CH 21

Not long after I became engaged to Princess Aaliyah, my brother Garrett also became engaged.

It was to Miss Rebecca Howard, the eldest daughter of the Howard family, who was 14 years old, the same age as Garrett.

I knew that my parents were making an enthusiastic approach to either me or my brother's future wife, but I wasn't interested.

She was supposed to be the same age as me. The margin of error was about a year at most. 　Even though I thought I was following her immediately, I don't know how the being who granted my 'wish' would have taken those few minutes, or even tens of minutes. I knew she could have been a few years older than me, but a girl younger than me, and three years at that, was completely out of the question.

Howard had no ambition to marry his daughter off to royalty.

So he had dutifully avoided letting us meet with him and his daughter, whether it was a casual meeting request or a stop at the Marquess's mansion on the way to inspect the area.

My parents, however, were quite persistent. It seemed that the Howard had finally lost their patience when my engagement was finalized.

Garrett, who had just accepted a fiancee whose face he didn't even know, seemed to be intimidated by Miss Rebecca's high specifications afterwards.

I don’t mean to meddle in my brother's marital affairs, though I do think that a man who didn't even decide on his own partner should be a man worthy of being wed to her. No, I didn't, but …

The girl my brother introduced as his fiancée. When I saw Miss Rebecca Howard standing beside Garrett, I thought I would stop breathing in shock.

---I'm sure of it, it's her. That's my other half …!

I recognized her at a glance.

Of course, she looked different. Silver hair, amethyst eyes. On the outside alone, the girl in front of me was several times lovelier than my wife.

But what attracted me was her soul. Something that shines from within. It was the same feeling I had when I first met my wife.