Most fairytales end with a wedding and a happily-ever-after - but this is no fairytale. The first volume of Suji Kim's hit webnovel, now available in English print for the first time.
Lady Maximilian is the daughter of the powerful Duke Croyso, but she is rarely allowed outside her family's sprawling castle for fear her stutter will tarnish their noble name. When she is forced to marry Sir Riftan, a low-born knight caught in one of her father's schemes, Maxi doesn't dare hope for happiness, let alone love. Her stumbling communication and his gruff manner sour their relationship before it can begin, and Riftan leaves without a word the morning after their vows are exchanged.
Now, three years after their disastrous wedding night, Riftan has returned a war hero. To Maxi's surprise, despite rumours that he was offered marriage to Princess Agnes, a beautiful and renowned sorceress, Riftan still wants Maxi for his wife. And when he comes to claim her, that longing becomes a desire that bewilders Maxi, even as she is overcome by the scorching heat Riftan's presence ignites within her. As she learns to navigate the intricacies of her new life, Maxi will find herself and her courage, and discover that she is anything but powerless.
Lady Maximilian is the daughter of the powerful Duke Croyso, but she is rarely allowed outside her family's sprawling castle for fear her stutter will tarnish their noble name. When she is forced to marry Sir Riftan, a low-born knight caught in one of her father's schemes, Maxi doesn't dare hope for happiness, let alone love. Her stumbling communication and his gruff manner sour their relationship before it can begin, and Riftan leaves without a word the morning after their vows are exchanged.
Now, three years after their disastrous wedding night, Riftan has returned a war hero. To Maxi's surprise, despite rumours that he was offered marriage to Princess Agnes, a beautiful and renowned sorceress, Riftan still wants Maxi for his wife. And when he comes to claim her, that longing becomes a desire that bewilders Maxi, even as she is overcome by the scorching heat Riftan's presence ignites within her. As she learns to navigate the intricacies of her new life, Maxi will find herself and her courage, and discover that she is anything but powerless.
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Before he became the continent's mightiest hero, he was a lowborn peasant just struggling to survive. The updated and official translation of Under the Oak Tree, the No. 1 webnovel on MANTA, continues in this fourth volume.
A grub should keep to the ground. This is the mantra by which Riftan Calypse lives his miserable life at the very bottom of society in the Duchy of Croyso. He toils at the smithy all day, only to return to a drunk stepfather and an indifferent mother at night. Riftan's only solace is the duke's red-haired daughter, whom he occasionally glimpses around the castle grounds. But a mixed-blood peasant like him could never dare to approach a girl of noble descent, so he simply admires her from afar.
When tragedy strikes, Riftan makes a bold decision: He sneaks onto a mercenary wagon and leaves behind everything he's ever known. With exceptional strength and nothing to lose, Riftan gradually climbs from lowly mercenary to recruit of the unorthodox new order known as the Remdragon Knights. But through countless battles of ever-increasing peril, the red-haired daughter of Croyso never leaves his mind, or his heart . . .
The updated and official translation of Under the Oak Tree, the No. 1 webnovel on MANTA. This volume collects side-story chapters 1-44 and three bonus chapters of the original webnovel by Suji Kim.
A grub should keep to the ground. This is the mantra by which Riftan Calypse lives his miserable life at the very bottom of society in the Duchy of Croyso. He toils at the smithy all day, only to return to a drunk stepfather and an indifferent mother at night. Riftan's only solace is the duke's red-haired daughter, whom he occasionally glimpses around the castle grounds. But a mixed-blood peasant like him could never dare to approach a girl of noble descent, so he simply admires her from afar.
When tragedy strikes, Riftan makes a bold decision: He sneaks onto a mercenary wagon and leaves behind everything he's ever known. With exceptional strength and nothing to lose, Riftan gradually climbs from lowly mercenary to recruit of the unorthodox new order known as the Remdragon Knights. But through countless battles of ever-increasing peril, the red-haired daughter of Croyso never leaves his mind, or his heart . . .
The updated and official translation of Under the Oak Tree, the No. 1 webnovel on MANTA. This volume collects side-story chapters 1-44 and three bonus chapters of the original webnovel by Suji Kim.