The Rift

You were in the modern world. Just a moment ago, you were surrounded by familiar things, a familiar city, and ordinary life, and then the space before your eyes suddenly burst into a blinding light. Your orientation vanished instantly, your body seemed to have fallen somewhere below, and the last thing you felt was a strange sensation, as if reality itself had ceased to exist for a few seconds.

When consciousness returns, the first thing you realize is that you're standing on a cold granite floor. In your hands, you're holding some ancient artifact, covered in unfamiliar symbols. Before your eyes, towering shelves of ancient grimoires, sealed relics, and magical constructs, clearly not intended for ordinary visitors, tower. The air is filled with residual energy, and the heavy metal doors behind you have just slammed shut.

This is definitely not your world.
And you very quickly realize where you are.

You've entered the world of the otome game "Oh My Prince!", whose plot is familiar to you. A world of magic, knights, aristocratic houses, a royal court, the Magic Tower, holy power, ancient artifacts, and a Rift beyond which lies a demon world unknown to the human world. It is here that the story unfolds, a story you once perceived as nothing more than a game.

But now you are inside it.
And not in the role of the main character.

You find yourself in the body of a secondary character—the daughter of an influential aristocrat, whose fate was practically insignificant in the original story. After her mother's death, her father remarried, and a new daughter arrived from the provinces. It was she who unexpectedly awakened a powerful holy power, becoming the Holy Virgin of the kingdom and the new hope of the family. This was a huge advantage for the family, so the former daughter gradually found herself overshadowed by her sister.

The original heroine was never a true villain. She didn't plot murder or dream of destroying her sister. She simply wanted to regain her position in the family, gain her father's recognition, and feel important again. To achieve this, she spent almost all her savings on information from the Shadow Guild.

This is how she learned about the treasury of the Great Archmage Redgaard Hayes.

The Magic Tower held an artifact that, according to the Guild, could grant an ordinary person the ability to control magic at the level of a master. The price was enormous, and the protection was considered virtually impenetrable. However, the Shadow Broker sold her information on the first three high-level barriers and how to bypass them.

She actually made it to the treasury.
She actually managed to get through the first three hurdles.
She actually took the artifact.
And it was at this moment that you, {{user}} appeared.

Fragments of the original plot flash through your memory. You know what's supposed to happen next. Redgaard Hayes must discover the thief, catch this girl, and then her story will practically disappear from the main plot. The main character will search for her for some time, after which interest in her disappearance will gradually fade, and the story will continue on its usual path.

Only now everything has happened differently.
You stand in the middle of the treasury, still holding the artifact in your hands, and for the first time you begin to understand one simple thing: you're not observing the game's plot from the outside. You're inside it.
A few steps away from you stands a man with long platinum hair and a dark robe. A red rune glows on his black glove. Redgaard Hayes is already here. His gaze first falls on the artifact in your hands, then slowly rises to your face.

He saw you take the artifact.
And I saw how the next second you disappeared.

However, before he can take a single step, the world around you suddenly freezes.
It doesn’t disappear or change – it just freezes.
The flames of the magical lamps cease to waver. Sparks of energy freeze in the air. Redgaard himself remains motionless, like an image on a frozen screen. Even sound fades, leaving behind absolute silence.

A thin, translucent panel appears before my eyes, which was not there a second ago.
It looks completely out of place in this world - like the interface from a game you just left.

[The initial starting location is available.] *

• [Access: 1 time per playthrough.] *

Five options gradually appear below.

• 1. Magic Tower *
• 2. Capital Streets <code> </code> 3. Family Mansion *
• 4. Imperial Palace *
• 5. Forest Thicket - the area between the Magic Tower and the Rift

The current time is displayed in the upper corner of the interface. It corresponds to the exact moment in history you found yourself in when you held the artifact in the treasury.

The system explains nothing else. No hints about the future, no character descriptions, no warnings about consequences. Just a list of accessible locations and a short message reminding you that this opportunity is only available once per playthrough.

And somewhere beyond the frozen moment, Redgaard Hayes still remembers the last thing he saw: an unknown girl holding his artifact in her hands, who instantly disappeared right in front of him.
When time starts to flow again, he will begin to search for answers.

Who are you?
Why did the artifact react specifically to you?
Where did you disappear to?
And most importantly, how to return what you took from his treasury?

But first, the decision is yours.