249 The Queen Thinks She Is Dreaming

"Hey, Luciel, Jan... would you like to marry auntie's daughter? Her name is Carla. She is five and she is so pretty," the Countess bent down and touched Jan's and Luciel's heads dotingly. "What do you think?"

Jan raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Marry?"

"Hm. Yes, would you like to marry Carla?"

For a moment, Jan turned to look at Sophie. Their mother had never taught them anything about 'marry'.

Jan then turned to look at Luciel and both exchanged confused looks.

"What is 'marry'?" asked Luciel.

The woman became confused as well. She tilted her head, thinking about how to explain 'what is marriage' to the two children. Now she felt silly for discussing marriage with six-year-old children.

"Hmm, it's a celebration. A party. Getting married is a party," she replied after a few seconds.

"Party?" Jan and Luciel furrowed their brows.

"It's a party like this. There's a lot of food, drink, cake and–"