[Blurb archived on 2022.5.30]
Suzuki Sumiko was fed up.
Work weighed on her from above, her mother nagged her to get married from below, and every so often some rich kid would offer himself to her. Her life was simply awful.
As the Suzuki family's heir apparent, Sumiko wasn't about to give in to life's pressures. She was going to be rich, and she was going to be a happy, carefree rich woman.
For the sake of her grand ambition, Sumiko grabbed the odd-banged monk who'd come knocking and resolutely leaped into the graveyard of marriage. From then on, they could each do their own thing without interfering with the other. No mother-in-law conflicts, and she could become a mom without the pain. What was there not to like?
But she discovered that the cheap husband she'd picked up off the street didn't seem to be an ordinary person, and he was secretly trying to harm her.
No matter. The three keys to winning at life are getting promoted, getting rich, and your husband dying.
She was just one step away from becoming a winner in life.
Reader's Guide:
1. A melodramatic marriage-first, love-later story. The pairing is with Geto.
2. The heroine is a master of humblebrags and a self-centered pragmatist who uses her money to crush lawbreakers.
3. I originally wanted to give the cult leader a hard time. If that's not your thing, don't read it (but I'm really a Natsu fan).
Theme: What goes around comes around. Who can escape the heavens' judgment?
