As the most talented girl of her family's new generation, Karen achieved legendary status at the age of thirty-six, which was an extraordinary accomplishment in the core area. Because of this, her family did not rush to find her a husband. After all, a legend has the right to choose her own spouse, and at thirty-six, she is still very young for a legend, with no hurry to marry.
As for why Tulin became her Apprentice, it goes back to when Karen was younger. Tulin is the eldest son of her senior brother, who was seriously injured saving Karen back then. Originally, he was also a Mage with great talent, but for the sake of Karen, who was an Apprentice at the time, he lost everything—his Technique Pool suffered significant damage, and although he was a High-Order Mage at seventeen, he fell two major realms and now is barely a formal Mage.
