I was proud to announce Dame Molly to the people of the bailey. Sir Alane and Sir Betan were a bit tepid in their congratulations. Anthony and Jeffery said they would not accept her service. I had been expecting all this. Molly would be a knight-errant of the household. There was nothing wrong with that in my mind. When we had things to do, I had Molly right at my side. If something dangerous was afoot, she backed me up with her bow. Johna also gave us cover with her magic. We got rid of a bandit hideout that way. It made the people in the villages attached to the castle accept her help. It was kind of hard for them not to. I was Real Rhombus. If they were not polite and thankful to her, I was not above confiscating everything for ourselves. He made it a point to do that in front of the villagers when an older man yelled at her. All of the villagers nearly lynched the man. I still did not give their shit back. "When a knight of the realm comes to help you, you do not deserve it at all if you attack them for being women." I informed them. The other village learned from the mistake. Bandits too.
A scandal that occurred was Len being revealed as being gay. I did not know until I walked around and saw him and another boy in an alley. I had 9 children here. It was bound to be that at least one of them not being totally straight. The pair were looking longingly in each other's eyes. Len had a hand on his cheek as he stuck his tongue out. Ren and Len were more beastkin than human when it came to their internal instincts. They kissed by licking people with their full tongues on the cheeks. That was what Bonnie did. Brawler, Boxer, Battler and Bruiser were much more human when it came to things like that. They still had canine whining reactions to stress. They all had tails that wagged when they were experiencing positive emotions. I was watching them from the mouth of the alley. A man came up to talk to me and saw it too. He was not quiet about it. The news spread like wildfire. Everyone had been waiting to pounce. Molly was a knight. They did not like that. They did not want that. None of the men and women had a reason to object. This was their chance. They were jailed.
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