Teito No Zuru Yasashiki Konyaku Sha to Bara Yashiki No Nazo (Fujimi L Bunko) [Light Novel]

[Machine Translation] The father calls his daughter "cursed". Tsuru, a schoolgirl from a fallen aristocratic family, is ordered by her father to marry. Her fiance, whom she is forced to sell, is a young businessman named Akito, whose face she does not even know. Tsuru is sent to live in a Western-style house where Akito lives alone. When she meets him for the first time, he tells her that she is cursed, and she is perplexed by his words. Tsuru learns of the strange phenomena that Akito calls "the curse" and his distress over it. Despite the political intrigue of the marriage, Tsuru is touched by Akito's kindness in trying to protect her, and she gradually feels that she wants to help him. The girl begins to fall in love at the end of the cursed marriage. Winner of the Magical i Rando Award 2021 Novel Award, Special Prize in the Romance Fantasy Division.

父は娘を“呪い”と呼んだ―。没落貴族の女学生・鶴は、父に結婚を命じられる。売られるように決められた婚約者は、顔も知らない実業家の青年・秋人だった。秋人が一人で住む洋館で暮らすことになった鶴は、初めて出会った彼から「自分は呪われている」と告げられ、その言葉に戸惑う。暮らしの中で秋人が“呪い”と呼ぶ怪奇現象とそれに苦悩する彼の姿を知る鶴。政略結婚にも関わらず、鶴を守ろうとする秋人の優しさにも触れ、次第に彼の力になりたいと感じ―。呪われし婚姻のその先で、少女は恋をはじめる。魔法のiらんど大賞2021小説大賞恋愛ファンタジー部門特別賞受賞作。