Honorable Knight: Life after Death

The City Behind The Magnificent Wall

As you can imagine, the city behind this tall and strong fortress is actually very far from the city in Alexander's previous life.

Everyone who enters the view, almost all of them are carrying weapons. The city guards are no longer surprised, but even ordinary citizens carry personal weapons. In addition to the city guards, those who carry personal weapons have various types of weapons. Not only sharp weapons but some carry blunt and long-range weapons. Such as mace, big hammer, crossbow, whip, and many more.

Alexander wonders where he woke up. He is quite knowledgeable about the names of places across the mainland and some of the islands off the mainland that had been touched. However, none of them have the same name as the place in his life now. Like the name of this city that he doesn't know at all, Ympilia City.

People who can't keep up with the times like the real Alexander, won't be able to survive. A small example is himself which is most likely indeed because that is the reason Alexander chose the shameful path.

In his previous life, the standard of living was far below those of the people roaming the surrounding streets. In fact, both in urban areas. However, the difference is so great that it is like a city compared to a village which is not an appropriate comparison indicator to find a conclusion point.

Looking at the building, Alexander feels he will not get lost here. In addition to the few main roads that branch, many buildings can be used as position markers. Like, such a building with a sign that reads Zura's Clothing Store beside the road to coincide with its current position.

"Eh? Apparently, this shop provides the clothes I need…” Alexander says.

Clink! ringing a few times, its voice echoes through the room filled with rows of clothes that are mostly women's dresses.

Only this time, Alexander sees clothes that looked very high quality. He is indeed not an expert appraiser who knows the details of the materials used to make clothes, but even a layman can. That is a sign that the clothes available here are of guaranteed quality.

"I can touch this, right?" Alexander asks himself, he seems hesitant to touch a nearby dress.

"Of course, you can, sir..." says someone from behind Alexander, she is a woman as it sounded from her soft voice. Her smile makes her dimples look so cute.

Unfortunately, Alexander has the mentality of a man more than half a century old. To be captivated by a young woman is not impossible, especially since he is still physically young now. Although he is stunned, he only admires the beauty of this young woman in front of him.

“Oh… you are really beautiful, miss. Are you the owner of this shop, or something else?”

The young woman chuckles with a hand covering her mouth, then she replies “The owner of this shop is my mother. But, I can represent it anyway…”

"So, your beauty was passed down by your mother huh? Surely, she's even prettier..."

After Alexander finished his compliments about the shop owner, the friendliness of the young woman in front of him seems to have faded. "I have something that needs to be done, sir, you can just have a look until Mama comes..." she says in a slightly curmudgeoned tone.

“B-but...”

Just met, suddenly left by her, and found that her attitude suddenly changed drastically makes Alexander stunned, he is confused about what has just happened.

"Ah never mind..." Alexander takes a deep breath before he goes to find the clothes he needs. He feels like something is missing, but he ignores it for now because it feels unimportant.

From the outside, this Zura Clothing Store looks small, but the inside is spacious because the design is intentionally made to protrude inward without being widened.

One room is really filled with clothes that are neatly arranged, and the placement of clothes is adjusted to the type and size. So, it doesn't take Alexander long to find the clothes he is looking for, which were placed in a collection of cloaked coat-type outfits for teenage boys.

One by one he looks, then his gaze is caught on a cloaked coat that had motifs and colors that he found interesting. Before Alexander's hand touched the cloaked mantle, a voice stops his hand.

“You seem to be interested in that cloaked mantle huh, young master?”

This time, the voice came from a mature woman whose facial features closely resembled that of the previous young woman. It is as if she is the young woman herself who has come from the future. But logically, that can't happen. The most likely thing is that the adult woman who is no less beautiful is the mother of the previous young lady, the owner of this clothing store.

At this moment, Alexander is completely mesmerized by the mature woman in front of him. Even though she is still considered young when compared to his soul age, the age difference is not estimated to be as far as the previous young woman. The woman in the world, where he was awakened in a different body is like a world on a different level. Specifically, what is still relatively general is like that, according to Alexander.

Women who have dimples are fairly rare, while women like that are women who Alexander finds very attractive.

In his previous life, he also had an attraction to women as normal men. A woman who captivated his heart, a woman who had dimples gave a very beautiful smile. Even now, that beautiful smile is still etched in his mind. Unfortunately, he had made up his mind to become a knight serving the king.

Even though he was given an order by the king to marry, he refused because he was afraid of abandoning his wife and children, or even worse, he neglected his duties as a knight.

Being met with a woman who has dimples on her cheeks, Alexander who walks up to her subconsciously bent one knee to grab her hand. Then, he kisses the back of her hand gracefully while pouring out all his feelings.

"Oh my... Are you an angel who is descending from the sky?" asks Alexander who lifts his head, staring intently at the woman.

Forgetting the age, a blush is painted on the woman's face. Treated so sweetly by an unknown young man, for some reason her heart is beating so fast. The youthful passion that had faded seems to be thickening again.

"I'm not an angel. I'm just the owner of this shop...” the woman stammers.

“Oh… It's just as I thought. The owner of this shop really gives a sense of addiction to continue to be looked at…” says Alexander who has stood up while not letting go of his hand which is holding the woman's hand. "... May I know, what is the name of this angel?" he asks.

“Stop calling me an angel. That sounds exaggerating...” the shop owner looks shy, then she continues to say “... Just call me Azura...”

“Azura, what a beautiful name. I'm Alexander..." he says, pausing to kiss the back of Azura's hand again. “… Baron Leville is my father. I'm sure Azura knows that too. I do have a dark story, everyone knows that. But you know, I'm now not the old pathetic and weak Alexander…” he continues.

Hearing Alexander's name, Azura is stunned. Comparing this Alexander to the rumored one is too far apart, like two completely different people. However, if you look further, Alexander's characteristics are in line with the rumors.

Blonde hair with sky blue eyes, a handsome face which is a pity not supported by his below-average talent, and one thing that is his trademark is Alexander has curly eye hair and looks beautiful like a woman. Coupled with a weak body, his authority as a man has diminished.

No man has curly eye hair, his body should be strong too. A large muscle with the minimum weight that can be lifted is its own body weight. Meanwhile, the average weight of men is always heavier than women's weight because men have dense muscle mass and the rest depends on how much muscle a person has.

However, there are also a small number of women who have a personality like men whose weight can compete with men by large body sizes, of course.

“Y-you really are Young Master Alexander!?” Azura pulls her hand to cover the lower part of her face using both of her hands, she can't believe it. “... Sorry for my impudence, Young Master-...” she says again, which is soon stopped when a hand won't allow her to bow.

“Just ignore my family background and my status. To be clear, I'm really fascinated by you, Azura…”

Azura who previously felt embarrassed and quite touched by Alexander's treatment before finding out who he is by not caring about his current age actually remained self-conscious and thought everything was just a charade. But after she takes a closer look, Alexander's eyes seem to tell the truth.

“You know, we're very old in age-...” again, Azura is cut off, before she can finish her sentence.

"Ignorant with age, love who knows where it will come from..." says Alexander.

The heart that was constrained by the knight's oath of loyalty no longer exists, Alexander no longer feels the need to hold back from opening his heart and falling in love with a woman. Hasn't the time come for me to have a happy little family? thought Alexander.

Meanwhile, someone seems to be peeking at the scene from behind the clothes.