Logout Failed, but the Wedding Succeeded

I woke up inside the daughter-raising game I had been playing.

The problem is, I had become the aunt who bullied the female lead for years!

To make matters worse, I even lost the ‘player’ who was supposed to save the female lead.

No logout possible; all that remains is a mountain of debt and the female lead I have to raise.

To get out of this game, I must raise my niece properly and reach the ending.

Then, an unexpected man appears and hands me a suspicious marriage proposal...

“I’ve never really thought about marriage. It would be a bit too hasty, too.”

“You didn’t even give me a chance to get involved, and you’re refusing already?”

“I’m rather cold by nature.”

“I like cold people too.”

The grand duke, Eden Vertenen, whose name was only ever mentioned in the game, has proposed to me.

A man who proposes to a woman he’s never met without batting an eye.

I don’t know his purpose or reason, but he may be the clue to a hidden ending.

“Fine. Let’s be a couple who can divorce at any time by mutual agreement.”

A contract marriage, with a promise of divorce right at the proposal.

Now that I’ve secured a reasonable husband,

I thought all that remained was to raise the female lead safely and see the ending... but then...

“You like things neat and clean, don’t you? You hate even holding hands or anything ambiguous, so why are you doing this?”

He didn’t answer right away. With the silence stretching on, the lamplight trembled faintly. Maybe because of that, it suddenly seemed as if sparks were flying in his eyes. After staring into her eyes for a long time, Eden said in a low voice:

“I wonder. Why am I doing this?”

“......”

“I used to think things like this—lame excuses, or half-baked nonsense—were pathetic.”

He suddenly twisted his lips into a smile.

“Yet here I am, doing exactly that. Like an idiot.”

Illustration: Cocorip