Until Death Do Us Apart •~ Season 1 : Chapter 1~•

[▪︎]The fatal blows stricken the innocent and with her humiliating fall, she found herself in a pitiful state—:

•Is this my ending? Ones I hold dear got lost and ones I cared for, died one by one. Shockingly, I was left kneeling and the death is before me.•

•The only man, the cause of my demise, stands before me with the crown of winner. No, why? What did I do wrong? Why did my happy world shatter?•

[▪︎] Alas, If I had known that choice would cost me everything, I wouldn't have chosen that hand-----[▪︎]

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• About 5 years ago, the engagement ceremony of Sallonia Wedgren was held in the most lavish hall. She was engaging with Marquis Wintervane. •

Vincent Wintervane

...It's my pleasure to be your partner. I'll take a good care of you, my lady.《GENTLE•TONE》

• The Marquis was handsome and wealthy. He had good connections with the nobles. On the other hand—:

Sallonia Wedgren

Hoho~ That tickles!《HE•HE》

《SFX : G R A B–! 》

• Sallonia was the ambitious daughter of the wealthy Duke Simon Wedgren. That Marquis was surely her dream Prince.•

• I had attended the ceremony with my family and congratulated the couple.•

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• Months later, I was invited to Marquis Yllestri's banquet, arranged in "Rasnar's Greetings" Palace. All types of nobles were invited so, the Earldom of Clorence.

• Cassius Alresford, my father attended the banquet along with me. As usual, father had his cold demeanor—:

Earl Cassius Alresford Clorence

.....《S T E R N》

「CASSIS • ALRESFORD」

•〈THE-EARL-OF-CLORENCE-EARLDOM〉•

•As a proper daughter and first lady of Clorence, I was near him with a drink in my hand after greeting the Marquis.•

• I can't just wander as I please, it doesn't sound really bad to stick around him. I was looking at decorations :

Juliana Evelyn Clorence

.... [It's pretty~]《SOFT•SMILE》

「JULIANA•EVELYN•CLORENCE」

•〈SECOND–HEIR–OF–THE–EARL〉•

• I was in fact satisfied with my peaceful life as a noble. I was observing then, I heard someone calling my name. I looked to see Sallonia—:

Sallonia Wedgren

Juliana! There you are!! 《RUSH• OUT》

「SALLONIA • WEDGREN」

•〈JULIANA'S–FRIEND| DUKE'S–HEIR〉•

• Sallonia is Duke Wedgren's daughter and has good relationship with my family. We went to academy together. In the noble society, she's my best friend.•

• After catching up with me, Sallonia expressed her thoughts :

Sallonia Wedgren

I'm glad you came or else it was so boring here-! How have you been, Juliana? 《S M I L E》

• It's been a while, she was engaged to Marquis Wintervane. I replied :

Juliana Evelyn Clorence

I've been well! I bet, you were busy after the engagement.《T I L T》

• Hearing me, she laughed as she nervously rubbed her head and replied :

Sallonia Wedgren

Yeah right. But, I wish he was more open-minded. He's...not so caring like I thought to be! 《S I G H》

• Hm? What's with the long sigh? I heard the Marquis Wintervane is handsome, wealthy and has good reputation. Then what is the problem? I asked :

Juliana Evelyn Clorence

What's up with him?《CAUTIOUS•TONE》

Sallonia Wedgren

Well actually—《ABOUT•TO•SAY》

• Before Sallonia could say more, a sense of familiar hit me—:

• I felt someone close to me by blood around. The feeling distracted me and I didn't know what do other than looking around. Finally, I could notice—:

Juliana Evelyn Clorence

....??《S T A R E》

• In the crowd, two golden eyes caught my attention. Ahh, I wasn't expecting "him" to be around, this so close :

Esclaus Spess

........《N O T I C E D》

「 ESCLAUS • SPESS 」

•〈THE–YOUNG–DUKE–OF–SPESS〉•

• Esclaus Spess, the head of one of the ducal families founding the Empire, Crenoix holds a good reputation. But, that's not my relationship with him.•

Esclaus Spess

.....《S I L E N T》

•The sworn & born enemy of Clorence.•

Juliana Evelyn Clorence

......《S I L E N T》

•This brat is my cousin who graduated from hater's academy and despises my family enough to spit on its name and anything related to it. Our relationship with Spess wasn't like that at first.•

•Maternal uncle and paternal aunt married and had Esclaus. After my maternal grandpa and previous Duke Delushar Spess's death, this little guy forcefully took away the title.•

Sallonia Wedgren

[Does he have a crush on Juliana?] Why is young Duke Spess staring this way?? 《L O O K》

Juliana Evelyn Clorence

Well that's...《S I G H》

•Then he severed the ties with Clorence only because of personal hatred, then Spess family moved to Northern Empire. Almost nobody knows he's my cousin.•

• Esclaus rolled his eyes and then looked away as if nothing happened :

Esclaus Spess

.......《IGNORE • HER》

• As a hater he has contributed a lot in the past years. He even locked aunt and never let her visit us and created social obstacles for us. He crossed the line by threatening to kill any Clorence—!!•

• I looked away too as I don't care about Spess now. In fact, I don't wanna see my cousin at all—:

Juliana Evelyn Clorence

Sally. It's not like I have anything with a young Duke.《DENY • FACT》

Sallonia Wedgren

Right- 《LOOKS• BEHIND》Your grace, Earl–!

• Sallonia went near my father with a very serious face. Father understood what she was about to say, he replied—:

Earl Cassius Alresford Clorence

You can take Juliana with you, however don't wander around for too long.《S I G H》

Sallonia Wedgren

Sure! Sure!! 💯 💯 💯

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•Sallonia and I started roaming around in the banquet. We talked to the other noble ladies then had some drinks.•

• She looked very excited. I too felt so good thinking what might happen next—:

Juliana Evelyn Clorence

Sally, don't you have any plans with Marquis for a dance? The song is starting.

Sallonia Wedgren

Well, yeah. But he hasn't arrived, but that's not really stopping us from fun.

• After a moment, a random noble man approached our way—:

Rudigar Parvis [Knight]

...Excuse me, ladies. Do you have a moment? 《A P P R O A C H》

•〈RUDIGAR PARVIS–THE KNIGHT〉•

Sallonia Wedgren

...I think we are busy—!《SASSY• TONE》

• I tapped on Sallonia's shoulder as she used an unfriendly tone. She should've let the man speak out. Then he came closer and he said—:

Rudigar Parvis [Knight]

...It is regarding the Marquis Wintervane. I believe you will give me this moment. 《CALM• CLAIM》

• She was surprised. Meanwhile, I also retreated by giving them some space—:

Juliana Evelyn Clorence

I'll be nearby, take your time.《WAVE• WAVE》

Sallonia Wedgren

Um, okay...《S I G H》

•~{ Rasnar Palace Balcony }~•

•The gossips and crowd were giving me headache. I walked to the Balcony to get some fresh air. I took a breath of relief.•

• Little did I know, around this time the wheel of my fate will start spinning. I could hear a melodious tone~:

Juliana Evelyn Clorence

Wow, who is playing such a tone..?《FLUTTER • HAIR》

《SFX : LOOK • DOWN~!》

(♧)I wish I hadn't become very curious back to the bewitching tone back then and If I hadn't looked down to check!(♧)

Juliana Evelyn Clorence

...Oh my—?-! 《HEARTBEAT•–•FAST》

《SFX : S T O P~!》

• Stopping the play, the blonde bloke turned his head toward my direction with a mysterious stare as if he was waiting for me. I met his highness the first Prince for the first time—:

Asil de Calypse Crenoix

........《APATHETIC•GAZE》

「ASIL•DE•CALYPSE•CRENOIX」

•〈FIRST–PRINCE•–•OF–CRENOIX〉•

• Blonde hair as gold, sharp sapphire eyes. I was too young and naive, I thought was I seeing a sculpture? My eyes were glued to his appearance. •

• I didn't know through this man my destiny would soon change. That moment, I realized he haven't seen a super handsome in my life—:

Juliana Evelyn Clorence

....[Whoa, who could he be?] 《A W E》

•The sudden call of Sallonia caught me off guard. I turned to the balcony door hurriedly. Then I turned to the balcony edge once again, but the man's gone!•

• In the end, I walked out of there and met with Sallonia. She said :