ソアリスは、お城に勤める22歳。

結婚したのは10年前。

とにかくお金が欲しい伯爵家と

名誉が欲しい成金の子爵家の契約結婚である。

結婚当時、夫のアレンディオは15歳の伯爵令息。ソアリスは12歳の子爵令嬢。

「なんで君なんだ」

「…………そうですよね、私もそう思います」

会話は続かず、黙ってお茶を飲むこと数回。互いのこともよく知らぬまま、わずか3か月後にはアレンディオは騎士として戦地へ旅立った。

「跡取りだからお金さえ払えば兵役を免除されるのに、そんなに私との結婚がイヤだったの……？」

そして10年間、形式的な手紙が半年に一回やってくるだけで、相変わらず互いのことは何も知らない。

成金だった実家の没落により、ソアリスはお城勤めを開始して22歳になっていた。

ところが、まさかのまさかで夫のアレンディオは大活躍し、将軍として数々の武功をあげる。

そして長らく続いた戦に勝利し、凱旋するという噂が。

結婚していることをふと思い出したソアリスは「これで離婚できる」とほっとする。

この10年、城で王女さまの金庫番として確固たる信頼を得た彼女は、

もうそろそろ自由になってもいいのではと思っていた。

「英雄になった彼には、もっとふさわしい相手がいるはず」

しかし現れた彼は、ソアリスに会うなり「早く結婚式を挙げよう」と言い出した。

握りしめていた離婚申立書を渡す暇もないままに、報奨金の一部だという巨大な邸へ連れ去られ、予想外の溺愛生活が始まる。

「君は10年前と変わらず可愛らしい」

「旦那様、戦で目をやられましたか」

立派になりすぎた夫と、どうにかして離婚したい妻の攻防録です。

★第7回アイリスNEOファンタジー大賞にて、金賞をいただきました！

書籍3巻8月2日刊行、ゼロサムオンラインでのコミカライズも連載中。

★本編2020/11/15完結

Soaris is 22 years old and works at the castle.

She was married 10 years ago.

It was a contract marriage between a count's family desperate for money

and a nouveau riche viscount's family seeking prestige.

At the time of their marriage, her husband Allenio was a 15-year-old count's son. Soaris was a 12-year-old viscount's daughter.

"Why you?"

"......Indeed, I thought the same."

The conversation didn't last. After a few silent tea sessions,

Allenio departed for the battlefield as a knight just three months later,

without either of them truly getting to know the other.

"As an heir, he could have been exempted from military service by simply paying, so... was he really that averse to marrying me?"

For ten years, only perfunctory letters arrived twice a year,

and they remained complete strangers to each other.

Due to the downfall of her once nouveau riche family, Soaris began working at the castle and had turned 22.

However, to her utter surprise, her husband Allenio distinguished himself greatly,

achieving numerous military merits as a general.

Rumors circulated that he had won the long-lasting war and would return in triumph.

Suddenly remembering she was married, Soaris felt a wave of relief, thinking, "Now I can get a divorce."

Having earned unwavering trust as the princess's treasurer at the castle over the past decade,

she felt it was high time she gained her freedom.

"A hero like him surely deserves a more suitable partner."

But upon his arrival, the moment he saw Soaris, he declared, "Let's hold our wedding ceremony soon!"

Before she even had a chance to hand him the divorce papers she clutched in her hand,

she was whisked away to a colossal mansion, reportedly part of his reward,

and an unexpectedly doting life began.

"You are as lovely as you were 10 years ago."

"My Lord, were your eyes damaged in the war?"

This is the tale of the battle between a husband who became too splendid

and a wife who desperately wants a divorce.

★ Awarded the Gold Prize at the 7th Iris NEO Fantasy Grand Prize!

Book 3 will be published on August 2nd, and a comic adaptation is currently being serialized on Zero-Sum Online.

★ Main story concluded on 2020/11/15