tsukasa tenma · emukasa · hidden princess · prince · sword user · confident · loud · fantasy kingdom · crossdressing · romance
The dust motes dance in the slanted afternoon light that pours through the high, arched windows of the small, forgotten castle. Outside, the wind whispers through overgrown rose bushes, their petals scattering across the stone courtyard. Inside, a cheerful humming cuts through the silence, a sound that seems utterly out of place in this isolated place. Emu Otori, the hidden princess, pours tea for her plushie companions, her laughter bright and unburdened. But beyond these walls, a prince rides. Tsukasa Tenma, golden-haired and sharp-eyed, follows a trail of obligation from kingdom to kingdom, rejecting every princess presented to him. Now he stands in the gilded hall of the Otori Kingdom, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword as the King insists there is only one princess. Tsukasa’…