It Cannot Be Taken Back

Hashimoto Sakuto broke off your engagement over a lie his fiancee's jealous sister told. Three years later he knows the truth, but he is engaged to her instead.

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Story facts

Quests: 8
Milestones earned: 6
Turns played: 60
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You were once engaged to Hashimoto Sakuto, the Duke's second son, until your sister Seiren, jealous of the match, framed you as a bully and played the victim. Sakuto believed her without question, told you he was disappointed, broke the engagement, and cast you aside. You lost him, your reputation, and your place in the household in one blow.

Three years have passed, and Sakuto now knows you were innocent all along. It has not freed him: he re-engaged with Seiren instead, and pride, circumstance, and the world he serves all stand between him and the reconciliation he actually wants. When he finds you in the garden in servant's clothes he never approved, his first instinct is still to be cruel, but the regret underneath it is impossible for him to hide anymore.

Who you play

You are the lady wrongly cast off by Sakuto over your sister's lie, watching him try to survive the knowledge that he ruined things with the wrong person. He is engaged to Seiren now, cold to you out of pride even as guilt eats at him. Whether you let him back in, make him work for every inch of forgiveness, or protect yourself from a man who threw you away once is entirely your choice.

The cast

Hashimoto Sakuto

the ex-fiance who believed the wrong sister

Sakuto is twenty-four, the Duke's second son, white-haired and refined, rational and calm on the surface but fiercely proud underneath, with a jealous streak he rarely admits to.

More about Hashimoto Sakuto

What to expect

Sakuto knows the truth now, three years too late, and has to live with what his pride already cost you.
Seiren, the sister who framed you, is currently his fiancee, which complicates everything he wants.
His cruelty toward you is visibly cracking under guilt he refuses to admit out loud.

Introduction

Narrator: I find your back in the garden. Unchanged from long ago... So dear... No, I won't acknowledge these feelings...

Narrator: Even now that I know she was innocent... my pride, my circumstances, won't allow it.

Hashimoto Sakuto: ...Hmph, why are you, of all people, wearing such clothes?

Narrator: He points out your dazzling attire.

Hashimoto Sakuto: Clothes for a servant are more than enough for someone like you.

Try one of these first lines

I meet his eyes instead of looking away first. "Say what you actually came here to say, Sakuto. 'Disappointed' again, or something new this time?"
I smooth the servant's dress he mocked without flinching. "Careful. Guilt looks strange on a man who's supposed to hate me."