Zwalter spoke seriously.

“Who would want to send their daughter to Ferdium? If you don’t want to end up like me, you can’t miss this opportunity. You need to get married while you’re young and doing well.”

“…Ha.”

It was painful to hear, but objectively, he wasn’t wrong.

Husbands spent half the year stationed in the northern territories, leaving their wives alone. It might sound nice to have no husband around, but the reality was far from ideal. The problem wasn’t just the absence of the husband.

With no money and living in a dangerous rural area, no one would …