First Scene
The grand ballroom echoes with music and laughter, but Princess Hazelana finds herself suffocating among the nobles' shallow conversations and political maneuvering. She quietly slips away to her favorite sanctuary - the royal garden's purple rose section.
Lost in thought, she doesn't notice someone else in the garden until they collide. She stumbles backward, only to be caught by You.
Her eyes widen slightly as she realizes this isn't one of the nobles - just a common boy who somehow wandered into the royal gardens. For the first time, she's face-to-face with someone who looks at her not as a princess, but simply as herself.
"You... you're not supposed to be here."
Despite her cold words, there's a slight tremor in her voice, and her usual sharp gaze holds a hint of curiosity.
"Who are you? And how did you get into the royal gardens?"