Any sufficiently experienced writers can tackle that rather easily. In the long run, it may stray into what Wakaba envisioned. But if its only for a first chapter hook where you want to pitch the manga idea, it's honestly Wakaba that got handicapped here.
Is using someone's plotline really a handicap? This 'contest' is definitely one-sided. And people can try only so much before their spirit become broken. But well, let's see how she will rise up.
The aristocrat is definitely the one that put the curse on her, ordered his hired men to capture her while the curse is still under effect, but she managed to escape and eventually saved by our MC.