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Chapter 10 • ────── ✦ ────── • A New Emotion “You can go now. The child looks tired.” “Huh? But we still need to organise the gifts...” Gilliana answered worryingly but Heath quickly used his magic to stack the boxes all the way to the ceiling, clearing enough space to move around. “...Then let's clean up the rest tomorrow, Gilliana. Let's go.” Vernon grabbed the oblivious Gilliana and quickly pulled her out of the dormitory. Once they were gone, Nia was anxiou

Chapter 9 • ────── ✦ ────── • The Rival's Gifts The knights arrived at the training camp on the hill for work. Just as they promised, Vernon was teaching Nia, and Gilliana was cooking child-friendly meals. And Heath, as always, did not lift a single finger, instead using his magical creations to clean everything except the floor Lucia had mentioned to leave it. Thanks to everyone’s efforts, the barracks quickly became clean suitable for a child to live in, with the warm

Chapter 8 • ────── ✦ ────── • The Rival Appears Lucia could not tolerate such a lack of integrity from knights who were supposed to protect the empire, no matter how reckless they were. A single vein throbbed on her usually emotionless face, and the corners of her lips slowly curved upward. Those who saw it shuddered. The crazed smile of the black monster. It was the commander’s most feared expression, even among enemies. The knights jolted in a panic. "W-Wait!

Chapter 7 • ────── ✦ ────── • Reuniting with Young Colleagues “Your name is Annie, was it?” The mother and daughter meet today. Naturally, they hadn’t even properly exchanged names yet. “I'm sorry, but I'd like you to change your name. It might be hard to get used to, but...” The child, repeating Lucia’s rules over and over in his head so as not to forget them, thought about her own name when she spoke. “Filthy Annie! Stinky Annie!” No matter how she thou

Chapter 6 • ────── ✦ ────── • Accidental Parenting Lucia hurriedly opened the door upon returning to the training camp quarters. Convincing the emperor hadn’t taken as long as expected, but the process itself had dragged on because she had registered the child’s birth with him as the guarantor. It’ll be quite amusing to see his reaction when he finds out the child he guaranteed is the Saintess. She had deliberately let the birth registration slip in front of him, yet

Chapter 5 • ────── ✦ ────── • Parental Leave Lucia, who had brought the child home in a hurry, took off her coat and put down her gloves. The child simply stood on the small mat in the entrance of the training centre without moving a single step. Even someone as oblivious as Lucia couldn't help but notice the child's strange behaviour, and she had a feeling she knew why. I didn’t think it was this bad... The child in front of her was covered in all sorts of filth, as if she

Chapter 4 • ────── ✦ ────── • Operation: Rescue the Saintess (2) One has to look at the sky to catch the stars. But of course, Lucia is unlikely to be the saintess' mother. Even then and now, Lucia thought the reason the child mistook her for her mother was only because of her black hair. This has been a thousand-year-old prophecy, and the temple has been collecting information on the black-haired saintess for centuries. Even in that temple, there were only about fifty peopl

Chapter 3 • ────── ✦ ────── • Operation: Rescue the Saintess (1) Early dawn, on a small harbour near the capital. As dawn approaches, the eerie dawn light seeps into the labyrinth-like alleys. This place was the small harbour where they came to pick up the saintess on that fateful day. Lucia, wearing a black cloak used for infiltration, stood in a narrow alleyway and scanned her surroundings. '…It’s definitely one of these.' Back then, she had come here without any suspicion

Chapter 2 • ────── ✦ ────── • Strange Regression “To the glorious Eldarion Empire’s Black Knights! We greet the commander!” “……!” As soon as she opened the door, she was startled by a loud cheer. What unfolded before her eyes were men lined up precisely like machines. Standing in an attention stance, the familiar uniform of the Order of the Black Knights clearly outlines their rippling muscles without a single mistake. Flutter. Flutter. The sound of birds fleeing late in s

Chapter 1 • ────── ✦ ────── • Lucia, The Black Monster In the solemn corridor of the palace. The heavy footsteps, not befitting of an ordinary woman, echoed relentlessly through the endless corridors. Long, black hair and a black uniform. Her name is Lucia, adorned in ornate epaulettes on her shoulders, speaks volumes about her history. Lucia, the commander of the Black Knight and one of the imperial knights, had achieved countless accomplishments at the young age of not eve