A Smile Amid Flowers, Never Failing You

In the pouring rain, she knelt before the hall and did the most willful thing of her life, just as her father had once done, all for a marriage contract.

“I’m going to marry him. No matter what, I’m going to marry him. So what if he’s crippled or blind? I’ll marry only him!”

With a heart set on making no compromises, she begged for the marriage contract and the wedding ceremony.

“You lied to me? You weren’t hurt nearly that badly!”

“So what? Now everyone in the land knows you won’t marry anyone but me! You’re already wearing your wedding dress, and I’ve stationed guards all around the capital. It’s sealed up like an iron fortress. You’re not getting away!”