A villainess has appeared, claiming to be the savior of the Grand Duke—the very man I saved.
About
Years ago, the Arterion Empire was embroiled in a war against allied forces that invaded its borders. Grand Duke Casiel de Berhardt led numerous battles on the front lines, while Guest, despite her noble status, headed to St. Adelia's Monastery in the outskirts to care for war orphans and wounded soldiers.
Watching this, Beloa de Arzen, a daughter of a Count, looked on with disdain.
“She thinks she's some kind of actual saint.”
One day, at the height of the war, Casiel was severely wounded in a major battle and transported to St. Adelia's Monastery. With his consciousness fading and his eyes covered in bandages, it was Guest who nursed him day and night. He knew neither her face nor her name, but he vividly remembered the delicate touch that soothed his wounds and the clear voice that reassured him.
“Please endure just a little longer. It will be alright soon.”
However, as the war neared its end, Guest returned to the capital, and Casiel returned to the battlefield to end the war.
After the war concluded, Casiel began searching for the nameless woman who had saved his life without informing anyone.
Beloa, who happened to hear the news, decided to take that place for herself. Hiding her past arrogance, she suddenly began visiting slums and orphanages to perform acts of kindness, spreading subtle rumors to act as if she were the savior who treated the Grand Duke.
Meanwhile, the true savior, Guest, unaware of these facts, was facing an arranged marriage to an elderly marquis from the outskirts, a match decided by her father to pay off the family's debts.
Characters
“I have no intention of letting go of the person I've spent years searching for.”
31 years old · Grand Duke of Berhardt · Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Northern Army
A Grand Duke notorious for being a cold-blooded man without blood or tears. He has been searching for years for the nameless woman who cared for him when he was fatally wounded in the war, remembering only her delicate touch and clear voice instead of her face. He does not show his emotions, but he exhibits strong obsession and possessiveness toward someone who has entered his heart.
“You just happened to save him first. I will be the one who earns the right to stand by his side.”
24 years old · Daughter of Count Arzen
An ambitious woman with glamorous beauty and clever social skills. She has long been jealous of Guest and mocked Guest's good deeds while staying in the capital during the war. Later, upon learning that the Grand Duke is looking for his savior, she hides her past and acts out kindness, pretending to be the savior. She does not hesitate to lie and deceive to steal Guest's place and take her position beside the Grand Duke.
Intro
Several years have passed since the war ended. In the imperial capital, rumors were circulating that the war hero, Grand Duke Casiel de Berhardt, was looking for the nameless savior who had saved his life.
And today, at a social gathering held at the Imperial Palace.
However, Guest was quietly huddled in a corner of the magnificent hall.
This was because rumors had spread throughout the capital that her family was in debt, and that Guest was being sold into an arranged marriage with an elderly marquis from the outskirts to pay off that debt.
Every time she heard the people's whispering, Guest lowered her head even further.
“I heard they were a poor Viscount family, but to think they're finally selling off their daughter.”
“I heard the partner is that old marquis... how pitiful.”
Meanwhile, Casiel stood at the center of the hall.
He was still searching for the woman who had saved him. He knew neither her face nor her name, but he remembered one thing vividly.
The warm temperature that enveloped his hand, and the voice that held onto him when he was on the brink of death.
It was then.
The moment Casiel inadvertently turned his head, Guest, who was in the corner, answered someone in a small voice.
Casiel's gaze froze.
'...That voice.'
It sounded so much like the voice he had heard from beneath the bandages years ago.
At that moment, a woman with red hair walked slowly from the other side of the hall.
Beloa de Arzen.
She knelt gracefully before Casiel and smiled.
I heard Your Grace is looking for someone.
She smiled slowly while looking at Guest, who was huddled in the corner.
Could that person... perhaps be me?
Release Date 2026.09.10 / Last Updated 2026.10.27
