Nobody likes unpleasant surprises, but not all of them can be avoided. On the day when the steward handed me an imperial decree, my life split into “before” and “after.” I only have two days to find a way out: otherwise my father won’t survive the blow, my younger brothers will be sent to boarding school, and the good name of our noble family will have to be forgotten. Will I fight for my loved ones? Of course. Only I couldn’t imagine that, going to meet the very person whose actions doom our line, I’d end up in a time trap.