After I, a Penniless Noble, Entered a Fake Engagement with the Most Elegant Duke’s Daughter at the Academy, For Some Reason She Started Showering Me with Love

The kingdom’s top academy, open only to nobles, had never been a welcoming place for someone like me—a broke noble barely scraping by. It was a gathering spot for highborn sons and daughters. The unspoken rule was that students were there to find marriage partners who had the right face and status. So someone like me, who actually came to study, always felt out of place. Still, I kept attending the academy—for one simple reason: money. Graduating from the most prestigious school in the kingdom would boost my reputation, helping me land a better job. All to support my family… and more importantly, to keep my little sister from being forced into a marriage she didn’t want. No matter how...