Episode 40.8 (1/2)

Once upon a time, a fair maiden known as <White Snow Flower Princess> was born as a member of royal family. Her name was Lorecia.

For some reason, the king would not show Princess Lorecia to the public. Of course, royal princesses aren't to be shown to the public easily in the first place, but she never made a public appearance even after she nearly turned 14 years old, nor would the royalty would give permission to high-ranking nobles wanting to see her.

In truth, princess Lorecia was a

user. As she was a member of royalty, there was never a worry of her getting undue treatment, but the marriage proposals would have been a huge mess and she wouldn't get to live in peace.

But the nobles were getting more and more curious instead due to the secretive nature of it all. Many of them would send spies to paint a picture of Princess Lorecia, but in all the likelihood, none succeeded.

The king who wished the princess to lead a quiet life asked the then present head of Rainzats to take princess Lorecia as their adopted daughter through back channel. As the legal wife of Rainzats's present master was princess Lorecia's aunt, they would keep her safe and Rainzats had always been the house the royalty would rely on.

The king at the time likely also intended to wed princess Lorecia to Rainzats.

But then, the princess fell in love with the heir of Wazrof who was staying long term in Rainzats for a business, to the point that she would not eat her meals.

Head of Rainzats who was at his wit's end consulted with Wazrof's present master. Wazrof's head was bewildered. As his heir already had a legal wife, and he wished not to cause a disturbance in the family.

Even so, as it was a request by House of Rainzats, Wazrof still took princess Lorecia through back channel even if she could not be the legal wife.

On the other hand, there were two houses who wished to take the renowned fair maiden's hand in marriage. Gido Marquisate's House of Indole and Smarc Marquisate's House of Fotos. Both rich territories with good harbors, competing for the wealthiest position in the kingdom, with them asking for <White Snow Flower Princess>'s hand in marriage, all other suitors fell silence.

The relationship between these two territories is such that they sometimes found themselves clashing violently against each other for profit, and sometimes joining hands together against other territories. Both present masters of the houses had a discussion and went to the royal family together, leaving the decision of whom to pick on the royal family.