Desperate

When he first saw her portrait, people told him that her portrait doesn't even capture half of her beauty. He didn't believe them at first. Most female portraits are enhanced or altered with magic. The prettier the portrait is, the uglier the subject. Moreover, he already heard the rumors about her.

He was not the type to believe in rumors, but once he saw her portrait he thought that perhaps it was true.

'I was in for a huge shock when I met her.' That portrait was trash unlike the real thing.

"What a fantasy, is there no option of living together?" he trails off by catching her blank gaze. "The option of living together with someone you love?" 

It was a futile question, he didn't even know why he was asking this. After all he was the one who taught her that they were the very opposite of being free.