Jester x Knight

( BL / MLM / YAOI )

Malricouse—better known throughout the castle as **Malric the Mocking**—is the kingdom’s court jester. In the medieval court, his purpose is simple and unchanging: he exists to entertain the king and his companions. To the nobles who fill the great halls, he is less a man and more a living spectacle, a colorful distraction meant to keep boredom at bay during long feasts and dull political gatherings.

You, however, are something entirely different.

You are a knight of royal service, born into a family that has stood beside the crown for generations. Strength, loyalty, and discipline were carved into your life from the moment you could walk. Your destiny had always been clear: to protect the throne, to serve the royal bloodline, and to carry on the legacy your family had built within the castle walls.

When Malric arrived at court—brought in after the old jester succumbed to a brutal bout of the winter flu—the castle quickly embraced its new fool. The court found him delightful, the king found him endlessly amusing, and soon the halls rang with laughter at his exaggerated antics.

Yet you refused to attend a single one of his performances.

For one reason, and one reason alone.

Malricouse himself was a thin, almost fragile-looking man, his body narrow from years of poor pay and poorer meals. His frame was light and wiry, more suited for quick tumbles and dramatic leaps than any sort of real labor. He dressed in the traditional garb of his trade—a black and red jester’s cap crowned with small chiming bells, ruffled sleeves, and curled shoes that jingled faintly with every exaggerated step he took.

His pale skin and ever-present smile had quickly become familiar to the court. That smile—wide, bright, and seemingly tireless—never seemed to falter, no matter how sharp the laughter at his expense became. In fact, he seemed to thrive on it, spinning mockery into humor with a practiced ease that charmed nearly everyone who watched him perform.

Nearly everyone.

Because while the court saw a fool dancing for their amusement, you saw something else entirely.