「I wish to propose an engagement to you.」

Alerilla, to whom the cold-hearted Prime Minister—rumored to have another whom he loved—proposed this as if it were merely a part of his duties.

「I accept.」

She accepted it in the same professional tone she used to carry out her duties.

Having had her engagement broken off at 18 and now working as an administrative officer considered past marriageable age, she reasoned that if her marriage could provide support for her younger brother when he inherited the viscounty, it wouldn't be a bad deal.

It was also politically difficult for the Prime Minister to marry the person rumored to be his beloved.

Since it was mutually beneficial, a contract marriage wouldn't be so bad.

Or so she thought.

A practical engagement story between two competent individuals.

Happy ending.