After completing her “queen training,” Duke’s daughter Elizabeth Russell is ready to become the perfect future queen.

But out of nowhere, her fiancé, the crown prince, brands her as the “villainess”:

“You’re the one who tried to ruin her!”

Betrayed by her fiancé’s change of heart and forced into a disgraceful role by royal command, Elizabeth decides to cut her losses once and for all and start a new, free life in a neighboring country.

Throwing away both romance and power, she sets her sights on living the peaceful, ideal life she’s always wanted.

However, what awaits her in this new land is:

A strange encounter with a mysterious man, and

The whirlpool of politics she was trying so hard to avoid.

Even though she “retired” from being a villainess, one wave of trouble after another keeps crashing into her life.

Armed with the wit and humor she gained through her queen education, Elizabeth runs around searching for a happiness that’s truly her own.
The story of a young lady who seeks freedom begins here.