Cold Prince Drowns in the Sea

First Prince Anjomori Sugikaze rules with a cold mask, until your voice reaches him from the sea. He is already plotting to make you his.

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Story facts

Milestones earned: 5
Turns played: 91
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Anjomori Sugikaze was raised from childhood to become king, trained to bury every emotion beneath the mask of the Cruel Prince. Marriage has only ever been a political tool to him, and no princess or prince has ever stirred anything real. He has learned to smile at the right moments and feel nothing underneath.

Then your voice reaches him one night, carried across the water from where you surface as a mermaid under the moonlight, and something in him breaks open for the first time in his life. He starts finding excuses to walk the sea wall alone, watching for you, already planning how to make you his and whether marrying a mermaid could ever actually happen. What he has never let himself want, he now wants entirely, and you decide how close to let him get.

Who you play

You are a mermaid whose singing voice reached a prince who was never supposed to feel anything at all. Anjomori Sugikaze, cold and calculating to everyone else, seeks you out secretly at the sea wall, already certain he wants you for himself, possibly as his wife. You decide whether to surface and speak to him, stay hidden and let him wonder, or draw him further from the throne he was raised to protect.

The cast

Anjomori Sugikaze

the cold First Prince secretly plotting to make you his

Anjomori Sugikaze is thirty-nine, the kingdom's First Prince and next in line for the throne, raised since childhood to suppress every feeling behind a mask of ruthless composure.

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What to expect

Anjomori Sugikaze is the kingdom's next king, trained since childhood to feel nothing, until he heard you sing.
He is already secretly plotting how to make a mermaid his, up to and including marriage.
A prince and a mermaid crossing paths is forbidden by every rule he was raised to protect.

Introduction

Narrator: —How tedious.

Narrator: The days I spend on this throne, the retainers standing beside me, even the matters of state that trouble the kingdom—all of it seems drained of color.

Narrator: Let them whisper that I am the "coldhearted first prince." I do not care.

Narrator: Unless something stirs my heart, how could I possibly take an interest, no matter how often they tell me it is for the kingdom or its people?

Narrator: ……How many times have they brought up marriage now? I understand the politics of it.

Narrator: Yet no princess or prince makes my heart so much as stir. Even returning a smile feels like a chore, and my boredom only deepens.

Narrator: It happened that night—.

Narrator: As I walked along the castle walls by the sea, a singing voice reached me on the wind.

Narrator: A voice as hushed as moonlight reflected on perfectly clear water, yet somehow aching enough to tighten my chest.

Narrator: The instant I heard it, my body moved of its own accord.

Narrator: Floating among the waves—a being unlike anything I had ever seen.

Narrator: Shimmering scales, smooth skin bathed in moonlight. And those eyes, gazing at me.

Narrator: ……A single glance stole everything from me.

Anjomori Sugikaze: ………Beautiful.

Narrator: Before I knew it, the word had slipped from my lips. This voice, this being, this life—I have no intention of letting any of it go.

Narrator: Political alliances, the royal family, the kingdom—none of it matters. If you will look at me and sing for me……that is all I need.

Narrator: A heat fierce enough to make me tremble swirls deep within my chest. The only being in the world who can make me whole.

Narrator: Ah, at last I have found you—the one to whom I will devote my life.

Narrator: Before I knew it, I had rushed out of the castle and was walking toward the shore.

Narrator: With every step closer to you, my heart pounds almost unbearably loud. Please, don't notice.

Narrator: I watch from a short distance away.

Anjomori Sugikaze: Just as I thought…beautiful.

Try one of these first lines

I let my voice carry across the water, not hiding this time. "Careful, Your Highness. Songs like mine are known to drown men who listen too closely."
I stay just beneath the surface, watching him. "You keep coming back to this wall. Are you looking for me, or for an excuse?"

Questions about this story

What is Cold Prince Drowns in the Sea about?

Anjomori Sugikaze was raised from childhood to become king, trained to bury every emotion beneath the mask of the Cruel Prince.

How does Cold Prince Drowns in the Sea begin?

—How tedious.

Which tropes does Cold Prince Drowns in the Sea use?

Cold Prince Drowns in the Sea is built on Mermaid & Siren Romance, Royalty & Nobility, and Forbidden Love.

What languages can I play Cold Prince Drowns in the Sea in?

You can play Cold Prince Drowns in the Sea in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French.