In the very best class of the Academy of the Most Illustrious—where only young men study—a girl two years younger than her classmates was sent to enroll. By nature she is very bright and cheerful, and in the class she faces cold contempt from the Dark King, who humiliates all her peers—and later turns out to be the bastard of the emperor. The fierce hatred between the two strongest students of the Academy, lasting for two years, in the third year grew into an equally indescribable, wild passion that arose from a single kiss made in a dare. But the confrontation of these two strong natures continues. Political intrigues and the long struggle for power, love in the court circles that has spanned more than one generation of heirs to the throne, the clash of two most powerful houses—all of it has now come together in two young people who can’t imagine living without each other, yet continue an endless war of wits. What will the girl choose: power or love?