Come, Cross Swords with Me

In Queen Tistis's Kingdom, the origins and identity of Chalti Shimaraffs, the current Commander of the Queen's Knight Order known as the Valkyrie, had always been a mystery.

She had suddenly appeared one day and, while still completely unknown, challenged a fairly renowned True Swordsman. She easily defeated him before countless onlookers and became famous as a genius female swordsman.

She had been thirteen that year.

In other words, Shalti had already been able to defeat True Swordsmen at thirteen and was stronger than ordinary True Swordsmen.

Thus, Shalti became the youngest True Swordsman in Queen Tistis's Kingdom's history. Here in Ulvashi, the capital of Queen Tistis's Kingdom, she received the True Swordsman Medal.

She had already been a prominent figure then. Not only was she powerful and immensely talented, but she had grown into an exceptionally beautiful and aloof young woman at such an early age, prompting countless nobles to compete to win her over.

Some nobles had even harbored improper thoughts toward her, wishing to take such a beautiful, powerful, and gifted female swordsman into their homes and toy with her as they pleased.

As a result, Shalti had already faced malicious schemes from many parties back then.

Some tried intimidation.

Some offered temptations.

Some resorted to force.

Some employed softer methods.

In the end, some had even openly sent people to attack her, intending to abduct her.

Yet Shalti defeated every last one of them. Some noble houses that had stopped at nothing were even uprooted by the young genius female swordsman and erased from Queen Tistis's Kingdom, causing an enormous uproar.

Because of Shalti's strength and forceful conduct, the nobles of Queen Tistis's Kingdom had once sought to convict her.

Who would have thought that, after some time, not only would the female swordsman escape conviction,