Chapter 124: Linda and Lijie

Roman looked at the girl standing at the door, lowered the newspaper in his hands, and then stood up a little uneasily, politely meeting her gaze.

“You are…”

Roman sized her up and asked quietly.

Since Rosetta told him this was the Saint Key Knight Order, then the girl before him was undoubtedly one of the Saint Key Knights.

However, as he observed this wild, tomboyish girl, he felt his fantasy of the Saint Key Knights crumbling even further.

The girl before him was unlike any of the girls or women he had interacted with before.

Having just finished her morning training, she was still only wearing a thin, tight chest wrap and shorts clinging to her thighs.

She had a well-defined, attractive face, a straight nose, and clear, spirited eyes.

Her skin was a healthy wheat color, not exactly fair, but still carried a vibrant beauty.

Not to mention her toned and athletic body—though not overly intimidating, a careful look revealed that every line on her figure was naturally beautiful, every movement brimming with explosive power.

As she entered, the girl casually shook her head from side to side, and even such a simple motion caused her muscles to emit a ‘crackling’ sound…

This was a body forged through years of accumulated training, capable of supporting armor without being weighed down, the kind of physique built for function, not just for show.

The girl, on the other hand, was frozen the moment she saw Roman, wearing a dazed expression as if she had witnessed the descent of Goddess Fara herself.

She even stopped wiping her sweat.

She seemed to think there was something wrong with how she opened the door, so she rubbed her eyes with the towel and closed the door again.

Then she saw Rosetta approaching with a dinner plate.

Rosetta also paused when she saw her, her face looking displeased as she asked, “Linda, why are you here?”

“Hehe.”

Only after seeing Rosetta did Linda feel like the world returned to normal.

Just now, after pushing open the Captain’s door, she had seen a little fairy inside and nearly died of shock.

“Captain, how did you know I hadn’t eaten breakfast yet?”

Seeing the dinner plate in Rosetta’s hand, Linda asked curiously.

Compared to the strict, iron-blooded discipline of the Silver Guard, Rosetta seemed far more gentle, and the sense of hierarchy with her subordinates wasn’t very strong.

In her view, while the army needed iron rules, it was better not to stifle the personalities and abilities of these genius girls in the Saint Key Knight Order.

So except for matters of principle, Rosetta was rarely harsh.

The girls respected her, but in private, they couldn’t help wanting to get close to this Rosetta who was like a Knight King.

For example, this Linda Knight loved coming to Rosetta for breakfast after morning training.

“It’s not for you to eat.”

Rosetta sidestepped Linda and walked toward her own room.

“By the way, Captain.”

Linda excitedly moved closer.

“Just now, I saw a fairy in your room!”

“Fairy?”

Rosetta’s expression clearly darkened after her initial daze.

“Linda Knight, please immediately forget what you just saw, and after breakfast, add another half hour to your training.”

Rosetta said irritably, then ignored her, pushed open her door, and closed it behind her.

“Ah?”

The blow was so sudden, Linda didn’t even have time to react.

She stared blankly at Rosetta disappearing into the room, finally coming back to her senses.

“Captain is… angry?”

Linda thought in confusion.

Could it be…

Linda held her breath, tiptoed to the door, and peered through the crack into the room.

She was bold—Rosetta actually hadn’t noticed her.

Because all her attention was on Roman.

Inside the room.

Rosetta carefully placed the dinner plate in front of Roman.

“Did that girl disturb you?”

She asked with concern.

Roman smiled and shook his head.

“No. She just stood there staring at me for a few seconds, then for some reason closed the door and left.”

“I see…”

Thinking of Linda calling Roman a ‘fairy’ earlier, Rosetta’s calm expression began to waver.

After today, she would have to give that girl a stern talking to.

She couldn’t keep letting her run her mouth.

His Highness Roman might not care because of his gentle nature, but if Her Highness Milis was given some strange nickname by her, that would be terrible…

However, she soon let go of these thoughts and watched Roman eat breakfast seriously.

She had to admit, just watching Roman take small bites of food was a kind of visual pleasure in itself, not to mention the subtle expressions he unconsciously revealed that made people feel a pang of affection.

“Would you like to try this?”

Rosetta’s interest in feeding was finally piqued as well.

At this moment, Linda at the door was starting to feel her legs go weak.

Damn…

Linda finally started to panic, her legs trembling.

Curiosity really does kill the cat.

She was still wondering if she had imagined seeing that fairy, but after peeking for a while, she fell silent.

Those stunning eyes were definitely not a hallucination, and he was actually the Captain’s secret lover…

Watching the sweet atmosphere as the two fed each other, Linda felt her legs grow weaker.

She wasn’t aroused—she was just scared now, afraid Rosetta would catch her peeping.

Given how much the Captain valued her reputation, if she was discovered, would she be silenced on the spot…?

As Linda’s mind warred with itself, another voice suddenly sounded beside her ear.

“Stupid Linda, what are you doing at the Captain’s door?”

At these words, Linda instantly fell silent, and inside the room, Rosetta’s movements also stopped.

But standing before Linda was another girl.

Though also a Saint Key Knight, this girl’s style was completely different from Linda’s.

Her skin was white as snow, with pale golden, shoulder-length hair, and a delicate face paired with a cool, nightingale-like voice.

Her entire presence was as subtly sensitive as a cat.

She wore the same chest wrap and shorts as Linda, but the snow-white skin exposed to the air was tight and clean, without a trace of sweat, making one doubt if she had actually trained at all.

The towel draped over her shoulder was still dry, unlike Linda’s, which was soaked from wiping sweat.

But on closer inspection, her small hands were covered in calluses—a mark of long years spent wielding a sword.

In that instant.

“Lijie, you…”

Linda covered Lijie’s small mouth, and under her frowning gaze, the two of them instantly vanished.

By the time Rosetta pushed the door open to look, they were already gone.

“These two…”

Rosetta felt she really needed to have a good talk with them.