While attending the consort selection ball, Eleonora finally met the man known far and wide as the Demon Emperor. Despite his cold demeanor, Emperor Alexei bears a surprising resemblance to the young boy she loved like family in her previous life. While their initial meeting got off to a rocky start, it sparked something between them, and Eleonora finds herself invited back to the castle only days later. Much to her confusion, the man who appears before her now no longer seems like the Demon Emperor she met before…but what could have changed?

Volume 2 of the The Boy I Loved Became the Jaded Emperor manga series by Ii Oshikawa.