「ビアトリスは強引に俺の婚約者におさまったんだ。俺は最初から不本意だった」
婚約者であるアーネスト王子がそう言っているのを知ってしまった、公爵令嬢ビアトリス。
人気者の王太子殿下と嫌われ者の公爵令嬢という関係に甘んじていたビアトリスだったが、気持ちを切り替えて好きに生きることを決意する。
「今までアーネストさまにかまけてばかりで、他の方々とあまり交流してこなかったわね。もったいないことをしたものだわ」
けれど、美貌の辺境伯令息や気のいい友人たちと学院生活を楽しむ彼女に、それまで塩対応だったアーネストが、なぜか積極的に絡んでくるようになって――!?
“Beatrice used her family’s influence to impose herself as my fiance. It’s not what I wanted.” Beatrice is the daughter of an influential Duke in the Kingdom, and has just overheard some of the girls saying that her intended, Prince Ernest, said those exact words. Beatrice has been despised by others in the academy for her relationship with the popular Prince Ernest but is determined to turn that around and live the way she wants to live! “I’ve been so occupied with trying to please Prince Ernest, I’ve never taken the time to get to know those around me. What have I been doing all this time?” However, when she starts to get to make some friends, talk to some handsome gentlemen, and finally enjoy her life at the academy… her salty fiance seems to become more and more assertive…!
