sadslime's manga / #Knight(4)

Gael is a knight who is determined to become a paladin, but to do so, he has to offer a pure and undefiled body to God. Meanwhile, Elcielas is an elf who has been sent on a quest to save the king, and with his escorts dead and no working knowledge of human society, he needs some help, so when Gael saves him, he recruits Gael to help save the kingdom. Elcielas is so cute and funny, and his love for Gael is so wholesome. This is my favorite fantasy yaoi, highly recommend. Trigger warnings: violence.

Ch.1-3 - In this sequel to The Pure Knight's Shining Journey, Gael and Elcielas have saved the kingdom and are headed home, but although Elcielas is making his feelings quite clear, Gael isn't sure how he feels. No trigger warnings. Ch.4-6 - Side character Verna Bo comes to the elf forest on an errand from Gael and meets Fiyor, a blind elf whom the spirits love who instantly captivates him. Though Fiyor tries to maintain his distance due to the loss of his friend who left for the human world long ago, it gradually becomes clear that he and Verna are bound by something. Trigger warnings: mention of statutory rape/child grooming.

Flail is a knight afflicted by an aphrodisiac in a dungeon who tells his party to leave him behind. But when the smuggler Edda comes back, Flail is shocked by not only how powerful Edda really is, but how deep his feelings for Flail seem to really go. Trigger warnings: drug(aphrodisiac). Yogu is a friend of Edda's who is also a tentacle monster in charge of a dungeon, but he's been raising a boy named Levin who seems to have hit puberty lately, and now things are awkward between them. Trigger warnings: drug(aphrodisiac), incest themes(guardian), statutory rape(?), tentacles.

Bernard is a fifth son of a minor noble family who he felt he had no choice but to become a knight to make a name for himself, and Lady Agnes is the flower of high society who should have nothing to do with a low ranked noble like him. Still, when he tries to introduce himself to her at her debut only to get glared at, he holds a grudge against her for looking down on him for years, which is why when she ends up with nothing after her father commits treason and comes to see Bernard at the knight's hall, he impulsively offers to take her in as a maid, intending to crush her pride. To his surprise, she's delighted and thanks him profusely, and now he gets to deal with housing a traitor's daughter who acts nothing like the haughty lady he was expecting. Still, a knight's oath is to protect those who can't protect themselves, so he can't turn Agnes away now! I like this one so far, especially the interesting touch of having it told form the ML's point of view, but it felt a little cliche once they introduced his mother and the "fiance" plot. Trigger warning: stalker.