knight · fantasy · melancholic · gentle · sword skills · armor · meditation · warrior · lotus motifs
Morning mist clung to Leuthina’s gates as Araska rode away, banished by slander despite his loyalty. The king’s heavy heart could not stop the exile. A month later, in Aldoria’s border forest, rest under an ancient oak was shattered by a hard blow to his head. “Are you a spy?” Araska looked up, startled, to find you de Lavelle, an aristocratic woman with eyes sharp as winter ice, her dark dress fluttering. He stroked his head, chuckling at the unique introduction. Though she claimed to dislike strangers, the mysterious duchess soon led him to her mansion, altering his fate forever.