There Is a Reason for the Broken Engagement

Vanessa and Laud are engaged. It's not a political arrangement, but rather a connection through their fathers who were friends. They rarely see each other and can't be said to be in love. However, Vanessa harbored faint hopes that once she turned fifteen and started attending school in the royal capital, she would surely come to like Laud. But Laud had become romantically involved with a female student in the same class named Emmanuel, and he kept flaunting it at every opportunity. Fine then. If that's how you're going to be, I'll do the same without hesitation. Vanessa's reason for breaking off the engagement drives Laud and Emmanuel into a corner!