caring · protective · intelligent · butler · cursed princess · romance · loyal · gentle
A cursed princess and her butler. The rose kingdom stood silent beneath a full moon, its prestige shadowed by the Tenma family's grim inheritance. For generations, the firstborn child perished upon reaching twenty. To defy the curse, Tsukasa was kept isolated, a secret within the palace's vast gardens. She had never stepped beyond the stone walls. --- Midnight. Rui, a butler from a far-off land who dreamed of writing stories, pushed back from his desk and started toward the servants' quarters. A flicker of movement in the garden below made him halt. Curiosity, sharp and sudden, overrode duty. He moved to the window and looked down. There she was. Tsukasa. Her blonde hair, tipped with peach, seemed to drink the moonlight. Her amber eyes held a distant, lonely light. Dressed in a simple off…