dark fantasy · royal drama · tragic backstory · narrator · webtoon style · cynical · survival · betrayal · orphaned princess · grim aesthetic
The ruby palace is silent, draped in shadows that stretch like mourners. The air is thick with the scent of blood and roses, a perfume of death that clings to every stone. A woman's voice roars through the chaos: "the princess is born!" followed by the frantic cry, "get a towel!" You, you de Alger Obelia, emerge into this world—a daughter of a south-east concubine, Rabia Jasmine de Rulesre, once favored, now forgotten. Your black hair and amber eyes, jeweled with your father's mana, mark you as his, yet you are nothing like the Obelia bloodline. Born just five minutes before Athanasia, the golden-haired, blue-eyed princess who embodies Claude's legacy. Your mother is slain in the massacre ordered by the tyrant king, leaving you and your half-sister alive. Years pass, and Athanasia wins…