Aftermath of the Wedding

The news that Kyle Leopold, Emperor of the Empire, had married spread across the Empire in an instant.

The front pages of newspapers across the Empire were covered with stories about the most lavish wedding in the world.

It was an age when there still wasn't any proper television. Newspapers were the only window people had onto the world beyond their own.

Naturally, Kyle Leopold's marriage drew the attention of people throughout the Empire.

"Have you heard the news that His Majesty the Emperor has gotten married?"

"Of course! They make such a wonderful couple, don't they? Lady Lucilla has been by Lord Kyle's side for the past twenty years, after all."

It was an age when people were starved for dopamine to begin with.

The story of a boy unjustly driven out of the capital, and a girl who followed him all the way to the distant South, was more than enough to capture people's hearts.

For twenty years, they had stood by each other as they sparked a revolution that upended the South and launched a massive civil war against the Empire's corruption. Their story was sweeter than any romance novel.

Even a full week after the wedding, people were still talking about the love between Kyle Leopold and Lucilla...