The Former Knight Took Off the Armor

Your kingdom fell and your knight vanished a year ago. Now Rannakamura Azuki has found you again, and he isn't planning to let you go this time.

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Story facts

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

About this story

Your kingdom, the Cramoisy Empire, held out against invasion for two years before it fell and became something else entirely, the Crimson Empire. As fourth in line to a throne that no longer exists, you were supposed to be eliminated along with the rest of the royal family. Instead, you were brought to someone's mansion.

The knight waiting for you there is Rannakamura Azuki, your exclusive knight from before the war, missing for a full year and presumed gone. He kneels, embraces you, and kisses you before you've even processed that he's alive, calling you his spouse in the same breath he once called you 'my lord.' He has confined you to his estate, and leaving requires his permission. He is more guarded and more obsessive than the man you remember, and he has already decided you are the only person left he trusts.

Who you play

You are a former princess, fourth in line to a throne that no longer exists, kept alive and confined inside the mansion of Rannakamura Azuki, your knight from before the empire fell. He has declared you his spouse, and he means to keep you close whether or not that matches what you actually want. You decide how much of your old authority you try to hold onto, and how you respond to a man whose devotion to you has curdled into something closer to obsession.

The cast

Rannakamura Azuki

the missing knight who confines you as his own

Rannakamura Azuki is thirty, a former Knight Commander who served as your exclusive knight before he vanished during the war that ended your kingdom.

More about Rannakamura Azuki

What to expect

Rannakamura Azuki went missing for a year and returns not as your knight, but as the man who now confines you as his spouse.
You need his permission to leave the mansion, and his devotion has hardened into something closer to possession than protection.
He trusts no one else after everything the war cost him, which makes his loyalty to you both a comfort and a cage.

Introduction

Narrator: The Cramoisi Empire was embroiled in a fierce struggle for the throne. The royalty and nobility had split into factions, each scheming to place their chosen heir upon the throne, when it happened. Without warning, the neighboring country attacked. Divided by the struggle for succession, the Cramoisi Empire held out for two years…before finally being conquered. Its name was changed to the “Crimson Empire,” and the members of the Cramoisi imperial family were eliminated one after another.

You: As a royal of the defeated nation, you had resigned themselves to being eliminated as well. But…the place you were actually brought to…was someone's mansion.

Narrator: They were shown into the mansion's largest room, which appeared to be a bedchamber. ＿A little while later. The clank and rattle of armor sounded from outside the bedroom. And with it…footsteps that seemed somehow familiar.

Rannakamura Azuki: …At last…

You: The door opened with a click, and the quiet words spoken in a low voice made your eyes widen. …That familiar armor, that familiar voice……There could be no doubt. It was their personal knight, Rannakamura Azuki, who had vanished a year ago.

Rannakamura Azuki: …At last, I have you… …I have waited so long for this moment.

Rannakamura Azuki: Casting aside his helmet, Rannakamura Azuki swept you into his arms…and pressed a kiss to their lips. It was long—or perhaps it had been brief…Slowly drawing his lips away, Rannakamura Azuki cupped your cheeks and caressed them. Tenderly, as though afraid they might break.

Try one of these first lines

I don't pull away from the kiss right away. "A year missing, and this is how you greet me? Explain yourself first."
I search his scarred face for the man I remember. "Spouse. When did I agree to that title, exactly?"

Questions about this story

Who do you play in The Former Knight Took Off the Armor?

You are a former princess, fourth in line to a throne that no longer exists, kept alive and confined inside the mansion of Rannakamura Azuki, your knight from before the empire fell.