---
title: "Love the Guard, Be the King"
description: "Two children raised together. One, a future King. The other, his whipping boy.  Their relationship? It's up to you to develop.   MATHIAS’S HEART HAS BEEN bleedi"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/10/126810.jpg"
---

# Love the Guard, Be the King

![Love the Guard, Be the King](https://t.vndb.org/cv/10/126810.jpg)

**Aliases:** LtGBtK

**Developer:** Ligia Nunes

**Release date:** Mar 1, 2026

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS

**Language:** English, Russian

**Rating:** 6.7/10 (8 votes)

## Description
Two children raised together. One, a future King. The other, his whipping boy. 
Their relationship? It's up to you to develop.


MATHIAS’S HEART HAS BEEN bleeding since his father, the former King, decided to punish you for his mistakes. As the youngest child of a lesser bourgeois, you were raised in the castle, between the King’s cruelty, the Queen’s friendship, and Mathias’s kindness (or supposed kindness?).

Now, more than twenty Carnivals since your arrival, the King is dead and the Queen’s sickness worsens each day. As the azure taint spreads in the kingdom and the Opalean Wars come to an end, it’s Mathias’s time to sit on the throne.

Will the docile Prince become a kind King, a violent Monarch, or a ruthless Tyrant? Will you have any say in it? And how much will your relationship change?

Develop your personality, see how your choices build, and change your bond with Mathias.

It’s time to help him choose. Will your monarch Love the Guard or Be the King?

[From [Itch.io](https://ligianunes.itch.io/love-the-guard-be-the-king)]

## Shops
- [Official Website](https://anivisual.net/stuff/15-1-0-3442)
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4263360/)
- [Itch](https://ligianunes.itch.io/love-the-guard-be-the-king)

## Releases
### Russian
- **2021-05-01**: Ljubi strazhnika, bud' koroljom - [Official website](https://anivisual.net/stuff/15-1-0-3442)

### English
- **2026-03-01**: Love the Guard, Be the King - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4263360/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/4263360/info/), [Itch.io](https://ligianunes.itch.io/love-the-guard-be-the-king)

## Tags
Male Protagonist, Customization, ADV, Female Protagonist, Protagonist's Childhood Friend as a Hero, Nameable Protagonist, Protagonist with a Face, Hairstyle Option, Bisexual Hero, Selective Coloring, Otome Game, Boy x Boy Romance, Knight Protagonist, Medieval Fantasy, Built-in Encyclopedia, Black and White, Friendship Ending, Non-binary Protagonist Option, Softcore, Prince Hero

## More Games from Ligia Nunes
- [Love the Guard, Be the King](https://pinovel.net/v41052)
- [Trek to Dead Water](https://pinovel.net/v53938)

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*View the full details at [pinovel.net/v41052](https://pinovel.net/v41052).*

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