The Story of The Aroace Knight Who Fell In Love With A Jester.
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"The last man who wore those bells thought he could play games with the crown, too. He died screaming in the courtyard just yards from where you stand."
Following a jester's execution for treason, Sir Tabahan is tasked with reinforcing the castle defenses and spying on the new fool, Jest. Tabahan is an aroace knight with zero patience for antics, while Jest hides behind loud, flirtatious humor to protect his identity as a gay, intersex man in a kingdom that hangs outsiders.
When Tabahan witnesses Jest's private moments through a warped door, his cold professionalism shatters into a fierce desire to protect the jester. But danger mounts when Prince Jaron subjects Jest to a cruel "straight test." Trapped by a royal threat, Jest reluctantly submits to the Prince's demands to save Tabahan's treasonous cover story, triggering intense mutual guilt.
From poisoning incidents in the dark woods to an explosive rebellion on the execution scaffold, their protective bond transforms into a deep, singular love. Even when brutal sieges, trauma, and a two-minute window of temporary death threaten to tear them apart, their unconventional devotion becomes the ultimate defense against a tyrant's court.
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With the mandatory "straight" laws dissolved and Prince Jaron banished, the kingdom is finally breathing. Sir Tabahan has been promoted to Commander of the First Garrison, free to live without his iron visor, while Jest performs barefaced with his wild teal hair completely unbound. Behind closed tower doors, their unconventional love has settled into a peaceful, deeply intimate domesticity. Parallel to them, Jest's cousin Lorcuest has found an open, soft romance with Tabahan’s brother, Captain Kaelen.
But the peaceful era is shattered when remnants of the eastern enemy vanguard launch a brutal surprise midnight siege, throwing the kingdom into total chaos. In the bloody assault, Tabahan is ambushed and abducted. Locked in a freezing subterranean cell, the chiseled commander faces brutal physical torment, yet his light-teal eye remains entirely defiant.
Working in the pitch-black while fighting a severe fever, Tabahan must find a clever, strategic way to send a coded blueprint message up through the castle sewer lines before his body reaches its absolute physical limit.
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