Saya/Black Dress/2/Rich Trader

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Duran's face darkens a bit when he tells you your destination. "Apparently, you'll be marrying a merchant from a forgotten noble lineage who made a fortune for himself by taking over a large part of the country's trade. He probably intends to restore his family name to its former glory trough this marriage. I heard he's willing to pay off the entire country's debt and supply resources our army desperately needs, as well as provide goods to the border villages to help them rebuild after the last war. All in all, this is certainly an offer noone could pass up. Still sounds like you getting sold off to some rich-ass noble to me tho." He sizes you up for a while after dropping that bomb. You stay still for a moment, thinking things over.

As you get your toughts straight, it dawns on you that, alltough you may have been sold, the price this man paid for you was enough to buy an entire kingdom and then some. Offcourse, trough marrying you, he becomes the crown-prince, so he DID buy a kingdom wich would make you the 'and then some'. Still, You realize this marriage will allow your country to prosper. Also, a man who built himself a financial empire of that magnitude from scratch certainly deserves your respect. You feel your heart pounding in your chest, part of you feels glad you can help your country to this extent. You have only ever served on the battlefield, killing your country's enemies but you never got a chance such as this to actually help your countrymen rebuild. It would feel nice to do something constructive rather than destructive for a change. Offcourse, you still don't know what the man himself will be like and you'll have to spend the rest of your life with him.

"So, what do you think?" Duran asks in a far more serious tone than you're used from him.

You :

Smile and tell him you'll be okay

Shudder a little and say "I'll reserve judgement till after i met him"

"This agreement will benefit our country more than my blade ever could, I shall serve my country to the best of my ability - on or off the battlefield - whether I like this arrangement is secondary to that"