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 tough things got, I had no choice but to keep going. But even with all that determination, there were times I just wanted to be alone. One day, while wandering the vast academy grounds in search of peace and quiet, I stumbled into a rose garden. That’s where I met her— A beautiful girl with silver hair and blue eyes. And then, completely out of the blue, she made me an unexpected offer: “In that case… how about we enter into a fake engagement?” I agreed, thinking it would be a mutually beneficial arrangement. Only later did I learn that she was Yuliana Arrose, the one and only daughter of a duke in the entire academy. And for some reason… she started enjoying this fake relationship a little too much. “Fufu. Since you’re my fiancé now, you can be more affectionate with me, you know?” Wait… this is still a fake engagement… right?