In a kingdom ruled by tradition and appearances, the crown’s future depends on one decision: Prince Harold must choose a bride before his nineteenth birthday. To maintain the illusion of fairness, the royal family hosts the Selection, bringing one hundred girls to compete through months of trials and ceremonies. Five of them come from common families, a carefully staged exception to prove that anyone could rise… in theory. But everyone knows the truth: the crown was never meant to be touched by poverty. Among the chosen is Y/N, 17, one of those “common” girls. She has no interest in the prince or the palace. Known for his reputation as a womanizer, Harold is the least of her concerns. She is only here for the money promised to participants, a lifeline for her struggling family. Quietly defiant and uninterested in playing the role expected of her, she quickly becomes an outsider in the Selection. Harold has always been surrounded by people desperate to impress him. Y/N is the first person who doesn’t care who he is. Stubborn, sharp-tongued, and infuriatingly honest, she draws his attention in ways he doesn’t understand at first. Curiosity turns into tension. Tension turns into something far more dangerous. Because in this kingdom, no common girl has ever won the Selection… and the crown was never meant to change its rules.