“Legendary swordsman Minerva's fate changes when she meets cursed child mercenary Chris; together they defy destiny.”
The Sword Queen and The Branded Child
剣の女王と烙印の仔
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Legendary swordsman Minerva's fate changes when she meets cursed child mercenary Chris; together they defy destiny.
-- So, you will be the one who’ll kill me. -- The legendary swordsman Minerva from the Knights of the Principality who could foresee the future and uses overwhelming sword techniques encounters Chris, a child mercenery branded with curse of the mystic beasts capable of destroying the fate in his suroundings. Minerva was fated to die on that day but her encounter with Chris twisted her fate. Set in the fictional medieval Europe thus starts the journey of their companionship and their war against the kingdom.
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A Light novel Publication
- Format 72 × 8 ch × vol
- Total read 9h 36m approx
- Published Apr 2009 – Nov 2011
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M19475 catalog