Wedding (Part 3)

'What if the matter is taken to the court? Should I call father? What about my reputation? What about my father's reputation? He would kill me.'

Her father is an influential figure even considering the whole kingdom but even that isn't enough to defy the law. The world changed after the apocalypse but the laws didn't. In fact, the loopholes of the previous law systems were remodelled in such a way that that law only strengthened. It would be an overstatement and beyond optimistic to call it "perfect" but at the very least, everyone has the same human rights even though status can differ.