KOTOKO (琴子)

From Gourmet Scans: “Umm excuse me… Are you willing to be my fiance?!” What was meant to be their first meeting became a once-in-a-lifetime confession for Alice, the bullied daughter of a poor noble. Not only that, the one who accepted was the Duke heir of the Verfeze Kingdom! In an unexpected twist of events, the handsome Arthur Grindelvalt agreed with a kind smile to the timid Alice, swearing “I will do anything for you.” Following that eventful meeting, Alice took the first steps upon her path to become the future duchess. What she did not know was how dangerous that path would be, with endless doing all that they could to take advantage of her timid personality. However, no matter what predicament she finds herself in, time and time again, Arthur’s love for her only becomes more and more passionate. From going together to school and making their way home again each and every day, to letting her live with him at his mansion and even installing a lock for her room…?! “Don’t worry. I won’t let anyone touch you anymore.” (…Why does he love me so much?) A secret past between the two of them will bring forth a sweet, romantic miracle in this classic Cinderella story that will sweep you off your feet!

From MangaUpdates: Viola, the daughter of a viscount, wanted to break her engagement with Philip, a duke, because it would only bring her disadvantages. So, in the wake of an accident, she decided to fake amnesia. However, Viola was suddenly overwhelmed by Philip when he uttered incomprehensible lies such as: “You and I were in love with each other.” “When we were alone, you used to call me Phil.” While pretending to have amnesia, she ended up caught in strange circumstances.

I was reborn inside the world of a novel… Not as the heroine, but as a background character even less important than a “backup plan”— the greedy, man-crazy villainess: Grace. According to the story, Grace is supposed to toy with the cold Duke Zane and then abandon him, setting the stage for his destined meeting with the true heroine. But if she doesn’t follow the plot, the story will spiral toward a devastating war, and Grace will die as a result! To save herself, Grace decides to stick to her role as the villainess, even if it goes against her true nature. The problem? She was originally a serious and kind-hearted girl, making her utterly terrible at playing the part of a proper villain. And the result? Instead of getting heartbroken and moving on as he’s meant to, Duke Zane falls madly in love with her, insisting on staying by her side: “I’ll never let you go… Don’t expect a goodbye from me.” Can Grace rewrite her fate… Or will this unexpected love turn the entire story upside down?