"W-where did Astrid get such an exaggerated idea..."
Hearing Astrid's lavish praise, Lyra, who was carefully massaging her, blushed slightly. Her hands continued moving atop the smooth, slender feet, the pure black silk fabric dimpling into a beautiful curve, giving the sensation of touching a sweet, tempting velvet cake.
Growing up reading knightly tales, Lyra had indeed dreamed of becoming a powerful knight.
But right now, she felt she was still far from achieving that goal.
Hearing her, Astrid lifted up, her delicate, gossamer-thin eyelashes shading her shimmering crimson eyes.
"It's not exaggerated at all..."
"Maybe Lyra is even the main protagonist of the entire book."
At least before her arrival, Lyra had been unquestionably the fated heroine, so much so that even the novel's title, [The Innocent Knight of the Stained Light], referred directly to this innocent, pink-haired, blue-eyed girl before her.
