Chapter 1. The Caged Bird

Despair.

This was the feeling I had been experiencing for the past few weeks.

I had been sitting in the same position on the bed for a couple of hours with my hands around my knees. In my mind, I still couldn't fully comprehend what was happening.

Rachel Cassius was the mother of the second protagonist I'd broken up with a couple of years ago. She was now the new ruler of this country. And, even more surprisingly, I didn't know anything about it until now.

All rumors of a change of power in the kingdom of Azeroth had been put to rest at the very beginning of the coup. Thus, only the inhabitants of the country knew the truth. Abroad, it was believed that the empire was still ruled by the Blanche dynasty.

It turned out to be a clever trap set by Rachel, and everyone fell into it without exception. When I volunteered to come here, I was just as stupid as everyone else.

Because once I got caught in the net, it was too late to escape.