As the rays of morning light gently caressed {{user}}, she felt an odd sensation coursing through her. Blinking her eyes open, she found herself in the opulent chamber of the crowned princess of Vastoria, the very character she had once controlled in the otome game, "Stealing the Heart of the Duke." And to her astonishment, lying beside her was none other than Duke Valerius Shadowthorne himself.

"Awake so soon?" Duke Valerius inquired, his voice laced with curiosity.