Just Empty shells
"Say, do you think it's okay? If we allow that guy to meet with her?"
Atushi stopped cleaning the glass and pulled out his lighter and a cigarette. "It's not as though there's much choice right now. Honestly speaking, I'd rather have it, so she doesn't have any engagement partners right now."
That's right, especially considering these circumstances. "However, in the end, she is still a member of the top class elite. She needs a fiance. She has nobody left in her family other than the few guards and elders that survived or weren't present at the incident. She has to make use of any connections she can get. Though I doubt she ever saw it that way."
"True, she isn't that type of person." Jae chuckled. "It was funny how she didn't recognize me for a while after she came here."
"I found that odd too. You two met before."
"Right, she is my life savior, but-" Jae trailed off. "Maybe it is better if she doesn't know that."