QueenFrieza

WSA 2025 Entry! 

Excerpt: 
"Are you satisfied?" he asked, walking to the fire where she already sat. "Can you yet call yourself the greatest knight?

"Not until I can beat you," Irene argued. 

Despite how serious he looked only moments before, he cracked a smile. 

"But you saved my life," he insisted.

Synopsis: 
With a second chance given to her after a pathetic ending to a life she didn’t want, Irene Litharion decides that she will follow in her father’s footsteps and become a knight. 

Waking up in the body of her eleven year old self, she’s reinvigorated to follow her heart. She has the rare blood of ancient warriors in her veins and promises to not turn her back to it anymore.

Prepared for the sacrifices she will have to make to live the life she wants, a new challenge is presented when the only way she can become an apprentice knight is to turn her back on femininity altogether. The years she spent being forced to attend etiquette lessons go out the window and instead, daily sword practice takes place. 

Her father does all he can to get her into the knighthood, but it’s up to her to show her strength and skill to stay in it. 

However, it’s different than she expects when the Monster War ravages her homeland, she learns the sting of loss, and secrets of her own blood present themselves the more she leans into the thrill of battle.

I Will Be the Greatest Knight

<p>Indoor duties were supposed to be as boring as usual, but when Irene entered the library, she saw more apprentices and even a few knights including her father. She was immediately faced with the terrible realization that they still had to participate in the winterization that year. </p>

<p>"We will have to organize ourselves better than last year to ensure that it is done properly this season," Sir Gunnar explained as his greyish eyes scanned over the group in the library. "Sir Arthur and I both believe that the monster problem in the valley this season could have possibly stemmed from us missing a few of their hiding places. In the meantime, we will scour the foothills each day before we finally go up into the rocky mountains and seek out cave systems."</p>

Foggy Night