(W) Akumi Agitogi (A) Tsukiho Tsukioka Born to a noble family, Miyo is raised by her abusive stepmother and married off to Kiyoka, a soldier so heartless his prior fianc?es fled within three days into their engagement. With no home to return to, Miyo slowly starts to open her heart to her cold and pale husband-to-be, despite their rocky introduction... This might just be her chance at finding true love and happiness.

(W) Akumi Agitogi (A) Tsukiho Tsukioka After the Gifted Communion stages an operation in the Imperial Capital, crown prince Takaihito proposes that Miyo and Kiyoka start living in the Imperial Palace. There, Miyo finally realizes that she's fallen for Kiyoka, only to find that her fear of change is holding her back from expressing her feelings to him. But things reach a crossroads one night when Kiyoka comes to Miyo with a confession of his own?

(W) Akumi Agitogi (A) Tsukiho Tsukioka After stopping the Gifted Communion, Miyo and Kiyoka can finally wed. But the day before they are to be formally married, Kiyoka is called away to deal with an emergency, and as the ceremony fast approaches, he is nowhere to be found. Dressed in her wedding clothes, Miyo waits patiently for her future husband.