The Prince will not ask for annulment of their engagement. But why? I read back and noticed that AFTER meeting Princess Yuriwhatchamacallit, he did not have any thoughts to end their engagement. Even when Luze was asking him, he did not deny it or affirm that he wants to end it. Sure, he does not like her romantically (as she doesn't like him romantically as well) but I think the reason is because he's grown to think that she is turning out to be sort of maybe a friend. And really, being friends with your political marriage partner is better than not having any feelings after all. It explains why he's disgusted with kissing her hand, because they're not really "friends" by the conventional meaning of the word so why shouldn't he be disgusted? Ofc, some of the disgust must stem from the fact that he does not want to get married and kissing the hand of his "fiance" might mean to show that he's already accepting his fate. He's sixteen yrs old, being contrary is ofc par for the course even if he's somewhat mature for his age.
The Prince will not ask for annulment of their engagement. But why? I read back and noticed that AFTER meeting Princess Yuriwhatchamacallit, he did not have any thoughts to end their engagement. Even when Luze was asking him, he did not deny it or affirm that he wants to end it. Sure, he does not like her romantically (as she doesn't like him romantically as well) but I think the reason is because he's grown to think that she is turning out to be sort of maybe a friend. And really, being friends with your political marriage partner is better than not having any feelings after all. It explains why he's disgusted with kissing her hand, because they're not really "friends" by the conventional meaning of the word so why shouldn't he be disgusted? Ofc, some of the disgust must stem from the fact that he does not want to get married and kissing the hand of his "fiance" might mean to show that he's already accepting his fate. He's sixteen yrs old, being contrary is ofc par for the course even if he's somewhat mature for his age.