I suddenly came up with a medieval story, hear me out....
A battle between a legendary Swordman and a monster was somewhere in a duke's castle. The battle caused a ruin to the castle. The duke who owned the castle ran away with his knights to another land. While the legend Swordman, who was a prisoner in that castle, fought the monster with fierce.
The battle ended and the Swordman won. The castle only lasted half of it. Another half of the castle had turned into pieces. The Swordman walked through the castle to find a way out. But on the way, he mistook a room for an exit, he found a baby room instead. The room was a mess, it almost collapsed. Many pieces of the wall fell down to the floor and crushed every piece of furniture in that room. One thing that held on is the baby crib.
Curiosity overflowed him. He went close to that crib and met an unmoving baby girl lying down on the crib. Some remains also fell onto the bed, but it didn't hurt the baby.
It pitied him to see a baby already taken her life because of the situation. Heck, that baby would have been grateful to be dead rather than suffer in the battle she never meant to be in and has a father who abandoned her.
The Swordman took the baby and brought it to a river. He meant to throw the corpse away but he was taken aback by the little hand that rose up to reach the sky.
The baby was alive, and at that moment, the Swordsman swore to raise this baby. He wished to see how much she could survive.
Years later, the baby had turned into a 10-year-old kid. She was really smart and took an interest in magic. The Swordsman noticed that, then he put her in a magic boarding school.
His daughter denied it, saying she wanted to be with him. But the Swordman insisted that she goes, so she can have a better life than him.
After she departed from her home, the Swordsman spent his life again Roaming the continent.
When she had to finish school for 4 years, she finished it in 2 years. The girl finally came home. She wanted to go to her house and message her father that she arrived home, so her father could receive the letter somewhere and go home to see her. But she was met with a group of knights as soon as she boarded from the sea.
The knights asked her to come with them to the house of a duke. When she arrived, she was told that she was the daughter of a duke who was abducted by a Swordman so he could raise her to be his woman. The girl denied that fact and said her father won't do anything to hurt her. But the duke did convince her that her father was trying to sell her once she was old.
The girl stayed at her real father's house, the duke. She was happy because she got everything she wanted. She also met her young siblings as well. But one day, she behaved wrong until it angered the duke.
The girl couldn't see the mistake she made. She was just playing in the garden. She was petting the animals there and suddenly she was lectured because she behaved un-ladylike. The girl refused to fix it, she said that her father never cared for how she behaved. That made the duke mad and abused her.
She tried to fight at first, but she couldn't use her magic. All the effort she made in school that made her the greatest wizard was in vain. The duke continued to abuse her for her misbehave. Later, she found out that her father was wearing an amulet to drain her magic.
She tried to take that amulet, but it was hopeless either. She endured her suffering being abused by her real father for years. On the cold night, she cried and hoped that the swordman would come here and save her. But she knows that is impossible because her dad only knows that she is still in her magic school.
Her dad knows that there is an option to stay in the school forever and worked as a professor or a teacher. So, with her not sending a letter anymore. Her dad might have guessed that she decided to stay forever in the boarding school.
4 years later, the girl turned 16. She finally had the courage to escape. But it was failed again when she heard that she was getting married. Her real father married her off without her consent. He sold her to a knight. She was scared. She tried to escape many times, but she always failed. Until the day comes when she has to marry the lowly knight.
The first night was scary, she had her virginity taken by her new Husband. Then he went away for an expedition.
During his absence, the duke kept abusing her. Saying that she's not a lady, can't keep her marriage intact, the burden of the family, etc. Her hope that her dad would save her had gone. She only wished that he is okay.
Two years later, her husband suddenly came back. His performance in the expedition was so great that the king offered him to be his son-in-law. He can either take his other wife or divorce her. People already thought that he would divorce her since they didn't have any chemistry.
But the day he came to the duke's castle. Meet his wife who was still scared of him. He took her hand and took her home with him. The girl was surprised. Her husband refused the offer to marry the princess to stay with her.
She came home to her husband's house. While living there, the two fell in love. The knight made the right choice in marrying her, the girl was lucky to meet this knight as her husband. But their time together only lasted for a year until her husband was sent again on an expedition.
The girl was worried, so she decided to catch him up. Her husband allowed her to improve her magic again. So now, she's strong enough to be by her husband's side.
But a plot twist, the girl finally found her husband. Not with his knight, not with his armor, not holding the name of the kingdom he served, not even as a knight. She found him and became an Apprentice of her dad, the legendary Swordsman.
The girl didn't bat an eye of her husband who was calling her. She stared at her father who's as dumbfounded as her. When he called her name, she cried. The Swordman rushed to hug her. Then the girl cried harder and said that she missed him. That scene shocked her husband.
The knight told his teacher what happened. What is the relationship between him and the Swordman's daughter? When he heard it fully, the Swordsman was furious. He Swore to death that he will cut off the duke's head and destroy his castle.
That swore became true as soon as the expedition finished. The castle of a duke collapsed once again along with the beheaded duke and his knights.
The Swordman talked to his student for the last time. That he will take his daughter with him. The marriage will be cut off. The knight and the girl will have to divorce, and the girl will come with her dad to a new place. The knight refused, saying that he loved her. But the Swordman said that he could come with her. Take off the title of being the greatest knight and come with the Swordman to be his subordinate, he could start over with her. His arranged marriage with her will be cut off, but he can start his own marriage by his choice.
With those options, the knight agreed. His dream was never to become a knight. It was his way to get close to her and marry her. But if he finds another choice to be with her, even if it isn't bound by marriage, then he will accept it.
Besides, he can still be with his favorite teacher
