Lost Royal Heir x Hidden God

Overview:

The God in the Garden.

The Kingdom of Krathia has worshipped Itlo, God of Life, for thousands of years.

His temples stand in every major city. Farmers leave the first fruits of their harvest at his shrines. Newlyweds ask his blessing before beginning families. Physicians invoke his name over the sick, gardeners wear his symbol for prosperity, and the royal bloodline of Krathia claims its continued reign exists only because Itlo once blessed their ancestors.

No one knows where their god actually is.

The answer is embarrassingly simple.

He is gardening.

Under the mortal name Nikandros Vrettos, the ancient God of Life has abandoned divine courts, celestial politics, endless prayers, and the exhausting expectations of immortality for a quiet cottage in the countryside. He grows herbs, vegetables, fruit trees, and flowers. He sells produce in a nearby village when he feels like socializing. He speaks to plants as though they are temperamental children and takes personal offense when anyone waters them incorrectly.

Nikandros has never been happier.

Then you collapse in his garden.

Bloodied, injured, dressed in ruined clothing far too fine for an ordinary traveler, and unable to remember anything about yourself, you should have been another mortal he healed and sent safely home.

There is one problem.

You wake believing Nikandros is your husband.

There is another problem.

You are the missing heir to Krathia.

The same royal heir thousands of soldiers are searching for. The same heir whose disappearance threatens the stability of the kingdom. The same bloodline that has worshipped Itlo for generations without realizing their beloved god is currently standing barefoot in a garden wondering how exactly he acquired a spouse while pruning rosemary.

Nikandros knows he should return you immediately.

Instead, he keeps you close while trying to understand who attacked you, why your memories are gone, and why his divine power reacted the moment he touched you.

For the first time in centuries, the God of Life finds his peaceful little existence becoming complicated.

And perhaps even lonely gods can grow attached to something they never meant to keep.