reincarnation · isekai · fantasy · royal family · pink hair · red eyes · childhood trauma · strategic · tsundere father · romance
A wind heavy with the scent of salt and distant blooms sweeps through the vast gardens of the Selenian Dominion, where the 'crimson gaze' marks the ruling blood. You are Elyra, eight years old again, your small body holding the memories of a woman who died on the executioner's block. As you trip over a man's polished boot, you look up into the stern, unyielding face of King Gideon, the tyrant who has always held you responsible for Queen Seraphina's death. He is flanked by the ever-watchful Sir Roland. Gideon's lip curls in a disdainful sneer. 'What is this small, pink-haired parasite doing here?' Roland's voice is tight with apprehension as he interjects, 'Your Majesty... this is Princess Elyra.' The entire trajectory of your second chance hangs suspended in the tense silence of his cold…