My daughter is possibly a regressor

Prologue

It was the same sight over and over again, the endless white snow outside my window. The rigorous routine of quelling the monsters to save my citizens. Training my knights to competency and doing dull-like task such as management of my dukedom

The Hildegard Dukedom of the Atria Holy Empire was a branch of the royal family, my ancestor was one of the siblings of the first emperor but nobody knows this fact aside from the dead and living Hildegard members which would be only me, my father and his father before him knew. They never told their wives nor second children and so forth. Only the heir should know, I will carry this secret to the grave and follow their tradition.

My aide would always force me to attend banquets from local to provincial to the royal palace to seek a partner. I would rather not attend to pursue anyone at this age, maybe when I reach the ripe age of thirty then maybe. For now, I like to tend to my dukedom and make my people live in comfort and prosperity.

I was always a rational and stoic man but when I saw her, I froze on the spot. Her name was Alicia Redwood. She was not a noble, a mere commoner who rose to nobility by her father's business. Her bright goldilock hair, fair light skin and vibrant green mellow eyes. Was it her beauty that stunned me? No, she was bright and always looking ahead of me. Although she can be rough at times when we first met, she kicked my shin with her leather heels and mistook me for a stalker.

Everytime she smiles, my world turns brighter. Every sweet word she spoke calmed my heart. She may be unrefined but to me, everytime she moves, Alicia leaves bright dandelions under her feet.

She was my sunshine, the only one for me. I pursue her and as I do, I discover more charming things about her. Grew up in a commoner household, she fairly uses quite vulgar vocabulary. I often tease her about it whenever we drink at a banquet together.

Alicia from the outside seemed refined for an upstart noble but on the inside, she was hardened by the streets and tempered by persistence. I admired her, I adored her and loved her. I confessed my feelings to her during my attendance at one of her friend's banquets.

I was elated, and she too was happy to accept my hand in marriage. After marriage, we did everything together from managing the dukedom to strolling the garden. We were never apart but all things must come to an end.

War broke out with the neighboring kingdoms and the empire. I was to lead my army to the frontline under an imperial order by the emperor.

I wanted the war to be over in a few months but nothing came to fruition. I was diligent in my rule of my dukedom, my soldiers were hardened warriors that were trained for war, my own selection of talented merchants supplied the gold and my people did their best to support us by giving us a surplus of food for multiple campaigns.

I was what a lord should be but that doesn't mean everyone should follow. My incompetent noble allies, the dukedom of Jarvin, and Karnt needed reinforcement. Luckily, the dukedom of Frederick proved to be a valiant warrior and ally. I was already done quelling our northern enemies but to do an expedition down west and east to help them was necessary to win the war.

I traveled to their lands with my army and saw how poorly maintained their realm was. Their people blame the war but in my eyes, it was incompetency. Commoners are dying in their towns and villages, where's the relief force? Was there even a refugee center?

I grew to hate incompetence even more to the point that I wanted to abandon this endeavor and see their dukedom be set to ablaze but Alicia would not want me to do that. I swallowed my frustration and tried my best to finish this war by killing the enemy and not waste time judging my allies' poor decision to maintain their land of power.