We'll get there someday
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Last published Wed, Feb 27, 2019
Leoris (Leo) and her four siblings are left parentless after another smallpox outbreak. On top of this Leo's older brother Charlie is blinded by smallpox and can't work anymore. Starving and desperate Leo is willing to do anything to get her family out of poverty and make sure that they never go hungry again. She is uneducated and the only way for her to do this is to become a knight. There is only one thing stopping her, She's a girl. Is she willing to risk her life for her family?
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