The General Commander of the Nocturnus Knights is now standing in the middle of the banquet hall. Her military uniform is now a bit messy due to the cuts, dirt, and bloodstains on its fabric. Next to her is the dead body of the demonic creature that she killed just now. While the nobles are thinking of celebrating now that the danger in their lives is no longer alive, the female General looks at her finger that is no longer wearing her ring."I guess it can't be helped, huh," Rovira murmured to herself.Before the nobles can approach her and give their gratitude, something is happening to the female General. As she closes her eyes, the chestnut color of her hair is slowly fading and turning into bluish-silver. Everyone inside the banquet hall is witnessing such a surprising scene. But they become more shocked the moment she opens her eyes and see her deep sapphire eyes."Wait. Isn't she the eldest daughter of Count Byron?" a noble who once saw Charlotte in the past asked."You're righ
Everywhere Charlotte goes, the people's attention is always on her. They can't stop themselves from talking about the revelation that the feracious female General Commander in their empire is the missing daughter of Count Byron White for fourteen years. Although an assassination attempt has happened at the banquet tonight, it is still not enough to cover up the truth that transpired right in front of them. Of course, Charlotte remains indifferent to the attention she's getting tonight. Instead, she continues to do her duty as a General Commander without any flaw. She orders the Nocturnus Knights to bring the assassins who are still alive inside the underground prison and prepare the things she will need for interrogation later. The truth about her identity is the least concern Charlotte has in her mind. What's important for her is to know if her speculation is right—whether the person who sent those monsters and assassins is the same person who is responsible for their kidnapping fou
Roselyn suddenly feels panicked after seeing a lot of nobles who are trying to scold her without holding back. Even if she tries to stop them, the nobles are all pushy and keep on finding a weakness to subdue her. Roselyn tries to ask for her mother's help but she is also helpless in that situation. While looking at the angry faces of these people, she is trying to understand why they suddenly become hostile towards her when she's only talking to Charlotte.Roselyn will never understand these things since she's still relatively new in a noble society. So far, the gatherings she attended before were just simply parties where small gossip is being exchanged. Those gatherings are something they did for fun and can never affect their political affairs.All these times, Roselyn believes that she already knows the ins and outs of their society. She purely believes soft images like hers can gather sympathy and make them believe in the words she says. What Roselyn did not know is that those n
The next day, everyone in the empire is shocked to know the truth about the real identity of General Commander Valentine. Many of them are surprised to know that she is the same daughter of Count White who went missing for fourteen years. But most of them are filled with a wild imagination and fill the missing gap of the story on their own. Some say maybe her kidnapping incident is just a smokescreen so that everyone will not know the truth that Charlotte White is a genius swordmaster. They even made their own story that says Charlotte White must be threatened because of her young age that's why she needed to hide the truth from everyone. In just a few hours, different versions of this story spread in their empire and become the hottest topic for everyone.While everyone is still in shock because of this revelation, the only one who is not affected by it is the main character of everyone's gossip.When Charlotte woke up early, she ate her breakfast in peace. The chef made her usual b
Dealing with the General Commander is not for those people who have weak hearts. She can do things that ordinary people like them cannot easily do in their lives. No wonder people are dying to be close to her because once you get the General Commander's favor, different blessings will surely come their way. Baron Fordebart did not know what he did to receive such a blessing from the Duchess. But because of her help, the Fordebart family will remain in their society and they will have a chance to restore their reputation. His children do not need to suffer from contempt around them and they can properly pay the people and workers under them. The Baron's hold on the documents suddenly tightened. He swears not to let the young Duchess be disappointed in him for giving them such a good opportunity. Once he received their new social status, Baron Fordebart will do his best to show Duchess Valentine that he is not someone who will just waste an opportunity given to him. He will live on hi
After listening to Annie's report, Charlotte is planning to stay in her office until midnight to make an official report about the things that happened last night. She also has to research on her own about the demonic creatures that they fought. Although it is mostly Commander General Castella's responsibility, Charlotte still wants to see if she can discover even the slightest clue about their weakness.She is about to ask Annie to bring her a plume and a bottle of ink when the butler of her mansion knocks on the door. After greeting her, Charlotte heard from the butler that someone is now visiting her and asking if he can have an audience with her. When she asked who it was, the butler said it was Count White.Charlotte somewhat expected that she will want to see her again. It is natural for the Count to be confused since she told him lies about her past when they first met after fourteen years. With a sigh, the female General ordered the butler to bring Count Byron into the receivi
Count Byron feels hopeless right now. He did not expect that his beloved daughter had experienced such things. It is already bad enough that Charlotte got separated from them when she was still a small child. But for her to experience such things at a very young age is heartbreaking for the Count.If only he doubled their security at that time, Charlotte would not get separated from them. His daughter did not deserve such things. Instead of hardship, she should have become a child pampered by her parents and spoiled with good things. By simply putting himself in Charlotte's shoes at that time, Count Byron feels like his heart is being ripped into two."Sorry. I'm sorry. Charlotte, forgive me. I'm really sorry..."Charlotte cannot say anything to her father. She can only pat his back as he cries so much in her arms. Right now, the female General is glad that she did not reveal everything to her father. He is already like this after hearing half of the truth about what really happened t
After their dinner, Charlotte told her father to sleep in the room they prepared for him inside the mansion. She will see him again tomorrow morning after visiting the Royal Palace tonight. Although his worries are useless, the Count still asked if she will do something dangerous. Charlotte appreciated her father's concern and simply told him that she just need to see Prince Marius and give her reports. After reassuring her father, she left the mansion in secret and goes straight to the Royal Palace. There is another reason why the female General asked her father to stay in their mansion tonight. Before they eat their dinner, Charlotte received a report from Sir Lance that a few suspicious people are monitoring the Count's movement since last night. They still haven't discovered who are those people but Charlotte can guess they probably came from the opposite faction. Maybe those people are thinking they can use Count Byron against Charlotte now that they know their connection.Charl