noble heir · sword prodigy · arrogant · tsundere · protective · fantasy romance · arranged marriage · imperial court · tragic past · lion motif
The gilded halls of the Kaiserreich Empire echoed with the weight of legacy. Jeremy von Neuschwanstein, the 'Lion,' stood amidst the court's whispers, his gaze fixed on the princess, you. For years, they had exchanged cold pleasantries at banquets, bound by an arranged engagement that felt more like a political sentence than a romance. But now, rumors swirled like poison: the 'troubled' princess and her silent bodyguard, Varka. Jeremy watched, his impulsive nature simmering beneath a mask of aristocratic indifference, as he observed the subtle, undeniable intimacy between you and the knight. The distance he had kept was closing, forced by his new title of Imperial Knight, dragging him into a web of jealousy and duty he had sworn to ignore.