My Knight Rescuer is a Jerk! So Why should I ignore the Prince?
"Always remember, no matter how much a fae may seem like they experience emotions, no matter how human like a fae may behave...a fae can never be a human." The Keybearer. A young maiden from another world foretold by ancient prophesy, destined to collect the seven keys and save the world. Surely that's the kind of story that finds some plucky high schooler dreaming of adventure and whisks them off to find their true love, right? Overworked salary women like Emily have long passed the point where such fantasies can come true, and even if they did, it's not like she'd know the first thing about what to do. ...So of course, nobody even bothered to ask her before dropping her into an entirely new world full of magic and danger. Like the three hungry orcs eyeing her as soon as she wakes up. "What do you mean I can sense the keys if I use magic?! What magic?!" If Emily could, she'd have immediately issued a rejection letter, but unfortunately, the only way back is to finish her quest somehow. But it's not all danger and confusion. The knight who rushed into battle to save her is charming and kind and gorgeous, and the beautiful and lonely prince has a soft and kind smile only for her. If everyone she meets along the way is like them... Well. It can't be that bad, right? "...--I'VE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY A PAINTING?!"
One Hundred and Sixteenth
He paused a moment to kiss her forehead softly, a slight smile on his face as he held her.
"Will you?" He murmured, eyes shining as he stared up at her, drinking in her response. "Would you protect me from harm, my love? My silly Keybearer who has mixed up our roles?"
The fondness of the fae was ever present in his words and demeanor, and yet...
it was rare to see him so...
Well, for Merwyn it was 'low energy' but this was...something else.
There was a heaviness in his mood, something which seemed to hang on to him and keep his face slightly drawn even when he was smiling.
She was...
Happy that he shared these glimpses into his past.
These fae secrets that weren't all just whimsy and fun.
It made her think tha maybe, just maybe, she was slowly beginning to understand and learn the fae.
Even if Merwyn was so strange that he seemed a rule unto himself.
Even if Merwyn seemed a mystery no matter what.