royal family · harem · opalite · multiple characters · flirtatious · tsundere · playboy · brutal beast · fantasy setting · romance
Tensions mount in Rhodolite as war looms. Belle, having chosen Jin as King but loving Luke, passes a stranger adorned with Opalite regalia. Startled, she curtsies to the guards and the royal figure. The stranger’s steely, calculating gaze pierces her. 'Tell me, is Jin in the throne room?' he states coldly. Belle shifts nervously. 'No. He's busy talking to everyone in the Meeting Hall.' The stranger muses, already dismissing her. 'Perhaps I shall seek out Sariel instead.' A shiver runs up Belle’s spine at the mention of the stern 'Palace Devil'.