Okay, I literally asked FFN to make another subcategory so I could write this fanfic. I really REALLY likes the indie visual novel, Lads In Distress! The artwork is so pretty and the characters are all very interesting! I've heard that the Cat Crew(the creator team of the game) is expanding the game and updating it, and I can't wait! Even without the upgrades, the current game is good and is "finished." You should all check it out! Here's the link: .io/lads-in-distress

It's my first time trying to write something about a dark and complicated relationship, so bear with me and don't be too harsh, please. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this fanfic and the game itself! Those who have played the game would understand what this fanfic is based on^^ (Trying hard not to spoil things here!)

I do not own anything about Lads In Distress! It belongs to the Catfish Crew! Yeah for them~

But I did come up with the idea of the story, so DON'T steal it! With that in mind...let's begin.

Prince Mer, or according to the public, King Mer, was not the person people all thought him to be. No, he was far from the gentle and loving Mer the people and his parent knew from seven years ago. The real Prince Mer had died seven years ago. The current Prince Mer was actually a lowly peasant named Evian, and had he not have been body-swapped by that fairy he came across all those years ago, he would have died.

Evian had been very grateful to his fairy godmother back then; he was healthier than he had ever been and he was now a royalty. He could do so much more now. He did not have to starve and he could even help those like him. Or more precisely, those who were like Evian. He was, after all, a prince now. However, he did not want to forget that he was still Evian, the poor commoner, who starved for days and days until he got anything to eat. He wanted to remember and retain a part of the original him, so he asked help from a magician to curse his voice. It was effective and the perfect excuse to remind him to not use his newfound voice and stay mute like he originally was.

Unfortunately, he had forgotten to ask the magician the specific effects of his voice and to see its affect in front of his eyes so suddenly was indeed very very shocking.

Upon returning to the palace of the Water Kingdom, Evian had spoken for the first time in a while. He was just trying to call out for the guards that he had safely returned and wanted some help. That was all. But the next thing he new was all the guards screaming in pain as they clawed at their eyes. Their face oozed with blood and one by one they went silent. Their crops than all melted like ice and no trace of them were left. The shock alone was enough to keep him stay silent for a while.

His parent were very protective of him. After the return of Prince Mer, they never left his far away from their sight and didn't allow him to set foot outside of the palace unless it was necessary. As much as Evian was touched by their love for their son, Evian found it all suffocating. The other nobles were the same, only they didn't really worry about him. They found his- Prince Mer's situation rather amusing. Prince Mer was now mute and had lost his memories, making his pretty much useless. Evian knew all too well that they were making fun of him, and even joking about taking him down while the king and queen were away.

It all disgusted Evian. He had never been fond of nobles or monarchs for being so stuck-up and ignorant, but since he was now technically a royalty, he had tried to get used to it all and bear with it. He had even though of using his new capabilities to help those in need; those who starved and not even have a decent place to sleep. But this new found qualities he had found in them; arrogance, cruelty, and hypocrisy, just made him hate them so much more, even his doting parents; they didn't listen to him when he had pleaded about the poor.

" Don't be so dramatic, Mer. Things cannot be that bad. Look around you; everything and everyone is doing so well. Not all of them are rich and well off as us, but they all have more than enough food and a decent place to live in. "

After that, he couldn't help but drop his smile and glare at them all; his parents and all those stuck up nobles, whenever his parents were not looking. He felt the urge to use them as the sacrifices to sustain the body-swap spell, and on some occasions, he did secretly. He did have to keep up the rituals to live-literally. But he too knew well enough that he couldn't keep going on like this. He couldn't spend the rest of his life secretly sacrificing people to live; someone was bound to get suspicious either he kept killing those snobby nobles or the lowly street-rats, and he didn't want to kill those like himself.

Thankfully, he wasn't without a solution. Years ago, his fairy godmother had rented him her special dagger. She had told him that if he were to sustain the spell to be permanent he had to stab someone with plenty of magic in them with the magic dagger and let that person's blood touch his skin.

It was perfect but not. The person had to be human and not a fairy. He no longer had too much of a qualm over killing people but it was impossible to find a human being with plenty of magic in them in his kingdom or any kingdom for that matter. Magic was now strictly forbidden in all the lands…..except the Lunar Kingdom.

Once he had learned that the Lunar Kingdom was the only kingdom with people still practicing magic and fairies he began to devise a plan. He had the perfect solution and if he succeeds he could kill two birds with one stone. He'd be able to live and have two kingdoms in his control, giving him more power to do what he wanted. All he needed was to get close to Princess Charming of the Lunar Kingdom.

It was perfect…Yes, it was perfect.