Synopsis:
Tracy, a princess abandoned by the empire her ancestors had risked their lives to protect.
In order to survive, she flees with her younger sister and receives a proposal from Todd, a negotiator from the enemy nation:
“If you participate in this war, after the peace treaty, you can marry me and become a duchess.”
“Don’t you want your sister to be treated as well as before?”
For the sake of her naive younger sister, Tracy becomes a sharpshooter under his terms.
After a year and a half of long war, the peace negotiations are concluded, and she announces their engagement at the victory celebration.
There, she meets Valentin, a close friend of Todd from his study abroad days.
“This is the second time we meet.”
“…Second time? We’ve never met before.”
“It really is the second time. You saved my life.”
Three elaborate insignias on his shoulder.
A colonel from an allied nation.
As Tracy adjusted her stance, he, feeling slightly disappointed, said:
“We’ll be seeing each other often from now on, so treat me comfortably.”
He took the hand she offered and brought it to his lips.
“My savior.”
The hands that had taken lives were, in that moment, the ones that saved them.
