I Will Surrender My Position as the Empress

When Princess Adelheid Kotrov of the Kotrov Empire leaves her nation for an arranged marriage, she holds little expectation, only hoping that she and her future husband can get along well. However, upon her arrival at the Echmont Empire, she is immediately humiliated. Emperor Karl Ulrich Echmont demands Adelheid's subservience and silence, while his concubine, Diane Poitier, shamelessly flaunts her unchecked influence. Despite being alone in a foreign land, Adelheid refuses to surrender. Her education has prepared her for becoming an outstanding empress, and she is also a striker—a powerful mage capable of single-handedly destroying the towers that drop from the sky and unleash swarms of wild monsters. Adelheid has no interest in Karl, but she is determined to find a dependable ally, resolve the poorly handled issue of the towers, and take charge of all that rightfully belongs to her.

Once Crown Princess of the Empire of Kotrov, Adelheid is reduced to a political pawn by her own mother when she is married off to Emperor Karl Ulrich Echmont of the faraway Echmont Empire. Expecting little from her new life, the reality she faces is even bleaker; not only is her new husband distrustful of her, but Adelheid must also contend with the jealousy of his concubine Diane. Thus begins Adelheid’s journey to gain allies in court, while also using her hidden mage powers to combat a rising threat…