Kono Ai wa, Kokuou Heika no Gomeirei Janai: Ohitori-sama Kibou no Reijou desu ga, Funaka na Kishi ga Hanashitekuremasen!

この愛は、国王陛下のご命令じゃない ～おひとりさま希望の令嬢ですが、不仲な騎士が離してくれません！～ · This Love Is Not a King's Command

Updated August 2026

Kono Ai wa, Kokuou Heika no Gomeirei Janai: Ohitori-sama Kibou no Reijou desu ga, Funaka na Kishi ga Hanashitekuremasen! is an ongoing Adaptation, Fantasy, Romance manga (2024). Read it online free on XOmanga.

Countess Marinette Zachary is a reclusive Countess due to an affair and broken engagement from her ex-fiancé. After four years of hard work, Marinette has successfully won the position of the King's Education Officer and is taking the first step toward her dream of living alone - but she is now partnered with Ralph of the Marquise of Werner, a rival family?! Due to her ex-fiancé's infidelity and the breaking off their engagement, Countess Marinette Zachary has become a shut-in. No tea parties! No soirées! After four years of intense study, she successfully earns the prestigious position of "Royal Tutor to the King (age 5)," and finally takes a step toward her dream life of peaceful solitude. However, she is suddenly assigned to work with Ralph, an elite knight from the rival House of Marquis Werner. As everyone expected, Marinette and the perpetually grumpy Ralph bicker daily and become infamous for fighting like cats and dogs. Fed up with their constant squabbling, the young king (age 5) launches the "Get-Along Operation"! "Starting tomorrow, you two have to come to my room holding hands!" While Marinette is completely flustered, Ralph - mysteriously eager - dives headfirst into the mission to complete the "Get-Along Operation"! Just who is he really...? And more importantly, what will happen to Marinette's dream of living blissfully alone!? This is a chaotic comeback rom-com starring a noblewoman determined to stay single for life and complicated gentleman knight.