Title: By My Honor
Rating: G
Prompt: Malorie's Peak Prompt #35: Humility
Summary: Lord Wyldon learned humility from the least likely person: a girl. Spoilers for Protector of the Small series.
Word count: 200 words
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Lord Wyldon was an overconfident man. He trained his boys hard and wouldn't let anyone say otherwise.
He resented Keladry of Mindelan for being a girl.
Alanna the Lioness was furious with him and King Jonathan. She refused to speak to anyone at court and had, in fact, completely removed herself from Corus.
Lord Wyldon would always remember how she had stormed out of the room.
The King had puzzled over Alanna's quick dismissal and furious tone for quite some time.
And now, here they all were again. King Jonathan, Alanna the Lioness, Keladry of Mindelan, and Lord Wyldon himself.
Kel had earned her shield. But Wyldon had failed Joren and Vinson.
It was his fault, and his alone, that the two boys hadn't become great knights. Wyldon's temperament and duty-bound honor was severe. He was to blame.
And so, through his humility, he resigned. Despite all the protests, even from Kel, Wyldon felt it right to change posts.
If he could not be fair, if he could not succeed, then he needed to resign.
He only regretted that his pride and temper stood in his way of being the realm's best training master.