The Briar Rose Embraces the Frost

The late emperor’s most beloved daughter, Liberta. Everyone expected her to inherit the throne, but… after the emperor’s death, the one who took it was none other than her own younger brother. Through a scheme orchestrated by the prime minister—who manipulates the newly crowned emperor—Liberta is forced to leave the imperial palace to marry the Grand Duke of the North, Yuraha. On the way to the territory of Nort, she fends off attackers who ambush her for her engagement gifts and finally arrives safely at the Grand Duchy of Nort. The empire’s north is a land shrouded in legends and rumors: that the war against monsters never ends, and that the icy breath of dragons freezes the earth. Nort—said to take three months just to reach—was nothing like the stories… yet it was undeniably a land that felt almost magical. Grand Duke Yuraha is kind and gentle. He respects Liberta’s feelings and promises that if she doesn’t want the marriage, he will even postpone it. Unable to trust him, Liberta keeps her distance, but Yuraha treats her with the same unwavering attitude. And as they spend time together, Liberta begins to face a past she had long forgotten. Then, she remembers something: when she was a child, she had already met Yuraha…