The past....

In the kingdom of Desvan, There is a princess named Athena De la Desvan. Captain of the Imperial knights..

She's the child born from the Emperor's affair with unknown woman and her mother left her after she was born.

She was mocked by other nobles because of her mother's unknown origin and because she's an illegitimate child..

So she tried her best to be acknowledge..

In exchange for the acknowledgement she became heartless...

She won countless battles and perform her duty as a knight and a princess,she was rewarded a title and power by the emperor because of that.

Years after...

She met a man in the Emperor's birthday banquet with a handsome face and a black hair.The man slowly approached him,

and said" I greet the hero and princess of Desvan, Princess Athena De la Desvan.. I'm the young Duke of Gayhardt.Louet von Gayhardt".

"Nice meeting you, Duke Gayhardt" I said,

"See you around, Duke Gayhardt" I added

And then she see him grin after she left him

Athena thought that's the last time they will see each other at the banquet until she met him at the balcony

and then the Duke Gayhardt approach her and kiss her right hand said

"Long time no see, Your highness, do you still remember our promise"

Athena's thought "What promise?... did I promise something to him?...I don't remember?..."

Athena reply to the duke

" no I don't "

and then the Duke slowly lean on her and whisper to her left ear and said

"want me to help you remember?"

Athena push him with blushing face and said

"n-no need for that, just tell me what it is"

and then the Duke slowly lift her hair and he kissed her hair

but Athena slap his hand and angrily said

"what are you doing?, Duke Gayhardt"

"I'm just saying hello to my future bride" the Duke said

and then Athena asked him

"what do you mean by your future bride?"

"Oh my,.. It saddened me that you forgot our promise,. Let me help you remember..

The east flower garden is the place where we first met..The place where you see a crying boy and said who is my father and I respond that my father is a Duke and then you said that if I stop crying and and become the Duke you will become my bride"

the Duke Gayhardt said

and then..