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>Irene's feet seemed to move on their own as they brought her and guided the others to the edge of town. She couldn't believe she remembered where the mages were when she first saw them, but it was such an eye-opening situation that it must have stuck out to her more than she realized.</p>

<p>They passed a few commoners sweeping their stoops and cleaning up their areas for winterization as they went on. All they could offer were tight-lipped smiles and nods as they proceeded forward. They weren't there to offer a hand as usual, but to get to the bottom of things.</p>

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