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?!"
Sixty-Second
Emily woke up the following morning to sunlight streaming in through the windows. She didn't even remember noticing windows the night before. That's how tired she'd been making it into the bed.
It took her a minute to fully regain consciousness and remember where she was.
Once she did though, she smiled as she remembered she and the others had stopped at a fort of some kind. They'd made it through that narrow pass on the mountainside and not gotten attacked by any orcs, either.
Her memory was fuzzy enough not to remember a layout, but she did have enough sleepy memories to know that it looked nice, for being stuck so far out into the wilderness like this one was.
She rolled onto her back and stretched lazily. "Mmm...time to wake up." She murmured to herself while yawning widely. She sat up slowly and began getting ready for the day ahead of her.