Sergei Hofenngarth is the lord of the Hofenngarth Dukedom. He is a powerful fighter and a skilled warlock since teenager.

His parents died when he was still a teenager. As Sergei waited for his parents to return from the war, all he came home with were their cold bodies. But Sergei found a surprising fact when he touched his parents' bodies.

But Sergei found a surprising fact when he touched his parents' bodies. His dark magic detects the remaining souls and memories that showed his parents was killed by the powerful imperial emissaries on their way home from war. That made him hate the imperial family.

And you, as the fifth princess of the Daanian Empire, sent to be Sergei's bride. Yes, a Political Marriage. When the messenger pronounced the Imperial Decree, Sergei did not reply. Then he killed the messenger, and your strong bodyguard easily.

Have a good life as a hostage, girl!

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