Now do you understand how troublesome and annoying Alina is? Yes, that's why Ryan doesn't want to marry Alina and prefers the Second Princess, who is the Fifth Child of the Emperor.
The Second Princess, who is the same age as Lyana, is the child of the Queen and Emperor Alan.
The Queen of the Allen Empire is Jassica Allen, or before marrying Alan, her name was Jessica Belcain, with Belcain being the family name of a Marquis-level noble from the Allen Empire.
Jessica and Alan married for diplomatic reasons without truly having feelings for each other, and Jessica gave birth to the First Prince, the Third Prince, and the Second Princess, who are the First Child, Fourth Child, and Fifth Child of Emperor Alan, respectively.
Meanwhile, the Second Prince is the child of Emperor Alan and a woman who was once a teacher at the Imperial Academy, named Selena Allen, from whose love they had the Second Prince.
Selena herself is Alan's third wife, but she was the first to become pregnant and give birth to the Second Prince, who is the Second Child of the Emperor.
Then Alena became pregnant and gave birth to the First Princess, who is the Third Child of the Emperor. After that, Jessica became pregnant again and gave birth to the Third Prince, who is the Fourth Child, and then Jessica became pregnant once more and gave birth to the Second Princess, who is the Fifth Child.
That is the family tree of the Allen Empire, complicated and troublesome, but what can you do? Rich people are free to do whatever they want; if you have money, you have power. The point is, Ryan doesn't want to go through many problems just for a troublesome little child.
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"Mother cannot make decisions on her own because the Emperor requested this matchmaking. If you want to marry the Second Princess, at least you need to explain this to the Emperor, do you want to?" Leyfia replied in a serious tone.
"... No, if that is the Emperor's decision, then I cannot refuse, but I will have many wives, so just tell the Emperor to prepare the First Princess so she won't be disappointed in me." Ryan said, lying to make the Emperor feel annoyed and decide to stop the matchmaking.
"...?" Leyfia was surprised by Ryan's words, before finally smiling widely.
"Fufufu... Alright, I will convey this to His Majesty the Emperor. It seems that in the future, I will have many grandchildren... I can't wait to see you grow up and get married! Ah! It seems we need to invite Iva, right?" Leyfia then laughed before suggesting a plan, which was just to tease Ryan, as Leyfia knew about the lie Ryan told.
"... No need, that woman is already having enough trouble taking care of the children from the orphanage; it's better to just provide assistance in the form of building repairs or money to help them." Ryan quickly rejected the idea of inviting Iva.
"Is that so? Well, that's fine too; I will send someone there to help them all." Leyfia said with a warm smile.
"Brother, so you will marry Miss Iva?" Lyana then asked with a smile.
"No, I don't know." Ryan said as he got up from the bench after finishing dinner.
"Let's go, Charlotte."
"Alright, Master. Lady Leyfia, and Miss Lyana, see you later, I'll take my leave now." Charlotte then quickly followed Ryan.
"Wait, brother!" Lyana immediately got down from the bench after finishing her meal as well and went to catch up with Ryan.
Leyfia, seeing her two children, then smiled faintly before looking at Ellina, who seemed to be silent and waiting for Leyfia's command.
"I heard from others, is it not just Ryan who is leaving?" Leyfia then spoke gently while looking at Ellina.
"Ma'am, I have promised Young Master Ryan, forgive me." Ellina said, lowering her head.
"No, it's alright, but Ellina, I hope you can be a bit more assertive; otherwise, Ryan might leave without you, wouldn't that be painful for you?" Leyfia said with a warm smile.
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