“Crash!”
The sound of porcelain shattering against the floor was exceptionally clear, disrupting the elegant and refined atmosphere of the princess’s bedroom.
But Lia, the culprit, no longer cared about such a minor matter.
“M-married?”
Lia was completely dumbfounded.
“Cough…!?”
Not only Lia, but even Charl, standing silently behind her, widened her eyes and coughed, a bit of saliva escaping her lips, her impeccable, noble knight image momentarily ruined.
The two of them were completely stunned, staring blankly at the serious Lucy, unable to react for a long time.
Lucy thought that she hadn’t made herself clear, so she repeated,
“I want to get married.”
These straightforward words truly stunned Lia and Charl.
“Sister Lia?”
Seeing that Lia couldn’t even react, just staring blankly at her, Lucy frowned slightly and called out to her, seemingly wanting to say something.
“Wait!” Lia didn’t give Lucy the chance, raising her hand to stop her. “Let me process this first.”
Lia pressed her temples and rubbed them a few times, as if suspecting she was experiencing mental fatigue and had misheard. Closing her eyes, she took several deep breaths.
After that, Lia seemed to recover, opening her eyes again, regaining her composure, and staring intently at Lucy.
“You said, you want to do what?”
Lia stared at Lucy, hoping that everything she had just heard was just an auditory hallucination.
Unfortunately, this hope was ruthlessly shattered by Lucy.
“I want to get married.” Lucy said wistfully, as if she hadn’t noticed Lia’s unusual behavior. “What should I do?”
No, no, I’m the one who should be asking what to do…!
Lia wanted to shout.
Not only Lia, but even Charl looked dizzy and dazed.
But what could they do?
What did they just hear?
Lucy wanted to get married?
The Kingdom’s treasure wanted to marry someone?
This… this wasn’t good at all…!
“I say, Lucy,” Lia said, unable to stay calm, “can you tell me why you suddenly want to… get married?”
First, they had to understand this.
Otherwise, there would be no progress.
Even Charl couldn’t help but say,
“Weren’t you always uninterested in marriage, Princess?” Charl asked, surprised and uncertain. “Whether it was nobles from the Kingdom, royalty from other countries, or even important figures from other races, you always rejected all marriage proposals without hesitation, right?” ŘΑNо₿ΕS
Although Lucy was only seventeen, very young, in this world, fifteen was considered the age of adulthood.
Since she was an adult, she could get married.
Couples who married at fifteen or sixteen were common in this world.
And for royalty and nobles, engagements might be arranged even before they were born.
Especially princesses, who were often betrothed at birth for political marriages. There were countless examples.
Lia, for instance, was already engaged, but she wasn’t interested in her fiancé at all. Therefore, even though she was eighteen, an adult for three years, she hadn’t married him, constantly delaying, causing the royal family to be criticized by his family.
But Lucy was different. Countless people had proposed, enough to line up from the human world to the Divine Realm or the Demon Realm, yet her marriage hadn’t been decided.
This was only natural.
Lucy’s magic power had startled the Divine Realm at the moment of her birth, causing Lildas, the Goddess of Fate, to descend and bestow her blessing.
The royal family and the Kingdom placed high hopes on her from the very beginning, valuing her potential immensely.
Under such circumstances, not knowing how much value Lucy could bring, they naturally wouldn’t easily betroth her to anyone.
Who knew if the other party was worthy of Lucy?
Who knew if it would be considered marrying beneath her?
Who knew if the other party had ulterior motives?
Who knew if the Kingdom would be restricted by this marriage in the future?
Therefore, before knowing how much Lucy could achieve, and before knowing if she would inherit the throne and become the queen of Mitra, the Kingdom wouldn’t dare to easily arrange a marriage for her.
As Lucy’s talent gradually manifested and became increasingly astonishing, eventually even the Holy Sword recognized her, and the Divine Race even invited her to become a resident of the Divine Realm, Lucy’s status became more and more transcendent. As a result, there were more and more suitors, but the Kingdom became even more hesitant to arrange a marriage, afraid of offending Lucy and displeasing the Divine Race.