Runark's expression grew serious at those words. It appeared he was aware of this as well. Back when Ria was still part of the royal family's life as the royal princess, there were many boys and even men from across human civilization who sought her hand in marriage. Not because she was exquisitely beautiful, but simply because she was the daughter of the Emperor of Water. Who she was personally hadn't mattered.
Ria's expression frosted at that memory. It was one of the reasons that she had run away from this life when she was sixteen, the very moment she broke through to the Master Realm.
