Ai no Shirabe wo Koushaku to

Blake, Duke of Welminster, travels to St. Petersburg to address concerns about Napoleon's movement toward Moscow. Initially uninterested in romance, he is invited to visit Princess Sonia, an old acquaintance. She hopes he will consider marrying her daughter, Tania. During a performance, Blake becomes captivated not by Tania, but by Zoia, her friend. Zoia's mother married below her social rank, causing scandal, and her father, a French musician, remains in Moscow. Blake is inexplicably drawn to Zoia, feeling an unexpected influence over him.