The Three Moons Knight Family Is Actually A Religious Family, Not A Knightly Family

Fire Lina of the Elemental Knight family.

Nia Skywing of the Skywing Knight Family.

The two are practically natural rivals!

Aside from the Dragon Knights and the Three Moons Knights, which have always remained quiet.

The war between Fire Lina and Nia Skywing has nearly covered the entire Academy.

They are also the Academy’s true implacable enemies and the knights who most embody Auriel Knight spirit.

Their wills are as hard as steel! Their clashes are ferocious, dazzling everyone and chilling them to the bone!

They are like fated adversaries, their fights utterly pure and resolute.

Whether by family origins or personality, they are destined to be each other’s enemies.

Everyone shares one consensus: if you provoke one of them, it’s one thing.

But if you anger both, you’d better pray to Queen Auriel to save you!

“Sigh! Frustrating! So frustrating………..”

Young Master Naiye watched Nia Skywing shout helplessly, deeply pondering the war with Fire Lina.

She picked up the mead they had been sharing, placed her thigh—encased in white stockings—rather indecently on the table, and the smooth, delicate sole of her foot casually, almost deliberately pointed toward Naiye.

The inner side of her thigh was fully exposed; she clearly didn’t care about Young Master Naiye’s gaze.

Nia and Xiya both had one very pragmatic trait.

When in private, their suppressed natures—shaped by a harsh reality—would surface.

They displayed it without reserve before Naiye; or rather, they both wanted him to ease them.

Nia struck that rude-yet-comfortable pose, her eyes flicking at Young Master Naiye as he nibbled on snacks.

She hoped he would reveal some important information.

But that was very difficult.

Naiye Lycoris was clever; he knew his position and didn’t intervene in the war at all.

For that reason everyone wanted to seek him; even a little help mattered.

Take just now: Nia couldn’t believe that Fire Lina hadn’t offered Young Master Naiye anything in return—expecting him to help her for free?

How could that be!

Nia knew there was no free lunch, and Naiye also understood the nature of transactions.

Once a deal is struck, their actions are transactional—not some romantic drama.

Naiye was a smooth talker; don’t expect him to divulge more for her sake.

During their school years a few years ago, Nia was the first to pursue Naiye.

However, after spending some time together, Young Master Naiye mercilessly rejected her!

Of course, she was merciless too—her approach to Naiye had been purely to seduce and win him over.

At first Nia thought she was sincere, but Young Master Naiye saw through her easily.

Though they did go through a pleasant, youthful romance……….

Nia somewhat missed those simple times—times without thinking about knight orders, family, or burdens on her shoulders.

—That was impossible now.

Nia closed her eyes again; though the weight was heavy, she enjoyed the feeling of being above and beyond others!

So—their feelings stopped there.

Their current ‘feelings’ were now driven by mutual interests and the emotional ties left by the previous generation.

But Nia was somewhat content: if Naiye wouldn’t accept her, he could accept Qingliya Whitewing instead.

She didn’t care; after all, she could still be with Naiye in secret.

—At least she hoped so……

Deep down, Nia Skywing still vaguely longed for those simple times with Naiye.

“Naiye, why did Fire Lina pursue you back then? And why did she reject you so quickly afterward?”

Nia suddenly asked about their school days: after Nia was rejected, the shameless Fire Lina rushed in.

Right in front of them, and just after that little romance ended, she tried to court Naiye!

What was more shameless was that, even after Naiye rejected her, she still clung to him relentlessly.

She even dragged her younger sister, Tina, into it.

It turned into a strange sisters tag-team?

“Hm? You don’t know?”

“I don’t know……”

Nia had actually never quite understood why Fire Lina was so shameless.

Even she, after being rejected, would at least feign modesty and be sad for a bit.

That girl didn’t even retain a scrap of dignity—she drew so close with such ease.

Nia would even bet that Lina didn’t really know who Naiye was at that time.

Otherwise, a girl who had always shunned magical technology wouldn’t have approached Naiye Lycoris so readily!

Seeing that Nia truly didn’t know, Naiye answered directly.

“She saw you fail, so she ran up to conquer me herself, to prove she was stronger than you!”

“Tch! What a shameless one! She didn’t even know you were a ‘Lycoris’!”

It was such a trivial reason—something Lina’s straightforward nature could easily do.

“You’ve asked two questions; I only have one.”

Naiye had legitimate business with Nia tonight: he answered the matter she’d always cared about.

Nia inviting Naiye was not really to get close to or woo President Meiyu.

As part of the deal, Young Master Naiye had only one thing he wanted to ask.

Because the question was obscure, most people didn’t know; Naiye could only ask someone like Nia who knew more.

Earlier he’d asked Fire Lina and Ice Tina, the two Elemental Knight sisters, in the courtyard, but they didn’t know much.

“Rena Silvermoon has recently been approaching my Dark Knight Weiluxika, thinking she might qualify to become a Dark Moon Knight. Tell me about the Three Moons Knight family?”

—Young Master Naiye really is earnest; he was in the same room as a great beauty like me.

—Why not do something else instead?

Nia closed her eyes, jiggled her white garter-stockinged thigh, pretending to ponder.

“Of course I know the specific history of the Three Moons Knights. The difference between Skywing and the Three Moons is that, similar to the Skywing Knight Family, they’re faith-centered, but they aren’t organized by family—they’re truly centered on faith!”

It’s said that the Skywing Knight Family’s faith and bloodline originate from a Great Angel of the Goddess of Light!

So whether true believers or not, people of the Skywing Knight Family will certainly revere the Goddess of Light, though they’re not as strict or fanatical as a religion.

Their system is more aristocratic.

On the other hand, the world’s largest church—the Church of Light—is the earthly center of worship for the Goddess of Light.

Thus the two are natural allies.

“They worship the Goddess of the Three Moons? But why are they a knightly family?”

Naiye asked a key question: if they’re a religious force, why are they in the Auriel Kingdom?

Although the Auriel Kingdom is a kingdom of knights, in people’s hearts it’s akin to devotion to Queen Auriel.

But unlike most, Queen Auriel doesn’t require daily prayers.

She only asks that people enact her will: fight! Conquer! Uphold the knights’ glory and battle!

For thousands of years, the female knights have continuously fought, steadily executing the Queen’s will.

If one merely fanatically believed in Queen Auriel—that would be useless!

So why have the followers of the Three Moons Goddess become one of the Four Great Knight Families in the Auriel Kingdom?

“It’s actually simple: even a faith needs the real-world essentials—churches, population, supplies, and so on.

“Three thousand years ago, the Goddess of the Three Moons’s divine power was wavering; her faith had nearly vanished.

“However, the first Queen Auriel approached them and told them she could help, on one condition……..”

At this point Nia suddenly raised three slender fingers and asked with a seductive smile.

“Young Master Naiye, do you remember who the three Knight Kings were?”

Naiye lifted his head slightly and thought carefully.

“The first was a Sky Wing Knight, the second a Dragon Knight, and the third an Elemental Knight!”

So that’s how it was! Naiye suddenly realized.

He was a native of the Auriel Kingdom and naturally assumed the Four Great Knight Families were tied directly to Queen Auriel!

The knight families were second only to the Auriel Knight Academy, and the Academy second only to Queen Auriel.

Those three were the core of the Auriel Kingdom!

So Naiye and most people had preconceived the Four Great Knight Families had existed from the start!

But that wasn’t the case!

【Only those who become Knight Kings can establish knight families and receive the blessing of Queen Auriel!】

“No wonder Fire Lina is so passionate about war—it’s inherited from her ancestors!”

“Yes, the Goddess of the Three Moons submitted to Queen Auriel! The Three Moons sect beneath her flourished in the Auriel Kingdom; if a Knight King appears, the Three Moons Knights will also submit to her.”

That’s why the Three Moons Knight family isn’t interested in Academy wars—they don’t need to become Knight Kings!

Their goal is pure: like other religious forces, it’s enough to expand their faith.

“So Rena Silvermoon hasn’t been interested in war; instead she’s interested in Weiluxika… she could become a Dark Moon Knight of the Dark Moon Goddess, and only then would the Three Moons Knights truly coalesce.”

Just as Young Master Naiye thought this, Nia suddenly pressed her strong thigh onto Naiye’s thigh.

She countered one of his thoughts.

“The Three Moons Knights will fight too! But their goal differs: they fight for faith—if they win, the Three Moons Goddess’s renown will surely surge!”

“And if they win the war, and gain Queen Auriel’s blessing and favor, not just they—no one in their right mind would foolishly refuse!”

Indeed, Young Master Naiye had erred due to his ignorance of the matter.

“No wonder—why she’s so keen on Weiluxika. If the Three Moons Knights form, they too can take part in war.”

Then it would be a war among three knight families.

However—Nia Skywing’s expression was very calm; she even looked at Naiye with eager anticipation for him to speak the next sentence.

Naiye obliged and said,

“Aren’t you worried? If the Three Moons Knights join in, I’ve actually agreed to let Viluxika approach the Goddess of the Three Moons.”

Nia gave a bewitching smile.

“I look forward to their participation even more! The Skywing Knight Family isn’t fit for open war now—seeing them both cripple each other is better for me!”

“You’re ruthless.”

As Naiye said that, Nia pulled him out of his chair.

“This is war—the timeless truth of our Auriel Knight Academy for three thousand years.”

Then clad in seductive lingerie, Nia carried Naiye to the bedside.