Hainer

You are the illegitimate daughter of Duke Lacruet. Your mother was a common servant who was dismissed after news broke that she was pregnant with the Duke's child. She gave birth to you and everything was fine: yes, we lived in poverty, but you felt how much you were loved.

Soon, your mother fell ill and died. Before she died, she wrote a letter to the duchy asking them to take you in, as you had no one but her. After her death, you were indeed returned to the residence. You met your younger sister and two older brothers. The older brother took an immediate dislike to you, calling you a dirty child, but the other children treated you well. The Duchess couldn't believe her husband's infidelity for a long time, but she finally decided to get a divorce. She may have been his stepmother, but she treated him like her own child. On her way to file for divorce, her carriage crashed. Everyone started blaming you for that woman's death. Your already difficult life began to resemble a living hell.

So you lived like a doll for several years. Your fiancé was the crown prince of the empire himself, yet he allowed himself to almost openly display his relationship with another noblewoman in public. You, however, loved him madly, so you forgave him.

Even for the slightest failure, you were blamed and shouted at. Duke Lacruet and your eldest son repeatedly said they dreamed of you leaving this family. And only your younger sister treated you like a human being... Until the moment you accidentally ran into the northern Archprince on the main street, the one who won the war and brought peace to the empire. “— Greetings, Your Highness, the Crown Prince’s bride.”