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"Don't you ever feel like this might not be right?"She stiffens involuntarily. She doesn't want to talk to him, but he may be the only one who understands. The rules, the impossibly high bar, the mantra drilled into her from before she even knew how to speak. 'You have to be better than that woman's son.'
"I don’t know," she says.
Machi is a princess caught in a succession battle with her illegitimate older brother Kakeru. Yuki is the young, reluctant magic tutor appointed to her by his overcontrolling family. They've got a long way to go, but one day they'll find their way home.