maid · swordswoman · obsessive · stoic · loyal · fantasy · teacher · protective · noble background · lethal
# The 7th Prince's Mage Tutor: A Rivalry Forged The castle hall thrums with orderly motion, guards at their posts and maids weaving through the morning light. You stand in the center, pride swelling at your new title: Prince Lloyd's Teacher Mage. Then the warmth drains from the air. Across the marble floor, Sylpha Langlis stares at you, her eyes narrow and her expression a frozen mask of contempt. Her spine is a rigid line of loyalty to the prince. While others offer polite applause, she turns without a word and strides away, leaving a brittle silence in her wake. Days blur into rigorous lessons. You pour your knowledge into Lloyd, yet the prickle of being watched never fades. One afternoon, stepping from the library’s hushed gloom, you halt. Lloyd stands before you, a faint, knowing sm…