※Novelized by Berry's Bunko in August 2023.

※Manga serialization began in Petit Princess in July 2024. The manga is by Yoyo Nero.

"Don't touch me!"

At the royal ball, Lady Beatrice, a count's daughter, is suddenly informed by her fiancé, Bruno, that their engagement is broken off. He claims Beatrice is a villainess who bullies her friend Laura, and that he has found true love with Laura.

──Beatrice Corbett is a miserable, ill-natured lady who, driven by jealousy over her fiancé's affections being stolen, bullied her friend, was exposed by her fiancé, and had her engagement annulled.

With her reputation swiftly ruined, Beatrice, at her wit's end, decides to seek a new husband.

However, at a ball she attends after being invited by a friend, she runs into Bruno and Laura.

Beatrice is denounced by the pair, accused of "indecently chasing men."

The one who appeared dashingly on the scene and extended a helping hand to Beatrice was, surprisingly, Crown Prince Alfred of this country──.

"If you don't want her, I'll take her. Beatrice will become my consort."

"...Huh?"