63 I Want To Hear It From Her

To understand the importance of marriage between nobles we must first know more about nobles and their ranks. Whether it's an empire or kingdom, there are 8 noble ranks in the nobility.

Going from the bottom to the top the noble titles are respectively, Baronet, Baron, Viscount, Count, Marquis, Duke, Arch-Duke, royalty. Almost all of these titles are hereditary except for Baronet which is just a life peerage.

The first two titles from the bottom (Baronet, Baron) are considered lower nobles while the three after them (Viscount, Count, Marquis) are considered intermediate nobles and the last three (Duke, Arch-Duke, Royalty) are called Higher nobles.

The Royalty rank includes Princes and Kings and if it's in the empire then there is also the title of the emperor. If someone doesn't become a King or Emperor then his title is lowered to Arch-Duke as compensation.

Coming back to how to climb the ranks, Most nobles try to marry their daughters to the higher noble rank since it's the second-best way after meritorious deeds in war and battles.

The marriage between nobles has a very important political significance since it shows to other political rivals or enemies that two noble families are allied now. In fact, some families even went to the point of merging into one big family and creating a new legend.

An example of that is the royal family of the Sardinia empire. The royal family in the ancient past was called Liones royal clan which signified that the demi-humans from the royal families we're descendants of the Divine beast, Blazing Lion but twenty thousand years ago, it merged with the former Arch-duke family, Volrass family which is also a descendant of the Divine Beast, the Mountain Eagle

The merging of these two families by marriage created a new Dynasty and the royal family changed its name and became the Volffin royal clan which made them even stronger.

They even unlocked a new bloodline related to another Divine beast, The Volcanic Griffin. This showed the importance of marriages between Nobles and how they can impact the powers in the continent.

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William: "My sister would never marry just like that. She's one of the people who care more about getting stronger than marrying someone".

William who is inside a room together with George, Marquis Matthew talking about his sister's supposed marriage. After William heard of his sister's marriage, He decided to first go to the Mansion prepared by the Marquis and think about it there.

The carriages were brought and then everyone went inside the carriages and traveled towards the mansion. They then rested and everyone went to his assigned room.

Marquis Matthew is one of his Grandfather's trusted subordinates and so he could discuss anything with him and doesn't have to hide anything from him since it's just like he's talking with his grandfather.

George, Marquis Matthew, and William went to another big room and sat there as they started sipping some tea while also discussing what is happening with his sister's sudden marriage.

Marquis: "I also believe that there must be something wrong about this marriage. Everyone knows that the Arch-Duke wanted his son to marry the princess and even talked about it with the King many times and even the king seemed happy about it. I can't imagine why the King would agree to such marriage".

In the Lefia kingdom, there is One Arch-Duke and three Dukes. Each one of these Dukes has a high position either in the army or the government but they can't reach the position of the Arch-Duke not only because of his title but also because of his relations to the royal family.

The Arch-Duke's name is, in fact, Delmeriv Damian and His family are related to the Lefia Royal family because the first Arch-Duke was the First king's youngest son. The first king liked his youngest son so much that he gave him an island up north of the Archipelago to create his own country.

Of course, the Arch-Duke is still under the rule of the main royal family but he still has almost free control over his island.

The relations between the two families looked always good and even some of the princes who didn't become kings married into the Arch-Duke family while the ladies from the Delmeriv family married into Lefia royal clan.

Even the current queen of the Lefia kingdom is, in fact, the Arch-Duke, Damien little sister. The King has one queen and two concubines. Each woman gave birth to a child so the king has two sons and one daughter.

The oldest one is the first princess, Elise Lefia. Her mother is the first concubine and also the daughter of one of the three Dukes, Duke of the east, Vincent Hyden.

This year, she reached the age of 35 and still looks in her twenties thanks to her high power level in the warrior path while also being recognized as the most beautiful woman in all of Lefia Kingdom. People even gave her the title of The Steel princess because of power and beauty.

She's an early stage warrior king and even attended the Madoken Magic academy when she was 18 and graduated after 5 years. Many people respect her because of her monstrous talent and great leadership.

She also has the support of her grandfather who's one of the three Dukes and at the same time being great at governing and managing her business and meetings.

When she reached the age of twenty-five, the King announced a royal decree and gave her Rhine city on the east of the capital city to rule over.

Rhine city is a port city and its main economy was fishing and winemaking but since Elise came to the city, she added other industries like Selling sea salt and corals.

She built new city walls that reached over 40m and made the city economy booming and people became happy with their new city lord. Everyone agreed that she would be the perfect ruler and everyone would respect her.

Of course, that didn't mean that the other children were unable to rule well but they couldn't just compete with her.

The second child, for example, is the first prince, Conrad Lefia and is the son of the queen and has the support of the Arch-Duke himself.

He's a year younger than his half-sister reaching the age of thirty-four. He's great at politics and even greater at ruling the town he was assigned to which is now a great city.

He also received the royal decree when he reached the age of twenty-five, a year after his older sister.

The great thing was that he was given a border city that was on the continent land and not the Archipelago. It was him who requested to be assigned to the southern border town so that he could strengthen the borders against the military power of the Ailonia kingdom.

AN: [In the map, you will see that the Lefia kingdom rules over a little land at the west of the Ailonia kingdom. Go see the map in my discord and you will get it].

Everyone thought that he would fail but in just one year he made the town undergo a complete transformation that turned it from a little town into a great city that rivals the other cities on the main island where the capital is.

He even built a military camp beside the city and recruited young people and in just two years formed a new legion of well trained ten thousand soldiers. The legion was added to the army and stationed there under the direct orders of the first prince.

The only unfortunate thing about the first prince is that his talent isn't good since he reached his thirties and still 4th sea Earth Mage. It was in this kind of circumstance that the second prince William was raised in.

Both his older siblings were amazing and both are great at ruling and yet the only good thing about him is his talent in Magic. He tried his best to be his own and not try to be someone else but he could always see in people's eyes when they compared him to his siblings.

Even his father, the King of Lefia kingdom himself compared him with his older brother and sister sometimes. The only one who didn't do that was his grandfather, Duke Sung and his mother, Kim Sung.

William couldn't believe that his sister would suddenly marry not only because of her character who doesn't want to be under any man but also because everyone knew that since she received the royal decree, she wanted to be the queen of Lefia Kingdom.

Her thirst for the throne could be seen by anyone as she wanted to be just like the Empress of the Lamang Empire. Her wanting to the first female ruler of Lefia kingdom was all over her face and although she didn't confirm it, everyone knew she wanted it so much.

William: "A woman like my sister Elise who thirsts for the throne won't just marry someone just like that".

Matthew: "Duke Sung also thinks the same thing. That's why I came here. When His majesty chose me to bring you back, The Duke also told me to tell you about your sister and if you can find any reason behind all of this".

William: "..... There is only one reason that comes to my mind and can make my sister abandon the throne and everything".

George: "... your highness....."

William: "She fell in love with him..."

George: "...."

William: "Even if she really fell in love...No, I won't believe it. I want to hear it from her".

Matthew looked at the Second prince expression and sighed when he remembered about what Duke Sung.

Matthew: 'The second prince doesn't understand because he's still young but Duke Sung said it himself back at the capital. People in love won't even think about the consequences of their actions. They only think about the one they love. She found something more important than the throne'.

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At the same time that The second prince is discussing his sister's marriage, Ceaser together with Lorra, Edvard, Aiden, and Saya who are also talking about his Julie marriage. They also gathered in a big room and talked about this marriage.

Lorra: "Elder brother won't marry just like that without telling any of us. There must be something wrong. Isn't that right Grandpa, Edvard?".

Edvard: "Why are you telling me, little girl?! It's not like I'm a member of the royal family or something. I just live in a room in Ceaser's courtyard ".

Lorra: "You live in the palace just like me. You must know that brother isn't the kind of guy who would fall in love just like that".

Edvard: "I don't care if he falls in love or something. I just drink my rum and beer and that's enough for me".

Lorra: "Why you!!! you big idiot drunkard!! Is getting drunk all you think about?

Saya: "Both of you...stop fighting and let's think and talk more".

Lorra: "Saya.... but This guy us an idiot who doesn't do anything".

Edvard: "At least, I'm not a pampered princess.".

Lorra: "What did you say!!".

Saya: "Stop, both of you please...."

Aiden didn't care about what Lorra and Edvard little fight. He then turned and looked at Ceaser who was standing in front of the window and looking down at the little garden. He seemed to be thinking about something important and didn't really look at the garden.

Aiden: "What do you think about all of this Old man Ceaser. Do you think that it has something to do with the Kidnapping? perhaps the black market alliance is also involved".

Ceaser who heard Aiden's question turned and looked at Aiden as his face showed how serious he is and also the importance of all that's happening right now.

Ceaser: "I don't really know what is happening but I'm sure that when we reach the capital, all our questions will be perhaps answered. I can't really say anything right now but all I know is that something fishy is going on in these last few months and I wanna know what it is".