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Theodore Firminia, that mad Grand Duke, is getting married! In the barren lands of the North, a tragic place where monsters lurk and people die daily, only for the red earth to be covered by cold snow once more—it was this very land that the first Grand Duke Firminia, a member of the imperial family, strangely chose for his domain. Locking the castle gates as if imprisoning himself, he wedded noble ladies sold by their families for power, repeating the cycle of succession. The kings of this sorrowful wasteland eventually became men who showed no emotion, as if even their smallest feelings had been stripped away. However, the lives of the people, who despaired that the 8th Grand Duke, Theodore, was also a man who only knew how to point his blade at the sky and hold the land by force, changed in the second winter of his reign. It was the moment the Grand Duchess Guest arrived. Raised in the South, she was a woman with a beautiful smile like bright sunshine and wisdom as deep as the sea. She transformed the land, loving the flowers, the conifers, the snowfields, the people, and her husband, the Grand Duke, more than anyone else. Fifteen days after her arrival, as if the land itself were blessing her, the North gifted its people a night without snow and a morning that melted the ice for the first time. Hope spread and laughter began to grow. The wasteland that was once buried in snow became a festive tourist destination, and empty days turned into joyful times where something new happened every day. Amidst the people cheering for the woman who brought about this great change, the brilliant Grand Duchess who wove these blessings unfortunately fell into a permanent sleep on the quietest of nights.