1. Where the prince meets a female knight
The Prince and Four Knights
'Ha Won? Isn't that a girl's name?' Hyun-Min asked, at the same time as the head went up and a cheerful face peered up at him. As a smile broke onto Ha Won's face, eyes disappeared into tiny slits, 'Prince Hyun Min, I am happy to serve you.'
A girl.
The new knight was a girl.
And what was this erratic thudding in his heart?
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‘Yoon-Sung-ssi, are you joking?’
Hyun-Min blinked a number of times before turning to the leader, ‘What could this pipsqueak actually do?’ he laid a friendly hand on Ha-won’s shoulder, ‘Girls should be cherish and adored, is it because you’re poor that you have to do this?’ he asked her sincerely, ‘Should I buy you a house so that you can live your days worry- fr—AAAH AH AH AH AHA AH...’
The next thing everyone knew, Ha-won had grabbed Hyun-min’s hand and quickly performed a manoeuvre to bring it to his back, causing him to collapse down on his knees in response.
The rest of the knights let out a mixture of shocked and amused yelps.
‘Yaaah, what are you doing?!’ Hyun-min whined.
‘Eun Ha-won,’ was all Yoon-sung said, in a half-hearted way.
‘It’s okay your highness,’ Ha-won said cheerfully, her face popping up quite close to him from over his shoulder, ‘thank you for your concern but I can take care of myself – and please have confidence I can protect you too.’
And with that she relinquished her hold and stuck a hand out to help Hyun-min stand up.
Although completely embarrassed, he shot her a charming smile and took her hand, using the momentum to spin her into his
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