NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Most fairytales end with a wedding and a happily-ever-after—but
this is no fairytale. The updated and official translation of Under the Oak Tree the #1
webnovel on MANTA. “Currently the most popular romantasy webnovel . . . Under the Oak Tree is
a Korean romantasy with intense emotional depth weaving trauma and love in a medieval setting.
[It] explores the internal and external struggles of Lady Maximillian and Sir Riftan in a
fraught evolving marriage.”—Bleeding Cool in praise of Under the Oak Tree (The Comic) Lady
Maximilian is the daughter of the powerful Duke Croyso but she is rarely allowed outside her
family’s sprawling castle for fear that her stutter will tarnish their noble name. When she is
forced to marry Sir Riftan a lowborn knight caught in one of her father’s schemes Maxi
doesn’t dare hope for happiness let alone love. Her stumbling communication and his gruff
manner sour their relationship before it can begin and Riftan leaves without a word the
morning after their vows are exchanged. Now three years after their disastrous wedding night
Riftan has returned as a war hero. To Maxi’s surprise despite rumors that he was offered
marriage to Princess Agnes a beautiful and renowned sorceress Riftan still wants Maxi for his
wife. And when he comes to claim her his longing becomes a desire that bewilders Maxi even as
she is overcome by the scorching heat that Riftan’s presence ignites within her. As she learns
to navigate the intricacies of her new life Maxi will find herself and her courage and
discover that she is anything but powerless. This volume collects chapters 1-76 of the
original webnovel by Suji Kim.