How Rustic Are The Daily Lives Of Female Knight Cadets

Young Master Naiye and Discipline Committee Chair Ice Tina, walking onto the street, were looking for a place to talk.

On the road they ran into the everyday life of many knight cadets from the Auriel Knight Academy.

“Knights! Charge!”

“Charge! Kill them!”

Two groups of Miscellaneous Knight cadets and Ruffian knight cadets clashed head-on in the street.

A dozen or so people tangled and brawled like that.

Bystanders and other cadets either didn’t care or watched the fight with keen interest.

Strangely, this still did not count as a violation, so Discipline Chair Ice Tina didn’t stop it.

The Knight Academy actively encouraged fighting; combat tests the will of both sides, whether in one-on-one or small group skirmishes.

Directly settling matters through a win-or-lose bout often resolved things more effectively.

Of course, participants must be mindful and restrain the scale and force of their fights.

Group fights like this can last at most thirty minutes; any longer and they obstruct passage, so when time’s up the match must be called a draw and the fighting stops!

If it continued, it would be a disciplinary violation—you’d be taken down by the Discipline Committee and hauled off.

If it’s a dispute between just two people it’s more direct: only five short minutes are allowed!

If you want an all-out duel you must have the Student Council or the Discipline Committee act as referees.

But then the nature of the fight changes—it is then an honorable duel—and such duels are rare.

“Look at the fight between those two.”

Young Master Naiye had just watched two female knights fighting over who would pay at a restaurant.

After one won, she carried the defeated knight away in her arms.

The intimate relationship between the two looked far from that of ordinary friends.

But such things were common at Auriel Academy; in fact, on a larger scale, the Auriel Kingdom had seen almost no internal unrest in three thousand years.

Everything boiled down to fights between female knights.

Naiye’s gaze then shifted to Ice Tina.

“…………..”

Ice Tina turned her head in humiliation, her face souring.

Young Master Naiye’s look had been a reminder to Ice Tina that the other female cadets kept rules more than their Discipline Chair…

Ice Tina, cheeks flushed, readjusted her Discipline Committee cap.

Of course, she admitted that was the case.

Her fight with Eir earlier had crossed the line…! In force and scale it wasn’t an ordinary fight; it even wrecked Young Master Naiye’s courtyard and almost hurt him.

Young Master Naiye stole a glance at her; the fight had been quite fierce.

Yet now Discipline Chair Ice Tina seemed unfazed, showing not a hint of fatigue.

Ice Tina, an Ice-element knight, was truly formidable—this was no boast.

“Come, sit here and talk.”

“Alright.”

Young Master Naiye led Ice Tina to a café—the same one he’d been to on a date with the pigtailed Ruffian boss.

There were more people on the street than before, but it still wasn’t bustling.

It was a quiet place to relax.

After ordering a simple Kali coffee and an iced hot cocoa, Ice Tina hesitated, then asked directly!

“Young Master Naiye, did you really form an alliance with the Dragon Knight family?”

When news of an alliance between the Lycoris family and the Dragon Knights broke, many people grew nervous.

Especially the Elemental Knight family.

Her elder sister Fire Lina was desperate to know whether it was true.

Because everyone, including her, knew that if they allied with Naiye Lycoris, their standing in the entire Academy would soar!

Including members of the Student Council.

But what puzzled everyone more was that in recent days neither the Dragon Knights nor Young Master Naiye

had made a peep; it was as if the alliance news never existed.

This left everyone at the Academy puzzled, expecting some big commotion that never came.

“Yes, we allied, but Eren and I never said we’d fight at the Academy—it’s just a political alliance between families.”

Young Master Naiye admitted it; what he said sounded perfectly reasonable…

But Ice Tina wasn’t so easily convinced.

“It wasn’t Eren who proposed the alliance—he’s not qualified. It was Dragon Mother Knight Eiru Dragonborn who personally proposed it to me.”

“Eiru Dragonborn?! Her status and position prevent her from taking part in Academy conflicts—so the alliance with Lycoris is really just political?”

Ice Tina was genuinely surprised—since Eiru Dragonborn ascended to become clan matriarch, many people hadn’t seen her at all.

More importantly, she couldn’t involve herself in Academy affairs, which startled Ice Tina further.

Moreover, many people had truly never met Eiru Dragonborn.

First, the Dragon Knights had always kept a low profile and done little memorable—aside from the Dragon Knight who became Knight King a thousand years ago,

Second, Academy affairs were usually handled by the commander of the Dragon Knight Order, not the clan matriarch—and Eiru Dragonborn had never even been commander.

The Dragon Knights’ commander was only Eir, the Silver Dragon Knight from a few years ago.

And then there was Eren Dragonborn, who’d been newly appointed less than a year ago.

In Ice Tina’s impression, Eiru Dragonborn was nothing more than a vague shadow.

If she, as clan matriarch, allied with Lycoris, then it truly was only a political alliance…

Given recent facts, Ice Tina could only believe that explanation.

She immediately thought of Eir Dragonborn—no, now she should be called Eir Lycoris.

“Eir… was she really abandoned by her family?”

“The Dragon Knights are a clan that values bloodlines above all. Eir’s bloodline rank was low, but she fought her way to become Order commander on merit—to prove herself.

“But the truth is those blind old fools, upon seeing Eren, shamelessly fawned over him, abandoning Eir without hesitation and raising that brat Eren up!”

So that’s how it was—no wonder Eren became Order commander at such a young age.

And many could see he was inexperienced and clumsy in many ways… and he was male, albeit backed by the Dragon Mother Knight.

Eir had been discarded just like that…

“Then why did she become your Silver Knight?”

“Grandma Eiru took pity on her and took her in, but to show sincerity in this alliance she sent Eir to me to become my Silver Knight—meaning she couldn’t stay within the Dragon Knight family.”

“…………..”

Whenever he thought of this, Young Master Naiye couldn’t help but bristle with anger, recalling how his grandfather rightly scolded those Dragon Knights!

The Dragon Knights’ stubborn, antiquated obsession with bloodline ranking was extreme, and Naiye loathed that thoughtless, merciless worship.

“Sigh…”

Understanding the truth, Ice Tina couldn’t help but sigh.

She hadn’t expected that Eir, the proud and arrogant Silver Dragon Knight who’d opposed her years ago,

admitted that the reason she disliked the Silver Dragon Knight was that cold, arrogant, superior attitude.

But Ice Tina also conceded that Eir was a proud knight fully deserving of her skill and title.

Yet she was cast out by her family, with no kin by her side, because the Dragon Knight family no longer counted as her family.

As a longtime rival, Ice Tina felt only regret and mourning at such an outcome.

At least she had come to Naiye’s side, which Ice Tina considered a good thing.

“What, you’re jealous because she followed me?”

At that moment Young Master Naiye made a very sly remark.

“…………”

Ice Tina pouted but tacitly accepted it—at least she didn’t deny it.

“Just inter-family communication and an alliance?”

“Just that. This is a relationship left by my father and grandfather; I’m merely the one in my generation to carry it on.”

That was true, though most people didn’t know the specifics.

The perceptive Ice Tina suspected Young Master Naiye was just offering an excuse.

Many at the Academy placed great importance on whom Young Master Naiye allied with.

Because everyone wanted Young Master Naiye’s help to further expand their power within the Academy.

But both the Dragon Knights and Young Master Naiye kept quiet, making people suspect the alliance was fake.

If one could obtain the aid of Naiye Lycoris, the fifth-ranked family,

it might not conquer the whole Academy, but it would be a tremendous boon!

The Auriel Kingdom had only Four Great Families; Lycoris had attained fifth place on its own merit.

And the families below them—sorry—didn’t even have the strength to rank sixth properly!

Since the Lycoris family invented magical technology, it has grown extremely powerful.

They weren’t masters of every field, but they developed in all directions, and that progress made everyone envious.

But the bad news came: after creating magical technology, Naiye’s grandfather relied on it too much and did not restrain its use.

This caused many negative consequences, leaving a very poor impression of them throughout the Auriel Kingdom.

The two gravest outcomes were environmental destruction and the outbreak of war.

That war did not break out within the Auriel Kingdom itself.

It was a small northern nation that, after stealing the technology, rapidly grew powerful!

It then became a mechanized militaristic state—the Caesar Federation—and began ravenously swallowing everything around it.

After annexing its neighbors, it advanced southward and ran into the exceptionally strong Auriel Kingdom!

The female knights’ formidable strength smashed the Caesar Federation and drove them back!

The Caesar Federation kept seeking chances to infiltrate or sabotage, but against real power those actions were child’s play.

All of this originated from one family, a rising house—the Lycoris.

Later, Naiye’s father—a very honest man—stood in for his remorseful and grief-stricken father and apologized to the Kingdom, the Academy, the Queen, and everyone.

He then curtailed the development of magical technology as much as possible and applied many civilian magical technologies to improve ordinary people’s lives.

By major metrics, the overall level of the Auriel Kingdom didn’t change much.

But ordinary people’s living standards rose by at least ten percent—what had once been a situation where a tiny few might go hungry became one where everyone could eat.

Most importantly, Queen Auriel personally accepted Naiye’s father’s apology.

That was the main reason people no longer outright rejected magical technology.

And now, Naiye Lycoris.

This handsome, wise, highly knowledgeable young head of the family,

was the simple reason nearly all female knights and heiresses pursued him.

—Naiye Lycoris.

Young Master Naiye firmly held the entire Lycoris house in his grasp—something any noble would envy!

And Young Master Naiye looked delicate and cute.

Conquering him seemed much simpler than conquering an entire family.

At least it appeared that way.

“…………..”

Ice Tina smoothed her ice-blue hair and couldn’t help staring at Naiye.

She looked into his scarlet, red-spider-lily-like pupils.

His beautiful, pale face blushed involuntarily.

“Naiye… you truly make people envious.”

Desire… the words in Ice Tina’s heart went unsaid.

“Is that so?”

Young Master Naiye replied coolly with an ambiguous expression.

After a cup of coffee, Ice Tina began discussing business with Young Master Naiye.

She adjusted her Discipline Committee beret and tidied her appearance; her whole bearing turned serious and stern.

This file to be handled was the true responsibility of the Student Council.

“So it’s this. I thought you could help me handle it.”

Young Master Naiye’s remark was a joke; in truth, a matter like this had to be handled by the person in charge of Train Station No. 1—namely Young Master Naiye himself.

“Although it’s territory of the Elemental Knights, the management and responsibility for Train Station No. 1 belong to Naiye Lycoris; you need to handle this personally.”

Ice Tina produced a clean, neat document titled [Application for Funds to Manage and Operate Train Station No. 1].

This was a document submitted to the Student Council.

It was indeed a serious matter that could not be neglected.

As for why Student Council funds were being used instead of Lycoris’s money,

it was because Train Station No. 1 did not belong to Lycoris; Naiye had to apply upward to the Student Council—even Fire Lina of the Elemental Knights handled it the same way.

“Make sure not to write in lowercase numerals! There’s a risk of forgery and misreading—use formal uppercase numerals, and your seal must be clear and visible; its placement can’t be crooked.”

Ice Tina earnestly ran through these important points—things Naiye had heard countless times before.

“Alright, alright.”

Though Young Master Naiye sounded nonchalant, as head of the house he knew better than anyone that such matters required rigor and could not be handled sloppily.

Anyone familiar with financial documents, especially those who’d served as treasurer, would know this.

Especially for financial applications like this, one must use the complex formal uppercase numerals.

Regular digits are easily altered and are unacceptable!

And after writing them one must check multiple times.

Young Master Naiye took out a pen and began to write carefully.

Because of the complex uppercase numerals, Young Master Naiye took a bit of time to finish writing.

[Uppercase numerals: 壹贰叁肆伍, lowercase: 12345]

Then he used spatial magic to produce the Lycoris seal he should have been carrying.

He pressed it down firmly, and under Ice Tina’s urging stamped it a few extra times to secure it.

When he finished, Young Master Naiye picked up the document and inspected it a few times.

After confirming there were no issues, he handed it to Ice Tina.

Ice Tina checked it as well, her beret covering one eye, and nodded with a serious, cool, handsome air.

“Yes, your application has been received. The Student Council will process it immediately; please await notice.”

Ice Tina took the document, stood, and left.

She didn’t say another word, maintaining a businesslike demeanor.

Young Master Naiye sometimes really liked that about Ice Tina.

In her work she was extremely earnest and serious, without a hint of slack.