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#he really made his favoritism towards karlheinz very obvious šŸ˜­
secretarykang Ā· 2 years
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i canā€™t stop thinking about how in the au where saeclus and devyn are endgame, her bond with karlheinz is unfortunately still strong.
picture this: last time they meet before the wedding, cuz karlheinz wants to give her a special wedding present. whatā€™s the present? his mother wedding tiara. one of his motherā€™s wishes was that heā€™d gift the tiara to his own wife one day, which obviously didnā€™t happen. nor cordelia or beatrix got it, not even dear christa who was aware of its existence, but was to shy to ask why she didnā€™t got it her wedding day. karlheinz kept it for the woman heā€™d fall for, if sheā€™d ever appear in his life, and he did do that. but it wasnā€™t his wife fortunately
you know about his ā€˜ruleā€™ that devyn should wear something gifted by him whenever she was meeting a foreign official, that the pretext he used. he ā€˜jokinglyā€™ said that she should wear it since sheā€™s marry a foreigner.
and she accepted it. because despite what karl did, heā€™s still her best friend and she knew deep down that heā€™ll never do that again.
also no one but her, karl and dong hwa knew about the origins of the tiara. her father recognised it immediately. he was karlā€™s fatherā€™s best man, saw that tiara before his friendā€™s future bride could see it since it was a present for her from he husband to be. so at the wedding, when he sits down next to karl, he whispers a ā€œyou did the right thing, son.ā€
itā€™s not only devyn that has a ā€˜soft spotā€™ for karl, but dong hwa too. he raised like his own, and glad that the king choose to leave the situation be and not interfere anymore.
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