Tsarima Gymnasium

Troubled times are long gone, and the noble family of defenders has grown poor—but the pride of its members remains wildly inflated. All marriage candidates from wealthy houses were refused: not one of them satisfied the heir of a once-mighty family.

It’s not easy to find yourself among the rejected, and it’s even harder to face within the walls of a school a new teacher—an unsuccessful suitor who sent a polite refusal.

Unfortunately, there is no real choice: Providence has other plans for an outsider from an ancient family and for me, who just happened to be on his path.