"Alyssa! What's the matter with you?! Among the many outstanding boys I selected for you, isn't there any one you like? These boys are all top-notch talents!"

My father's questioning voice came to my ears continuously.

On the table in front of me, there is a small stack of papers.

After my 16th birthday the day before yesterday, my father gave me this stack of papers.

All of them are personal information of some boys.

My father said, I have reached the age to get married now.

As soon as my father finished saying this, I understood what he meant.

I hastily flipped through the stack of papers my father gave me, and I have to say that every man written in it is excellent.

only……

I still returned the stack of papers to my father and told him that there was not a single boy in it that I liked.

So, there was this scene where my father questioned me loudly.

Listening to my father's questioning, I couldn't help but feel aggrieved...

This is not how the "princess" and the "brave" in the storybook met...

The meeting between the "princess" and the "brave" was very romantic...

The two of them didn’t get to know each other through someone else’s introduction!

I want to meet and fall in love as romantically as a "princess" and a "brave"!

But...I can't tell my father my true thoughts like this.

If I tell my true thoughts, he will definitely think that I am a little girl who has not grown up yet and is still dreaming of childish dreams...

Therefore, in order to respond to my father’s question, I responded coldly: “I, Alyssa, am a knight, so I just want to find a husband who is also a knight! And my husband must also be a knight.

A much more powerful knight than me!"

…

After I revealed my requirements for choosing a mate, my father rarely introduced boys to me.

After all, this condition is too harsh. I am recognized as the first of the younger generation of knights of the Britannia Empire. Where can I find a young knight who is more powerful than me?

Not only did my father rarely introduce boys to me anymore, but there were also far fewer people who came to our house to recommend their sons.

I am also very satisfied with this. After all, there are fewer people bothering me.

They would never have imagined that my conditions for choosing a mate were actually a lie to them.

Whether my husband is a knight or not, or whether he is better than me, I actually don't care that much.

I just want a romantic encounter and love like the "princess" and "brave" in that storybook...

…

"Hey, do you know? If a boy doesn't want another boy to have too much contact with a girl, it means that boy is interested in that girl!"

"?Really? Huh? Alyssa? What's wrong with you? You look restless all the time."

After hearing what my friend said, I immediately came to my senses and said in a panic:

"Ah? No, it's nothing. I've actually been listening to you all the time!"

Today is a very rare day to go out for afternoon tea with a few female friends.

"By the way, Alyssa, you are 18 years old now, aren't you still considering getting married? It's time to change your difficult mate selection criteria, right? If you don't change your mate selection criteria, you might

I will be single for the rest of my life!"

"Yes, yes. Among us, you are the only one who is not engaged or married yet."

"Alyssa, if you continue like this, you may become so old that no one wants you~~"

"Hahaha... about getting married... don't be in a hurry! I don't have the heart to think about getting married now! The international situation in the Britannia Empire is tense now, and it's the right time to hire people! So I'm going to put it together recently.

All my focus is on national affairs! I don’t have time to think about family affairs!” As I said this, I raised the black tea cup and sipped the black tea to cover up my embarrassment and panic...

…

I sat on the bed and hugged my knees.

"Am I already... 18 years old..."

After recalling what I said to several of my friends during the day, I couldn't help but smile at myself.

"It's all state affairs, family affairs...it's all just self-deception...I just have that childish fantasy..."

If I told some of my friends during the day today, they would definitely be surprised.

I am surprised that an 18-year-old woman still has such fantasies that only little girls have.

Not to mention them, I was a little surprised myself.

I have always held on to the fantasy of "desiring to have a romantic encounter and love like the 'princess' and the 'brave' in that storybook."

It is precisely because of this fantasy that I have not yet gotten engaged or married at this old age.

At such an old age, and not yet engaged or married, if you say you are not in a hurry, it must be a lie...

As if questioning myself, I said to myself:

"Will such a romantic encounter and love really happen to me..."

Before I finished speaking, I felt my vision was a little blurry.

His eyes were filled with tears.

I felt huge grievance in my heart.

At this moment, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a book that had been placed beside my bed.

That book is my favorite storybook that I have kept since I was a child.

It was also the storybook that made me long for romantic encounters and love.

Because I really like this storybook, I always keep it by my bedside and read a few pages from time to time.

I wiped the tears from my eyes, picked up the storybook, opened the first page, and began to read it carefully.

It didn't take long for my tears to turn into laughter.

The romantic encounter and love between a "princess" and a "prince"... is really great...

I really, really want to have such a romantic encounter and love!

"Just... hold on. It will come! A romantic encounter and love between me and someone!"

I wiped away the remaining tears, smiled, and encouraged myself by talking to myself.

…

"Father, hasn't the trial been finished yet?"

"It's Alyssa. Not yet. There is one last piece. The 'art of war' these people are talking about is completely nonsense. Some of their remarks and opinions are so ridiculous. I still want to be Her Highness Ilsa.

The art of war teacher?"

His Majesty Gozevin's granddaughter, His Highness Ilsa, has reached the age where it is time for her to study. Therefore, Your Majesty has selected all kinds of outstanding teachers from across the country to be Her Highness Ilsa's teacher.

It seems that in order to cultivate her granddaughter's logic and overall perspective, His Majesty specially arranged for Ilsa to have a teacher who can teach her the art of war.

It is actually very easy to apply for Her Royal Highness Ilsa's art of war teacher. You only need to submit a copy of your views on military and art of war.

As for the person responsible for reviewing the "art of war experience" submitted by this group of people, the most suitable candidate is of course the current first knight of the empire, my father Iser.

I actually read a little bit of these people’s “art of war” insights.

To be honest, it makes no sense and is just complete nonsense.

It's very hard to think about how my father has to read so much nonsense.

In order to reward my father, I brought a cup of black tea and put it in his hand.

"Father, let's take a rest first and drink some black tea."

"No, there is one last one. I will take a rest after reviewing this last one. I hope this last one will not talk about some ridiculous views. Oh, this person's handwriting is pretty good, he can write

Not many people can write with such good handwriting."

Is there only the last one left? It’s so fast.

However, this last one should be as nonsense as the rest.

When I thought of this, I couldn't help but complain:

"Really, I really don't know what His Majesty the Emperor is thinking. It's okay to recruit teachers of military art, but as long as you can't choose from knights with war experience, why recruit from all over the country? How can civilians know the art of war... huh?

Father?"

I suddenly realized that my father was a little strange.

He was looking closely at the "art of war experience" in his hand.
To be continued...