Please no

It's only likely they are only engaged until she reaches adulthood which is between 16-20 in some stories

That doesn’t make it any better if they will still make her marry him The age gap is crazy and he already met her when she was a kid, it’s basically borderline grooming

I know this was normal in that era, but this is fiction. It don’t gotta promote those pedophilic traditions we once used to have (and some still do). No one would like this story if it was historically accurate, and that’s for a reason

You have to bite the bullet at some point. Some people have no choice in this era and the girl doesn't seem to hate her engagement. Also, this age gap isn't that bad either, sure it's weird as she is 14 still but getting engaged during childhood is normal still today in royal and noble families.

He also isn't grooming her, you don't see him hanging out with her or making advances. He would only escort her because it's his duty as her fiance

Girl, “the age gap isn’t that bad either”??? THAT MAN IS 20 AND SHE IS 14. In for real VERY weirded out how defensive over this you’re. Like are you okay with pedophilia? Or are you into that too? Like I’m sorry, but in no other way would anyone be okay with this. And no it isn’t really normal anymore, in some countries it’s still common, but it is most definitely NOT normal. I find your comments rather creepy and disgusting.

That’s why I said “borderline”. Sorry, doesn’t matter if they wait till she is 16 or whatever, it will still be disgusting. He is 20, he knew her since she was 14, he got engaged to her when she is 14. It’s gross and wrong and that is absolutely non-debatable. It is really, REALLY weird how much you’re defending this. It makes me sick.
This is fiction, since author hasn’t made anything else very historically accurate, there was absolutely no need to put this in. Frankly, it is beyond weird and creepy. Especially if they expect us to like these characters in the future.

I only defend because I know it's going to happen regardless and it's quite common and normal for some countries, not everyone hates the idea.... You really need to see it from a different perspective of how it works in royal and noble traditions.

I’m sorry but you just sound like a pedophile. There is no “different” perspective. Relationships between children and adults are disgusting and wrong. PERIOD. There is no “if’s” or “but’s”. “Not everyone hates the idea” YEAH PREDATORS DONT. Slave owners didn’t hate slavery and rapists don’t hate rape. Also, very once normalized things, still common in many countries but go on and defend that too. Honestly all your comments make me think is that you defend this cause you like kids too. No other person would ever defend this, other than those who pray on kids or support praying on them. You’re not even trying to hide it

Honestly, I’m not even surprised I found a pedo on this site. There are defenders of all kind of heinous nonsense on this website