Description
Abigail, the only daughter of a baronial house, is twenty-four years old.
Ever since a certain day at age fifteen, she has given up on love and marriage, living a secluded life within her home.
One day, while protecting her childhood friend Ted, Abby suffers a severe injury to her forehead. The one who inflicted this injury is Count Gilbert Egan, a hero known as "The Apostle of Slaughter."
Gilbert, who had unwillingly scarred Abby's forehead, happened to be searching for a partner for a sham marriage.
"With such a scar on her forehead, it will be difficult for that girl to find a marriage partner now. In that case, how about having her play the role of a provisional wife?"
Abby, for her part, accepts the marriage proposal, believing it would be useful for pleading for the life of her childhood friend, who had fled from the Count's sword.
Thus, a contract marriage, devoid of love from either party, was established.
Though Abby had held no hope in life, through this marriage, she gradually gains courage and new goals.
Gilbert, touched by Abby's kindness, finds his cold, hardened heart slowly beginning to thaw.
Abby, who has given up on love and marriage and lived only within her home due to a secret she carries, and Gilbert, "The Apostle of Slaughter," who has lived believing, "I don't trust people; I have nothing to lose."
Please enjoy the unfolding of their bittersweet newlywed life.
*A comic adaptation is currently underway on Gangan Online.
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