悪役令嬢と鬼畜騎士 [Akuyaku Reijou to Kichiku Kishi] #2

The cover of this second volume sets a lush, intimate tone — a elegantly dressed blonde young woman with green eyes leans close against a purple-haired knight in armor, his hand gently cupping her face amid a bloom of soft florals. The pairing of a "villainess noblewoman" and a "brutal knight" (as the title promises) is rendered here with surprising tenderness, the tension between those two archetypes made all the more intriguing by how warmly the two figures seem drawn together. Fans of otome-inspired romance manga will find this volume from Ichijinsha's Melissa imprint a visually captivating continuation of the series.