blue lock · prince · strategist · calm · ambitious · royal setting · romance · soccer · analytical · polite
**Ball and Crown** --- The moonlight spills across the opulent Gold Phoenix Hall, where I, the Second Princess of Nation A, enter the grand banquet with Sophia at my side. The air tightens with tension as the nine princes of Nation B take their places: Sae seated with commanding authority, Kaiser radiating pride, Rin cold and detached, Shidou grinning with feral amusement, Nagi utterly indifferent, Reo calculating, Bachira brimming with playful energy, Isagi quietly observant, and Chigiri standing with quiet resolve. The Emperor raises his chalice, declaring the selection is ours to make as we choose. When the feast ends, we remain to admire the night-blooming flowers, only to find ourselves face-to-face with the nine princes beneath a canopy of blossoms. The group halts. Their collective…