Amesaya

"Always remember, no matter how much a fae may seem like they experience emotions, no matter how human like a fae may behave...a fae can never be a human."

The Keybearer. A young maiden from another world foretold by ancient prophesy, destined to collect the seven keys and save the world. 

Surely that's the kind of story that finds some plucky high schooler dreaming of adventure and whisks them off to find their true love, right? Overworked salary women like Emily have long passed the point where such fantasies can come true, and even if they did, it's not like she'd know the first thing about what to do.

...So of course, nobody even bothered to ask her before dropping her into an entirely new world full of magic and danger. Like the three hungry orcs eyeing her as soon as she wakes up.

"What do you mean I can sense the keys if I use magic?!  What magic?!"

If Emily could, she'd have immediately issued a rejection letter, but unfortunately, the only way back is to finish her quest somehow.

But it's not all danger and confusion. The knight who rushed into battle to save her is charming and kind and gorgeous, and the beautiful and lonely prince has a soft and kind smile only for her. If everyone she meets along the way is like them...

Well. It can't be that bad, right?

"...--I'VE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY A PAINTING?!"

My Knight Rescuer is a Jerk! So Why should I ignore the Prince?

When she met up with the prince for dinner, he greeted her with a warm smile.

A warm, tight hug, too, actually. Certainly not an unwelcome one, though. Not even truly a surprising one, given he'd just hugged her in her room a short while ago.

...Was she getting too comfortable being hugged by the prince?

He lingered for a few moments, arms looped around her, and she could hear the faint thump of his heartbeat in her ear when she pressed her head against his shoulder.

Her heart squeezed a little with that realization.

Was the calm, unflappable, elegant Adrien really...nervous?

She'd never known anyone to be nervous around her. Not - not for any reason at all, but especially not for...

Not because they had feelings like what Adrien said he had.

Eighty-Ninth