[Main Story Complete]
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Calotte hears her own name about thirty times a day on average. Three times come from her taciturn knight captain, three times from the cook who looks after her, and the remaining twenty-four times from the girl she serves, Yuliana, the beloved daughter of the Grand Duke of the North.
She calls Calotte's name countless times: on the windowsill in her bedroom, in the gazebo outside the training grounds, and in the empty corridors of the mansion.
"Calotte, try this fruit."
It's very sour.
"Calotte, tie the bow on my dress!"
She makes a complete mess of it.
"Calotte!"
Yuli runs before her, laughing with abandon.
"Calotte." She suddenly stops. "I have a secret to tell you."
"What is it?" Calotte asks.
Yuli leans over with a mysterious air, deliberately blowing into Calotte's ear. "The truth is... I'm not the duke's daughter."
Calotte looks at her. There is not the slightest hint of teasing in Yuli's eyes.
She gazes at Calotte earnestly, presses her lips together nervously, then forces herself to smile as though she is calm.
The frigid wind from the sacred mountain of the North cannot enter the greenhouse the Grand Duke built for her. In that instant, Calotte seems to see the divine veil drifting slowly down, covering Yuli's face.
"My knight," Yuli says, "will you run away with me?"
It is as if the dead goddess has sent down a phantom.
It hangs between them.
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From the moment Yuliana was given the surname Raptor, she was destined to become the most esteemed young lady in Hectria. Everyone believed she would begin a life of splendor, surrounded by her family's love.
But Yuliana Raptor, the only daughter of the Grand Duke of the North, has a secret.
She was originally an orphan from the North, born in the most frigid and remote monastery in the Empire. She stole the name of a ducal daughter to survive. Though it was never her intention, Yuli has kept this secret all along.
She waits for her true identity to be exposed, convinced that one day the Empire will execute her for the crime of stealing a name.
Yet twenty years later, the "country bumpkin" Yuliana Raptor, whom the royal tutor declared unable to keep up with the academy's coursework and demanded be sent back to the North, becomes the best graduate in the academy's history.
She resolves the ancient feud between the four great families, clears her family's tarnished name, successfully quells a border uprising, and saves the people suffering through a plague.
She reclaims her family's true name and builds a commercial empire centered on herself...
At the age of twenty-five, Yuliana Rumble, watched over by the duke who raised her, ascends to the pinnacle of the Empire and becomes Hectria's first queen.
Wait... why does something seem a little off?
At her coronation, she suddenly wonders: How did I end up here, step by step?
Beside her, the red-haired knight with a ponytail, known as the Valkyrie (and her lover), has stood by her side for twenty years, just as she always has.
"Calotte."
"Hm?"
"Why hasn't the Empire executed me yet?"
The divine emissary thinks: How could the Empire ever execute you?
You are the beloved of the God of War, the daughter of the heavenly gods. After the gods fell, you returned to the mortal world to protect the Hectria you love.
In the imperial square beneath the throne, the people gather, all crying her name, calling for the goddess to return to Hectria and restore her glory.
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A name-stealing ducal daughter vs. the Empire's star. No romance before adulthood!
Reader's Note:
1. Slow-burn ensemble cast, original Western fantasy setting, epic-length, still being written.jpg
2. Lots of character growth, not a conventional power fantasy, with long-running plot threads
3. Includes a few secondary couples. Their romance gets limited focus; see the author's note in Chapter 3 for details
4. ...I can't think of anything else. I'll add more later. Please add it to your collection and follow it! Come say hi, mwah
Next Book: The God of Death Says I'm Too Mechanical
A doll who has been resurrected twice x a god of death who calls himself a necromancer
The Underworld's cleaner x the incarnation of the Mother Goddess of the River Styx. Blurb to be revised. I'll start this one after finishing the current story.
Theme: Overcome fate and find a happy ending
The chase is over!!!!! This is the first GL I have read (marked in red) in Xiaolujiang. I just checked the word count on a whim, and the full text actually contains 1.2021 Million words!? (Maomao is shocked. JPG) I came across this book by chance five months ago. In fact, I didn't really read GL before, but I was still very interested in the theme of Western Fantasy. I looked at the label and it said all-female, slow-burning group portraits (the articles I read during that time were all fast-paced and short). After reading the introduction, the author said that he wanted to write a long novel. When I saw this book, I had an impression of about two hundred chapters. At that time, I thought: Huh? It's not finished yet? Two hundred chapters should be considered a long novel, right? Very good, this novel has attracted my attention! [So I opened the first chapter of this novel and read on: What? The protagonist is still a child!!! Ah, it is indeed very slow. Now our Yuli is still a little girl who is not very mature. Carlot? It seems to be Yuri's cp. She doesn't appear much, and they are so young that they don't have a romantic relationship yet. Well, what's the point of being a little cute? Youli is really a favorite of the group, and Mary is really worried. I feel like she has a parental feel, like a mother? She seems more like a big sister. This author really likes the characters he writes. He will carefully share the plot and ideas with readers. I really like this wife who has a sense of life! Guoni is such a complex character. Yuri is also growing up little by little. "If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight." Come on, Yuri. Why is it a little sweet? Carlott will only be surprised by Yuri. Meng Meng Meng Meng Meng! I'm excited, and my impression of Western Fantasy is plus one. Going deep! Wow, the supporting characters are also well written, without being stereotyped, and the supporting characters also have their own characteristics and missions! Sugar, sugar, sugar~ Janet is so cool and chivalrous! Hahahaha Greta is so interesting, so funny!! Huh? How did it make me think about the issues of human beings and life? Make sure no one will die (let go of the hanging heart) (run in circles) I feel the charm of the all-female group portrait, and the author's writing is really good!!! From then on, I got out of control, and kept up with the update for more than five months (actually, there was a month in the middle of the update that was too painful, so I gained weight and read many, many chapters. In short, I read it all in one word: It's great!) In fact, I am really happy to follow the updates of this book. The author seldom takes time off and updates almost every day (at least during the period when I was following up the updates, I have never seen the author directly stop talking or writing. Regardless of whether the data is good or bad, most of them finished the novel completely and with good quality and quantity. In today's world of pursuing fast pace and cutting the book if the data is not good, this really surprised me!) What surprised and surprised me during the update process was that the author actually refined my comments!!!! (Rolling on the spot) (Trying to suppress the raised corners of the mouth) Ouch, this seems to be the first time my comment has been enhanced! Therefore, I wrote this long review of more than a thousand words for DaDa~ (Take it! Tell me, this is written by me personally. My love almost overflows the screen~) Dear, I am very happy to meet you among thousands of good articles in Jinjiang. I hope you will continue to persevere. One day you will be seen by more and more readers!!!! At last! Finished with flowers
By the way, where can I watch the extra? [Let me be healthy]
Let's sprinkle more sugary extras! I've finished reading it. The details need to be polished. Overall it's good. It's a group portrait. However, this Western fantasy novel is not very orthodox. It's more like a medieval knight novel with an imaginary world view. It's a Machiavellian novel. If you think about it with a calm mind, it's pretty good.
The New Year is coming soon! Happy New Year in advance!
Really good, very beautiful words, very lively people
🤗 Mark it and come back after reading it (●v●)🔙 Yue returned to Xiaolujiang after a series of trances and confusions. Unfortunately, it has been a long time, but a good book is not afraid of wear and tear. When I start over from scratch, retrace my steps, and return to the realm of the King of Heaven, waka ka ka ka (hands on hips, two ings)
Finished spreading flowers!!! I've been following it on and off for a long time, and it's a pity that I was so busy that I didn't see the final update as soon as possible!!! It feels like the relationship between the two has completely surpassed the relationship between lovers, and is more like the intimacy of spiritual partners. The entire emotional line has always been gradual and will not make people feel too hasty (I am anxious for them hahahaha). All the female protagonists are very three-dimensional, and each character is particularly impressive. Good people are not perfect bad people, nor are they purely evil. They have things they want to work hard for. This is the meaning of group portraits; I am already looking forward to 😚 Teacher's future articles!!! It's really amazing.
The little bit of vulnerability that little adults occasionally reveal is particularly good.
Women are not born with the need to bear something, but they work hard because they want it, because they have a competitive spirit and what they want;; 🙏 🙏 🙏
Greta is really my mother, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh