※Published by Kadokawa Beans Bunko and serialized as a comic in Comp Ace.

Lady Lydia, a count's daughter, found her family on the brink of ruin, accused of her father assaulting the princess.

However, someone appeared to prove her father's innocence: Reges, a dark mage she had only met once as a child.

Reges is an excellent mage, but he is said to be "gloomy and somber," with a problematic personality.

However, he shows a hint of kindness only to Lydia—

「…I will protect you and make you happy to the best of my ability, Lady Lydia.」

「Thank you. I, too, will strive to make you happy, Reges.」

A story about a light-attribute lady and a dark mage who, having finally found his light, wishes to protect it but struggles to be honest.

※The hero is not, and will not become, conventionally handsome.