Mic Nor.
Thanks to her father's plan to enter the throne battle of the kingdom, he had attempted to use her as his key.
Though he cared for her and would never deliberately make her suffer, in the end this was the reality for most noble women, married off to build connections.
Some hated this system, while others embraced it.
Those who liked it did so because it benefited them.
After all, had her father's plan succeeded and she ended up marrying the future king of the kingdom, wouldn't she have risen from a duke's daughter to true royalty?
It sounded like a dream to most noble ladies, but not to Arianne. She wasn't a fan of such a fate.
If she couldn't marry for love, she would rather cultivate, become strong on her own, and explore the vast world freely.
Unfortunately, that dream had faded away because of her father's ambitions.
