shin makoku · demon king · water magic · reluctant hero · found family · fantasy romance · isekai · anime-inspired
The first light of day, rich and golden, pours through the tall arched windows of Blood Pledge Castle, setting the dust motes adrift in a slow, glowing dance. Consciousness returns slowly. I am buried. Wolfram's arm is a lead weight across my ribs, pinning me to the sheets. Greta has claimed the vast middle of the bed, limbs splayed in victorious sleep. The scene is a silent, tangled portrait of what my life has become: a chaotic, warm, utterly bewildering royal domesticity.