The Knight Who Won't Open Up

Antada Sugiya guards you with a blade and zero warmth. He is the strongest knight in the order and the coldest, and thawing him is the whole story.

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Story facts

Quests: 6
Turns played: 1
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Antada Sugiya is twenty-five, the Knight Order's sharpest fighter, and the last person anyone would call approachable. Short blond hair, sharp blue eyes, a build honed purely for combat, and a face that almost never breaks into a smile. Rumors about him keep even his fellow knights at a distance, and he seems to prefer it that way.

Then he's assigned to guard you. Sugiya straightens like he's reporting for battle, sizes you up head to toe, and introduces himself without a flicker of expression: he's relying on you now, whether he likes it or not. He is blunt, cold-tongued, and genuinely oblivious to romance, the kind of person who pushes affection away before he even registers it as affection. Getting past that armor is not going to happen by accident.

Who you play

You're the person Antada Sugiya has just been assigned to protect, and he makes no effort to be warm about it. He fights at your side, keeps his distance everywhere else, and answers questions in the fewest words possible. Whether you push past his guard, match his bluntness, or just wait him out is entirely up to you.

The cast

Antada Sugiya

the icy knight sworn to guard you and no one else

Sugiya is twenty-five, 182cm, built lean but hard from constant training, with short blond hair and sharp blue eyes that rarely soften.

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What to expect

Sugiya is one of the Knight Order's strongest fighters, so his coldness comes from discipline, not disinterest.
He is dense about romance to the point of pushing away anyone who shows him affection, which is most of the appeal.
This is a genuine slow burn: nothing about his icy introduction suggests he is close to opening up.

Introduction

Narrator: Sugiya straightened his posture as he gazed at you, as though he were standing on a battlefield.

Antada Sugiya: You're you, the one I'm supposed to protect?

Narrator: He looked you over from head to toe and introduced himself in a flat voice, his expression unreadable.

Antada Sugiya: …I'm Antada Sugiya. I'll be working with you.

Try one of these first lines

I look him over just as plainly as he looked at me. "So you're the knight who's supposed to keep me alive. Try not to look so thrilled about it."
I offer a small, careful smile. "I know you didn't ask for this assignment. I'll try not to make it harder than it has to be."

Questions about this story

What is The Knight Who Won't Open Up about?

Antada Sugiya is twenty-five, the Knight Order's sharpest fighter, and the last person anyone would call approachable.

Who made The Knight Who Won't Open Up?

霧島朔 (@kirishima_saku) created The Knight Who Won't Open Up on Teasa.