55 Results in the "Designated Love Interest" category
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"I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU!" Honor fluttered in all his splendor over Bomfrey, right next to Obelaine, who was also waving to them as they rode off. "THE NOBLE BENDERAST! HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE! AND THEIR BRAVE FRIENDS! THE HOT-HEADED DWARF GLIMHART! THE STOIC WOOD ELF CEYLON! THE MERRY MOTH WHIRRBUZZ! THE BARDS WILL SING OF YOUR HEROIC DEEDS AS LONG AS-" "Please let's ride a little faster," Grimbart ground out through clenched teeth. Benderast waved back to Honor from a distance. Or perhaps to…-
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Chapter 54 – Goodbyes
The chaos caused by the events during the melee lasted for days. Bomfrey was in uproar as everyone involved struggled to manage the greatest dynastic crisis since the founding of the Triarchy, while at the same time Obelaine's revelations sent a full-blown social scandal rocking the court and it reverberated far beyond aristocratic society. The situation was complicated by the fact that the College of Heralds had no precedents or protocol for this and had to improvise, which was something they really…-
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Obelaine's desperate cry had caused Frambert to hesitate. The tip of his sword trembled as it rested against Benderast's throat. "Obelaine, no," Frambert croaked. "That… that's not true. Gwilet warned me that you'd say that. You've convinced yourself that this guy saved you, that… that you love him, that… so you can bear the fact that he… what he did to you…" Oh, for fuck's sake, I don't know if I've ever encountered a more despicable worm than Gwilet. Gwilet hadn't just spun a web of…
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Chapter 52 – Confess
Gaudbert rushed ahead, and Shaelith followed barefoot. The entire castle was deserted because everyone was already down on the tournament field. "Damn it, my armor," Gaudbert gasped as they were almost across the courtyard, and he was about to turn back. "We don't have time for that now!" Shaelith gave him a nudge, and he started moving again. After they passed through the castle gate and went down the stairs to the field, their paths parted as Shaelith turned toward the nobles' stands and…-
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Chapter 51 – A Man of His Words
Benderast took his injury surprisingly well, even though he hadn't quite recovered yet. Nevertheless, he was already standing with Grimbart on the field, where they engaged in a training bout. Grimbart had decided to take part in the melee himself the next day. "Someone has to watch Benderast's back," he had said. Of course, Shaelith wasn't much help in that regard. She wasn't a swordswoman, and her sorcery had no place in such a competition. She had taken care of Benderast, changed his bandages, and…-
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Chapter 50 – The Joust
The knightly tournaments Shaelith herself had seen in movies or TV shows in her previous life had been rather gray-brown, muddy affairs. The sun-drenched tournament field in Bomfrey, on the other hand, looked as if a burst piñata had vomited its multicolored contents all over the stands. Countless knights, practically glittering in their colorful armor, and thousands of frenetically cheering, equally colorful commoners shimmered before her eyes. Although they wear a lot of clothes and cover almost…-
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Chapter 49 – Sir Fisto
"What do you mean, you don't need armor?" she asked, dumbfounded. "You can't go into the joust without armor, can you?" Benderast shoveled porridge into his mouth with relish. "Technically, I do have some armor." He patted his linen shirt. "I get ten armor points for 'unarmored.'" "Are you nuts?" Shaelith shook her head. "You need full plate armor with a visor and everything." "But heavy armor like that is terribly slow, and I have Agility as my secondary stat." Why am I even still surprised by…-
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Chapter 48 – Undaunted
She really had to talk to Gaudbert now, to find out more about Prince Frambert and how the nobility of the Triarchy thought about Prince Gwilet's conspiracy narrative. For once, he didn't seem to be with the ladies behind the horse pasture, so Shaelith decided to try her luck at the castle itself. "Stop!" the man at the gatehouse called out to her. "I have to check if you're authorized to enter." Afraid I'm a siege weapon in disguise? "Are there many Shaeravyn noblewomen currently staying in…-
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Chapter 47 – Generous Mood
Just as they had suspected, Prince Gwilet went all out for the Trial of Largesse. Early that morning, a long procession of ox-drawn carts loaded with sacks of grain rolled through the alleys of Bomfrey toward the market square. Prince Gwilet sat on the lead cart, waving graciously to the crowd. With the value of the rings on his hand alone, he could probably have filled several more carts with grain. In the market square, the sacks were slit open, and Grevue servants shoveled the grain into the…-
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Chapter 46 – Cold Feet
The harlots' tents and a few wagons were set up at the very edge of the tent city, next to a horse pasture that bordered a dirt road. The trade was highly scandalous in Tulvian society, but reluctantly tolerated. Since it was obviously impossible to ban it entirely, a tacit compromise had apparently been reached: it would take place as far out of sight as possible. Of course, it has to be far enough away to allow people to pretend they know nothing about it, but close enough that they can find their way…-
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