn his sword or even approached him.
Frantically, the knight assessed the situation.
However, only he seemed surprised; the knights of Barlock were nonchalant.
Was this what being in Barlock meant?
“Your master is?”
In a moment of hesitation, Duke Barlock lightly twisted his sword, pressing the flat of the blade against the knight’s neck.
His breath caught as if being strangled.
“I don’t like to repeat myself.”
“We, we have no master.”
The knight stammered.
The shining golden eyes now seemed like a beast ready to sink its fangs into his neck.
Only then did the knight realize that nobody wanted this alluring Duke.
A dazzlingly beautiful and captivating young, unmarried Duke.
Yet, nobody wanted him because…
“I, truly, I…”
Because he was no ordinary man?
A man exuding a choking aura, as if ready to devour someone at any moment!
The knight gritted his teeth in fear.
“Your master is?”
The Duke, who disliked repeating himself, asked for the third time.
I’m going to die!
The knight was sure of it.
“I swear, we have no mas…”
“What happened to Sems Frentz?”
Caught off guard by the unexpected name, the knight’s eyes widened.
“No use asking questions if you can’t understand them.”
His expression was now emotionless, far removed from the earlier ferocious demeanor.
The once beastly golden eyes had long since calmed.
“What happened to him?”
The question was clearer than before.
However, the knight’s mouth remained tightly shut for a while.
No, more accurately, he couldn’t answer right away.
‘Head to Barlock, and…’
“My lord is not here. If the public order is still valid, I’d like to live by Barlock’s sword.”
‘Become his knight.’
“The oath of knighthood has been nullified, and we are seeking a new master.”
“Your old master was a very wicked person.”
With a drastic change in tone, the young Duke chuckled.
While valuing his knights enough to provide them with custommade weapons from a master craftsman, he did not lower the family crest.
The young duke’s gaze fell on the empty left shoulder.
“You know why.”
Nothing is as irritating to the royal family as a wellkept knight.
Especially if the person commanding the knight is the crown prince’s righthand man.
A knight corps that was so carefully nurtured.
Samus Frenz was capable, although he was abandoned by the crown prince not long ago.
Even if he was currently ostracized, there would come a time when the crown prince would call him back.
Samus Frenz knew this too.
And yet, he had sent a knight he cherished so much to Barlock instead of the royal family?
“Barlock doesn’t just take anyone in.”
“He said he would accept a broken sword.”
“…A broken sword.”
With a murmuring voice, the once glaring golden eyes softened.
“Your master wasn’t weak, was he? Pushing you out like this with an offer one can’t refuse.”
At the sight of Duke Barlock stepping aside as if inviting him in, the knight let out a small groan.
‘Don’t worry. Barlock will recognize a downtrodden deity.’
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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