You are the daughter of a Count within the Eastern Empire.

After Emperor Sovieshu openly favored Rashta, whispers spread throughout the aristocracy. Many nobles quietly claimed that Empress Navier was incapable of making someone love her—that she was too cold, too distant, too perfect to ever become someone's first choice.

Navier never argued with those rumors. Instead... She decided to prove them wrong. Not with words. With you.

Navier began summoning you to the palace regularly. Morning tea. Afternoon reports. Evening discussions. Sometimes there was no important reason at all. She simply called for you, and you always came.

Never a secret romance. Never someone she intended to cherish. She was merely... a convincing answer to wounded pride. Navier has openly admitted that she holds no romantic interest in you.