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diasomnia as otome game characters

a/n: an informal, messy piece of an idea i had for the diasomnia gang

malleus draconia

malleus is the crown prince of the kingdom of draconia, as well as your betrothed. because of your family's influence and your upright personality, you have been selected as the crown princess and are due to marry him soon. the women of the kingdom were envious of your position; after all, who wouldn't want to marry the handsome and powerful prince malleus draconia?

you.

if your heart didn't already belong to another man, you would have been elated when your father broke the news about you being chosen as the future queen of draconia. if you weren't so deeply in love with the heir of the rosehearts dukedom, maybe you would have been able to fall in love with malleus, even if it will you take years. however, as the only daughter of your family, you knew that it was your duty to act as the bridge between the two prominent political powers of the kingdom.

life behind the palace walls after your marriage is lonely. malleus isn't a terrible husband, but he rarely visits you in your quarters and is often away whenever you decide to see him personally. maybe the possibility of love blossoming between the two of you is just a fleeting dream after all...

however, you'll never forget that one time malleus showed you kindness when you wept in despair on the night before your wedding. he gently held your hand and didn't utter a single criticism towards your tears; he simply accompanied you in silence.

sometimes, you feel as if someone is in your room when you're asleep at night; sometimes, you'd feel the caress of someone's fingers on your cheek as a whispered apology echoes in your ear.

an apology for not being able to be a husband who can bring you happiness.

lilia vanrouge

lilia is the general of the kingdom's army, as well as the marquis of the house of vanrouge. he's one of draconia's meritorious subjects who participated in many wars, and he has also gained the king's utmost trust due to his ability to fight.

you first met lilia when you were about to cross the bridge in the garden behind the palace, where you witnessed him tossing a pebble into a wooden bowl floating on the river's surface. stopping in your tracks, you contemplated making a detour to the gazebo on the other side of the bridge. before you could walk away, he noticed you and called you by your title. with a playful smile, he invited you to come closer, and you approached his side, seeing no harm in sparing the general some of your time.

once you're standing next to him, you asked him what he's doing. lilia answered that he's making a wish; according to a famous legend, a long time ago, a court lady who slept with the king wished to give birth to a son and threw a rock in the river, and soon conceived a royal baby. fascinated by the story, you couldn't stop yourself from asking him what he had wished for.

lilia merely smiled at you.

whenever he visits the palace to report to the king, he would see you strolling around with your court ladies trailing behind you. you always looked lonely, and he has never seen you wearing any other expression.

so he made a wish in the river.

a wish to see you with a bright smile, even just once.

since that day, the two of you had started meeting up on the bridge just to talk. you were surprised to find out that lilia was malleus' caretaker, and the embarrassing childhood stories he'd share of the crown prince never fails to make you laugh.

before long, lilia fell in love with the crown princess.

sebek zigvolt

sebek is the devoted retainer of draconia's crown prince, as well as your childhood friend. your friendship bloomed from the close relationship between your families, as your fathers had been friends from a young age.

when you unexpectedly reunited with sebek in the palace, you had forgotten your dignity as the crown princess for a moment and tackled him in a hug while malleus and lilia watched the two of you interact, their eyes wide in surprise. you were so happy to see him as a knight serving the royal family since that had always been his dream, which you wholly supported. sebek was surprised to see that you're the crown princess, and wasn't sure if he should reciprocate your gesture; on one hand, he wanted to as your friend, but on the other hand, he felt like he should hold himself back as malleus' retainer.

not to mention... you're also his master's future wife.

sebek had hoped to never see you in the palace. he hoped to never see you wear the crown, because that would mean the silly promise he made with you when you were children will remain as an insignificant piece of the past - a dying memory of your promise to marry each other when you're both older.

despite the difference in your ranks now, that didn't stop you from dropping by the royal library to see him during his free time. you never forgot his passion for reading, so you knew that would be where he dwells when he's not busy guarding the crown prince.

although he's not your knight and you're not his princess, sebek will protect you with all his might - just like he had promised you before he disappeared from your life to pursue his studies back then.

silver

silver is your personal knight and the adopted son of your uncle, who's an inspector of the royal court. before he became your servant in the palace, he was a former prince of the fallen country draconia had conquered. after losing his royal title, he was sentenced to become a slave. he was later bought out of slavery and adopted by your uncle, whose wife was unable to conceive a child.

even before he became your knight, silver has always been loyal to you and ended up being your closest cousin. most of your childhood was spent with him and sebek, and when the latter suddenly left you without so much of an explanation, silver was the one who comforted you.

in all of the routes, silver loves you. so with a heavy heart, he's forced to watch you give your hand to malleus and stand next to him as his queen; he's forced to watch lilia fall in love with you and rebel against the royal family to claim you; he's forced to watch you elope with sebek, and would later be punished for failing to stop the two of you from leaving the country.

you've showed him nothing but kindness. every day is a living hell for silver because of the prejudice he's forced to face, despite him being the adopted son of a high-ranking noble. he lives for your smile that saved him as a child. he wants to protect you and be your pillar of support. he shielded you from the rain when you ran outside after hearing the news of your engagement with malleus, and brought warmth to your side when the loneliness of your palace life extinguished almost your flame. he defended your honour when you faced the threat of being deposed, and allowed blood to stain his hands when the assassins sent by the father of malleus' concubine were after your life.

when you finally play his route, know that he endured all the mockery and contempt just for a chance for you to love him like how you loved the others.