PrePub - Ascendance of a Bookworm

Sometimes I just want to punch Ferdinand in the face. She came to him to prevent their marriage and what does he do? He just goes and pretty much cements this marriage happening, never even telling her what he's going to do, much less asking her if she's okay with it. Remind me again, why people think he's good husband material for Rozemyne? Deciding Rozemyne's future for her and essentially forcing her to marry him, without her having any say or even being aware of what he's doing sounds like a very bad way to start a peaceful marriage.

And yes, that is definitely what he's doing. If him taking her on his highbeast, despite knowing full well what the societal implications are isn't clue enough, he outright said "our rule" of Ahrensbach to the soldiers, with his, Rozemyne's and Melchior's retainers in earshot, making it very, very likely that this will spread like a wildfire.

To be clear, my issue isn't with him seeing their political marriage as a sensible thing and wanting to go through with it, my issue is that he just goes and forces it through, without Rozemyne's knowledge or concent! I am aware that it is par for the course in Yurgenschmidt for the guardians or parents to decide a ward/child's marriage partner, but for one thing, he isn't even her guardian anymore.

Anyway... Melchior is such a good boy. He was so frustrated about "failing" to do things, that were completely out of his control to begin with and that people who lived multiple of his current lifetime completely failed to anticipate either. I'm so glad Rozemyne was able to ease his mind.