A knight swears an oath to the king and gains the strength to cleave steel armor.
A nun swears an oath to a saint and gains the power to heal wounds.
A witcher swears an oath to their dead family and gains eyes that can track monsters.
A merchant swears an oath to the God of Wealth and gains the ability to spot lies in a deal.
A noble swears an oath to their ancestors and inherits ancient powers in their bloodline.
In this world, oaths grant power, but break one and it will cost you your life.
Marriage contracts, debts, inheritance, reputation, land, theaters: any dispute that can't be easily settled may end up before the royal capital's courts.
Can't the judge decide?
Then settle it by duel.
Reyn Ward is the most famous legal brawler in the royal capital.
Other people win cases with testimony, contracts, or noble patrons.
He wins with a sword.
The nobles dread having him take their cases.
The knights they hire for a fortune are often flat on their backs before they've even finished reciting their oaths.
Reyn originally just wanted to earn enough for drinks and rent, until one day a theater actress with reddish-brown curls and a lovely smile came to see him.
She said the nobles were trying to take the theater her mother had left her.
Reyn didn't want to get involved.
But he soon discovered that behind this seemingly minor theater case lay a coronation verse that had been altered.
Someone planned to make the entire royal capital recite a new oath on the day of the new king's coronation.
And once that oath was sworn, everyone would be trapped in a lie that had been prepared long ago.
The bells of the royal capital rang as nobles, clergy, knights, and merchants waited for the new king's coronation.
Reyn rested a hand on his sword hilt and looked toward the dueling ground.
“Stop reciting.”
“Draw your sword.”
I probably want to write a world with oath as the core. Judging from my previous impressions, it is innovative and the description is good. I didn't understand the system clearly. Will the oath bring power? Can an oath be used to detect lies? It feels like there will be a lot of loopholes to exploit. And can the oath be made casually or must it follow a certain format? How do you judge the strength obtained? What makes me most curious is why the protagonist just followed the theater and took up a fighting job.
The short paragraph before Chapter 35 is not the protagonist fighting alone, but the accumulation of help from various levels. No one is a supporting role. This is the reason why I am willing to give this book a five-star. As for the subsequent plot, we will read it later. However, this book would be better if the author could improve the setting and improve the rhythm of the description. It's a short story, but I didn't expect the introduction to be the outline.
Overall, it's okay. Some plots are a bit awkward, which is acceptable.
It has a full sense of comedy and is quite innovative at the same time. The lines are well written. Ms. Leah is so cute.
It's a rare good book, I must keep writing it.
Very interesting to write
It's very interesting. I'll update it soon. The two protagonists have very interesting personalities.
It's good to watch, the plot is good to watch, the writing is good to watch, the characters are good to watch, in short it's good to watch
Okay, overall it looks pretty good
Very interesting, worth watching