Aysa, the princess of Imel, is doomed to become the tenth wife of a disgusting, cruel old man. But the dreadful fiancé gives her a reprieve and sends her to study at the United University. Aysa is ready to do anything to avoid this marriage—even to ask for help from powerful people. Only the dragons have no interest in her problem; they don’t participate in the affairs of the Borderlands. However, fate brings the imperial elite face-to-face with a little princess when some scoundrel drops a stolen signet ring on her—stealing which means a death sentence… Is it an attempt to kill her, or a chance begged for from the gods?