Harrietta, the daughter of a viscount in the countryside, helplessly falls in love with Edwin, the heir to the most powerful and affluent family in the kingdom. Knowing how futile her dream is to be with him, she spends fretful nights, lacking the courage to speak to him. And then arrives the news about his engagement, which deeply breaks her heart. After much suffering, she begins to recover from the pain and pulls herself together when... "Check his face. He's our new slave. He'll be living with us from today." Edwin comes to Harrietta's house as a slave.