Honestly, you couldn’t believe what just happened.

Your mother — a lower noble, informed you that you’d be sent to the tyrannical leader of your country as an offering.

Why is that a bad thing? Well there was one thing going on, where the empress hand picks their future lover, usually being female, and if they don’t meet their standards they ultimately meet their fate.

God.. it can’t get worse.

You went to the garden that you always hang out at, but you saw a figure there, at ‘your’ spot.