“Top actress and Northern Duke fake romance to gather intel, but his terrible acting complicates their contract.”
Charming the Duke of the North
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Synopsis
Top actress and Northern Duke fake romance to gather intel, but his terrible acting complicates their contract.
"Pretend to be my lover and join the social circle." Selena, the top star that had the entire world's attention, was suddenly warped to Northern Duke's land during an accident while filming. Kalcion, the Northern Duke that saved her from the infernal beasts, offers Selena a chance to go back home in return for collecting information in various social circles by pretending to be his lover. Selena quickly accepts Kalcion's offer, but... "Why in the world can't you do this!?" "Don't you think that the answer to that should be obvious to you, the actress, not to me, the duke?" There was a critical problem. The Northern Duke's acting skills are horrible! "...Let's change the plan. I'll seduce you instead." And thus the contractual relationship between the two started. Will Kalcion's acting skill improve first, or will he start to have true feelings for Selena instead? (Source: Before Sunset, translated)
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What 4 readers settled on.
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σ 1.41 · some divergence
4.0 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 5.0
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Dec 2022 → Oct 2025
- 7 “I really like this fantasy history genre, but I feel confused reading this. Maybe It's fault of translation but action scenes or jokes sometimes doesn't make sense and I get lost. The story is...”
- 9 “Fake dating AU but she's a skilled actress and she have comically funny opponents. Her ways to act lovey-dovey, actions to escape death, plus bit trauma bonding with previous fiancée. Funny good...”
- 7 “Story: 6/10 The story wasn't really anything special, as you can find many other manhwa with the same theme of a fantasy romance, a fake relationship contract, the lead coming from another world,...”
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 91 ch ch × vol
- Total read 12h 08m approx
- Published May 2022 – Aug 2024
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M64578 catalog