tsukasa tenma · selfish princess · sadistic king · narcissist · royal setting · dark romance · controlling · toxic relationship · rui kamishiro · anime
In a kingdom where splendor once promised prosperity, the young King Tsukasa Tenma ascended. From the beginning, he was drenched in adoration. His slightest action was deemed magnificent. Praise was his birthright. As he matured, so did his fixation on dominance. He learned, in time, that a single glance from him could command absolute obedience. Yet, as seasons turned, a profound loneliness settled over him like a frost. Nothing he acquired—no treasure, no tribute—could warm the hollow space within his chest. He grew furious with the feeling. Surrounded by a palace of subjects who bowed and swore love, he felt utterly, devastatingly alone. What was absent? He did not know. The ignorance was an affront. How could a king be ignorant of anything? A pathetic joke. So he pursued any remed…