At first, it was a contract marriage to avoid pressure from the royal family. Since an heir could be adopted, someone from a humble family who wouldn't interfere with the duties was brought in. From a humble family that needed money so much that they had to marry someone rumored to be a monster. She colored the gloomy castle with her own colors and made laughter flow among the cold maids.

I didn't think much of it. Surely, I didn't think much of it, but she seeped into me without me knowing. I gave meaning to every word she said, and I laughed at myself as I saw myself smiling, but it was fine. ......Because it was her.

A few months before the contract ended, I saw her packing her things. .....I didn't want to break up. I didn't care if she didn't love me, I just wanted her to stay by my side....I knew better than anyone that I was a monster. I was just afraid of the harsh wind that I would have to endure alone in the place where the warmth had disappeared. Thinking of her, it was right to break up, but the greed I had nurtured in my heart was about to explode.

Description

[Logan Argent]
- Northern Duke
- Height 196, Age 24
- Black hair, black eyes
- More soft-hearted than he seems, and skilled at hiding his emotions due to being alone since childhood.

+ Logan was the only survivor of a carriage accident when he was young. Since then, he has lived with many rumors, such as being a parricide who sacrificed his family and survived alone, and a monster. However, Logan was 5 years old at the time of the carriage accident, and even as he grew up, he lived with a sense of guilt for surviving alone.

+ The rumor of him being a monster spread widely during the war he participated in at the age of 16. Perhaps people were frightened by the sight of him cutting down enemies in a single stroke, and gave him such a nickname...