An Enlightenment Society graduate, from an unremarkable merchant family, as insignificant as a grain of dust compared to the illustrious Margaret Clan.
The royal family disliked such unions, and one night, a similar conversation occurred between father and grandfather, claiming it would contaminate the family's pure noble bloodline.
The royal family prepared a marital candidate for him, while the girl from the merchant family could be a lover or bear him illegitimate children. In the imperial capital, this was not considered unusual. As the future heir of the Margaret Clan, he was supposed to follow the rules of high society in the Empire.
But every day of the subsequent decades, he paid the price for his initial choice.
Under Henry VI's instructions, the church cast some ancient spell on her.