Liselotte Clarence, daughter of Count Clarence, has been set to marry the Frost Adelgrant of the Marquis's family... but she has despised him since they were just children. After years without seeing one another, it seemed as if Frost might have changed for the better- but in only an instant it was clear that the same rude, distasteful boy had not changed in the slightest. Liselotte's had enough of it all. With one loud yell the engagement was called off and she left her home in a rush. After all things were settled, she now finds herself working for a magic tools shop and meets another young man named Snow, but something about him seems familiar...?
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?!
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...
Leah is the guardian saint of her kingdom, and has been bullied by her older sister, Priscilla, for as long as she can remember. Despite the constant beratement, she has been using her powers to heal the townspeople, fight with monsters, and protect the kingdom. However, one day, Priscilla made her final move. She convinced the prince to call off the holy engagement, claiming that she herself is the true guardian saint, and forced Leah into exile. Having been sent to the forest of illusion to carry out her exile, it was no different than a death sentence. However, that changed in an instant as she comes across a young prince from the neighboring kingdom who is in serious need of healing!
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
On her 20th birthday, her chastity and her life were left in pieces by her husband, and everything came to an end... or so she thought. In the blink of an eye, Elizabeth is unscathed, back to the moment just before she married?! And now her childhood friend who has become the Archduke is suddenly very passionate about her?!
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...
[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.
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!
Sylph Biebel, the duke's daughter, has just suffered a sinister plot by a friend resulting in her engagement to the prince being called off and her own banishment! But she's not just sent anywhere--she gets exiled to a kingdom where an infamous monster resides. Will her quick wit win this king's favor as she begins a new life as a librarian in a mysterious land? (C)Ede Akizawa (C)Hajime Kirino/SQUARE ENIX
After being publicly dumped by her fiance, the Crown Prince Lombard, the duke's daughter Christiana appears unshaken. Despite being educated to be a refined noblewoman and the perfect queen, she has always harbored a different dream--to become Lombard's knight. Now, with the engagement off, she finally has the chance to pursue her true calling. (C)Neko Suzumori (C)Ryo Miyama/SQUARE ENIX
"I would like you to become my lover." Daughter of a viscount, Freya Villiers was being pressured into taking back her ex-fiance, Nathan, after their engagement was broken off due to him cheating on Freya with her sister. In order to flee her parents, who are all for her reconciliation with Nathan, she visits Count Bloodbury, feared by the nobles as a "vampire." With nothing to lose, she asks him to pretend to be her lover and...?!
Despite her hidden genius, Avril has lived a life of misery, constantly belittled as useless by her own family. When she is forced to substitute for her wicked step-sister in a marriage to a supposedly lecherous, old duke, Avril expects the worst. But surprisingly, Duke Dylan is actually a breathtakingly handsome young man. He offers her a deal: act as his villainess wife for three years, and then they will divorce. For Avril, this contract is a golden ticket to her ultimate freedom. But as she enthusiastically embraces her new evil persona, her mysterious charm leaves the duke and his household completely bewildered and entirely enchanted.
"Lady Amalthea, will you marry me?" Amalthea receives an unfathomable proposal from the cold prince who hates women! However, their marriage is only a contractual one. Even so, with how kindly the prince is treating her, Amalthea feels she might get the wrong idea... Amalthea has exceptional skill when it comes to territory management. Her talents brought about expectations in the kingdom, and she has been asked to wed the future count, Thomas. However, Thomas takes Amalthea's proposals, leaving her name out of them and claiming them as his own. Not only that, but Thomas also has a lover. When Amalthea points this out, he causes a scene and calls off the engagement. Just when Amalthea had enough and was ready to leave, Prince Kirfas, who happened to witness everything, suddenly proposes to Amalthea?!
After living a life of as a corporate slave in Japan, she had reincarnated as a villainess, Fiona, into an otome-game. When she saw her identity, she decided to live a happy slow-life as a noble lady. It'd be lucky that her fiance, Louis, wishes to call off their engagement. However, she soon realized why Fiona had to act like a villainess. She was sick and had a difficult time living as a normal noble lady. Since she'd like to live a happy life (alone), she started to change her food, life. and be honest with everyone. Then...something she'd never expected happened. Louis started to say that he loves her so much and never wants to break the engagement! What's happening? It's too different from the original game! Why is he so sweet...?!?!
"If it isn't the lovely girl from before!" The emperor's true feelings are too sweet. I don't know what to do! Born into a renowned family of sorcerers, Elestia can't use a single magic spell. She spends her days blissfully buried in the books she loves, far removed from high society... Or that's how things were supposed to be until the ruthless emperor suddenly orders her to become his first concubine! "I don't want to be the empress!" she laments to no avail, and the dreaded bedding ceremony arrives. Elestia steels herself to close off her heart until she suddenly hears the supposedly cruel emperor think, "Wow! Her glistening eyes are stunning!" For some reason, she can hear the emperor's inner thoughts...?! Will Elestia open her heart as she spends her days with the unexpectedly loving ruthless emperor...?!
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!
Adeline, daughter of an earl, was offered an engagement from the Dragonkin Realm. They wanted her to be the "Mate" for the third prince. All Dragonkins have to find their "Mate" and take them to their castle built on the floating island and live together, although their lifespans might be different. Adeline was fragile...she could hear that everyone in the castle criticized her as someone not worth being the Mate to the prince. Even the prince himself seemed to hate her. She ended her miserable life by someone's poison. 250 years after, Adeline was born to the same world. And again, she received an invitation from the Dragonkin for a ball to find their Mate. She tries to run away...not knowing that there was a secret beyond this invitation.
After getting hit by a car, I was reincarnated into the world of "Cinderella"! I used to be a driven, hard-working person. And now, in this life, I live as Cinderella's stepsister Petra. Cinderella is a beauty, but also very lazy and sloppy. In the hopes of bringing her and the prince together in marriage just like the fairytale goes, my other sister and I did our best to educate Cinderella. People witnessing mistook our strict ways, and the rumors of "the evil stepsisters" spread around... However, despite the obstacles, we successfully saw Cinderella married off to the prince! Happily ever after!... Or so I thought until I met a mysterious gentleman named Eric. He approached me at the ball just so he could rudely accuse me of bullying Cinderella out of jealousy! Well, he chose the wrong person to pick at because this "evil stepsister" isn't going down without a fight!
Fiene, the daughter of a count, was neglected by her family. But she secretly leads a double life as a living legend, the most powerful witch in the kingdom! She marries the beautiful future duke, Sion, as a political move, but he declares that "he will never love her." While she was initially happy that neither of them would get in the other's way, she later learns that the one he actually loves is her witch form?!
A pure love comedy featuring a relentlessly optimistic noble lady and a positively frigid mage! (C)Shusui Hazuki/SQUARE ENIX (C)toi8/SQUARE ENIX (C)Guntao/SQUARE ENIX