"Livia, I'm curious about something.", Juli said.
"About what?", Livia asked.
Juli asked, "Why Flavia and Lucius didn't break the engagement? They could have dissolved their engagement and resolved this issue."
"Break their engagement??", Livia looked puzzled.
Juli said, "Don't people get divorced in this world? I mean if you don't want to live with someone you can go on a separate way officially. Like you get married officially, you can also get a divorce officially."
"Divorce? Something like this doesn't exist here.", Livia said.
"So, people live with one person forever and don't they have a harem.", Juli asked. Because she had read and heard that most royals and nobles had harems.
"No, we don't have polygamy or polyandry. We live with a single person for our whole life.", Livia said.
"Don't people cheat on each other? I mean people get tired of each other.", Juli was asking this from her past world experience where she had seen that people are not faithful. She made this remark without having any relationship experience at all.
Livia said angrily, "Yes, we live with a single person only for our whole life and nobody cheats. We have high morals. I've never seen anyone having an extramarital affair. We don't even have any prostitutes like other immoral empires."
Juli thought she had made a mistake. She was insensitive and had hurt this cute innocent girl. "Cute and innocent?", she thought just like Anna. She missed her younger sister. She was the elder sister that's why she had a soft corner for Livia. Even though she wanted to kiss her ass for summoning her to this world and giving her random orders.
"How was Lucius able to marry Domitia?", Juli asked. She wanted to apologize for her previous question. But she was hesitant to do this.
"There are two reasons. Firstly, he was not officially married to Flavia. They were only engaged. Secondly, you can get married if your partner is dead. But it is very rare, and we don't consider it a noble deed. That's why if someone wants to get married, they flee to other empires.", Livia explained.
"So, in the case of Lucius, Flavia's sudden suicide and her suicide note were strong support for him. Because Flavia knew that if they got married. Lucius will never be able to get married to Domitia."
Juli said. Livia nodded silently. Juli thought, "It's like Until Death Do Us Apart type of situation. It's amazing to see that people are so committed. But still, Isn't it too much? What if you don't want to live with someone? You're forced to spend your whole life miserably. What can be the solution to all these problems?", Juli was brainstorming, and she looked at Livia.
"Hey, you're disappearing. You're getting lighter.", Juli shouted.