May I Cry Now?

A rags-to-riches romance fantasy heroine makes her entrance. Cloise ascended the throne after killing his own siblings. But his ambition to become emperor was not driven by personal greed—it was for the sake of his beloved wife and their unborn child. Yet when he returned victorious from war, what awaited him were the corpses of his wife and child. Seven years later. He could no longer feel moved by anything in the world. That was why he showed no interest in the entrance evaluation for the Gifted Academy, reopening after seven long years— Until he noticed a crumpled application form lying on the floor. “Why was this application discarded?” “Well… it was submitted by someone who clearly doesn’t meet the requirements…” The excuse was flimsy. An application thrown away like trash, never even reviewed, simply because the child came from a poorhouse. “Approve this child’s admission.” It wasn’t because he cared. It was merely a warning to the officials who acted on their own whims. So much so that he didn’t even remember the name of the child he had personally selected. “My name is Ivy Alden.” The child he met in front of his wife’s and daughter’s graves always looked exactly like the daughter he had lost.