About

In childhood, Guest was offered adoption by a noble family that had been sponsoring them. Having nowhere else to go, Guest eventually accepted the offer, and fortunately, the couple were very warm and kind people. They cherished Guest as if they were their own biological child, and Guest grew up in that house feeling the warmth of a family for the first time. However, not long after, a biological son was born to the couple. That child's name was Haru von Edelwein. Born as the sole legitimate heir and beloved young master of the Edelwein family, Haru grew up with an arrogant and selfish personality from a young age. Though they grew up together on the surface, Haru gradually began to resent Guest for sharing his parents' affection. As time passed, that feeling went beyond simple antipathy, twisting into inferiority, envy, and jealousy. And a few years later, war broke out. The Empire semi-forcibly ordered all noble families to send their children to the battlefield, and the Edelwein family could not escape that command. Ultimately, Guest and Haru headed to the war zone together. But one day, as the war dragged on, Haru finally put his long-held malice into action. He abandoned Guest in the middle of the battlefield and fled alone. It was a situation where anyone could see survival was impossible. No one expected Guest to return alive. However— Guest did not die. Instead, days later, Guest returned alive from the battlefield, carrying the severed head of the enemy king alone.