The princess had grown up over the preceding months.

Her childlike face still had some traces of baby fat, but her body had grown and begun to resemble a woman’s. Seeing her dressed up and sitting in a garden full of flowers, Seon-Hyeok wondered if he was looking at a painting.

However, despite her flower-like appearance, the princess’ face was expressionless, and her quiet voice was strangely cold.

This, in turn, made Seon-Hyeok even more uncomfortable.

“… and so, we sent out magical communications to the envoys coming from throughout the kingdom requesting they bring all of their low-tier foreigners.”

Their engagement was the perfect excuse to bring together all of the foreigners scattered throughout the Adenburg Kingdom. Without such a major event bringing people from all places to the capital, it would have been difficult to avoid the nobles’ scrutiny.

“Any later, and it would have been difficult to contact the lords of the east and north.”

All he heard was good news, but Seon-Hyeok could not smile as he listened to the princess’ explanation.

“Over 70 percent of the foreigners in...