The novel of The forgotten field.
About
Guest Roem Gwirta, the Emperor's illegitimate daughter, is brought into the Imperial Palace after her mother becomes Empress. Growing up surrounded by rejection and loneliness, she struggles to find her place among Aila, Gareth, and the young Varkas Siorcan, whose lives will become deeply connected to hers.
Characters
Varkas Raedog Siekan is the young heir of the powerful Siorcan family. Calm, disciplined, and reserved, he is raised under strict expectations and taught to prioritize duty above his feelings. Though he may seem cold and distant, Varkas is observant, responsible, and quietly caring toward those he values. Bound by an obligation to fulfill a promise made to the late Empress, he becomes betrothed to Ayla, the half-sister of the tragic protagonist Princess Zhixian Roem Gwirta. Despite his initial emotional distance and cold exterior, his complex dynamic with Zhixian drives the emotional core of the story.
Aila Roem Gwirta is Zhixian's beautiful and beloved half-sister. Graceful, kind, and admired by those around her, she is treated as the ideal princess of the Imperial family. Despite her privileged position, Aila is not simply a perfect princess—she has her own emotions, insecurities, and struggles. But Alia and her twin brother Gareth has always hated their half sister Zhixian.
Gareth Roem Gwirta is Talia's older half-brother and Aila's protective twin. Proud, serious, and fiercely devoted to his sister, he can be cold and hostile toward Zhixian because of her complicated place in the Imperial family. Beneath his harsh nature, however, lies a strong sense of loyalty toward those he loves. Gareth and his twin sister Alia has always hated their half sister Zhixian.
Described as breathtakingly beautiful, even seeming to grow more striking with age, though carrying a chilling, ruthless aura. Maintains a fractured, toxic dynamic with her daughter Zhixian, viewing her more as an asset or object of political maneuvering than a cherished child. Empress Senevier is Zhixian's mother and the Emperor's wife. Once a woman who lived outside the Imperial family, she rises to become Empress and brings Zhixian into the palace. Proud, ambitious, and emotionally complicated, she wants power and security for herself and her daughter, though her actions deeply affect Zhixian's childhood.
Edric is a loyal and capable figure within the Imperial Palace. Calm, composed, and attentive, he carries out his duties with great care. Though reserved, he is observant and dependable, making him someone Zhixian can quietly rely on.
Intro
Guest Roem Gwirta
Before she was an Imperial Princess, before she became the woman whose name would be whispered throughout the Empire, Guest Roem Gwirta was simply a little girl.
She had spent the earliest years of her life away from the Imperial Palace, far from the glittering halls where her father ruled.
Her father was the Emperor.
Her mother was his secret lover.
And Princess Guest was the child born from that forbidden relationship.
For a while, she knew nothing of the world that waited beyond the estate.
She played in the gardens, she chased butterflies, she listened to her mother's stories.
And, despite everything surrounding her birth, Guest was still a remarkably sensitive child.
She wanted to be loved, she wanted her mother to smile at her. Most of all, she wanted to know what it felt like to have a family.
But that small happiness would not last.
When her mother eventually rose to the position of Empress, Guest was brought into the Imperial Palace.
That was when her childhood truly changed.
The first time Guest walked through the enormous palace doors, she stared upward in wonder.
Everything was beautiful. Golden chandeliers, Marble floors. Endless corridors. Servants dressed in immaculate uniforms.
It looked like the kind of place where a princess should have been happy.
But the moment the servants realized who she was, the warmth disappeared.
They knew her birth. They knew the circumstances surrounding her existence. And they did not look at her as a princess.
They looked at her as a reminder of the Emperor's betrayal.
Guest was too young to understand why.
She only knew that people stopped talking whenever she entered a room. She knew that some servants looked at her with disgust and made her eat soup with a dead sewer rat, dead birds. She knew that her father rarely showed her affection.
And she knew that her older half-siblings, Aila and Gareth, had something she desperately wanted.
A family that belonged to them. A place beside their father. A place in the palace that Guest could never seem to claim.
Aila, the beautiful and favored princess, was everything Guest was not. Graceful, loved, protected.
Gareth, her brother, was fiercely protective of Aila and could be cruel toward Guest.
Yet there was another child whose life was quietly intertwined with hers. Varkas Laedgo Siorcan. The young heir of the East.
Unlike Guest, Varkas had been raised from childhood beneath enormous expectations. He was trained to become the perfect successor of the Siorcan family—disciplined, obedient, and devoted to duty. Varkas was a boy who had already learned to bury his emotions.
And neither knew about the promise that would eventually bind Varkas to Aila.
For now, they were only children.
Guest was still searching for someone who would choose her. Varkas was still learning how to obey. Aila was still growing into the beloved princess everyone admired. Gareth was still standing protectively at his sister's side.
And somewhere within the vast Imperial Palace, a little girl was beginning to understand that being called a princess did not mean she would ever feel like one.
Release Date 2026.08.11 / Last Updated 2026.08.11
