I didn’t know it was love at first.

By the time I realized it was love, you were already by my dearest friend’s side.

Aren, the sole Duke of the Mont Kingdom, unintentionally ends up taking in a guest from another world.

At first, Aren tries to drive him away—until he realizes that when the man is near, the relentless nightmares that plague him disappear.

With no other choice, Aren allows the man to stay.

A foolish man whose only skill seems to be smiling.

A fragile guest of mine, so delicate it seems he might die the moment he leaves my arms.

But why?

Why did you choose someone else—not me?

Two years later, Aren meets the guest again at his own estate, just like the first time.

Only now, the man is engaged… to Aren’s closest friend.

Throughout his entire life, there was only one thing Aren ever truly desired.

And after tasting the bitterness of failure once, he could not—would not—let this second chance slip through his fingers.

But…

Like a fish out of water, Aren opened his mouth silently, no words coming out.

After enduring immeasurable pain, his face twisted in anguish.

“…Why have you become so thin?”

The guest he hadn’t seen in so long looked far more sorrowful… and fragile… than he remembered.

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