This Time, I Became the Fiance of a Duke’s Daughter. But She is Rumored to have Bad Personality, and Ten Years Older

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Unbeknownst to him, a fiancé had been decided for sixteen year old Jared Murphy. He was the eldest son of the Baron Family, but due to other plans he had, he would not succeed the inheritance of his family. The woman he’d be married to was Olivier Alway, daughter of Duke Alway. She was beautiful woman infamous for her horrendous personality and vulgar mouth. Moreover, she was ten years older than him.

Jared had a small ambition, wishing to become an adventurer to leave the aristocratic life behind, but who knew that it’d in a matter of moments the moment Olivier Alway appeared in his life. Instead, he’d have to become a court magician, a position many yearned for.

As Jared overcomes factional disputes, discords between knights and magicians, magical beasts exterminations, and conflicts with secret organizations in a dramatic fashion, he slowly unravels who Olivier truly is as a person. Slowly, he begins to know her better.

As he threads his own path, he’ll meet students, knights, magicians, and heroines of noble background from the same school.

This is the story of a magician who became the fiancé of the duke’s daughter as he rises up to become a court magician.

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この度、公爵家の令嬢の婚約者となりました。しかし、噂では性格が悪く、十歳も年上です
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06/07/19 RequiemTranslations c10
06/04/19 RequiemTranslations c9
06/03/19 RequiemTranslations c8
05/31/19 RequiemTranslations c7
01/30/19 daikyuntl c6
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06/03/18 daikyuntl c1
06/02/18 daikyuntl prologue
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Drake888
Drake888 rated it
March 28, 2019
Status: c1
I cannot begin to guess where the author is going with this story and frankly, I don't care. The background makes no sense and neither do the characters.

In fairness, the characters might get better if I read more, but there is no way to fix the nonsense established in the first chapter and prologue.

Super-attractive daughter of a DUKE is still unwed in a world with arranged marriages. The author specifically mentions that romance doesn't matter, marriages are arranged for political reasons. So how does a beautiful daughter of a duke... more>> (which is a very high-ranking noble) not have a husband? Chapter one even mentions the possibility of MC taking a mistress after marrying the woman, so it is even less believable that none of the previous fiancés went through with it. Also, a baron and a duke are separated by several levels of nobility. So even if the Duke was desperate enough to let them marry into his family, he wouldn't need to treat them as equals, much less waste an hour flattering a child who won't even inherit their name.

The MC's thoughts and actions are all over the place, but maybe more chapters will bring his character into focus, so I'll let that slide. But I won't let his family circumstances slide. "He is the first son of a baron household who isn't inheriting the title? What's the juicy story behind that?" Convoluted nonsense, that's what. All of chapter one is an info dump. It is established that the MC's father was a weak disappointment (and also a skilled warrior with several military achievements somehow?) and he angered MC's grandfather by marrying MC's mother, who was a court magician but also a commoner. They then go on to explain that magicians are super important and only the top twenty in the country get to be court magicians. Even the MC, with his noble blood, is going to have to work hard if he hopes to become one. WHAT? A baron household is NOT a big deal in any nobility ranking. In the real world they are at the bottom. Even if the author decides to bump them up a notch or two, that would still leave them barely above the bottom. Marrying a court magician would be a huge plus for them. I would understand if a high-ranking household (like that of a duke, maybe?) were to look down on marrying someone without noble blood. But there are always nobles willing to overlook such things in the interest of gaining power and authority. A house with the rank of baron would certainly have plenty of room to advance in this way, since a court magician would certainly have more power and authority than them, only lacking an impressive family background. The kind of people who would look down on them for marrying such a powerful commoner would already be looking down on them for having such a low rank. But moving past that, who is left to inherit the family if not the MC? If he has an aunt or an uncle, they should have been mentioned in that info dump. They should have inherited the title instead of MC's father. Instead, we have this nonsense of the MC not inheriting when the alternative seems to be the end of the bloodline. Pure nonsense and imbecility.

Tl;dr: the author knows nothing about nobility so I have no expectations for this novel about nobles. <<less
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Rewin42
Rewin42 rated it
June 2, 2019
Status: c10
Hi there! I'm the current translator so 5/5 stars.

I haven't read too far into the story yet, merely as far as any other English-only has read, so I don't know much more about the story than you do! Will try to update as I go along.

This story follows the OP firstborn son of a Baron, Jared Murphy, master of all 3 elements, slayer of behemoths, as he gets embroiled in noble society and all its trappings. As a talented boy with a bright future as a court magician, he's been... more>> deemed important by the country despite still being a student at his magic academy. The country is being pressured by it's neighbors, who are slowly inserting spies and dissidents in the upper ranks of society, so getting someone whose solidly on the Kings side into the upper ranks, such as the 12 Court Magicians, is of critical importance.

A marriage partner is selected for him: Olivié Alwei, the unmarried daughter of a Duke solidly in the King's camp. One catch: she's chased off all her potential suitors, harassing them until they can't take it anymore. She trusts no-one, and appears to have nothing going for her besides her background. She's not the heir, she has no talent with magic, and she's known for her good looks and atrocious personality. Want her for her lineage, but will take a concubine as your lover? Fat chance she'll let that happen. Besides her mother and maid, everyone she's ever met has been two-faced. Surviving 26 years of that, she meets our hero and their story begins.

Well, it's still early in the story so that's about all I can say. There are two published novels out for this story, but in Japan they haven't gotten much fanfare. The author continues to write the WN despite publishing the LN (published May 2018 and December 2018) which is good, and it's reached 9 WN volumes. As a translator, the japanese writing seems solid and there's actual content rather than a pure fluff story, but I'll have to get further into the novel to be sure. The pictures in the LN show the two growing closer, our overpowered protagonist going up against assassins and/or demonic beasts, and other fun things that happen in a fantasy world.

If that seems like a story for you, give it a try! <<less
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Akabane
Akabane rated it
July 30, 2019
Status: c10
From what I read the main character seems like a boring yes man and despite having the older female love interest tag the female lead though she is older she acts like a child. So I kinda feel like that nullifies the older female love interest unless that tag refers to her mother which that would be something I could get behind but I doubt they go that route.
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new008
new008 rated it
July 28, 2020
Status: --
the conversation feel stiff

it seem like want to make a friendly talk but it feel more bland

adding more detailed information not at the right time or only partially detailed information. Partially detailed information only make the story more confusing and hard to understand.

the flow of time was like jump from one to another without proper explanation

the MC give impression like cold expression because there's not much chance to express his emotion. But in some conversation it says he want to shout or interject. It feel like opposite of his characteristic
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DaikyunTL
DaikyunTL
July 18, 2020
Status: c7
First of all, the jump from third person to first person is too sudden.

As for the plot, the story is good, characters, yes, but what irritates me the most is the author's pacing.

Seriously, on one chapter you got a conversation about marriage arrangement, and next chapter, MC is already in the Royal academy getting summons from the teacher. It needs more details really.

... more>> The world setting is fine, it's your typical medieval fantasy where magic and demonic beasts exist.

The characters are likeable enough, and the MC seems to be ok. The only problem is the author just presents characters out of nowhere, leaving little to none about their descriptions. If I were to describe it, it would be 'bland'

4/5 stay for the Onee-san heroine that marries the MC <<less
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Visser
Visser rated it
June 2, 2020
Status: c10
i feel like a good story could be here... but this version sucks.

as another reviewer mentioned, the back story/logic of the world makes no sense. It's like a hobbled together medieval times fused with magic fused with contradictions for the sake of the author instead of the story.

after 10 or so chapters, the only things I know about the Main Character is he wants to run away from his family and be an adventurer but wait surprise mutherfricker. His mom was the strongest mage EVER!!!!?! and everyone KNOWS he will... more>> be too and have him on a secret list of future super duper mages. He also acts despondent and apathetic towards females, but he goes with the flow immediately to pursue the female lead. SURPRISE MUTHFRICKER, he's got a female child hood friend who is NOT SECRETIVE AT ALL about her desire for him....

so lets repeat that. he has no interest in politics/goverment power, but is on their list for future leader of the mage world. he has no interest in women but has a fiance and a chick that if this was a real relationship they woulda been sleeping together. Thats it, that is the ENTIRETY of the "hero". <<less
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TuPapi
TuPapi
July 4, 2019
Status: c10
So far I am very interested in this novel. It seems to be turning out into a love / action story with factions and noble strife. There is Magic, knights, monster and enemies so there is plenty of room for this to grow. The love interest of the MC's is not farfetched where they automatically fall in love hard at first glance. It seems to be developing slowly from interests and devotion to family though they both have reservations about marriage. Anyways so far it's good a read and it's... more>> only at c10 so give it a read and see for yourself if you like it.

Hopefully this keeps going in its translations because I will be reading it. <<less
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bigstew
bigstew rated it
September 3, 2023
Status: Completed
was cleaning up my lists, came across this, its was a bit of a tear jerker in the end, not a big fan of jumping around so many perspetives and early doesnt make alot of sense, I think the author was writing like shounen manga. Eventually more characters are hashed out, chpts are short, well it was 3 years of continued writing and it does get annoying some times like where is the author goint with this, etc. Theres also too many forced action scenes and forced enemies while eventually... more>> putting in story/character about even more powerful shadowy person behind the problems inserted since ancient times.
Spoiler

it seems the last boss is a girl from jp who forgot her purpose and has been powerful and continued resurrected threw times like a bad nightmare but eventually with reason finallys gets the MC to permantely kill her in the end and die happily with vague memories of her goal of wanting to see her parents, turns out she wakes up in hospital a year later from accident and remembers who she was and happy to see her parents and starts to forget what happened in other world

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, all in all its short enough to mtl read to pass the time <<less
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Depression is my new friend
Depression is my new friend rated it
April 20, 2021
Status: c6
A no brainer story.

One meme to sum it up

"GODZILLA HAD A STROKE READING THIS"

... more>> I'll just warn those ppl who saw the cover and was like,

"The FMC looks cute and it's about them being engaged, what kind of wholesome moment will they lead?"

DO NOT READ IT unless you wanna be as disappointed as me

it's not that the translation is horrible but rather the story is off putting.

Extremely sad on how, what could have been a fantastic rom-fantasy novel became this half hearted piece of work

All I could think of was "huh? Wait that's it?That's all you have to say?"

The MC wants to lead a commoner life but is forced to give up on his goals due to the engagement. He does not make a really good effort to covince his guardians to cancel it.

I mean ofc I get it that there is a VAST difference in rank between a Duke and a Baron so if they refused it, they may kinda get in trouble no matter how close the Duke and the Baron were, but still, the mc's determination feels too shallow and half hearted. It was suppose to be his dream but he easily gives up on it.

If he tried a little harder but still got rejected, even though it would be frustrating, it would look a bit more realistic and satisfactory.

Where as for the FMC, she's just a side character, at least till what I've read who rarely makes an appearance.

Feels like the author tried to use various isekai/fantasy tropes and implement it in his story but did it extremely half heartedly. It was as if he liked some part of a story, thought it would be cool to use and shut his reference book for the rest of his life without even bothering to think, how does THAT certain trope have to be used while writing a story in order to make it feel impactful.

It's like memorizing all the gears in a car but not bothering to know when should a particular gear be used.

I'll say give it a try and see what you think of it, maybe you may like it but if you found the story boring or disappointing after 4-5 chaps, stop reading it. It's not worth your time. <<less
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