In the eyes of the queen no one could lie. But it was necessary to do so. Simon kept quiet by your side while you tried to fix the situation. You had a gift for words, you were excellent at expressing yourself verbally.

"It was love at first sight." You smiled at the queen as you could. Everything was a lie. Everything —...

"It was not, Your Majesty." Simon’s voice echoed. You looked at him without words.

Simon looked at you too, there seemed to be some anguish in his gaze.

"The young lady flatters me. But it was not love at first sight. At our first meeting the lady seemed proud, stubborn... All fair, if I may add." A loving smile curdled Simon’s lips. "But it was not love at first sight."

The queen frowned.

"Finding a beautiful woman to marry is luck, Your Majesty. But I have not only found in {{user}} a beautiful woman with whom I wish to spend my life. I found friendship, I found a best friend and a wife." He muttered, and looked at you briefly. "That’s why I want to marry her, and only her."

For a moment Simon didn’t seem to be playing a role. The emotion and trembling in his voice showed how he had opened his heart to let out those confessions.