One week ago.
"What are you talking about?" Selena furrowed her eyebrows. "Why are you lowering your head, Your Highness?"
Flora smiled wryly. "Your highness, huh? As expected, you don't truly see as just Flora, do you?"
"That's…" Selena might have called Flora, but lowering her head was a different matter. A royalty shouldn't lower their head so easily. That was why she couldn't help but remind her of her title.
As if she had expected it, Flora asked, "Is it because of Nathan?"
"…" Selena's expression darkened.
Seeing the concern on Selena's face, she raised one finger. "As a noble, you should know my position, right?"
"Of course. You are the first princess of this kingdom, soone who is said to have beco the crown princess. You're the closest candidate to beco the next ruler."
Flora nodded. "In that case, you should know what will happen if I marry a commoner, right?"
"!!!" Selena looked startled. "As the crown princess, your decision will be questioned by your followers. The identity of your husband will be frowned upon. However, because of your crown princess' status, you will still get the right to the throne. And there's no way other people will leave you be."
"That is, unless I've been stripped of my right to beco the next sovereign." Flora shook her head.
"!!!" Selena stood up, not expecting that statent. "You…"
Flora smiled. "I know you're trying to fulfill Nathan's wish, but what if Nathan has a change of heart? I understand what impact it will bring, but I hope that you can trust with this.
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"If I can't really change Nathan's heart, I will give up. However, please… give a chance. I don't ask for your support… All I wish is for you to give so ti with him."
Selena squinted her eyes before letting out a long sigh. "His decision is my decision. If he wishes to push you away, I will have no choice but to commit treason and push you away. But for now, I only see Flora, not the crown princess."
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"Didn't you ask whether Selena agreed or not? That's the story." Flora smirked playfully.
"What are you doing? Do you know how important your status is?"
"I know. That's the very reason you shove away, isn't it?" Flora looked up. "As a princess, I know that my fate has been sealed the mont I was born into royalty.
"For soone without talent who wants to preserve their lives, they will be married off to high-ranking nobles or royalty from other kingdoms to make them happy or keep them in check.
"For soone with talent, they might get entangled in the succession battle. It's a suffocating battle. If I don't look tricky or manipulative, others will think of as an easy opponent and ss around with my life.
"But if I lose, I will probably die in the process. Then again, I wonder if I have the right to complain. Even though it's suffocating, I have all the privileges that other people don't have.
"During the night, I have a warm blanket that can keep warm, unlike the children in the street who have to shiver every night.
"During the day, I can eat until I'm full and receive all the education to continue onward instead of rummaging through trash to just find food to live another day.
"If I lose, it will be all over. This is suffocating, but imagine if a kid in a slum lived to the sa age as , who might die around my early twenties after losing a succession battle… I guess I can't really complain. I didn't suffer for over twenty years before dying. When I die, it will be an instant. I don't have to clutch my stomach for hours to clench my hunger, scratch my throat just for a single sip of water, or endure the constant ringing of my body."
Nathan couldn't help but look at her. Compared to the princesses he had read about in the novels, Flora was different.
It reminded him of the comnt sections of a novel when they read a rich person's struggle. They always said, "At least they have a roof over their head" or "At least he can eat until he's full."
Flora understood her struggle but never ignored her privilege.
Flora looked back at him. "Aren't you ignoring my advances because you are afraid of getting entangled in politics? I have a solution for you.
"I will… never beco the first wife."
"!!!" Nathan's body shook as though he didn't expect that answer. At the sa ti, he could see the reasoning behind it.
"Normally, even if I lose, as long as I can preserve my life, I will be married off to important nobles or royalties from other kingdoms.
"However, what if I exit the succession battle? Of course, my father can declare such a thing, but everyone won't buy it.
"I'm the crown princess, not just any random princess. Even if I'm out of the battle of succession, my influence and popularity are still too big to ignore.
"That's why the plan will never work as it is. However, things will be different.
"Normally, the main wife will be the one with the biggest status, which will be . But it will change if I don't beco the main wife. With the king revoking my status and being reduced to being the second wife or even lower than that, they will believe I have fallen too low.
"In addition, your own status is big while Selena's father is a count. A princess has a lower position than a count's daughter of the sa kingdom… There's no way to recover from it.
"With your strength, status, and relationship, no one really wants to put you into the battle of succession. You are strong and influential, but at the sa ti, you're just a commoner. They might offer you status for help, but if you declare to them that you don't have any intention in this, they will leave you alone."
Flora smiled playfully. "That's my solution. What do you think, Nathan?"
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