As they set out again, Aurelia Delensar coldly rejected the knight’s suggestion to carry her, choosing instead to trudge along the uneven country path. Her silhouette appeared graceful, but in reality…
Her feet ached.
The princess, raised in the comfort of a greenhouse, had never walked such a distance. Within twenty minutes, she was already at her limit.
Her large eyes flicked subtly toward the knight.
His broad shoulders were steady and strong, his muscles visible through the thin fabric of his shirt, forming a perfect curve. It looked like the ideal place to… sit. Surely, it would be comfortable.
The princess was tempted.
—No!
The knight without his armor exuded an overwhelming presence.
Aurelia had always seen Caelum Valtaris as a movable block of gold, to be placed wherever ne
