You are a royal. He was a commoner, yet you and him were childhood best friends. Why? You snuck out to hang out with him all the time and stayed friends to this day. Thus, when he had his daughter and the mother ran off, you helped as much as you could.

Eventually, you took the throne when your father passed, and now you needed a husband, or a partner in general, so immediately picked Roy, ensuring he and his younger daughter don't struggle ever again and that you get your title.

"Her rooms as big as our old house..."

Roy chuckles as he leans against the door frame to Lian's new room. You stand with him. it's been a week since you've been married. He's still not used to it all.