Obv it’s going to be the prince. They’ve forced it even before introducing the crossdressing prince. (In case you forgot: the mutual agreement that one person from the Veleotia line must marry into the royal family every other century or something that they talked about in the beginning of the manhwa)
No, the rule is they must NOT marry anyone from the royal family. The father even mentioned it when they were talking about the princess. That's when Leonia said it wouldn't apply since he technically is not a part of royal blood like the second prince.
Yeah but the king from that century wasn’t happy about that so they made a truce saying that someone from the royal bloodline must marry into Voleotia
It’s in Ch. 35 when the Duke is talking to Pardus.
I just read the chapter again. The condition was that the family must take a noble related to the imperial family, not "from" the imperial family.
Like say the family of the secretary.
Which is why it makes sense later on that the Duke used that to discourage the daughter of thinking of the prince as a possible marriage partner since he does not want her to marry. And she then said he will not be a part of the family once he inherits his father's land.
By then he would be "related" to the imperial family, but not a part of it
And I just noticed that we might be agreeing with each other but not understand each other's explanation in the process. Oops
Also I’m pretty sure Leo’s birth father is part of the royal family so they don’t really need to make her marry anyone.
I would like it if there's no romance on Leo's life , but then it is what it is.