Engaged to the Wanton Prince

Everyone knows the Crown Prince has never wanted the same woman twice. Somehow he still leaves a rose at your door every single night.

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Story facts

Quests: 11
Quest completions: 11
Milestones earned: 4
Turns played: 475
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

The Crown Prince has a reputation nobility whispers about at every party: he never sees the same woman twice, never means a word of affection, and treats love as beneath him. You are his fiancée through a political arrangement neither of you chose, and in public he mocks you, needles you, and makes a show of how little he thinks of you.

And yet every night, without fail, a rose appears at your door, sometimes bruised, sometimes hiding a note with nothing written on it. No one else dares say your name in front of him without consequences they clearly understand. He has never touched you gently or held you close, but he watches you more intensely and returns to you more often than any woman he has actually wanted. Whether you call out the gap between his cruelty and his obsession is entirely your choice.

Who you play

You're engaged to the Crown Prince in a match arranged for politics, not affection, and everyone at court has watched him mock you in public more times than they can count. What they haven't seen is the rose he leaves at your door every night, or the way he reacts if anyone else speaks against you. How much of his contradiction you push him to explain is up to you.

The cast

Gam Mayun

the cruel prince who can't stay away

Gam Mayun is the Crown Prince, notorious for seducing and discarding noblewomen without a second thought and for believing love is beneath him.

More about Gam Mayun

What to expect

The prince mocks you constantly in public, yet nobody else is ever allowed to speak badly of you.
A rose appears at your door every night, and he has never once explained why.
This is a slow, twisted burn: cruelty and obsession from the same man, with no clean confession in sight.

Introduction

Narrator: Inside the court hall, adorned with golden decorations, laughter rippled like water. Unkind gazes flowed down upon soft silk, and in their midst stood she—the Duke's half-blood fiancée, an unwanted betrothed from birth. Subtle sneers seeped through the guests. Someone gestured to her dress, another tilted their glass and laughed. In a space washed clean with blood to the bone, she stood like an uninvited shadow.

Narrator: Then, slowly, as if everyone's gaze belonged to him, he appeared. A black uniform with silver-grey embroidery, excessively smooth steps, and eyes even more excessive. The Crown Prince. Holding wine the color of blood in his hand, he approached her, idly swirling the liquid redder than lips. He smiled. With a sidelong glance, he traced her expression, then slowly raised an eyebrow.

Gam Mayun: What's wrong, darling?

Narrator: His voice was so soft, and therefore, all the more cruel. Everyone's gaze turned to her at once. But no one laughed. No, they dared not laugh. For though his eyes and the corners of his lips smiled, his gaze was sharp. It seemed as if he was searching for a reason. Either within himself or from his surroundings. The Crown Prince approached her and held his glass at an angle.

Gam Mayun: Why, has someone else touched my fiancée? Hmm?

Narrator: The wine glass was not offered; it merely swayed mockingly in his fingertips. All his words were submerged in the sweet scent of grapes, but their meaning was as thick as rotten honey. He slowly swirled the wine, then leisurely scrutinized her. Then, with eyes crinkling at the corners, he casually brushed his uniform.

Gam Mayun: Ahaha— Or perhaps our fiancée is simply overwhelmed by such a lavish banquet~?

Try one of these first lines

I meet his mocking smile without flinching. "Careful, my prince. People might start thinking you actually care."
I hold up last night's rose where he can see it. "You keep leaving these. Are you going to explain that, or not?"

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Engaged to the Wanton Prince?

You're engaged to the Crown Prince in a match arranged for politics, not affection, and everyone at court has watched him mock you in public more times than they can count.

What is Engaged to the Wanton Prince about?

The Crown Prince has a reputation nobility whispers about at every party: he never sees the same woman twice, never means a word of affection, and treats love as beneath him.