Yume no Shizuku, Kin no Torikago

夢の雫、黄金〈きん〉の鳥籠

73 chapters

20 volumes

2010 – 2024

In the early 16th century, Alexandra is seized by slave traders during one of their frequent raids in Ukraine. When the traders reach Greece to sell the female captives, a handsome young man named Mateus purchases her and pledges to grant her genuine freedom. He brings in numerous tutors, scholars, and palace ladies to mold her into the ideal woman of her era. Mateus's generosity makes Alexandra fall deeply in love with him, and she secretly hopes to become his concubine. But cruel destiny intervenes: Mateus has already promised her to his closest friend, Suleiman the Great, Emperor of the Ottoman Empire. Mateus promised Alexandra true freedom, yet what freedom does she have when she is trapped in another man's harem and can only gaze at the one she loves from a distance? Unable to bear this torment, Alexandra vows that one day she will free both of them from their respective birdcages. But Mateus is the Grand Vizier, a position second only to the Emperor himself. So Alexandra must rise to become the most influential concubine to have any chance—which means bearing Suleiman's son. However, Suleiman already has a son from another concubine, and that woman is determined to keep her child as the sole prince and only heir. Thus begins the tale of a slave that becomes the story of one of history's greatest empresses, Alexandra, the woman who would eventually be known as Roxelana, Empress of the Ottoman Empire. Included one-shot: Volume 11: Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori: Shokan

Historical

Josei

Romance

Drama