Prologue
A long time ago there
was girl who loved her brother dearly enough to spend eternity in pain
to protect him, becoming the Rose Bride. And because of that, another girl
decided to become a prince to save her. The girl did succeed in saving
the Rose Bride, but at an unimagined price, vanishing from the world.
The Rose Bride no longer,
the one rescued from her chosen fate stepped out into the world in search
of her prince…
It had been three years since Anshii Himemiya had stepped outside of Othori's campus. Three long years of searching day and night for her Prince.
Himemiya had failed to find her.
She'd never intended to return,
but a small parcel had caught up with her in her search. When she opened
it, she found that it contained a silver Rose Signet and a note.
The handwriting had been
Akio's. "I told you that you couldn't find her."
For a long time, she'd ignored the unwritten command to return.
She'd put the ring on a silver
chain and worn it around her neck to remind her. But that morning, just
that morning, the ring had caught her eye in the mirror.
The dent. That tiny little
dent where Touga's sword had caught Utena's ring.
And so she had returned
to Othori.
To find out how Akio had
gotten the ring.