I decided to break off the engagement because my fiancé's family seemed to be on the verge of financial ruin.

I cannot say whether it can be called love—a faint romantic feeling born between the prince and the duke's daughter. It was exploited by the country's circumstances, leading to their engagement. A foolish strategy born from the prince's impatience to achieve merit, combined with his aide's collaboration, amplified by the misfortune of successive crop failures, created a synergistic effect. This plunged the duke's territory into crisis. The prince coldly rejected the plea for help from the duke's daughter. And so, what became of that ending...