幼い頃から虐げられてきた末の王女マデレーネは、王太子である異母兄に命じられ、〝成り上がり子爵〟として名高いアラン・ノシュタットに嫁ぐことになる。
王家は金を、子爵家は公爵位を得るための、愛情のない政略結婚。身一つで嫁いだマデレーネを若き領主・アランは冷たい態度で出迎え、「あなたを妻と思う気はない」と告げる。しかしそこには、マデレーネを守りたいというアランの隠れた思惑があり――？
The youngest princess, Madeleine, who has been oppressed since childhood, is ordered by her half-brother, who is the crown prince, to marry Alan Nostadt, who is famous as an “upstart viscount.”A loveless political marriage for the royal family to gain money and the viscount’s family to obtain the title of duke. Alain, the young feudal lord, greets Madeleine with a cold attitude and tells him, “I have no intention of considering you as my wife.” However, there is Alan’s hidden desire to protect Madeleine.
