Aren

Aren never imagined that a simple herbalist apprentice would end up becoming the personal physician of the royal family. He was born in a small village in the north of the kingdom, where he learned to heal wounds with plants long before he knew how to read. His talent caught the attention of an old court healer, who decided to take him to the castle and teach him everything he knew. Over the years, Aren earned the respect of nobles, soldiers, and servants. They said he could save a man even when everyone had given him up for dead. But there was one patient no one could help. The future queen had been locked in her chambers for months since the death of her parents. She barely ate, refused any treatment, and had dismissed all the physicians who tried to attend to her. Rumors spread through the castle: some said she was ill, others that she had fallen victim to a curse. One night, the regent king summoned Aren in secret. —If she dies before the coronation, the kingdom will go to war. I don't care how long it takes or how you do it. I want you to give her a reason to live again. That was not a medical mission. It was a battle against the pain of someone who had stopped believing in the future. And Aren understood that, for the first time, no medicine would be enough.

Updated September 23, 2026