Even if quite forcibly, the engagement with His Highness the Crown Prince being finally safely arranged is a weight off my mind.
Thinking about it, the incident happened just at the right time.
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That day was weird from the start.
His Majesty the Crown Prince, who wouldnāt willingly approach me, perhaps because he disliked talking about the engagement, requested a meeting with me.
Of course, I had no choice of refusing.
I replied that Iāll be happy to receive him, but I suggested we talk in the presence of His Majesty.
Then when I inquired about his purpose, for some reason he asked to meet my daughter.
As until then he had been completely indifferent, I was suspicious about what was going on.
Honestly, although I managed to get them engaged, I had a smoldering doubt whether it was fine.
Although His Highness had accepted the engagement, no matter how you looked at it he showed no interest in it, undeniably he disliked my daughter.
I wonder if I canāt expect a happy future of this marriage.
It had to come this far for me to think so.
I donāt want to see my daughterās tear-stained face.
Rather than that, wouldnāt my daughter be happier if I entrusted her to a man who seriously loves her.
I recalled the man whoās always with my daughter.
Although heās a son of a person I hate, the person himself is a calm young man, he made a favorable impression by stubbornly refusing to get engaged with anybody other than my daughter. Moreover, Iāve heard his parents finally yielded to him.
He didnāt feel like making advances, but heās also from a ducal house, moreover heās the eldest son.
Aside from His Highness, it can be said heās the best choice.
ā¦ Itās not the situation to talk about my personal preferences.
Perhaps, itās the time I also resolve myself.
I thought so, but.
When His Highness unexpectedly appealed that he seriously wants to receive my daughter, my feelings changed.
As we interact for work, I can tell whether heās serious.
I donāt know what happened, but His Highness appears truly earnest about loving my daughter.
In that case, thereās no problem.
From the start I wished for that relationship. If His Highness loves my daughter and will cherish her, thereās no greater joy for me.
Just, I found it strange.
His Highness and my daughter should have never met.
I wonder why he went that farā¦
Although my probing was avoided, I felt like his eyes told me to investigate on my own.
Immediately, I decided to abandon things at hand and investigate, butā¦.
After he finished talking with my daughter, His Highness confessed the shocking truth, but thatās a story for another time.