Free Web NovelChapter 174: Chapter 101: Senior Catherine and I Are in True Love
He wasn’t wrong to call him "senior," for this "Sword of Dawn" was also a graduate of the Hurst Royal Extraordinary Academy!
And he said it with such sincerity and earnestness, as if he had genuinely admired this senior, the commander, for a very long time.
As he spoke, his gaze shifted to Catherine. He greeted her in a relaxed tone, "Well hello, Catherine, my dear senior. It’s been half a month since our hasty parting. I never thought we’d meet again so soon. I’ve... truly missed you..."
Catherine’s face fell as she turned her head away, refusing to even look at him.
Meanwhile, Andis, mounted on his white warhorse, narrowed his eyes, unable to stop himself from sizing up the kid before him.
He dared to come out and face him and the several hundred soldiers of the Tiger Roar Battalion alone, without a single man to back him up. He even had the nerve to exchange pleasantries without batting an eye, tossing out phrases like ’It’s an honor, senior’.
Not just anyone possessed that kind of nerve.
’This kid is no simple character,’ he thought. ’No wonder he made Catherine suffer such a major loss, and no wonder that sly fox Raymond and Annabella both hold him in such high regard.’
But Andis was an old hand; he wasn’t about to be led by the nose after just a few words from a young punk like Lynch. freёwebnovel.com
His face immediately darkened, his expression turning frosty in an instant. An oppressive, iron-blooded aura—one that could only be cultivated by a Tier Five expert through countless battles—crashed down upon Lynch.
His voice suddenly turned severe. "You’re Lynch, then? Don’t you dare try to cozy up to me. You violated my precious niece Catherine, traumatizing her body and soul and bringing shame upon the Adela Clan. Today, you will give me an explanation! Otherwise, I don’t give a damn if you’re some Imperial Knight or academy genius—I will not let you off lightly!"
His presence was as heavy as a mountain. A common Tier One would have likely collapsed to the ground, unable to withstand it.
However, Lynch only swayed slightly. His face paled, but he remained standing firm.
The expression on his face, however, shifted to one of panic. "Commander Andis, please, calm down! Regarding this matter... I... I admit it was my fault. That day, when I was alone with Catherine in the guardhouse... I... I was indeed impulsive. My actions... were a bit forceful, and my methods not so... gentle."
He paused, then quickly looked toward Catherine. "But, Commander, I swear on the Nether God that I, Lynch, genuinely like and admire Catherine."
"Back at the Academy, her heroic and dashing figure, like an Ice Rose, was deeply etched into my heart. I admit my methods were wrong. I shouldn’t have been like that... but my feelings for her are true, the heavens can bear me witness!!!"
As he spoke, Lynch’s voice even began to tremble with emotion.
"Whoa..."
The crowd instantly erupted.
The townspeople, who had been watching nervously from behind windows and through cracks in doors, all stared wide-eyed. Their faces showed a mix of sudden understanding and irrepressible excitement.
"So that’s what was going on... That day, in the guardhouse, something really *did* happen between Lord Lynch and that Holy Knight..."
"I knew it! When that lady came out that day, her hair and her inner clothes were a little messy, and she had a strange look on her face..."
"Wow, I never knew our Lord Lynch was so impressive. Even a rose from a Holy Knight Clan... hehe!"
"But from what Lord Lynch said, it sounds like he’s genuinely in love with her. He just liked her so much that he couldn’t help but resort to certain... methods. He got carried away, and things got a little intense... Tsk, tsk... How scandalous!"
"Our lord is incredible!"
The townspeople whispered excitedly among themselves, each looking proud as if they shared in his glory, wishing they had been there to see it all happen.
Meanwhile, the expressions on the faces of the Tiger Roar Battalion’s soldiers and officers were a sight to behold.
Many of them had originally assumed the talk of "violation" was just an excuse their commander had fabricated to give them a just cause for action.
But now, this Lynch kid had personally admitted he’d been impulsive and that his actions had been "forceful"... Tsk, tsk, tsk. There was a lot to unpack there.
For a moment, they couldn’t stop their gazes from darting back and forth between Lynch and Catherine, the fires of gossip burning brightly in their eyes.
’The balls on this kid,’ they thought. ’He dared to be "forceful" with the Adela Clan’s Ice Rose?’
It wasn’t just them; even the look of "furious interrogation" on Andis’s own face froze for a split second.
He couldn’t help but turn to his niece, who was trembling from head to toe. His eyes were filled with suspicion, as if to ask, ’When you were alone with him in the guardhouse, did... *that*... really happen?’
Amidst the chaos, only Catherine’s mind had gone completely blank, a loud BUZZING filling her ears.
Her eyes went wide as she stared daggers at Lynch’s "impassioned and emotional" face. The rage burning in her chest was so intense she felt her lungs might explode.
It was bad enough that her own uncle had, for the sake of the clan’s interests, just publicly started a salacious rumor about her. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
But then this vile, shameless Necromancer had to take the ball and run with it, directly *confirming* the rumor!?
And he even had the gall to make up that nonsense about "admiring his senior since their Academy days"!
’Admire my ass!’
’If he really admired me, why did he help that wretch Amadis screw me over during the Academy’s year-end trial?!’
She opened her mouth to retort but couldn’t find the words. If she denied he had violated her, she would be throwing her uncle under the bus. If she denied his so-called admiration, he could simply claim it was a secret crush...
