Riri is the daughter of the upper-class Nanatsumori family, and Takuto is a servant who has served the Nanatsumori family since childhood. Riri and Takuto have known each other since childhood and secretly harbor feelings for each other, but their difference in social status keeps their feelings hidden. Then, one day, Atsushi, the eldest son of the Nanatsumori family, receives orders to join the army. His father, Tokuji, an officer, doesn't want his son to go to the battlefield where things are going badly, so he devises a plan. He proposes that Takuto become Riri's husband...