Mouse Argo now only wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into and hide. She was too embarrassed to face anyone.
However, Akasaka did not mind. He placed his hand over Mouse Argo's, whose embarrassment had already peaked, signaling for her to calm down. He did not care about such a trivial matter.
Seeing the little gesture the man across from them made toward their daughter, Argo's parents exchanged knowing smiles. This son-in-law had already scored eighty points in their hearts—he had basically passed.
Argo's father deliberately coughed. "Well, our daughter doesn't need a bride price. As long as you can make her happy, that's enough."
Argo's father knew his own situation well enough.
With so many children in the family, marrying off one was one less to worry about.
He had never expected to trade his daughter for money. That was far too low-class.
He only hoped that his daughter would be happy after marrying into his family.
If he demanded a bride price, the boy on the woman's side would inevitably have objections, and it might even turn into a family conflict.
Just think about it.
A man married a wife and poured most of his fortune into it. If things did not go well after the marriage, even the slightest disagreement would be magnified without end.
That was why divorce rates among later generations were so high.
First of all, the man spent a huge amount of money to marry the woman, so naturally, his expectations would be high.
At the very least, doing laundry and cooking—making dinner for her husband when he came home—was the bare minimum. Yet most women could not actually manage even that, especially in Dragon Country.
So the conflicts only grew more and more intense.
Especially when it came