The Reason for Marriage

‘You have the same birthday as the Emperor of the Haemille Empire, I cannot help it.’

That was when Daniel asked why he could not say that today was his birthday. Her mother, who was a Queen at that time, stroked her hair and spoke softly.

‘Everything is for your own good, so you need to understand. It’s all for peace. There’s no need to make a controversy, right?’

Ever since birth, Daniel was a person who merely kept an appropriate distance as “The Third Prince of Third Level Country”.

While the two older brothers growled toward the throne with their respective mothers on their backs, Daniel naturally adapted to his position. It was all for peace, and there was no need to create controversy.

Since he was very young, he thought that he would marry any of the foreign women according to the law. His mother and brother would recommend a woman from a country that would properly help them in their position… In a way, he was no different from Ashe, whose dream was to marry the right man from the right country.

In other words, they were poised to play the role others put on them properly. No matter how much others said that they had a beautiful brotherhood as if they had jumped out of a fairy tale, there were no emotions in the play. It was because he knew that living as quietly as possible was the most appropriate utility as a royal family.

“Daniel, are you not greedy for the throne?”

Whenever William asked the question jokingly, he answered casually.

“I have so many thoughts. So I think I’ll be unhappy even if I become a King.”

That was true. Those who struggled to become kings thought that the above two brothers were enough.

Her mother, who was the Queen, died suspiciously, and Ruben’s biological mother, who was the second prince, became the Empress. Of course, he wanted revenge, and he believed that William, his brother of the same mother, would take care of everything if he safely ascended to the throne.

He thought he understood everything, but in the end, he would only see another blood shed.

Kaiden’s parents also died during his mother assassination. Kaiden and Daniel promised each other to get revenge when they were children. While Kaiden lost his laughter as he was endlessly sinking into darkness, Daniel still maintained a gentle attitude toward everyone and got along well with others.

Even if his mother was unfairly murdered, his role that was given to him did not change. A younger brother without any presence who helped his blood-related brother, William.

He didn’t know if Kaiden, who talked about revenge together, would feel a little betrayed if he knew, but he wasn’t particularly unhappy after her mother passed away. He was quite satisfied with his life when the four of them went to college – his close friend Kaiden, bright and cheerful Ashe, and Ashe’s friend, Lizen.

Maybe he was tired of all those things that happened to him from birth–killing, looking out for each other, and having secrets, exercising, taking classes, and eating together without thinking… He wanted to avenge his mother’s death, but he often felt a desire to live with the flow. Of course, he had no choice but to hide such feelings from Kaiden.

And it was Ashe who killed William and broke all this.

At first, of course, he thought Ruben and his mother, Testy, had killed William. Not only his friends, but also the nobles who were on William’s side all came out to support him. He too could not bear to see the person who killed his mother and brother ascend to the throne, so he took part in the battle for the throne and… He was always able to do well in any role that others expected him to do.

But he knew very well that wearing the crown would be irreversible and would put him at the center of all the darkness and debates that he had been sick of. His friend, who had both financially and materially helped him ascend to the throne, began to drift away, and Ashe began to be calculating against him, asking him to decide her own marriage right away.

Perhaps the reason why he decided to raise Lizen as a Queen, who he had not been interested in so far, was because he thought that he symbolized the times when he was at peace. However, Lizen was smart, and she figured out their relationship faster than he did.

‘I don’t know your highness very well. And your highness doesn’t really know me either. We met quite a lot. But… Did we get to know each other more?’

He couldn’t answer that because he didn’t think at all that he wanted to know her. She was bright, and they used to be close…. Then, suddenly he thought that if Kaiden had been a woman, he would have raised him as her Queen.

After all the facts were revealed, Ashe calmly admitted that she had deceived him. Daniel didn’t really resent her because he thought that he would have acted like that too. However, he found that the few things he cherished had all come to an end.

In the end, he was left alone in the highest place with his crown on.