i canāt 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. whatās the present? his mother wedding tiara. one of his motherās wishes was that heād gift the tiara to his own wife one day, which obviously didnāt 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 didnāt got it her wedding day. karlheinz kept it for the woman heād fall for, if sheād ever appear in his life, and he did do that. but it wasnāt his wife fortunately
you know about his āruleā that devyn should wear something gifted by him whenever she was meeting a foreign official, that the pretext he used. he ājokinglyā said that she should wear it since sheās marry a foreigner.
and she accepted it. because despite what karl did, heās still her best friend and she knew deep down that heāll 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 karlās fatherās best man, saw that tiara before his friendās 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 āyou did the right thing, son.ā
itās not only devyn that has a āsoft 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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