Fang Zhen looked at Dalia. "The Knight of Evil Disease in the Dark Forest is most likely Viscount Ashton. He chose to fall."
"He's your husband. What do you plan to do?"
Dalia was momentarily lost in a swirl of complex, conflicting emotions, unsure how to answer.
However, no one could make the choice for her. Some decisions, no matter how difficult, had to be made alone. Everyone, man or woman, faces such moments.
After a long moment, Dalia seemed to regain her ability to think.
"Ashton is my husband, but we have no deep emotional connection. It was purely a political marriage between nobles. I needed to marry a landed aristocrat to ensure my child could inherit the territory and remain a member of the nobility."
"Ashton, for his part, wanted to use my connections among the upper nobility and my dowry. Both were crucial for him to gain more power and keep the territory's finances from collapsing."
