As the blind daughter of Duke Aegis, Ariel has grown up fearing that she may never find someone who truly loves and understands her enough to marry her. It's no wonder she so readily marries Bertwald Jansel, the wealthy, cold, and cutthroat count. Despite Ariel's blindness, she can still see the colors of people's emotions, and the count seems to always exude a deep, dark red — the color of anger and hate. If that's the case, why did he marry Ariel in the first place?