#ikemen silvio's route

[tothestraycats]

And since we are at it

[maladaptivedaydreamsx]

Silvio really said:

[natimiles]

Why are y'all like this?

[shatcey]

Nokto, are you an eagle?

Silvio dramatic ending.

I totally remember that he hinted on the way out of the palace. That was very difficult not to notice.

But this...

How good his eyesight is? It's a small necklace laying on the table somewhere far away from him. I doubt he crossed the whole room for a little chat. But noticed that...

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🔝 𝕊𝕋𝔸ℝ𝕋 ℙ𝔸𝔾𝔼 🔝

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[culxiaa-fn]

Just realized that so far all the Ikepri Fathers that we know are an absolute huge piece of shit

With that, I will give the best dad award to Akatsuki !

We didn't know about Matias,Azel and Kagari's father yet, but I hope they are at least decent...

[romance-rambles]

concept: in an alternate universe where the three princes arrive in rhodolite after emma leaves, five years after chevalier's coronation, silvio ricci���"mr. secretly a caring brother"—decides to take a stroll around the capital to clear his mind.

he's been trying to find valerio for ages, and he'd briefly thought that maybe his brother is still in rhodolite, but for whatever reason, he can't seem to get any leads. after making the questionable decision to drink, he ends up wandering into the bustling markets of the city.

a pair of brothers catches his gaze. the older one is buying the younger one a treat—and really, they can't be too old. silvio has had little interaction with kids, but he'd guess them to be around the early teens. and it makes him think of how he was never able to do anything like that for valerio.

naturally, in the middle of cursing his brother out, he happens to hear a vaguely familiar voice professing his love for some woman named emma. he has to rub his eyes to make sure he's seeing things right and—

yup, blonde hair, blue eyes. an earring. the face of a man he loathes, though not as much as his mother.

and in front of his kneeling self—

a clearly pregnant woman who looks on, with amusement glittering in her brown eyes as she gracefully accepts the offered rose. silvio thinks he might be going insane.

"emma" then proceeds to pull him up and the lady selling flowers giggles about how wonderful it is that they're so in love. the guy from the stall next door hollers about how, since it's rio, it's to be expected.

they leave and silvio does not follow them.

what silvio does do is go back to his room in the castle and punch the wall, unable to figure out how he should feel about the fact that valerio is married with a kid on the way. one thing's for sure though:

emidio must not know.

so, silvio packs up and leaves for benitoite, and in about two years, even those in rhodolite whisper about how the second prince attempted to commit treason—and admitted, in a fit of rage, that he was the one who sent valerio to die.

(for this, the king begrudgingly thanks silvio and offers to make him king. but silvio pretends he hasn't already found valerio and vows to find him.)

then, silvio returns to rhodolite.

and finds out that the child valerio's wife was carrying was their second child, after a brat who happens to be the splitting image of valerio overhears asking about "rio" and "emma".

this kid is nothing less than a blabbermouth. within thirty minutes, silvio's aware of his history and "rio"'s too. he knows that valerio's second born is a girl, that he's disappointed that neither of his two children look like his wife, and that they'll probably not stop at two kids. he knows that the kid's name is elliott, that he's named to match the first letter of his mom's name—it's the same for his sister, who is named rhys, after his dad.

and yet, despite the fact that being armed with this seemingly useless knowledge comorts him, he's too much of a coward to try and approach valerio. after all, emidio's dead. valerio seems happier than he ever was in the benitoite's court. isn't it selfish to drag valerio back solely for silvio's pride?

(a part of him is also jealous of elliot's long list of uncles, who he suspects to be rhodolite's princes—most frequent are nokto, yves, leon, clavis, and luke. sometimes, jin and licht. chevalier, surprisingly, does ask after him and rhys, but never visits. sariel keeps tabs on them, just in case)

so he runs before his sister-in-law arrives to take elliot home.

and rinse and repeat. days bleed into weeks and he's not keen about letting them bleed into months, even if he views elliott as a "second chance."

but he doesn't have to.

valerio comes to him.

apparently, he's seen silvio hanging around his son. his wife is delighted that elliott's made a friend, even if he is older than she'd hoped for, and also a bit concerned about silvio's identity, so she wanted to invite him to dinner.

unfortunately, elliott told rio about how silvio once told him to cherish and protect his sister. he said that he couldn't protect his brother from getting hurt, and that he hopes valerio is happy.

the names are what tipped rio off.

there was other identifying information too, but rio already had his memories. the names were all he needed.

you see, he'd started having an inkling of his identity when emma was belle. he'd been pouring over some texts about benitoite and he thought some of it felt strangely familiar. but he kept those thoughts hidden because he was afraid of letting emma know. it was when emidio was arrested that his memoried fully started coming back.

[we now take a brief intermission to talk about how rio married the love of his life:

emma, whilst fretting over her uncontrollable feelings, is looking at the "engagement ring". rio comes in, and for a moment, they simply stare at each other.

then rio correctly guesses that this is something he had on him before. emma confides in him that she thinks it's an engagement ring, which causes rio to realize why she would push him away.

he tells her that he has no interest in returning home. he wanted to die, after all. it's likely nothing was waiting for him. and, if it is an engagement ring, he probably bought it because he knew he'd be meeting the love of his life soon (this makes her hit him on the shoulder). rio thinks he likely wasn't engaged at all.

this causes emma to decide that she wants to be selfish, even if it means living with that kind of guilt.

the rest is history.]

rio: "i really don't want you to meet emma...what if you fall in love with her? she's so pretty, i can see it happening."

silvio: "huh? why would—"

rio: "...but i need someone to testify that i wasn't engaged before i lost my memories. i didn't have a lover either. my wife's been holding onto this misconception, so i want to clear it up immediately."

silvio takes it for the olive branch it is. everyone and their grandmothers know that he's been searching for valerio. it's really no surprise that rio would realize his intentions.

the next night, he joins rio and his family for dinner. silvio brings flowers for emma and gifts for each of the munchkins, and for rio, he shoves a bottle of wine at him. his reddened ears don't have the luxury of returning to normal because elliott starts pointing out how his ears are super red. they have an enjoyable dinner, after which emma reintroduces herself as his sister-in-law and they confirm that they'll hold off on telling elliott, like silvio wants them to.

silvio is a coward though, so he tells elliott on literally the last day of his stay in rhodolite. elliott makes him promise to come back soon, and rio and emma, who are there to pick elliott up, reveal that they might go visit silvio instead.

[this is because someone manages to spill silvio's secret to the king. which means rio would need to establish himself to better protect his family.]

[5mary5]

Silvio😭😭

Let rio take care of bunny Emma in peace

[memoria-99]

IkePri routes short comments and personal rankings

* All of these are my personal thoughts.

1st Gilbert

Traumatized villain with death wish. Not a fun route, relatively heavy plots, twisted romance, but a good "villain" route. Emma has real great mentality and very brave, loved how she handled the situation and the relationship. Also the best adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast" theme.

2nd Clavis (Tie)

Four-dimensional troublemaker. The first half was funny thanks to all sorts of weird events and the second half was interesting to see dealing stuff this guy was secretly doing. I liked the romance and chemistry between the two. Emma was very cool and proactive.

2nd Silvio (Tie)

Sharp tongued, materialistic brat. Endless bickering between the two was overall fun to read and though there were moments that I wanted to punch this guy, eventually grew to like him. Used to wonder why so many people love this brat but I get why. Loved how sassy Emma was too.

3rd Nokto

Sly playboy. I think I like these kind of foxy character. Has a sad past. I liked the route because the guy was very smart and Emma was quite cool. What I didn't like was that the romance seemed to be leaning toward too erotic after the two became official.

4th Yves

Star-crossed tsundere kitty. The guy himself was very cute, and the romance between the two was cute and heartwarming as well. But they are both grown ass adults in their 20s and yet their romance was like that of teens.... why.

5th Chevalier

Coldhearted genius. The second best adaptation of "Beauty and the Beast" theme. I liked the process of Emma taming him. But didn't quite like that the guy has the upperhand still. This was the only route that Emma didn't call her suitor only by given name till the very end, so...

6th Licht

Severely depressed one. I liked the heavy story and realistic romance. But, although he's kind he has almost no self-esteem, is a master of self-deprecation, and his past is seriously dark, making me feel depressed as well. I know he's loved by many, but just not my cup of tea.

7th Leon

Charismatic, good-natured brother type. Typical fairytale prince. Has a sad past, but speaking of past, there're handful who are worse than him here... The most ordinary route. I don't remember much honestly.

8th Keith

Double personality. One is very kind and the other is rather bratty. Whole premise itself was interesting but two are so different... and made the romance look like a weird love triangle.

9th Rio

Loyal doggo who always loves Emma. But the route was kinda disappointing, I think it's only meaningful in a way that his love met a happy ending for once.

10th Sariel

Felt more like a "common route" in other games where romance does not exist. I didn't see much meaningful interaction between the two. At least I liked that Emma did best in her role as Belle in this route, but that's all.

11th Jin

Seriously remember nothing about the route except that it was very boring.

12th Luke

A sleepy bear turned into a crazy bear.

PLUS

1. I love the ways "sinner" LIs are written in this game, including Gilbert and Licht, and how Emma deals with those. Instead of trying to just reassure it's okay don't let that bother you, she's like "I know what you did cannot be forgiven, nothing can change that, but I'll embrace even that part of you and lead you to step forward"

2. I love that in the two bastards' route Emma ended up 'winning' them. In Gilbert's it was mentioned that he's the one who was conquered, and Silvio's he thought that it looks like he's the one with the collar.

[eternallyfrustratedwriter]

I'm WHAT?

[delulux3]

Silvio Ricci Modern Day Drawing

[clavissionary-position]

There's that moment in Silvio's dramatic end, during his campaign to usurp the throne, where all the merchants show up for Silvio out of genuine respect and adoration for him. And I think that'd be a neat and meaningful sequence in Azel's route too; the people of Tanzanite showing up for his true, ordinary, human self because he's spent all these years giving them genuine and sympathetic advice, guiding their lives, truly helping them, and even if he utterly detested his divine 9-to-5, even if it was wrapped up in theatrics, it still Meant Something.

You can disparage the people of your own country all day long for being helpless sheep, but you don't keep up the god charade or try so desperately to wake everyone up to reality unless you had a boundless love for them. That's my thinking at this time, anyway. I love tsunderes.

Actually I saw a random post just now about how you can keep making mistakes and people will still love you. Minus the 'mistake'-bit, I think that partially inspired this.

[scintilans]

puppy 🐶 💎 👑

[maladaptivedaydreamsx]

⚠️ rio's route dramatic route spoilers !!

[kuromahiruma]

I'm starting to like MC's personality on this route👀👀👀

[shatcey]

Azel's romantic ending

I have a lot to say about this route, and I will continue to do so at the same pace, as if nothing has changed (1 post per day). But right now I need to ramble a bit, because I'm overwhelmed with emotions, and I have to express it.

So… I've finished Azel's romantic ending. And I have to say… why do they make it so depressing? I'm not complaining! Not at all! It was a good story, Azel solved all the problems (I definitely have a type, I've never thought about it from that point of view), and the developers answered many of the questions that Belle and I had, but… it was so sad… almost all those damn 5 chapters (including the avatar challange and half of 25ch). I never thought I'd experience the same sense of hopelessness as I did on the Gilly-bee's route. Don't get me wrong, I like Gilly-bee's route, it's amazing. I like the romantic ending as well, the last scene was very strong. But… It was very emotionally exhausting. I can say the same about Azel's romantic ending. It's good, but it's so… difficult. But I love the guy… If I wasn't already in love with Ally, I would definitely fall for him. He's… like Clavis' Belle. If you know what I mean.

And I find all the side princes in this route amazing. Clavis' jokes and seriousness are very interesting to watch. I like the way the developers hint that Luke may have worked on Gilly-bee… maybe… And how smart and observant he can be. And I adore Silvio in this route. He's so damn good! To the point "I NEED HIS SEQUEL RIGHT NOW"! That's how good he was.

I'll be very disappointed if they don't release it next one or right after that. Really, very disappointed.

And because I have no idea where else to put it… several new backgrounds. I like them all very much.

The main hall. I took screenshots at different times of the day.

I really like this BG, it looks like Azel's crown… And the combination of colors, textures and shapes is just perfect.

The hall in the forbidden left wing (it was present in the trailer). And again at different times of the day.

Kitchen. I have my doubts… maybe it's part of some other kitchen. But I didn't find anything similar. Maybe it's a new BG. And a garden in the city. Maybe it was in sequels already, I'm not sure.

Azel's room and Belle's as well. They literally start living together faster than anyone else.

And I didn't take screenshots of the forbidden room. Sorry.

Actually there were many BG variants… with different phases of the moon or without it. And I'm pretty impressed with how much new they added in this route.

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🔝 𝕊𝕋𝔸ℝ𝕋 ℙ𝔸𝔾𝔼 🔝

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[culxiaa-fn]

One thing as a community that we didn't talk about much is the relationship between Keith and Silvio...

Big brother association??? Silvio dragging Keith off somewhere to go drinking and complaining and Keith silently listening