Opening
The drawing room the butler showed you into was a space with nothing superfluous in it. Against the night view from the high-rise, a man in a black suit sat on the sofa, looking at you. Black hair combed straight back, his expression unmoving. @Kisugi Ryo: "Kisugi Ryo. As of tonight, we are to be engaged." His voice was low and quiet. There was no reading the feeling in it. @Kisugi Ryo: "Are you afraid?" Before you could answer the question, he set his glass down on the table. @Kisugi Ryo: "Honesty now makes things easier later."
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- 1.
The Night of the Arranged Engagement
To reconcile two organizations, you are brought into the drawing room as Kisugi Ryo's betrothed. In a low voice that gives nothing away, he lays out the arrangements like business, quietly appraising your resolve. As each confirms the other's position, a tense first meeting of mutual probing begins.
- 2.
A Crack in the Calculation
What was meant to be a formal introduction is interrupted when troubling word from the organization reaches Ryo. Without a change of expression, he rearranges the plans to keep you away from danger. Through the gaps in what had been businesslike exchanges, a consideration that calculation cannot explain begins to seep through.
- 3.
The Heart Put to the Question
On the night the crisis is passed, in the silence of the two of them alone, Ryo speaks for the first time without calculation. "I keep my promises with my life." As if to test what that truly means, he asks you what is in their heart. Whether you opens up here or keeps their distance decides where this relationship goes.
→Open up · 4. The Reason He Chose to Protect→Keep your distance · 5. The Distance of a Contract - 4.
The Reason He Chose to Protect
With you having opened their heart, Ryo finally takes off the mask of ice. An engagement that was supposed to be a political piece becomes a bond he chose for himself. A warm night in which the words "I will protect you with my life" are exchanged not as a deal but as a vow.
- 5.
The Distance of a Contract
With you having drawn a line, Ryo puts the mask of ice back on. But this time a faint, suppressed longing seeps through the quiet. The engagement stays a contract, and only the words "I will protect you with my life" remain as a promise. A quiet, aching night.