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BOOK ONE
In the Heian era, Princess Amahara Sayo, the Emperor's only daughter, possesses an unusual sorcery technique despite having very little cursed energy. She can manipulate nature, command plants, and rapidly heal wounds, making her a valuable healer rather than a powerful fighter.
When Ryomen Sukuna, the King of Curses, demands an imperial bride, Sayo's overprotective father and brothers prepare to fight rather than surrender her. Knowing countless lives could be lost, Sayo makes the heartbreaking decision to become Sukuna's wife herself.
But marriage to the King of Curses offers no safety.
To remain alive at his side, Sayo must prove herself worthy-not as a princess, but as a sorcerer and as a woman capable of surviving in Sukuna's world.
They couldn't be more different. Sayo is gentle, compassionate, and devoted to preserving life, while Sukuna is ruthless, merciless, and fascinated by destruction.
Yet as Sayo spends more time with him, she begins to see glimpses of something beneath the terrifying legend. Sukuna was once a child too.
And perhaps the monster everyone fears isn't the only part of him still alive.
What begins as a forced marriage slowly becomes something neither of them expected-a dangerous bond between the princess who makes flowers bloom and the King of Curses who leaves destruction in his wake.
She was given to him to save her family.
He expected a frightened princess.
Neither expected to become the other's greatest weakness.