24 Volumes - Beacon Fires Link the Camps, Chapter 20 - Stinky Meat

Komer had never imagined that, just like a piece of rotten meat attracting swarms of flies, envoys from the Basarabia Kingdom and the Duchy of Rosenbourg, both openly and covertly, cast him the branch of roses, and he could still feign compliance temporarily to stall; however, what he had not anticipated was that even Princess Renta, who had always been viewed as a staunch supporter of Hoffman, also stepped forward.

It was indeed intriguing. When he was first sent to the Caucasus, no noble lady ever looked up to him, nor had he ever imagined that someone would come to his door to worry about his marriage. Now, the envoys arriving one after another did not conceal the importance of this political marriage, which did make Komer quite reflective on the changing circumstances; such was reality.