*Chapter 6 contains bonus content featuring characters from the main story.
Young noblewoman Nicole has had her heart broken more times than she can count by her fiance, Keios. Day after day, he overlooks her in favor of Princess Caroline, beloved queen bee of their elite academy and Keios's childhood friend. After one too many slights, Nicole makes a bold decision: If he can do as he pleases, why shouldn't I? Embracing her newfound independence, she begins to shine in ways that even the clueless Keios can't ignore...
"If I were her, I'd send them flying!" After a traffic accident, I was reincarnated in an otome game and swapped places with the villainess, Lady Alexandra. She was right in the middle of being condemned by her fiance, the second prince, under the spell of the heroine's charm magic. I sent him and the others flying! I thought I achieved a happy ending, but suddenly the world collapsed?! I awoke and found myself reliving Alexandra's life from childhood. Since regaining my memories, I've done all I could to avoid being condemned. This time around, instead of the second prince, I've caught the eye of the older and handsome crown prince...
Iris is a dropout in a family of magicians who cannot use magic. When her fiance is stolen by her sister and Iris is forced to leave home, she finds work as a maid at a certain house. Soon after believing that her new life as a maid would be more peaceful than as a dropout, for some reason, her master, an extremely beautiful genius magician, takes a liking to her...
[Please note that #14 contains episode 10.5, which falls between #10 and #11 in the story.] Byletta, daughter of a viscount who has talents for swords and business, has been married to Arnald, son of a count, for eight years...however, he was away at war, and they hadn't met even once. When the war ended, she decides to ask for divorce even before she sees his face. She writes Arnald a letter saying "Dear Sir, I would like to ask for divorce." Arnald, handsome but had never loved someone, and Byletta, who was rumored to be a villainess, meet for the first time in their bedroom. He asks for a wager, and guarantees her that he will divorce if Byletta wins. If he wins, they will stay married forever. "If I can get you with child in a month, I win." Arnald says. That was something Byletta could never imagine.
Nicknamed "Belle Poupee"--the Beautiful Doll--duke's daughter Lady Leticia is admired for her elegance and delicate beauty. But behind her porcelain mask lies her true self: a bold and compassionate soul, more knight than damsel. She ends up engaged to the infamous second prince, Gilbert, whose cursed crimson eyes and icy demeanor have made him the subject of troubling rumors. Fate binds together an infallible Princess Charming and a lonely, awkward prince as they search for their happily ever after in this ultimate role-reversal love story. (C)Asaki Asagiri/SQUARE ENIX (C)selen/SQUARE ENIX
When Nanao was a mere child, she was kidnapped by an Ayakashi. Since then, because of the spirit seal the Ayakashi carved on her body, Nanao has been oppressed by the people in her own clan as the "tainted one." Nanao was supposed to get married to the young master of the Byakurenji family, but her cousin Akemi stole her position as his bride, and she was forced to wear a monkey mask in order to hide the spirit seal, living a miserable life. Then one day, she meets Yako, the young head of the Benitsubaki clan. Due to an unforeseen event, Nanao's mask comes off and her face gets exposed, but that only causes Yako to become bewitched by her beauty and high spiritual power...
A young girl can't let anyone discover who she is, for her eyes and hair could ruin her mother's honor and upset the people of the kingdom...
15-year-old Ashley's family history is nothing short of tragic. Her mother, once a noble, was framed and forced to go into exile. Soon after, she was abducted and kept in confinement. Ashley was born from that incident--bearing the same eyes and hair as her mother's captor. Thus, from a young age, she's forced to wear a magical headband and glasses that makes her eyes appear tiny. Her classmates mock her appearance, leaving her friendless.
However, things slowly change after she meets a mysterious creature, catching the interest of the crown prince for reasons unknown.
Follow the story of an unfortunate noble's daughter and her path to happiness! (C)ベキオ/オ-バ-ラップ (C)Kobato Teika/SQUARE ENIX
Prince Edward, Mariabelle's fiance, suddenly dissolves their engagement, telling her he has found his true love. His new fiancee, Anette, is a commoner, and Edward requests that Mariabelle be her tutor because she is "the perfect lady." After firmly rejecting his request, Mariabelle receives another marriage proposal. However, upon finding this out, Edward tries to bring Mariabelle back to him...
Karin's wedding is just around the corner, and while she is enjoying a blissful meal with her family, her fiance Chris and his father suddenly inform her that the engagement is off. Though shaken by their unexpected declaration, Karin asks Chris for the reason, and he reveals that he has fallen for Mary, Karin's best friend. With her honor and dignity tarnished by Chris and his father's thoughtless actions, Karin plummets into despair. However, her brother asserts that they will give them "a taste of their own medicine." The Rhedsum family shall not be trifled with! Dive into a refreshing and elegant fantasy of nobility and revenge!
A Japanese-style ayakashi Cinderella story! "You're the bride I've been searching for all this time." The ayakashi and humans coexist in harmony. The ayakashi, having superior abilities and beautiful appearances, sometimes find their partner among human women, making them their "bride". The bride, in exchange for bringing prosperity, receives absolute love from the ayakashi. Yuzu is constantly compared to her sister, a bride of a demon fox, and is resented by her family every day. One day, when Yuzu just couldn't take things anymore, a man appears before her on a bridge. This man is the most beautiful man Yuzu has ever seen... and he's calling her his wife?! "Just be quiet and let me hold you." The most powerful, "cold-hearted" ayakashi is pouring his heart out for Yuzu?!
At what should have been her engagement party, Violet, daughter of a noble house, is cast aside by the second prince. Born without talent and relying only on her lineage, she's socially condemned by friends, family, and even society itself.
Left to die alone in a burning mansion, Violet regrets her arrogance and prays for a chance to start over. Her wish is granted when a divine blessing awakens within her - the power to turn back time.
Waking one year before that fateful day, Violet vows to change her life and use her gift to seize happiness. Her path soon crosses with Ulysses, the head court mage shunned as a monster. But behind the title lies a kind and gentle man, the complete opposite of her former fiance.
As their bond deepens, Violet learns she alone can touch him without pain. When she prevents the assassination of the Crown Princess, she becomes entangled in a dark plot that threatens the kingdom and her second chance at peace.
As the illegitimate daughter of a count and his maid, Katrina was born into miserable circumstances. And now that she's lost her mother, the treatment from her stepsister and stepmother the countess has only grown worse. One day, her stepsister receives a royal order to move to the northern outskirts due to her unseemly behavior at a recent party. There, she is to learn proper conduct under the tutelage of the resident prince, rumored to be a cruel man. Not wanting to subject her daughter to such punishment, the countess decides to send Katrina instead. Katrina arrives in the north shaking in fear. But contrary to the stories, the "merciless and cold-hearted" prince is kinder than she believed. Might the pure-hearted Katrina find love in the wintry countryside?
Anise spends her days working to support the baron, her father, for her family is on the verge of collapse due to bankruptcy. Right as she convinces herself she'll have work 'til she's dead, she suddenly receives a marriage proposal from Julius, a beautiful young man from a family of dukes. Anise is perplexed by this sudden turn of events, but she soon realizes that Julius' goal is a marriage blanc, or a marriage without love. Julius, who has no interest in the opposite sex, desires a wife who is not attached to him nor restricts what he can and cannot do. Anise, however, has a certain condition that she proposes to Julius before the two marry...?
After her mother passed, Lucia was left with a family who had barely a care in the world for her. Her only value to her father and stepmother was that the second prince had chosen to marry her. But all it took for her to lose him too was a little temptation from her younger sister Nina. Not only has Nina been revealed to be with child, but the prince now wishes to wed her instead! When Lucia is about to lose all hope, she meets the kingdom's rumored archduke...
Since she was just a child, Lydia was determined as the daughter of a Marquis to do everything in her power to support the royal family. However, everything seems to be changing before her very eyes as her fiance Rogerio begins showing romantic interest in a lowly noble aide to the princess. While ignoring their duties, the two seem to be getting awfully familiar... and yet Lydia seems to only be treated as an antagonist when confronting the situation. Feeling betrayed, her manners and patience have reached their limit...!
Hana Ichise is born into a family of practitioners, but her powers pale in comparison to her gifted twin, Hazuki. As she yearns for freedom from her parents' expectations and ridicule, she makes a shocking discovery when she turns fifteen that changes her life!
Livia, an otherwise ordinary lady of prestige, save for her unusual blessing, is suddenly made out to be a villain when her engagement is broken off. And though the bad publicity makes it difficult to find a new fiancee, a marquess of higher status named Therion proposes, despite he and Livia's difference in social standing! Shocked, Livia has almost no time to consider the proposal as another problem arises just as quickly as the proposal...! This tale between the perfect nobleman and a lady-turned-villain is a love story you won't want to miss!
"Today, I get to marry the man I love... but he doesn't love me." Lilia, a princess from the Ehre Kigndom, has admired Prince Oscar of the Glanz Kingdom for the longest time. However, it was decided early on that older sister, Isabella, would be the one to marry him due to her beauty and pride. Lilia had given up on the dream, but one day Isabella suddenly called off her betrothment. As someone of the Ehre royal family must marry into the Glanz Kingdom for continued peace, Lilia is now set to take the place of her older sister. Lilia is full of joy and concern all the same, but it feels as though this marriage sits in a shadow cast by Isabella, now looming over them. Prince Oscar seems to be distant, unconcerned with things, and Lilia is now buried in preparations as the crown princess. What will happen in this new and complicated relationship?
Once a commoner, Wellmy Ernest ascended to nobility when her mother married an earl. She tormented her same-age half-sister at home and school, stole her heirship and fiance, and finally sold her off to the allegedly cruel Lord of Magic. It's not like her plain, meek sister could oppose. Wellmy got everything she wanted. One day, Wellmy receives an invitation to a late-night soiree from the Lord of Magic, likely to announce her sister as his fiancee. Wellmy attends with her mother and father, but what awaits them isn't the brilliant banquet they were expecting...it's a tribunal condemning them for their ab*se of Wellmy's sister. Which means everything has gone just as Wellmy planned... This is the story of a lone villainess who plans to make her sister happy even if it means she's hated in return. (C)Mary=Doe/SQUARE ENIX (C)Kuga Huna/SQUARE ENIX (C)Stellagi Suzuka/SQUARE ENIX
In the Yamatoba Empire, where two races, humans and night demons, have existed since time immemorial. Iku, whose hair and eyes are as pale as white snow, is mistreated by her family because of her strange, demon-like appearance. She is treated as little more than a servant until the day she is sold to a man for money, a fate she thought impossible to escape from... One day, however, the next head of a prominent family, Subaru, learns of Iku's secret and offers her a marriage proposal. Though it is a political marriage, the two, both burdened with a damaged past, gradually become attracted to each other...? A love story of destiny unfolds as the hearts of a couple who have never known love melt together!