I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons (Manga)

Leticia Dorman, daughter of a duke, has been engaged to the crown prince, Clarke, since age seven. Though once a spirited child, she’s undergone ten years of strict lessons to teach her manners fit for the future queen. Distraught by the loss of her freedom, Leticia clings to her hope that the prince might someday take an interest in another woman—and when he shows up to a royal ball with an unknown lady at his side, she’s elated to see her engagement broken off. Finally, her dream has come true! Lettie wastes no time at all in retreating to the countryside for her new peaceful life, but her joy is cut short when the prince appears and informs her that she is still, in fact, his fiancée. Prince Clarke is determined to win her heart and marry her. Lettie is determined to resist him and escape. The universe is determined to not be of any help whatsoever.

With her wedding to Clarke looming closer, Lettie has found herself feeling...unexpected things for the prince. Having sought a moment alone to attempt to clear her head, she was whisked away by a pair of strangers—only for it all to have been one big misunderstanding. Now stuck in a predicament with Louis, the third prince of a neighboring nation, and his long suffering servant Lyle, Lettie has a potential international incident to worry about on top of her conflicting feelings for Clarke. What’s a girl to do? Simple: attempt yet another escape! Meanwhile, Prince Clarke and Lettie’s brother Nadir race against the clock to rescue her from what they assume to be a terrible fate.

Now that Lettie and Clarke have at last tied the knot, their honeymoon trip begins! And everyone else is also there, of course–one does not simply go on a honeymoon without an entire entourage of unrelated persons, after all. The gang arrives at Prince Louis’s native Kingdom of Delbaran, home to a magnificent castle, exciting sights, and probably the strangest royal family on the entire continent, bar none. As Lettie and Clarke navigate their life as newlyweds, Brianna and Nadir begin to grow closer, but not all is rosy in this eventful trip...

With Leticia happily married, it’s time for her money-driven best friend Brianna to get herself a little romance. But as it turns out, her motivations for marrying rich aren’t quite as shallow as they may first appear: She’s more focused on saving her family from ruin than living the good life. One bad investment has left them nearly destitute, and dutiful, determined Brianna has decided to shoulder the burden of repaying her father’s debt—no matter the cost! Her efforts finally bear fruit when she secures a date with the crown prince...but things aren’t exactly as they seem. Caught up in the schemes of a dastardly man, Brianna finds herself pulled along on a chaotic adventure, one that might end in her getting everything she’s ever dreamed—just not quite how she expected.

Nadir asked for two things in exchange for paying off Brianna’s family’s debt: for her to work for him as a live-in maid, and for her to act as his pretend fiancée. But now that they’ve successfully erected a romantic facade, they also have to maintain it—which is why Nadir decides they should pay a visit to the Lariquel estate, home to Brianna’s previously impoverished mother and father. Much to Brianna’s chagrin, however, it turns out her family has yet to reacquire a full suite of furniture, meaning there’s only a single bed available for her and Nadir to share. And the ensuing shenanigans won’t only bring them closer—they’ll push Nadir to finally reveal a long-kept secret.

Lettie and Clarke, Brianna and Nadir—the happy couples’ lives are the picture of marital bliss. Such peace doesn't exactly beget pressure, however, and the realm’s prince and princess have continued to dance around the act of consummating their marriage. Lettie claims she just needs more time, but it soon becomes apparent that might be a luxury she can't afford when an unexpected guest arrives and boldly declares her interest in the very married prince. Even worse, this rival just so happens to be a foreign princess with a past connection to Clarke—and she has no plans to leave Astarl anytime soon! Will this new challenger be able to capture Clarke's eye? Or can Lettie beat her in the battle for her husband's affection?