Cute! Can't wait to see the ML fall for her and regret ever offering her an expiration date to their marriage hahahaha jk (although she probably never would've agreed in the first place if he didn't include an expiration)
Except in that era you'd be 'used goods' if you divorce and is practically no different from being an old maid? Unless of course you get a sizable severance and some property.
I have to read twice just to make sure that I'm reading a manga and not a Chinese novel lol. Marriage contract is such a common plot in Chinese novels, so I'm surprised that it managed to find its way into Japanese manga. Please be good at least.
@Aichan
She's not planning on getting married again after. She just wants to bring honor to her family (though I feel like getting a divorce would actually be more dishonorable because it used to imply that there was something wrong with the woman, unless the man straight up admits it's his fault).
@Sarsak
Not saying that she will get married again, I don't have that info.
What I was saying was that, being married and then divorced is no better than being an unmarried spinster. As you said, it would suggest that there's something wrong with the woman such as maybe infidelity, bad personality or a gold digger. That would be worse for her family unless she gets a sizeable severance to make being the butt end of all high society's jokes and derision worthwhile. In those days, there was no honour in being divorced, you'd be shamed forever even if it's all the guy's fault.