Snow White with the Red Hair — Romantic Journey: Interactive Love Story
Shirayuki and Prince Zen — a romance where respect comes before love and competence is the most attractive quality of all.
Snow White with the Red Hair — The Prince and the Herbalist
Prince Zen Wistaria of Clarines has met many women. Noble daughters presented at court, their accomplishments rehearsed, their conversations scripted. He has never met anyone like Shirayuki. She does not bow. She does not flatter. She walks into his castle, establishes herself in the pharmacy through sheer competence, and treats him not as royalty but as a person — one who happens to be helpful in her quest to prove herself.
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He falls for her slowly, which is to say: he falls for her the way a person falls asleep. Imperceptibly at first, and then all at once. He notices the way she concentrates when grinding herbs. He notices that she never asks for special treatment. He notices that when he makes a mistake, she tells him — respectfully but directly — rather than pretending everything is fine because he is a prince.
Shirayuki falls for him even more slowly, because she is not here for romance. She is here to build a career. To prove that her worth is not defined by her hair or her gender or her lack of noble birth. And that, ironically, is exactly what makes Zen fall for her — the fact that she has more important things to do than fall in love.