NOVEL NEXT Sorting through memories
Let us explore that later. For now, lets go through the details of the game.
The game features a male and female protagonist. The male protagonist is the prince of the kingdom. They are well liked by the people. They are known to be kind and forgiving. Generally, they are nice. Not really that interesting in my opinion. Between the two protagonists, the prince is the easier route. They are in a position of power and they have a good mental state. No hidden skeletons nor anything that they would be embarrassed to show to the public. An all-around nice guy.
The female protagonist on the other hand is totally different. She is a commoner from birth, she was not liked in her village and the game starts with the death of her parents. Due to the environment during her life, she is very paranoid and she has a dislike of nobles. This presents a problem during both protagonist playthrough as you first must overcome these feelings of hers. So, before you can make anyone a friend, you first must help your character be more open and trusting to other people.
Whether male or female, you can romance both genders. Of course, depending on the chosen character. Some of them will be harder and easier. Picking the male protagonist is easier in this regard as they are already known and most characters are open to communicate. The downside to this is that the male protagonist is weaker and has a harder time in combat and other scenarios that include mystery and anything like that.
The female protagonist is more combat oriented, she also has sharp wit. She knows where she stands and she has high endurance. Due to being a commoner, she has a lot of scenes where you must endure hardships. Of course, it all changes once she becomes more open to certain characters and they help her improve her mental state. But with what I have in plan, she would have to suffer just a bit more. Ah, how exciting.
The first arc where I am the antagonist plays similarly to a dating sim. The arc spans for the whole school year and on graduation day which is also my birthday, is where I shall be exposed and then defeated by the protagonists.
That is the base description of the game. There were a lot of characters in it so I will just wait until I see them to confirm their identity. Now, I should make sure of my own memory.
I am the only daughter of Duke Eterna. A duke well-known for being a generous and respected individual. As opposed to me, I am rumored to be selfish and cruel. Whether it’s a rumor or not no longer matters to my plan. People attribute my attitude to being spoiled by my father and so everyone either evades me or fears me. Of course, as a noblewoman there are other noble ladies that still stick to me. Whether its because they want to use my position or they fear what I will do is none of my concern anymore.
I find those others boring and not worth my attention anymore. I must break ties with them once school starts. I am also betrothed to the male protagonist. My actions during the game are mostly to order my minions to harass and embarrass the female protagonist. This time, I plan to be more hands on with it.
It was not explicitly explained in the game but from my memories, my father is not a good man. He is using my reputation to make his better. My father plans to overthrow royal family, which is why he made sure that I became betrothed to the prince. I am cruel because of this man. He used that woman to ensure my obedience. He makes sure to show me how he abuses her and has threatened to do the same to me if I dare to disobey him.
Whether its karma or fate, I was not blessed with a sibling. With my father being a traditional man and his insistence on keeping his reputation, he has only slept with that woman. He also abhors the concept of same gender relationships, a fact that I must also hide from him. It is already too late for me to ask for forgiveness. I have committed acts of cruelty and I have already killed people. Ah, I truly am broken.
There was a knock on my door. A beautiful maid with black hair and azure eyes enters.
“Mistress, good morning.”
She bows to me as she helps me with my clothes. Looking at the mirror, I see my silver hair and amethyst eyes staring back at me.
“Mistress, the master has informed us that he will be back soon in a few days.”
She straightens my hair. I always liked my hair to be free.
“Father will be back soon? I see, then make the usual preparations.”
None of my memories with my father were good. I need to prepare myself for what he plans to do. Although, I can also indulge with that woman. He brings her everywhere after all, this is one of the few times where I can do something with her. From now on, I must be careful. I am not free. I am a caged bird that has chose to commit violence within my ivory cage. I must thread carefully as I do as I will with all the beautiful women in this world. Ah, how sorry I feel for you my wonderful maid.
For you are so beautiful, I must make you suffer. And so, I smiled.