"White marriage is for the sake of the nation."

"Livia, Daughter of Duke August—you shall be my concubine, and Melissa, Daughter of Baron Longo, shall be my legitimate wife." Crown Prince Anatoli spoke these unreasonable words with a cruel smile and a triumphant attitude before three people: his betrothed, the Duke's daughter Livia; his younger brother by one year, Second Prince Andrei; and Baron's daughter Melissa. In the Kingdom of Modone, the firstborn is absolutely the legitimate heir. Anatoli, born of the queen mother, deliberately elevated the lower-ranking Melissa above the Duke's daughter, intoxicated by his power as crown prince. However, the Duke's daughter Livia readily accepted this, and moreover, as if yielding her position as queen mother, she requested that the marriage remain unconsummated until Melissa bore children—all for the sake of the nation. Anatoli and Melissa rejoiced, but this was a path leading to their destruction.