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Chapter 118
Again, Talking About Marriage ②
Translated by AmaLynne
「You are not greedy. You will be related to the royal family. Many men would envy your position.」
The king said, as if testing him, and Sam smiled back.
「I’m fine with mediocrity.」
「How can you call me mediocre when you are the most powerful man in our country? But it is precisely because of you that I want to entrust my daughter to you.」
「I don’t mean to be rude, but I’ve had enough of socializing with aristocrats, and since GĂŒnther is the next head of a ducal family, I’m sure people in the same position are similar to him.」
「I’m sure the rest of the dukes would be furious if they were to be lumped in with him. I don’t want to be lumped in with them either. But your wife? Isn’t he your wife?」
「No, he’s not.」
「But GĂŒnther?」
「No.」
「N-No?」
「Yes, it’s not.」
Regarding GĂŒnther’s bluster about him being Sam’s wife, I must assure you that this is not the case.
If he is not careful, he will try to settle into the position of wife.
Especially since he got engaged to Liese, Sam doesn’t know what he was thinking, but he seems to think he has a chance.
As usual, he is a man whose mind cannot understand. No, Sam doesn’t want to understand him.
He may not be a bad person as a friend, but Sam has no intention of making him his wife.
「I don’t care about GĂŒnther. It’s more about my daughter.」
「Oh. I could not deceive you.」
「My daughter Stella was born by the first queen. She is sixteen years old, a little older than you, but not by much.」
「You are giving me the first queen’s daughter? Shouldn’t she be married to someone who should be more suitable?」
Clyde sighed, looking annoyed at Sam’s reasonable words.
「To tell you the truth, she’s a bit troublesome.」
「Troublesome, you say?」
「The royal bloodline often produces children with silver hair with a hint of blue. I, too, have more gray hair now, but it still has a tinge of blue, doesn’t it?」
Clyde pointed to his hair.
「It’s a little blue.」
「You can see it more clearly in the sun, though. All my children are the same, except one.」
「I didn’t expect one of them.」
「Yes, that’s right. My daughter Stella was the only one with white hair.」
According to the king, not all children are born with silver hair with a hint of blue.
In fact, Clyde’s brother was blonde like his mother.
So Stella’s white hair was not unusual, and neither the king nor the queen was concerned about it.
「But the white-haired girl is a shut-in, with herself as proof that the queen has wronged, that she is not qualified to be a princess――and that she is an abomination to the rest of the kingdom.」
「Whoa!」
Sam’s voice was raised as if he didn’t care about the disrespect.
The king did not look at him with displeasure or anger, but continued to talk.
(The king said something about a setup! Princess, for what reason are you shutting yourself in!)
「I was joking. But the fact is that people who see the gray hair of the queen’s daughter sometimes suspect her of impropriety. Therefore, I know that Stella has been subjected to cruel words since she was a little girl.」
「That’s enough to make one want to withdraw from the world.」
「Don’t misunderstand me. I and the queens love Stella with all our hearts. It is not a problem for me and the queens to be secluded.」
「Well, then, what do you mean?」
「The heir to our kingdom is our eldest son, Cedric.」
「I know who he is.」
Even Sam, who is not familiar with politics, knows this much.
No, he didn’t, but Lise had taught him beforehand.
Cedric is the eldest son of the king and the child of the first queen.
He is also the younger brother of Stella, the princess who is currently being discussed.
「The heir has been chosen. I have already stated it publicly. But even so, some would do anything against my will.」
「Are there nobles who want to install another?」
「Yes. There are a surprisingly large number of people who want to install Stella and other princes as the next king.」
(Aside from the other princes, I don’t see the point of carrying a princess who is a recluse. No, just good enough to be a puppet? Hmmm
royalty ties are a bit of a no-good for me.)
Sam continues to be puzzled, not quite sure why the king thinks Princess Stella is a nuisance and why he wants her to marry him.
Sam sympathizes with her being a child suspected of wrongdoing because of her gray hair, but if her parents love her, I don’t see the problem.
She will be hurt, but let those who want to say it.
There is no good in forcing such a princess out of the palace, at least that’s what Sam thought.