To get back into service, receive the title of duchess, make herself younger to under twenty, and arrive at the royal matchmaking gathering — that’s only a small part of what the agent called out from the reserves must do.
But why run in the steppe, pretending to be an ordinary herbalist Zelenka and forging connections to fit under the boss’s thumb, who uses blackmail, a coercive contract, and old fears so shamelessly? It’s easier to play the naive silly girl at the ball, insult the vile prince, and fail the first round of the tests.
The path to freedom is so close and yet so elusive!