In front of everyone
The Holy Knight
Perfect posture, calm voice, a smile on command. The Church raised her to be a symbol, and a symbol is never tired, scared or sad.
Traveling with the HeroDestined
to Kill Me
to Kill Me
She's the Hero. You're the Demon King. She killed you once. Now you have five years on the road with her before she does it again.
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The last page
This is how it ends.
Your castle is burning. She's bleeding, exhausted and crying, and she wins anyway. There's no helmet. As you fall, you see her face for the first time, and she looks like someone who never wanted to be there.
"I'm sorry. It had to be you."
The Hero's tale ends the way every tale does. Then you open your eyes in a forest, five years earlier, with every memory and almost none of your power. A girl with a red scarf is standing over you.
Rewound to Day 1
The Hero
Watch her grow up.
She starts as a country girl with a glowing mark on her hand and too much hope. Five years of war turn her into the holy knight the world asked for. Drag through the years and see who she becomes.
YEAR 1 · SPRINGY1Y2Y3Y4Y5
Only with you
The Real Her
Bratty, nosy, always hungry and easy to talk to. The popular girl who never got the chance to be popular. She collects useless trinkets from every town.
Sketchbook
Every face she'll make at you.
smileThe red scarf was her mother's last gift. She never takes it off.
The Road
Five years. One road. It ends at your castle.
Every town is a small story. Every good day is counted. Between the big events you're free to wander, and the clock keeps ticking either way.
The Holy Sword
Last time, she pulled it. Then she killed you with it.
This time it's still in the stone. She can only draw it when she truly accepts her role as the one who kills the Demon King, and you're the one walking beside her.
She pulls itHer power spikes, fate tightens, and she becomes the Hero everyone wanted. That's exactly what scares you.
She never doesShe keeps an ordinary blade. Weaker in the war, out of the Church's favor, and free.
A third reasonWith enough trust, she can draw it to protect you. The sword answers resolve, not prophecy.
You
The Demon King, with nothing left.
Going back cost you almost everything. You can barely cast, an ordinary bandit is a real fight, and she could end you any day she finds out. Your power returns in stages over the journey. Each stage unlocks more of what you are.
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Fate never makes you fail. It reroutes the world instead: save a town, and a different one burns.
Affection
She doesn't trust you. Yet.
Affection is hidden. You'll only see it in how she acts. Your secret stays safe until she's close enough to hear it.
Memories
Enjoy it while it lasts.
Endings
Fate wins most of them.
Five endings, decided by her trust, the fate meter and the sword. Only one breaks the cycle.
Fate WinsFated Duel??????Shatter Fate
"Hurry up, slowpoke. The road's not going to walk itself."