Cheryl was born into a marquess's family, but as a 'child of iniquity', her father did not recognise her as his daughter, and she was treated worse than a servant and given less than enough to eat. One day, for some reason, she receives a letter of proposal from the Senoder frontier count. Deciding to devote herself to the man who chose her, Cheryl visits him, but as soon as she meets him, she is greeted with cold words.