CHIAKI Raku

Lala, the daughter of a nobleman, is sent to the castle of Walter the Feudal Lord, in place of her sister who has eloped. Lala is prepared to be treated harshly, but for some reason, Walter grows fiercely attached to Lala as though he was never even remotely engaged to her sister to begin with...

Countess Rilla is extremely poor! Without the backing of her fiancé, the Marquis of Moritz, she's on the precipice of ruin! But at the entrance ceremony of the Royal Academy of Magic, she witnesses her fiancé Klaus having an affair with another girl! When she asks Klaus about the affair, he mocks her as "plain and boring," and declares that he'll break off the engagement after she graduates from the academy! If her parents lose Klaus' support, she'll be out on the street!No, I'm trying! I refuse to get back together with the morally harassing marquis's son! I'm going to become an alchemist for my independence! But the strange student from the empire, Ares, also appears...!Alchemy is the art of freedom!Original Web Novel