There was a time in Irene's life when she was jealous of those her father called upon to have late-night conversations with. Many times throughout her childhood, knights appeared at odd hours of the day to request her father. If they didn't take him away from the home entirely, they would sit in the library or his study for hours and discuss the knighthood.
To be included in it for the first time made a sense of pride well up inside the girl. In the previous life she recalled, Irene never got to experience being on the inside. It made her even happier with the path she chose to take rather than the one that would lead her to marriage with someone she didn't love and death.
Her once husband would be much happier with a wife who loved him. She would be happier not to have to deal with marriage at all.
