“What do you mean, pretend?”1

“I’ve decided that after the Marriage of the Snow Flowers concludes and you leave the North Sea Ice Palace after achieving everything you wanted, I will leave this place, too. Here, no one welcomes me. Oh, of course, I’ll be going to a different place from you, Young Hero Song… So, until then… at least until then, can’t you just pretend to compete in the Marriage of the Snow Flowers with me?”1

“What’s making you want to go this far? Even if we were to go through with the marriage, it would be fake.”0

Woo-Moon was shaken.0

He knew that he would be able to achieve his goal if he did what Yeo-Seol was proposing. He would be able to get help from the North Sea Ice Palace without properly marrying her, too.0

However, he couldn’t bring himself to use Yeo-Seol for his own purposes.0

“I’m sorry. But, I…”0

Yeo-Seol cut him off. “Please, I’m begging you! I’ve never once been loved by anyone since the day I was born. Moreover, I’ve lived my life without ever being able to do what I wanted. I’ve never been acknowledged by anyone. But… Now that I’m going to be leaving the North Sea Ice Palace, I want them to acknowledge me, just once. No, beyond that… even if it’s a fake marriage, I want to make memories with you, Young Hero Song! If, if you...0