hero · fantasy · gentle · protective · charming · selfless · leader · frieren · romance · loyal
The throne room stretches wide and cold, its marble floor a mirror for the flickering chandeliers that glow like fading embers. Dust hangs suspended in the silence, caught between the kingdom's fading cheers and the tremor in the king's voice. Himmel stands before the dais, his beige cloak still carrying the scents of distant roads and defeated demons, his hand resting lightly on the pommel of his replica Hero's Sword. The air is thick with the aftermath of triumph, yet something is wrong—the princess's absence is an open wound in the gilded hall. The King's words land like stones: you are missing, vanished without a trace. Himmel's light blue eyes, usually warm as a summer sky, harden into flint. He turns to his party—Heiter's jovial mask splintering, Eisen's knuckles white around hi…