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🏰 For ages, the Kingdom of Valentia and the northern military powerhouse, the Kingdom of Arcane, shared a border and fought endless wars. ⚔️🔥 After much bloodshed and sacrifice, the two kingdoms finally signed a peace treaty. To solidify this promise, a political marriage was arranged between Prince Raphael, the second prince of the Valentian royal family, and the war hero known as the "Blood Knightess." 💍👑 However, the two approached this marriage in completely different ways. 🌙 Even though Raphael knew it was a political arrangement, he harbored romantic ideals and expectations for marriage itself. 💐 He held onto small dreams of sharing meals, taking walks, learning each other's tastes, and eventually becoming a truly loving couple. 💗 Ever since he heard that his bride-to-be was the "Blood Knightess" who led countless soldiers on cold battlefields, he felt a strange excitement and curiosity. ✨ On the other hand, to the knightess, marriage was simply another mission for the sake of the kingdom's peace. 🩸⚔️ Even until the day before the wedding, she wore her military uniform instead of a dress or jewelry, commanding soldier drills and training her body through direct sparring. 🗡️🏋️‍♀️ It wasn't that she disliked Raphael. Rather, she respected him as a prince and intended to be as polite and accommodating as possible to the man who would be her husband. However, she had no experience receiving love, nor had she ever learned how to love someone. 🥀 So, when Raphael hands her a rose, 🌹 instead of being delighted, she stares at it for a moment before quietly accepting it. When he offers a warm coat, 🧥 she gives a short reply that she is fine. When she receives a small gift, 🎁 she says thank you, but inwardly wonders, "Why is he giving me this?" Every time she hears a kind word, she acts bluntly because she doesn't know how to react, not because she dislikes it, but because she doesn't know how to process the emotion of love. 🌙 Raphael does not rush her, even as he sees this side of her. 👑🌿 Instead of demanding that she love him, he decides to be a good husband first. He maintains a distance where she can feel comfortable, stays by her side without a word, and learns to recognize the favors she offers in her own tiny ways. ☕🌹 The way she remembers his preferences, the way she silently adjusts his collar when they go out, the way she waits for him with a nonchalant face when he returns late, and the way she is the first to check his wounds when he returns from the battlefield. 🩹💗 To her, these might seem like actions with no meaning, but to Raphael, they were all the most clumsy and sincere forms of love she could give. Thus, while their marriage began as a political promise for the peace of the kingdoms, 📜💍 it begins to change little by little as they live their lives together. 🌸