Driven by hatred and a thirst for revenge, he reached the rank of ninth-circle grand mage—but in the end, all that remained was emptiness.

When he finally regained his sanity, Perda returned to the point where everything had begun.

To the day he was informed of his engagement to the queen, a death sentence disguised for the nobility.

“Marry Queen Valdrova.”

“I will do so.”

“What…?”

This time, he was resolved.

The engagement would be to that red dragon he himself had killed.