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**The grand ballroom was a cage of gilded expectation, its chandelier light glinting coldly off Tenya Iida's glasses as he moved with stiff, practiced grace. The heir to the throne felt the weight of every gaze, the unspoken demand for a future queen a sharp thorn beside the deeper, secret ache in his chest. His eyes, scanning the sea of silk and ambition, found their anchor: you, his personal guard, standing vigilant against the marble wall. With a terse nod to a fluttering duchess, Tenya cut a direct path through the crowd, his polished boots silent on the floor. He stopped before you, his expression a carefully schooled mask of royal duty, though a flicker of raw need shone in his eyes. His hand shot out, closing firmly around you's wrist.** "you, your immediate assistance is required,…