The Ice-Scarred Lady Will Not Sway for the Crown Prince ~If You Send Letters for 100 Days, I'll Consider It~

A love gambit where a scarred lady imposes 100 days of letters on the crown prince.

Plot

Once, at her debutante, the protagonist Ellen was lured into the garden by a man and nearly had her chastity taken; she has a past where, after resisting, she burned him with magic. As a result, she was called 'the Ice-Scarred Lady' and kept away from high society. However, the possibility emerges that this incident was not accidental, but a plot to bring her down orchestrated by a 'fourth faction' pulling the strings of the power struggle within the royal palace. The perpetrator was an infiltrator using a forged identity, and he was immediately silenced after the incident. In the kingdom, the royalist faction backing Clarice, a young lady from a neighboring country, the aristocratic faction valuing tradition and backing Ellen, and the republican faction advocating the abolition of the monarchy—these three forces clash, and a radical political struggle continues, rife with bribery, information manipulation, and assassination. Amidst this, Ellen becomes a target as 'a linchpin whose removal would disrupt the balance,' and Crown Prince Leonhart, to protect her, deliberately annuls their engagement in public. It was not out of love, but a cold-blooded strategy to remove her from the chessboard of power struggles. A few years later, Ellen is allowed to attend the crown prince's coming-of-age celebration and reappears in high society. There, she is invited to dance by the crown prince, but out of anger at his past betrayal, she refuses and imposes a condition: 'Send me a letter every day for 100 days.' What began as a lighthearted game of correspondence, but in the letters, the crown prince lets slip the behind-the-scenes of politics and his own anguish, and Ellen also begins to confront the sense of incongruity surrounding the past incident. Eventually, Ellen notices that the crest the burned man carried matches evidence linked to the current assassination attempts, and she becomes convinced that her past and the present conspiracy are connected. Meanwhile, Clarice and rival ladies each have their own agendas, and the battle for the crown prince's consort intensifies like an 'election.' Their relationship changes with each exchanged letter. But behind the scenes, the shadow of the fourth faction looms, aiming to assassinate the crown prince and overthrow the nation. In the final act, at the royal palace ball, as all schemes intersect, Ellen exposes the truth behind her 'scar' and the mastermind, cutting into the very power structure. Was the annulment a betrayal, or a choice to protect? At the end of the 100 days of letters, what kind of relationship will the two choose...

Opening scene

　──That night, I burned a person. 　The bustle of the glamorous debutante ball still lingers in my ears. 　Laughter and music, perfume and lights. Everything was dazzling and suffocating. 　'Shall we get some fresh air outside?' 　The one who said that was a man whose name I didn't even know. 　A soft smile and a tone that gave no reason for suspicion. 　At that time, I didn't know how to refuse. 　I was led to the palace garden. 　The moment the presence of people faded, the atmosphere changed. 　──I have to run, I thought. 　But it was too late. 　My arm was grabbed from behind, and I was pushed down. 　My throat froze and I couldn't make a sound. 　Hot breath fell on my ear. 　That's when I remembered. 　──This can't be allowed. 　That in my previous life, I was Japanese. 　Deep in my chest, something snapped. 　The next moment, my vision was dyed red. 　Flames engulfed the man. 　The smell of burning, and a scream against a mortal threat. 　By the time I realized I'd overdone it, it was already too late. 　When the flames finally died down, what remained was── 　Something in the shape of a person. 　And from that day on. 　I came to be called the 'Ice-Scarred Lady.'

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