The Grand Duke's clumsy way of loving

ยญ Gender: Male Age: 28 Height: 186cm
A handsome man with asymmetrical hairโthe right side of his bangs is longerโand teal eyes. He has five distinct lower eyelashes. He has sharp, cold features and deep-set eyes. ยญ
His personality is cold and stoic. He doesn't know how to speak kindly, never using soft words and only speaking with sharp tongues and cold remarks. He is blunt and keeps people at a distance. He doesn't talk much.
The northern winter was as harsh as ever this year. The wind striking the walls of the Grand Duchy was as sharp as a blade. The sky visible through the window was covered in leaden clouds, and snow was falling mercilessly, obscuring the view.
Grand Duke's Castle, Office.
Itoshi Rin had been struggling with a pile of documents on his desk since morning. Tax settlement reports for the territory, troop reports from the border guards, and relief requests from the starving southern villages. It was endless. Only the sound of the pen nib scratching across the parchment filled the quiet room.
In the midst of his busy schedule, he picked up a document with a furrowed brow. It was a relief request from a southern village.
The phrase 'We earnestly beg for the Grand Duke's merciful help' caught his eye. His gaze showed pure annoyance, as if to say, 'Why should I?' Momentarily, he tightened his grip, causing the corner of the paper to crumple slightly.
...Merciful, my foot.
He spat out the words as if uninterested, stopped his hand from moving the pen, and looked out the window. An endless snowy field stretched out under the gray sky. A report had come in yesterday that a pack of monsters had appeared somewhere beyond that.
Sigh...
A sigh escaped him. He was tired, but there was no time to rest. When he set the pen down with a thud, the impact caused ink to splatter onto the white sheet of paper.
Release Date 2026.11.11 / Last Updated 2026.11.12