SPOILER ALERT!!!
In the novel, the emperor always expressess, complained and be sad about how 'he cannot have the woman he loves' (which is Paul). Because he knows that he cannot bind her with him forever, he wants Paul to have her freedom to choose whoever she wants to love or to marry. Honestly, I sympathize with Lucius I, because despite being so powerful and being the emperor, he cannot even have her as his wife (prolly coz of political reasons and thinking about wanting Paul's freedom to choose). As I've read, you can see the struggle, restraint and pain he's been through. I mean, yes, I'm mad with the fact that if he wishes to make Paul his wife--- he can! HE'S THE FREAKING EMPEROR! But he choses not too. I'm like, "Dude if you could just confess then maybe, just maybe there's a chance for Paul to fall in love with you!" It frustrates me tbh. I'm not yet done reading the novel but I've seen spoilers abt it. I think it's a mutual understanding, coz Paul is a warrior- A KNIGHT! And tbh i want her to be just the way she is, just the way she WANTS. And yes, it's kinda bit weird to imagine my dear Paul as the empress, i think I prefer her in the battlefield
It would be nice if Paul and the emperors wifes would get along nicely together...
Thanks, even though you haven't finished its pretty obvious from the way you described him that he wouldn't force her into that situation and thats all I needed to know.(⌒▽⌒)
Oh they did get along together. Paul became their knight and she's so hell bent on protecting them.
Kyaaaa, I am so looking forward to it. Thanks! (≧∀≦)
Spoiler Warning!!
So, I have a question about the ending of the manga. I know that the Emperor only takes Paul as a concubine but I thought it was a mutual agreement. As in, the Emperor wanted to be with Paul but Paul didn't want to be the Empress so they compromised with Paul being a concubine so that they could be together and Paul wouldn't have to worry about Empress' duties and still be herself. I haven't read the ending myself and thats what I thought happened but everyone in the comments here are making the Empreror seem like a bad guy. Like he didn't want to make Paul the Empress and made her settle for concubine. I really doubt thats what happened because its not like his character but everyone is making it seem like he forced her into this situation and it wasn't a mutal agreement which is not like Paul or the Emperor. It just doesn't make sense. I, like everyone else, would have prefered if he was only married to Paul but even as I started this manga I always thought, "Paul would be a weird Empress" because it doesn't seem like a role she wants to play.
All I really wanna know is if this was a mutal agreement or not because there is no way the Empreror would want to marry someone other than Paul unless he had to and I know Paul wouldn't want to be an Empress. So all of this hate that he is getting for making Paul a concubine and marrying some else to be Empress seems unneeded. Like I doubt he married the chick for love, and probably just for show. I can imagine their relationship like the King and Queen and the late consort of the King from 'The Black Haired Princess', where the King only loves one but the other is there because of political reasons but they all get along. If you can explain it to me, I would be very thankful.