Saint Key Knight Order
Linda leaned against the banyan tree, looking bored, when she suddenly noticed the faint golden hair walking toward her from afar.
In an instant, the boredom vanished from her face, replaced by a bright, sunlit smile.
“Lijie, how is it~”
As the blonde Swordmaiden approached, Linda immediately stepped forward and wrapped her arm around her shoulder.
At the same time, her gaze lingered on Lijie’s right hand, her eyes flashing with anticipation.
Lijie’s expression seemed a bit dazed, lacking her usual elegance and composure.
As her close friend, Linda quickly sensed Lijie’s heartfelt excitement and couldn’t help but become overjoyed herself.
“As expected of Your Highness…”
Lijie said, touching her right wrist.
The meaning was obvious, and after receiving Lijie’s answer, Linda hugged her tightly in delight.
“Ugh…”
Lijie frowned slightly, thinking that Linda’s sweat smelled too strong.
But feeling her genuine excitement and happiness, Lijie couldn’t help but soften, patting Linda’s shoulder with a silent smile.
If she remembered correctly, that was from a Mission a long time ago.
The two of them had encountered a high-level monster, and at that time, neither of them had the Magic Power level they possessed now, so they could only flee in panic.
During their escape, Linda’s Fortress failed to block the monster’s attack.
In the end, it was Lijie who desperately seized the chance, stabbing the monster’s eye with her rapier, creating an opportunity for them to escape.
Later, The Predecessors from the Knight Order arrived, defeated the monster, and took them both for treatment.
After examination, Linda’s injuries looked severe, but they were all superficial—nothing serious for someone as robust as her.
However, Lijie’s wounds were far more serious than they appeared.
In that close combat with the monster, Lijie had sacrificed the tendons of her hand to deliver a desperate blow, giving both of them a chance to breathe.
Something like a tendon, connected to the nerves—even if healed by the Cathedral’s Priests, the feeling before it was severed could never be restored.
Thus, Lijie was left with an irreversible aftereffect from that accident: she could no longer grip her sword steadily.
For someone like Lijie, who pursued precision as a swordswoman, such a blow was undoubtedly devastating.
Because it meant that, as a Swordmaiden, Lijie could never reach the very peak again.
A swordswoman who couldn’t even grip her sword stably would be mocked outside.
Even among the Extraordinary Gifted Ones, Lijie’s existence was considered an oddity.
Because she had used her own Extraordinary Talent to support her swordsmanship, achieving such accomplishments not by relying solely on her talent, but through her own efforts.
Almost everyone believed that this once genius swordswoman would fade into obscurity.
Yet, against everyone’s expectations, Lijie resolutely switched her sword from her right to her left hand.
Abandoning the right-hand sword, she quickly returned to her former glory, and soon became an invincible presence in the same-year solo duels of the Saint Key Knight Order.
Many believed Lijie turned misfortune into fortune, leading to her current achievements.
But Lijie secretly despised such thoughts.
To praise suffering was, in her opinion, the most foolish notion.
The only one she truly thanked was the unyielding self in her memories.
Of course, now, there was another person to add.
Held tightly by Linda, Lijie thought to herself.
“Speaking of which, Lijie, are you going to keep using your left-hand sword from now on? Not switching back to your right?”
“Yeah… such a sweet dilemma.”
Lijie replied softly.
Linda, holding Lijie, recalled the process of Your Highness healing her, then her eyes spun mischievously as she teased.
“Come to think of it, since Your Highness needed to heal your wrist, they had to hold your little hand, right?”
“How was it? The feeling of Your Highness—wasn’t it nice?”
“Humph~”
Hearing Linda’s usual nonsense, Lijie mercilessly pushed her away and stared coldly.
“How could it compare to Linda Knight? If there weren’t others around, you’d probably strip naked to seduce Your Highness, wouldn’t you?”
“…Cough cough.”
Even Linda’s thick skin couldn’t handle that, and she scratched her head awkwardly, not daring to tease Lijie further.
But Lijie wasn’t about to let Linda off, eyeing her sideways.
“So? After today, are you still planning to play matchmaker for the Captain?”
“Hehe, Lijie, let’s hurry to class, or we’ll be late.”
With that, Linda dragged her away, using her physical advantage.
“Coward…”
Lijie muttered quietly.
***
Inside the room.
Standing before the full-length mirror, Roman slowly loosened the collar of his holy robe.
He pressed the belt and released it, allowing the white robe to fall softly to the ground.
His small hand gently gripped the edge of his undergarments, tightening them nervously.
In the mirror, he was instantly stripped to a pure white lamb, the exposed skin inviting a sinful urge to ravage and defile.
Beside him, Rosetta kept her eyes tightly shut, hands resting on the neatly folded new Knights’ Uniform, remaining motionless as she assisted Roman with changing.
Sneaking a glance at Rosetta, Roman’s expression didn’t change as he took the uniform from her.
The design was a fitted combat suit, clinging tightly to the body’s curves, highly elastic and made of Extraordinary material, offering impressive protection against both physical and magical attacks.
At that moment, Rosetta, standing nearby, felt Roman take the clothing.
Thinking of the sound of Roman’s robe falling earlier, her closed eyes squeezed even tighter.
He pulled the uniform top over his head, and the shining uniform of the Holy Key Knight fit his body perfectly, without any issue of size.
But soon, Roman ran into trouble.
“Captain?”
“Mm?”
Hearing Roman’s voice, Rosetta instantly responded.
“The pants… seem a bit small.”
Rosetta cautiously opened her eyes, relieved to see Roman mostly dressed.
Seeing that Roman’s pants had gotten stuck at the hips, unable to be pulled up, she curiously moved behind him and tried to tug.
But they really wouldn’t go up.
Why was this happening?
Rosetta fell into deep thought.
Logically, the uniform’s elasticity was extraordinary; it shouldn’t be possible to fail to wear it.
But as she pulled, her hand slipped, and with a loud ‘smack,’ she accidentally slapped Roman’s small butt.
Both of their fair faces flushed red, and the room fell into an awkward silence.
“S-Sorry!”
Rosetta instantly dropped to one knee, not daring to look up.
A few seconds later, Roman hurriedly reassured her.
“It’s all right. Please help me check again.”
“Mm.”
Rosetta stepped in front of Roman and bent down slowly…
Suddenly, her golden eyes froze.
As she leaned down, her line of sight became parallel to Roman’s lower abdomen.
Looking at the undergarments stretched almost to the breaking point, and the folds pressed out by something long and thick inside, Rosetta swallowed hard.
Imagining the exaggerated shape, Rosetta felt her legs grow weak.
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