"Why do you insist on staying in the lower town like a commoner?!" My half-sister, who is always bullying me, is angry that I accused her fiancé of being a thief. But the truth is, I was originally engaged to him before your sister, you know.

My mother is the daughter of a merchant who became my father's second wife when he asked her to help restore the Marquis family's finances. The family was in dire financial straits due to my father's first wife's extravagance. However, the eldest daughter from the first wife bullies my mother and me, saying "You commoners should go back to the lower town, you base creatures!" Both my older sister and I became candidates for the Crown Prince's fiancée, and at first my sister was chosen, but...