I Abdicate My Title of Empress

Adelaide, the crown princess and highest ranked offence magician, fell out of favour from her mother, the Empress Dowager. As if she were kicked out of her own home, she was married off as an Empress to a far away land. And there, she was welcomed by the Emperor's mistress, who started talking about the Emperor's preferences! Adelaide disregarded the emperor's warning to live as Empress in name only, and chose Lionel to be her aide, the emperor's very own political rival.

Once Crown Princess of the Empire of Kotrov, Adelheid is reduced to a political pawn by her own mother when she is married off to Emperor Karl Ulrich Echmont of the faraway Echmont Empire. Expecting little from her new life, the reality she faces is even bleaker; not only is her new husband distrustful of her, but Adelheid must also contend with the jealousy of his concubine Diane. Thus begins Adelheid’s journey to gain allies in court, while also using her hidden mage powers to combat a rising threat…