“There’s surely no place for me here, either.” Elena Sazandra, abused by her family and unable to fulfill her role as a songstress, loses even her fiancé to her stepsister and is ultimately expelled from her home as a “good-for-nothing.” The marriage forced upon her by her parents is to Luval Alvin, known as the “Man-Eating Marquis of the Frontier.” On her way to his northern territory, Barley, Elena is abandoned in a monster-infested forest at the behest of her stepsister. Just as she is about to give up on life, the person who appears before her is none other than her soon-to-be husband, Luval himself.