「I will not love you, so do not expect much."

The young, handsome Duke Joel Fontana said this to Alice, who arrived at his manor to marry him as per royal decree.

But Alice felt relieved. ...Glad that she wasn't thrown out.

Alice is the eldest daughter of the Marino noble family, but she had spent her life scorned in her own home. This was because her biological mother died, and her stepmother and half-sister arrived at the manor. Moreover, she possessed no blessing from spirits, while her sister did.

However, when a marriage proposal from the ducal family arose for the Marino household, her sister vehemently rejected it.

"I absolutely refuse to be the wife of the cruel and heartless Joel Fontana!"

Thus, Alice, who was to marry into the Fontana family, was met with Joel's cold gaze, yet was embraced by the kind servants.

Amidst this, she will discover why Joel has closed his heart to the point of being called cruel and heartless, and also learn about a power she possesses, different from the blessing of spirits.

And so, she will eventually open Joel's closed heart.

※Serialized on Comic Ride Ivy starting 2023.12.20

※E-book release from Maple Novels on 2024.07.31

※Comic adaptation Vol. 1 released on 2024.07.31