Su Ni Prye.
Not many people knew her, but mention the name "Pry" in Siltovis and everyone would understand: the family of the "Eternal Stablehand."
It was a story so remarkable that no outsider would believe it. When the emperor was still a candidate for the throne, he had fled to Siltovis and been saved by a young man named Ryan. After becoming emperor, he returned to Siltovis and found him.
The emperor had wanted to take Ryan to the Imperial Capital and grant him a noble title. But Ryan wanted neither the capital nor nobility. "I'd be happy if all my descendants could hold horses for the Ministry of the Interior," he said. He was so resolute that even the emperor could not persuade him. In the end, the emperor gave him a hereditary sinecure tending horses at the Ministry of the Interior.
That Ryan Pry was Su Ni Prye's grandfather.
At first, people mocked Ryan for turning down the chance to follow the emperor to the capital and become a Marquis, choosing to stay in Siltovis and tend horses instead. The mockery continued until Ryan married a Count's second daughter and Su Ni Prye's father was born.
Then turmoil from the imperial capital suddenly spread. The emperor lost his throne, major departments were purged from top to bottom, and one group of nobles replaced another. Countless Ancient Families fell like stalks of wheat at harvest. But nothing happened to Ryan, who spent his days tending horses. The new emperor could not be bothered with him, and neither could his subordinates. People began to think Ryan might not have been so foolish after all. By the time Su Ni Prye was born, no one mocked his decision anymore—mainly because most of those who had mocked him were dead. Only