Akujiki Reijou to Kyouketsu Koushaku

Melphiera Marchalrayd has earned an unpleasant reputation among the nobility for continuing her late mother's unusual research into cooking monster meat. She hopes the knowledge can help her family's lands survive future shortages, but high society simply brands her the "Voracious Villainess," leaving her with few willing marriage prospects.

At a royal banquet, a monster attack brings her face to face with Aristide Galbraith, the feared duke whose brutal skill against monsters has made him the subject of equally dark rumors. Rather than recoiling from Melphiera's interests, Aristide is fascinated by her courage and expertise and soon makes his intentions clear. Two people judged by frightening labels begin discovering that their strangest qualities may be exactly what allows them to understand one another.