Knight of the Scaffold

Sofia Arnowa, the infamous villainess daughter of House Arnowa in the Kingdom of Vernarld, is scheduled to be executed today. The charge: "casting a curse on the Crown Prince." But it's a lie. Sofia has never used such magic in her life. Standing before the scaffold, Sofia closes her eyes quietly. Crying won't help. Nobody believed her — not her father, not her former fiancé Crown Prince Lionel, not the girls she thought were her friends. Everyone turned away. Just as the cold steel of a blad