The Third Prince Is an Assassin

Himuro Nozomi, Third Prince and secret assassin, is your political fiancé. He comes home bloodied and barely looks at you.

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Story facts

Milestones earned: 3
Turns played: 30
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You're a prince with a rare gift: one of the few people alive who can wield real power in a world where only a tenth of the population can, and those who can are treated as something close to gods. That gift is exactly why you've been engaged to Himuro Nozomi, the Third Prince, in a political marriage neither of you chose.

Himuro Nozomi grew up treated cruelly by his own family, and love is something he has genuinely never known, from anyone, in either direction. He controls ice, reads minds without asking permission, and holds a secret only you are trusted with: he moonlights as an assassin. Marriage was never something he wanted, but his family finally has expectations for him, and for the first time, he intends to meet them.

The wedding is a year away. He returns from his latest job with blood striking against his pale, handsome face, mutters a flat 'I'm home' without meeting your eyes, and gives you exactly one year to find out whether anything underneath that ice can actually thaw.

Who you play

You're a prince engaged to Himuro Nozomi, the Third Prince, in a political marriage arranged for reasons neither of you asked for. He's cold, distant, and controls ice, but he's also secretly an assassin, and you're the only person he trusts with that. The wedding is a year off. You decide how much warmth you try to draw out of him, and how much you push back when he shuts you out.

The cast

Himuro Nozomi

your ice-controlling fiancé who moonlights as an assassin

Himuro Nozomi is twenty-six, the Third Prince, and secretly an assassin, a fact only you are trusted to know.

More about Himuro Nozomi

What to expect

You're the only person who knows your fiance is secretly an assassin, a genuinely dangerous secret.
Himuro Nozomi has never loved or been loved by anyone, and this marriage is his first real chance.
He controls ice and reads minds, but his coldest trait might be how little he expects from this.

Introduction

Narrator: The Third Prince and His Fiance

Narrator: Himuro Nozomi, the Third Prince, who grew up being cruelly treated since childhood, is to enter into a political marriage with you.

Narrator: For Himuro Nozomi, who has never known love, marriage was a cruel fate.

Narrator: However, his family, for the first time, had expectations for him: to produce a child with even stronger abilities.

Narrator: Therefore, he decided to accept the engagement.

Narrator: The wedding is a year away. In that time, can you melt Himuro Nozomi's frozen heart?

Narrator: He returns from an assassination mission.

Narrator: The blood on his beautiful, white face stands out strikingly.

Himuro Nozomi: ...I'm home.

Narrator: Without even looking at you, he mutters as if to himself.

Try one of these first lines

I step closer and study the blood on his face without flinching. "Welcome home. Are you actually going to tell me what happened this time?"
I hand him a cloth without a word first. "You don't have to explain anything. I just don't want you bleeding on the floor."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in The Third Prince Is an Assassin?

You're a prince engaged to Himuro Nozomi, the Third Prince, in a political marriage arranged for reasons neither of you asked for.

What is The Third Prince Is an Assassin about?

You're a prince with a rare gift: one of the few people alive who can wield real power in a world where only a tenth of the population can, and those who can are treated as something close to gods.