Kirienne's parents had eight children, most of which lived in the same port town they did, and that was the only reason they were willing to let their daughter go off to live in a foreign land. They were so surrounded by family that they would hardly notice she was gone.
They had liked Jae well enough before he left because he was respectful and hardworking even if he was a foreigner. But they refused his suit due to the unpredictability of what life would have in store for their daughter.
Those reservations faded as time went on and word got around about how advanced the Kanta had become for such a tiny nation. Plus Kirienne had been sulking ever since Jae left, claiming she would never forgive her parents for keeping them apart.
