The White Moonlight Schemed at Every Turn

Scheming priestess x loyal knight

Leanna is the youngest bishop in the empire. In truth, she's preparing a rebellion.

She was born a commoner, but adopted by a noble family because of her magical talent.

Brilliant and exceptionally gifted in magic, she was appointed the crown prince's magic tutor upon reaching adulthood. After quelling a local monster tide and putting down a rebellion, she became a bishop.

She encourages the widespread use of magic, and the territory under her care is flourishing. She's its pillar, keeping the people safe.

People say she's the goddess's favorite, blessed with an easy road to success and a meteoric rise. They say she'll remain loyal to the church and devote her life to the goddess.

Leanna, who is preparing a rebellion: “Exactly. Keep spreading that story about me.”

The goddess's favor conceals deadly intentions. The family that adopted her has its own agenda. Her family met an untimely death, and her mentors and friends were driven to the brink. The people in power want her to bow her head. Instead, she'll destroy everything they have with her own hands.

But now there's been a complication.

The pope has arranged for her to share power with a political rival, who will take office in a month. She had already sharpened her blade, but then she learned that the rival was her first love. Worse still, she ran into him early while on a mission, and he saved her when she was ambushed.

Caught in a conspiracy and forced to fake her death, Leanna has a plan for revenge, as well as a selfish wish of her own:

“Why don't I recruit him and bring him into the rebellion?”

Anatoly is the hero who quelled the monster tide and the commander of the Northern Knights. Decorated and gracious, he's the object of many people's affection, but he has a heartbreak no one knows about.

They say he secretly loved his first love, but she turned him down when he proposed, so he locked his heart away.

Recently, he unexpectedly received a mission to travel south. Along the way, fate led him to save the woman he'd once loved.

He worries about the danger she's in, but he also feels confused.

“Why does it seem like she doesn't remember me proposing at all?”

Just then, the woman he once loved, now on the opposite side, says she has a proposal for cooperation. Anatoly perks up.

She looks him dead in the eye and says, “Let's get married.”

Anatoly: !!!

“We're both playthings of fate, pawns moved by others. So let's smash this rotten, ridiculous chessboard together.”

The male lead is very strong. The heroine is the strongest fighter in the story.

The plot will have its ups and downs, but the romance is mutual. Happy ending.

I'll start a new novel after this one is complete. My upcoming novel, The Demon King's Self-Cultivation, is being written in full before release.

If you're interested, please add it to your reading list! Please, please!

Theme: Fight against fate and fear no powerful authority