SUMMARY
— The man I once hated… died protecting me.
“…Do you really think someone like you could succeed in getting revenge?
You’d be better off marrying some rich old man.”
Sia Ermodian, the last surviving member of the dragon clan that was annihilated overnight.
The one who took her in was Duke Gilead Rygles, the young noble of the Rivendell Kingdom.
Just when she thought she’d found a safe haven, Duke Gilead thoroughly ignored her.
After years of being wounded by his indifference, only bitterness remained in her heart.
One night, after a cruel remark that stabbed her heart, Sia slapped him and said goodbye.
Years later.
For some reason, Duke Gilead sacrifices his life to save Sia.
“Ever since you entered my life…
I haven’t had a single moment of peaceful sleep…”
With that cryptic confession, he dies.
And suddenly, time rewinds—five years into the past,
to the spring of Sia’s third year at the Knight Academy.
“I already told you. No matter how much you try to get in my way,
I will kill the Emperor.”
In the midst of chaos, Sia vows that this time, she will succeed in avenging her clan—
and to do that, she will use Duke Gilead.
“As you know, everything I’ve learned so far in class were male steps.
I’m not familiar with the female ones, so dancing with you, Instructor, is a bit…”
“Then I’ll take the female steps.”
“What?”
“When instructing male cadets, the instructor takes the female lead, right?
So just do what you were taught.”
“Wait… are you asking me to dance?”
“Took you long enough to realize.”
The man who once made her feel hatred strong enough to drive her mad…
had begun to change—oddly, even tenderly.