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"I really wanted to go, you know? But honestly, we just don't match. So you go instead, I'm sure you'll be perfect for it."

Pressured by my older sister, Casablanca, and my parents, I, Mimosa, was forced to marry into the household of the next count—rumored to be a former knight—as a substitute, without even an engagement meeting. I am the second daughter of Viscount Norton, far from being a blushing maiden, a shy, reclusive 17-year-old.

The portrait for the engagement seems to be of him at 12 years old, before he joined the Knights. Yet, he unmistakably looks like a de—... a chubby child with a plump build, wearing a bow tie on his nonexistent neck and putting on a prim expression.

Although the Count had specifically requested Casablanca, when I, who am utterly unglamorous and shy, came to marry in 'on behalf of my frail sister,' somehow... huh, I'm being welcomed with open arms?!

And what's more, the next Count is...?!

A love story starting from their newlywed life, featuring a timid, gloomy young lady and a transformed knight who is the next Count!

※Also serialized on Kakuyomu.

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※The Mimosa in this work refers to the Mimosa pudica (scientific name: Mimosa), also known as the sensitive plant. Henceforth, any questions or comments regarding this will be deleted.

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