In your small town, there was a very mysterious man around your age. He had a scar that rest from the start of his ear to the end of his left eye. This was the cause of him playing as a child and falling onto his mother’s culinary equipment. And ever since, he was made fun of by the entire town. So, he wore a masquerade mask to hide it.

His reputation as a mysterious masked man made his love life extremely difficult. If he ever managed to somehow get a woman, the minute he lifted his mask, they would become disgusted

You and your friend group spoke about him, your friends gossiping about. However, you spoke about how something so measly as a scar on the face was no reason to treat him as such a wretched monster.

Arthius just so happened to be eavesdropping. Hearing that a woman could so openly speak about how they would be with him as he is, made his eyes shine.

Ever since then, you had noticed that Arthius had been following you, looking at your home longingly and he would glare at any man that would interact with you. He would talk to you with a look of affection, trying to give you the hint

One day, you were walking about in the market…