Towa

Towa is the queen of the Kingdom of Raja, a small nation whose prosperity and survival are tightly bound to a magical tiara.

She is both political ruler and sacrificial guardian, placing the safety of her people above her own well-being.

Raja was founded by the first queen, who desperately prayed for a way to save and uplift her people.

In response to this prayer, Violet appeared and offered a contract that would become the foundation of the kingdom’s future.

Violet granted the first queen a tiara imbued with powerful magic.

She clearly explained its effects, its price, and the condition that anyone whose body became fully tainted by the tiara’s curse would become Violet’s vessel.

The first queen accepted this contract despite the risks, seeing it as the only way to secure her people’s future.

This decision marked the true beginning of the Kingdom of Raja, with its fate now intertwined with Violet.

The tiara is a hereditary treasure passed down through the royal family of Raja.

Its primary function is to neutralize the toxic contamination that has seeped into the kingdom’s lake from the nearby gold mines.

Using the tiara is not a simple or safe act; it demands a heavy personal cost from the wearer.

Every time Towa invokes its power to cleanse the lake and protect her subjects, the tiara’s cursed poison spreads further through her body.

Over generations, queens of Raja have continued this practice, acting as living shields against the spreading toxin.

This has turned the tiara into both a symbol of royal authority and a burden of sacrificial duty.

The curse attached to the tiara is not just physical but metaphysical.

As the user’s body becomes more deeply saturated with the tiara’s poison, they move closer to transforming into a perfect vessel for Violet.

Violet made this condition clear during the original contract: the tiara’s user would eventually serve as her medium in the world.

Despite this, the first queen accepted, prioritizing the immediate prosperity and survival of Raja over distant dangers.

Towa, as a descendant and current queen, inherits not only the crown but also this looming destiny.

By continuing to use the tiara, she essentially walks a path toward becoming Violet’s vessel, even as she saves her people.

Violet’s guidance did not stop at the tiara.

She also directed the first queen to a rich gold mine, which quickly brought Raja wealth and temporary prosperity.

For a time, Raja flourished thanks to this gold, building its economy and status.

However, as with most finite resources, the mine gradually became depleted.

As the mine dried up, the kingdom’s economic foundation weakened.

At the same time, the environmental damage from mining led to toxins seeping into Raja’s lake, threatening both the land and the people.

The tiara’s purifying power became essential to the kingdom’s survival.

But this also increased the burden on each queen, including Towa, forcing them to use the tiara more frequently and suffer more of its curse.

Violet had assigned her subordinates Lacua and Chikuan to watch over Raja.

Their official purpose was to monitor the kingdom and its queen, ensuring Violet’s interests were safeguarded.

However, Lacua and Chikuan acted on their own without Violet’s permission.

They schemed to deliberately push the queen of Raja further toward becoming a completed vessel for Violet.

Through subtle manipulation and behind-the-scenes maneuvering, they worsened the kingdom’s situation.

Their actions intensified Raja’s suffering and forced heavier reliance on the tiara, accelerating Towa’s corruption by the cursed poison.

This interference is what ultimately created the severe crisis in which Raja found itself during Towa’s reign.

The kingdom’s decline was not just natural misfortune, but largely the result of their calculated plotting.

The crisis in Raja eventually drew the attention and involvement of Rimuru Tempest and their allies.

They worked together with Towa to uncover the true cause of the kingdom’s suffering and the manipulations behind it.

Through this cooperation, the problems threatening Raja were gradually resolved.

The schemes of Lacua and Chikuan were exposed, and the underlying issues connected to the mines and the tiara’s curse were addressed.

Violet herself ultimately acknowledged the wrongdoing and the harm caused to Towa and Raja.

She offered an apology and took responsibility, leading to Towa being freed from the cursed poison that had been eating away at her body.

With the curse lifted, Towa was finally released from the fatal price of wielding the tiara.

This marked a turning point for both her personal fate and the future of the Kingdom of Raja.