Rita, the Fourth Princess of the minor Kingdom of Alandle, has been forcibly entered into the great Gausiel Empire’s Empress Selection as the lowest-ranking candidate. Her only goal? Survive the month without catching anyone’s eye and make it back home in one piece! But her fellow candidates are a treacherous and cunning bunch. To make matters worse, the imperial palace is a tangled web of ulterior motives. There is the Second Prince, Will, who hides deep darkness and a martyr complex behind a gentle smile… …the First Prince, Sovann, a misogynist who plays the role of a flawless heir… and the mad mastermind pulling the strings from the shadows, Empress Eliza. Despite the constant hostility, Rita meets every insult with a bright smile. She is fiercely determined, deeply empathetic, and wonderfully naive. Her genuine, uncalculating altruism begins to gently yet powerfully thaw the princes’ frozen hearts—and alter the pitch-black destiny of the royal court itself. Altruism, self-sacrifice, and selfishness. In the end, who will seize true happiness? Caught in a brutal battle for power within the inner palace, the youngest princess of a weak nation is about to turn this ruthless court upside down with her unwavering kindness! The curtain rises on a thrilling romantic fantasy!
