LARA
To the Emperor of the Gerdian Empire Demir the First Darmerion Derwood,
While pretending to be on a peaceful mission, five of your subject visited our capital and were welcomed by our people as dear guests. However, they relayed our kindness with a gruesome crime and kidn*pped one of our own. They claimed that the girl in question was chosen to be your bride yet we regretfully have to inform you that she was already engaged years ago. Moreover, the future marriage was blessed at the shrine of the Goddess of Light Brighta, meaning that Larissa Artess would never be able to marry anyone else but me, Gideon Artes. She was taken to our family as my bride and will remain a part of it until the day she dies. Our family is one of the five High families of the White Archipelago hence
