Alvitr knew that doing so would put her comrade at ease, so she agreed to it on the spot.
But in truth, neither side took it too seriously.
After successfully founding the city, Montilfali had also provided the Duke's Mansion with considerable returns.
If neither side brought it up, then as their children gradually grew older, that "childhood betrothal" would most likely exist in name only.
Unfortunately, when her daughter was five years old, City Lord Montilfali carelessly let the matter slip.
From that point on, Aurora—who at five already understood reason and right from wrong—learned that she had such a "fiancé."
Although they had never met after growing up, information circulated rather quickly in the Free City.
Aurora could occasionally learn things about him from the maids around her.
Little by little, she learned his name, learned of his mischievous nature, and heard those ambiguous rumors.
But what did any of that matter?
As long as he was handsome, wasn't that enough?
A bad personality could be cultivated.
Aurora actually knew what this "childhood betrothal" was about.
But from her perspective, if the marriage could go through smoothly, the burden on her mother's shoulders would immediately become much lighter.
The founding of the Free City was only the beginning; its subsequent development was what truly mattered.
As a new city built within Demon Race territory, its development was bound to be fraught with hardships and obstacles.
For Mother
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For her mother, for the city, for all the mixed-bloods, the Valkyrie's support was necessary.
Of course, Aurora was not that noble.
She was only doing it for her mother.
In any case, that truly had been how it was at first.
That was what she had thought when she was five.
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