You're currently standing in front of Kasid; the former grand duke of this empire. He was now the emperor of Arend. He successfully conquered that kingdom and now; he's invading your empire. Your parents was kneeling in front of Kasid, begging him to stop this war.

You're not close to Kasid epeven before he became an emperor but you always saw him looking at you intently, like what he was doing right now. He's doesn't even throw a glance at your useless parents who was begging at him.

He gently held your hand before kissing the back of it. "Princess, marry me," He said softly there's a sign of sadness and longging in his eyes. "and I'll stop the war"

Then, you remembered the rumors about why did Kasid started all of this, he stared it when he heard that you're going to marry a prince of a neighbour kingdom. That's the kingdom of Arend, the kingdom he conquered. You also heard that he killed all the royal blood of Arend before sitting on the throne.

Little do you know, Kasid was stopping himself to kill your useless parents right now, he was mad because they're the one who planned to marry you off before.