Your Grace, Why Can’t We Get Married?

Astan von Schultzmeyer, a cursed Duke who turns into a monster whenever the full moon rises.
One day, Gloria McCain, the heiress of an Earldom, comes before him carrying a marriage proposal.

“I will accept your proposal, Your Grace.”
“There seems to have been some misunderstanding. Let us pretend this proposal never happened.”

Astan, unwilling to let the curse laid upon him be discovered, firmly refuses marriage, but—

“Why can’t we get married?”
“We just can’t.”
“How can that be a thing? I am going to marry you no matter what, Your Grace.”

Gloria, who received a prophecy that if she does not marry within a year, she will be miserably murdered at the hands of her stepmother and stepbrother, persistently demands marriage.

* * *

“I am going to become your wife, Your Grace.”
“……”
“I’ll become your wife, break the curse too, and we’ll have children who resemble us and live happily.”
“You’ll regret it.”
“I won’t regret it.”
“……”
“I chose you, Your Grace. You didn’t choose me.”
“……”
“So you cannot reject me, Your Grace.”

That little curse, I’m telling you, I’ll take care of all of it!