Shihori Hoshina (星那しほり)

Kilania, a count’s daughter forced to work as a palace maid to pay off her family's crushing debts, survives her hectic workdays by hiding in a quiet palace garden during her snack breaks. One afternoon, she discovers an attractive "civil servant" collapsed on the ground from severe hypoglycemia and starves him back to life with her homemade cookies. The two form a sweet routine of sharing secret garden tea breaks, unaware that the "starving civil servant" is actually the King himself in disguise! Charmed by her warm, unassuming nature, the King has his royal guards summon her, not for execution, but to offer her a lucrative contract position as his "Contract Queen." Determined to treat her new royal title strictly as a high-paying job, Kilania remains hilariously oblivious to the King's genuine, hopeless affection for her.

Milia, a maid devoted to her beloved princess, would do anything to protect her. When the princess is suddenly demanded in a political marriage by the neighboring beast-man kingdom, Milia is horrified—the groom is rumored to be none other than the infamous “womanizing prince,” known as the worst of the worst. Determined to shield her lady, Milia resolves to become the substitute bride herself. Fortunately, the prince seems to have no interest in his bride at all! Her plan is simple: quietly endure six months of marriage, then arrange a clean divorce. But things don’t go as expected… The supposedly cold prince begins to pursue her sweetly and insistently. Could it be that the cruel prince’s overwhelming affection is far too much for a mere stand-in bride to handle…?!