NikeLivi

NikeLivi is the het ship between Nike Lemercier and Livius Orvinus Ifrikia from the Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii fandom

Canon
Nike and Livius are the king and queen of the Sun Kingdom. They were betrothed in a political arranged marriage but overtime they fell in love.

Nike is the 16-year-old youngest of four princesses of the Rain Dukedom whereas Livius is the 12-year-old illegitimate son of the previous Sun King and ascended to the throne at age 10 after the death of his father and the assassination of his mother. After becoming king, Livius learned about the Rain Dukedom and its royal family's ability to summon the rain, he decided to make an ally of them: he sent them an official dispensation that would allow the Rain Dukedom to remain autonomous in exchange for the hand of one of the princesses in marriage. He and his butler Neil specified that they should send the most beautiful daughter. Nike played Rock Paper Scissors with her sisters to settle the matter, and Nike lost. Before going to the Sun Kingdom, Nike was told by her sisters how the king was an old man with a bald head, horns, hair all over his body and terrible breath. Nike also heard tales of the king’s reputation as a brutal person but she decided to make the best of the situation.

Upon meeting each other for the first time, Nike was shocked that Livius was just a child whereas he was disappointed that she wasn’t beautiful. They got off to a rough start; Nike refused to tolerate Livius’ harshness and possessive orders whereas Livius tried to win her over with extravagant gifts but all she preferred was a beautiful flower from the Garden. Livius initially dismissed this but relented to show her the Garden. Nike quickly learned Livius is overly paranoid about his safety due to the threats of assassination from opponents. She feels a desire to show him the true beauty of the world and uses her singing to make it rain, which makes Livius understand what Nike means about the world being beautiful.

As they prepared for their engagement party, they spent time to get to know each other. Both fought with the Ministry of the Priesthood to allow the marriage to be approved and Nike is nearly assassinate during her Rite of Illumination, and Livius protects her, rebealing he can’t bear to lose her. In response she kisses his forehead and vows to never leave him until they build a bright future together. Nike’s grandmother attempted to break off the engagement because she disapproved of Nike marrying Livius without her consent and it would be dangerous should any children of Nike and Livius’ inherit her power. During this time, Nike and Livius start to fall in love and share their first kiss. While Nike was locked up for refusing to back out of the engagement, Livius nearly drowned to get the key to the tower. Nike managed to break out and resuscitated Livius. Their engagement is approved by her family and they have another engagement ceremony with her family before returning to the Sun Kingdom.

Nike and Livius resume reigning as king and queen, and become closer. When Ursula attempts to assassinate Livius, he has flashbacks of how he killed her family and destroyed her country when the two countries were at war when he became king. Because of his guilt and paranoia of Nike abandoning him, Livius has a mental breakdown and threatens to kill anyone she cherishes if she leaves him. Nike is disturbed but she reassured him of her choice to be with him forever and that she truly loves him. It takes Nike falling into a deep coma-like sleep with the risk of never waking up for Livius to come to terms with his sins and form a truce with Ursula in order to find a way to awaken Nike.

While traveling for a mission, Livius admits he doesn’t want to wait until he becomes an adult to marry her and suggests they officially get married when they return home, which she accepts. However, when the earth is almost destroyed unless a new protector is chosen, Nike decides to become the new protector, as she can’t bear to let the world and Livius disappear. She bids Livius farewell and disappears. Livius becomes depressed following Nike’s disappearance and makes it his mission to bring her back. However since the chances are nearly zero, Livius makes an alliance with the other nations that all the people will sing their voices to the sky so that Nike may be able to return.

6 years pass, during which Livius has built a beautiful garden for Nike. Nike suddenly appears and the two share a joyful reunion, with Livius jokingly remarking he is finally older than her. Nike responds that she came back to officially become his wife and they embrace.

Fandom
It is a well-liked pairing in the Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii fandom. Fans point out how Nike made Livius a better person and unconditionally stayed by his side whereas there is criticism for their age gap and Livius’ initial possessiveness towards her.

Trivia

 * Livius tends to sleep naked in bed with Nike, which embarrasses her
 * Nike helped Livius learn trivial tasks, such as cooking and cleaning.
 * Livius gave Nike his mother’s ring, which his mother asked him to give only to the person he loved.