"It's her?!" The Pope and Cassandra gawked when they realized Alwin's fiancée had been here the whole time. The Pope knew Alwin was engaged but did not know Blanca's face. "Your fiancée is quite a beauty. Isn't it rude to keep speaking about not wanting to ever marry her around?"
Blanca looked rather delighted to be called a beauty.
"Ah, rest assured, we never had feelings for each other in the first place. We only agreed for the two of us to be engaged for the reasons I already stated and, likewise, to keep her safe as she works as Her Majesty's handmaid," Alwin clarified their misunderstanding.
"Indeed. We plan to drag out our engagement as long as possible to keep the factions away and later on, pretend that we have fallen out of love. Which we never had in the first place. He is too old for me, and we aren't of the same kind," Blanca added, assuring everyone that they were on the same page.
