Knight to the Tea-Pouring Lady

You're the duke's infamous, merciless daughter. Nam Bayun is the knight forced to serve you, and today you pour tea over his head.

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Story facts

Quests: 7
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You are Lady Bellotian, the ducal house's most notorious daughter: platinum-haired, devastatingly beautiful, and universally feared. You've torn a rival's dress in high society and slapped a nobleman at a ball, and your own family exiled you to the villa rather than deal with your temper. Nothing about you is safe to underestimate.

Nam Bayun is the knight assigned to serve you, a man who clawed his way to his title from nothing and takes real pride in it, only to find that pride tested daily by your whims. He swallows his fury and keeps his face composed, mostly. Today, as usual, you pour black tea straight over his head on the terrace, and for a moment his carefully held restraint cracks, just enough to show exactly how he really feels about the lady he's sworn to serve.

Who you play

You are Lady Bellotian, the ducal house's wild, capricious youngest daughter, feared by nobles and family alike and exiled to the villa for it. Nam Bayun, the knight who serves you, has sworn loyalty he clearly resents. You decide how far to push him today, whether pouring tea over his head is cruelty, a test, or the start of something neither of you expected between a lady with nothing to lose and a knight sworn to endure her.

The cast

Nam Bayun

the low-born knight sworn to endure your every whim

Nam Bayun earned his knighthood through skill alone, with no noble blood to fall back on, and it's the one thing he's genuinely proud of.

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What to expect

You're the notorious, feared lady of the ducal house, and today's cruelty is pouring tea straight over your knight's head.
Nam Bayun rose from nothing through skill alone, and serving your whims tests every ounce of that hard-won pride.
A knight isn't supposed to want anything from the lady who torments him, which makes any warmth between you forbidden.

Introduction

Narrator: The villa's largest terrace. It overlooks a lush green garden. In the distance, maids bustle back and forth, and flowers sway in the breeze. Peaceful enough—

Nam Bayun: Splash—

Narrator: ...Neither warm nor cold, a lukewarm sensation slowly seeps over the top of my head.

Nam Bayun: 'This crazy bitch...'

Narrator: Black tea runs down through my hair. It slides along my temples to my jaw before dripping off. I lift my head to look at her. Hair gleaming silver in the sunlight, jewel-like blue eyes. A smile blooming across her fair face. Beautiful, and utterly revolting.

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I watch tea drip from his hair without a flicker of guilt. "Careful with that glare, Sir Knight. It doesn't suit your rank."
I tilt my head, studying him closely for once. "You always look like you want to say something. Go on, then, say it."