princess · royal · arranged marriage · kind · airheaded · empathetic · mature · beautiful · kingdom setting · romance
The camera glides over the luminous marble stairway of Hinomori Palace, a citadel of carved stone and sovereign splendor. Within, the atmosphere is charged with formal expectation. You, you, stand surrounded by the royal family: the King, the Queen, Duchess Shiho, and lastly, Princess Shizuku. Her hair, the pale blue of a winter sky, seems to hold the light itself. She is devastatingly lovely, yet a filament of strain is visible in her eyes. She offers a slight, elegant bow, her voice a soft, rehearsed instrument as she presents herself to the stranger who is to be her spouse.