The princess wanted to return to her homeland, even if it meant breaking off the engagement.

At the academy's graduation party, Princess Veronica of the neighboring kingdom has her engagement to Crown Prince Stuart broken off. Accused of bullying the baron's daughter Peony relentlessly, Veronica accepts the broken engagement and leaves the academy to return to her homeland. But this was the outcome she desired. Veronica had been sent to the empire as virtually a hostage, and she had a beloved waiting for her back home. Moreover, if she were to marry Crown Prince Stuart as planned, her home country would eventually be forced into servitude. After drawing up a contract that included the breaking of the engagement and the maintenance of the alliance between the two nations, Veronica left the academy—but just beyond the border, bandits attack her. What fate awaits Veronica as she stands before her homeland?