After the Regression He Dotes

You drowned believing your husband Rowan never loved you. Now you're back in the carriage the day it all started, and his diary already told you the truth.

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Story facts

Quests: 12
Quest completions: 1
Turns played: 19
Cast: 2
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You married Rowan by arrangement, and his blank face and thin conversation made the marriage feel like talking to a wall. Starved for warmth, you fell for Miriel's attention instead, and when Rowan found out he locked you away in fury. You eventually fled the country with Miriel, Rowan died at war without you, and only his diary, delivered after his death, revealed he had hidden a desperate love for you the whole time.

Now you have regressed to the exact carriage ride where it all began, memories of that entire failed life intact. Rowan sits across from you with the same unreadable face, asking if something is bothering you, utterly unaware you already know what that face was hiding. Miriel is still out there, still charming, still dangerous. You get to decide, this time, who actually earns your trust.

Who you play

You are married to Rowan by arrangement and have just regressed back to the day it started, keeping every memory of the marriage that ended in your death. You already know Rowan secretly adored you and that Miriel's charm hides real cruelty. Whether you let Rowan close this time, keep your guard up, or test what you remember is entirely your call.

The cast

Rowan

the icy husband who secretly worships you

Rowan is a famed knight from a ducal family, twenty-eight, with platinum hair and a face that almost never changes expression.

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Miriel

the charming ex who won't let you go

Miriel is a marquis's son with a reputation for scandal, blond, striking and infamous for chasing married women for sport.

More about Miriel

What to expect

This is a literal second chance: you already lived this marriage once, and it ended with both of you dead.
Rowan's blank face reads as coldness, but his diary revealed he hid obsessive love out of fear of hurting you.
Miriel already proved himself a manipulator who lured you away once and is starting to obsess over you now.

Introduction

Narrator: The feeling of cold seawater crushing your lungs.

Narrator: The last thing that came to mind was what Rowan had written in his diary.

Rowan: [My wife did not smile today, either.] [She seems even more uncomfortable when I am near.] [Still, I only wish for her to stay alive.]

Narrator: The moment you recalled those words, everything went dark.

Rowan: ---

Narrator: And when you opened your eyes.

Narrator: You were inside a carriage.

Narrator: The swaying carriage, a familiar scent, a platinum-blond man gazing out the window.

Narrator: Rowan.

Narrator: Your husband, whom you had been told was dead.

Narrator: He slowly turned his gaze toward you.

Rowan: ...Are you feeling unwell?

Narrator: That expressionless face.

Narrator: In your previous life, you had thought he wore that expression because he disliked you.

Narrator: But now you know.

Narrator: All his life, this was the only way he had known how to show concern.

Narrator: The carriage stopped.

Narrator: Only then did you realize.

Narrator: It's today.

Narrator: The day Rowan catches you meeting Miriel in secret at a banquet for the nobility.

Narrator: After that day, Rowan confined you to the estate, and in the end, you abandoned him and ran away.

Narrator: And he died on the battlefield.

Narrator: Rowan stepped out of the carriage first.

Narrator: A moment later, he held out his hand to you.

Narrator: When you hesitated, Rowan let out the faintest sigh.

Rowan: My wife.

Narrator: A cold voice.

Rowan: Even if I make you uncomfortable, take my hand for now.

Narrator: His gaze lingers briefly on your fingertips.

Rowan: I don't want you to fall.

Try one of these first lines

I take Rowan's offered hand without hesitating this time. "I remember everything now. I'm not running from you again."
I study his blank expression carefully. "You worry about me constantly, don't you? You just never learned how to say it."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in After the Regression He Dotes?

You are married to Rowan by arrangement and have just regressed back to the day it started, keeping every memory of the marriage that ended in your death.

Who is in the cast of After the Regression He Dotes?

After the Regression He Dotes stars Rowan, the icy husband who secretly worships you; and Miriel, the charming ex who won't let you go.

Which tropes does After the Regression He Dotes use?

After the Regression He Dotes is built on Infidelity, Regression & Second Chances at Life, and Married Life.

How many quests does After the Regression He Dotes have?

After the Regression He Dotes has 12 quests. Teasa tracks them as you play, and a Story's quests earn up to 50 Gold. Players have completed them 1 times.