Scandalous Wedding

“Didn’t you listen to me?” One day at the age of twenty, while dozing off in front of the emperor, Asha suddenly faced a demotion. From the imperial palace guard, he was sent after four years to a coastal village’s defense force, where he was now living leisurely in a crumbling, dilapidated house. Though he was an emperor and a knight, Kiel—his older brother’s friend and someone he’d known since childhood—was more than a brother to him. Having been too comfortable with Kiel, Asha found himself not only demoted but also jilted by the princess, veering off the path to success and running alone toward some unknown destination. Every year, Asha had received a demotion as a birthday gift from ...