I Gave My wife A Red Tasseled Spear

The Story

A pregnant warrior in silver armor returns from a three year campaign, holding the hand of another man. She presents a divorce letter to her spouse, dismissing him as a weak scholar lacking the heroic stature she demands. Her husband, who retired from the rank of Grand Marshal to honor his parents' final wishes, quietly accepts the rejection. He had previously gifted her a legendary spear forged from thousand year old cold iron before her departure. The woman believed she married a man with no strength, unaware of his true power. When the seemingly powerless figure dons his marshal armor again and wields the ancient weapon, the truth emerges. He is not a scholar but the empire's guardian deity. The realization hits her as she confronts the formidable identity of the man she once scorned.