「……I proposed to the wrong woman. You are not the one I wished for."

Lady Clarice Siebert, having gone to the Duke's residence after receiving a marriage proposal, was met by Oscar Gardbild, who declared these words to her, his gaze icy. It appeared Oscar had intended to propose not to Clarice, but to her stepsister Ivelin, whose delicate beauty had earned her the moniker "the Spring Fairy" in high society.

───After all, there was truly nowhere that would accept me...

Clarice, the only daughter born to the Siebert Viscount family, had been tormented by her stepfamily, who inherited the viscounty after her parents' death. With her engagement to Oscar annulled, Clarice had no place to return to. Work at a brothel, or enter a convent───. As she was leaving the Duke's residence, pondering these bleak options, she was approached by a knight.

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◇ Total 24 chapters (fully written to completion).

◇ 3 chapters will be posted on the first day, followed by daily scheduled posts at 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM thereafter.

◇ The aristocratic system and other elements are original and loosely defined.

◇ The point of view changes between chapters (indicated in the title).