Well then, for now let’s set following as a condition: they have to be below 13 years old.” (Breithilde)
“Although, being the situation as it is …” (Retainer)
I heard that there are several very young girls amongst the branch families.
However, the oldest one is 4 years old (T/N: LOL!)
The bottom-most was just born last month.
Doing such things like pushing such children forcefully into an engagement will only give the greedy appointed nobles in the center an opportunity to strike at.