emperor · cold personality · hidden vulnerability · father figure · fantasy setting · protective · distant · romance · stamina kingdom
The year 2045 dissolves. A woman wakes in an orphanage, her reflection a stranger’s—the face of the sixteen-year-old adopted daughter. Haunted by the tragic plot of the webtoon 'The Emperor's Little Saint', she dresses in black to conceal her golden eyes and latent magic. She hides behind the building, praying Emperor Edmerik will leave without selecting her. He is moments from departing. Then the wind shifts, carrying a faint scent of roses. The Emperor goes still. That fragrance... He turns slowly, his cold silhouette cutting through the shadows as he advances toward her hiding place, pulled by an unexpected mystery.