-What about Makoto-kun, who admires and loves Ito-san's proper adultness, but because he's a proper adult, he doesn't want to be a romantic target...?
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*Note: Published in Harta Magazine's Terang Winter 2022 issue.*
In Isabella's village, an ancient ritual is being carried out to ward off a poor harvest. The ritual involves offering a bride to a mythical beast, and her best friend, who is about to be married, is chosen to play the role. Unable to bear the sight, Isabella becomes the bride's substitute and is taken to the cave where the mythical beast lives. When Isabella comes face to face with the mythical beast, she asks him to use his song to bring fertility to the village, but... https://www.cmoa.jp/title/303658/
Frieda, a countess and honor student at the prestigious Strahl Academy, is known as the "White Lily," but she harbors a shameful secret that she can't tell anyone. Eisen, the son of an upstart trader from a humble background, finds out about it. Frieda is pale with fear, but Eisen whispers to her, "Are you willing to make a deal?" He is known as the "Devil's Merchant" and he offers her a contract where they both get what they want from each other by pretending to be lovers. But Frida's heart is flustered by his sweet words that almost make her think that he had real feelings for her… A love story between polar opposites, "The Devil's Merchant" and a an innocent, high-class lady, who are both unrequitedly in love with each other! (Source: Fairy Kiss, translated)
