Her Majestic Battle Cry

Her Majestic Battle Cry Chapter 174

Chapter 174

After Rafael left Frederick and two senior maids entered the room.

Carissa didn’t hide anything from them. She told them Rafael had come to propose, and that she had accepted.

Frederick and the two senior maids were taken aback. They were silent for a moment, then their expressions turned grave.

This is the best outcome.” Carissa said with a light smile. “Though His Highness and I do not share romantic feelings, we have a bond as comrades. Marrying him is certainly preferable to having to accept a random suitor into our family.”

-Words hung on the tip of Lily and Holly’s tongue, but the two chose to swallow them. They could only manage a forced smile, and said, My lady, you must be prepared. With a royal prince, there is no avoiding concubines and secondary wives.”

Previously, Rafael had also sought to marry her. However, Melanie had brushed him off. She didn’t want to marry her daughter into the royal family. She argued that with so many primary and secondary V wives and concubines, Carissa, who wasn’t adept at dealing with such complicated affairs, would struggle to have a good life.

However, Lily and Holly dared not speak these thoughts to Carissa. After all, it was Melanie who had opposed it. Despite that, Carissa had already agreed to marry Rafael now.

are no issue,” Carissa

issue?” Lily repeated, somewhat surprised. “But in the Warrens, when General Warren

shook her head, her

promised my

caring for his family, waiting for his return after he achieved something. Yet, when he returned, he sought to marry Aurora, breaking his promise to my mother and failing in his duties as a husband. While I did my part as a wife, he was dedicated to another woman and spoke to me with such cruelty. Naturally, I couldn’t

eyes. Yes, how could one not

only mutual respect and harmony. Of course, marrying into the royal family is no easy task. His mother, Lady Helen, will also move into our home. She is not an

that the empress dowager also dotes on her, and the women in the palace are quite fearful of her. If she becomes your mother–in–law,

the best choice, but the alternative–taking in a stranger to marry into the Duke of Northwatch’s family–could also pose risks. There was a fear of encountering a heartless and unfaithful man who, once granted the title, might become arrogant and disregard

the title she held. Once her husband became a duke, he might not be as considerate as an

born into royalty. This marriage would also serve as a powerful rebuttal to those who had once

in the capital respected Carissa, there were

she would never marry well. They were unwilling to accept a lower status, which meant she might spend her life in solitude, confined to the

Rafael is

was primarily for the purpose