If Hye was the type to pick his ladies based on a calculation of benefits, he would have initially picked his women from the Hescos, and long before them, the Toranks! He had the power to demand them, yet he chose the hard path.
He… he is way harder than what I initially imagined, Olana thought, an inward sigh escaping her. She had thought she could step in front of all the other girls on his side by using the immense wealth of her family, but she had been mistaken. He didn't want a merchant partner; he wanted a companion.
"Regardless," she thought, giving the matter another round of quiet contemplation. Even if he wasn't the type to think purely in terms of material gain, she knew he would still appreciate the girls who stood by him and aided his cause regardless of the cost. If she couldn't buy his heart with planets, she would earn it with blood and strategy.
