To bring back the person I love, I turned back time, and now I have a limited life.... more>>

I have only one year left.

Within that time, I must make him happy and then leave.

I thought, ‘If I connect him with the woman he loved in the past, he will be happy,’ I worked hard to bridge the gap between them.

But something went wrong.

“Please marry me, just for one year.”

Why is he proposing a contract marriage to me…?

“I have no intention of having more than one wife.”

He grabbed my wrist. The distance between us felt threatening like the flickering red shadow closing in.

“What I mean is, you will be my first and last, Charlotte.” <<less

“The Zeller Duchy is no more, Adeline.”... more>>

The family that had been my entire life had fallen.

And it was by the hands of the men I once trusted.

With the collapse of the household, I was cast down the stairs, and somehow, I returned to the past.

This is my chance.

A chance to change the fate of the Zeller family.

I quickly devised a plan.

“Where are you going, Milady?”

“To get rid of things that are of no use to my life.”

I would reform the villainous men who had brought ruin to my family.

* * *

Everything seemed to be going smoothly—

Until I realized the way they looked at me was different from before.

“Say you want me, Adeline. Then no matter what tricks you play, I’ll turn a blind eye.”

“I can do anything for you, my lady. Just grant me the right to have you.”

“Renée, sit on my lap. Yes, just like when we were young… Now, kiss me.”

The danger was no longer to the duchy.

It was that they wanted me. <<less

To Niveia, the world seemed like an eternal winter. Her parents and maids had given her the cold shoulder ever since she was a baby. When she fell down in the snow, no one spared her a glance. It was truly a dreadful winter.... more>>

While living day to day like a doll on a display shelf, Niveia was engaged as part of a prenatal agreement between her father and her fiance’s father. Her fiance was a Wistash. Duke Valor Wistash.

As in the prelude to every tragedy, it all began with a damned love.

“Love has its moments. You missed them all, and now I don’t love you anymore.”

Niveia said to her fiance who had never once looked at her for the past decade, then left the Empire for the neighbouring country where she was welcomed with open arms.

She didn’t expect anything there and was simply planning to live quietly but the Emperor’s attitude towards her was exceedingly friendly.

“I want you to be happy. You can wish for anything and do as you please. I want to give you a season where you don’t have to be constantly wary of other people.”

After meeting Arendt, Niveia’s winter began to overflow… into spring as the snow began to melt. <<less