Prologue
It started with a letter. It was an old piece of paper that my grandfather's grandfather would have exchanged with his grandfather. It read:
Bern's blood relative marries the eldest son (or daughter) of the Mayer family.
No one knows why Bern, a poor peasant, ended up marrying a noble family. It could have been that he saved her life, that he won a gamble, or that it was just a prank.
Whatever the reason, the marriage was not consummated. At the time, it was like trying to reach for a star in the sky for a commoner to marry a nobleman.
More than a hundred years passed, and the letter was completely forgotten. And then times began to change.
In a neighboring country, a revolutionary army overthrew the King, and the idea of equality before the law ignited the hearts of the people. When machines were invented, factories were built, and a new class of wealthy commoners was born. It was during this time of chaos that Emilia's father, Jim Bern, stumbled upon the letter.
He dared to knock on the door of Duke Meyer's mansion with the letter in his hand. However, he was immediately kicked out without even setting foot in. No matter how much the times had changed, the wall of social status was still as high as the sky.
For a commoner to directly confront a noble is like throwing an egg at a rock.
He decided to take a detour, even if it took time. He took the letter and went to the parliament, which was at odds with the nobles. They found the King right away.
Contrary to expectations, the King did not respond immediately. At a time when the conflict between parliamentarians and royalists, commoners and nobles was intense, it would be foolish to fan the flames of conflict. Several years passed after he gave an ambiguous answer, saying, “I will think about it.”
Meanwhile, Emilia's father, Jim Bern, died of an illness, and the letter was forgotten as a minor incident.
Then one day, the King had a minor quarrel with the mistress of the Meyer family. It was a minor quarrel, too petty to even call it a quarrel. However, it was enough to make the King want to take petty revenge. He had been feeling the need to drive a wedge into the Meyer family, which had been overly powerful.
The King took out the strange letter he had forgotten about.
At the age of fourteen, Emilia's engagement was thus concluded. A poor commoner girl became the fiancée of the heir to a great conglomerate overnight.
It was not something she wanted; it was the King's order. But people still criticized the girl and her family.
A greedy woman who covets the position of mistress of the Duke's household.
A shallow, vulgar person blinded by social advancement.
And then, little by little, it was forgotten and abandoned.
It started with a letter. It was an old piece of paper that my grandfather's grandfather would have exchanged with his grandfather. It read:
Bern's blood relative marries the eldest son (or daughter) of the Mayer family.
No one knows why Bern, a poor peasant, ended up marrying a noble family. It could have been that he saved her life, that he won a gamble, or that it was just a prank.
Whatever the reason, the marriage was not consummated. At the time, it was like trying to reach for a star in the sky for a commoner to marry a nobleman.
More than a hundred years passed, and the letter was completely forgotten. And then times began to change.
In a neighboring country, a revolutionary army overthrew the King, and the idea of equality before the law ignited the hearts of the people. When machines were invented, factories were built, and a new class of wealthy commoners was born. It was during this time of chaos that Emilia's father, Jim Bern, stumbled upon the letter.
He dared to knock on the door of Duke Meyer's mansion with the letter in his hand. However, he was immediately kicked out without even setting foot in. No matter how much the times had changed, the wall of social status was still as high as the sky.
For a commoner to directly confront a noble is like throwing an egg at a rock.
He decided to take a detour, even if it took time. He took the letter and went to the parliament, which was at odds with the nobles. They found the King right away.
Contrary to expectations, the King did not respond immediately. At a time when the conflict between parliamentarians and royalists, commoners and nobles was intense, it would be foolish to fan the flames of conflict. Several years passed after he gave an ambiguous answer, saying, “I will think about it.”
Meanwhile, Emilia's father, Jim Bern, died of an illness, and the letter was forgotten as a minor incident.
Then one day, the King had a minor quarrel with the mistress of the Meyer family. It was a minor quarrel, too petty to even call it a quarrel. However, it was enough to make the King want to take petty revenge. He had been feeling the need to drive a wedge into the Meyer family, which had been overly powerful.
The King took out the strange letter he had forgotten about.
At the age of fourteen, Emilia's engagement was thus concluded. A poor commoner girl became the fiancée of the heir to a great conglomerate overnight.
It was not something she wanted; it was the King's order. But people still criticized the girl and her family.
A greedy woman who covets the position of mistress of the Duke's household.
A shallow, vulgar person blinded by social advancement.
And then, little by little, it was forgotten and abandoned.
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