It isn't that curious, Joshua wants to comment. He's seen his family tree and lineage and it's no surprise to him why the Phoenix appeared so regularly. Cousins married cousins, sometimes relations were even closer - it's just how things were done in Rosaria, for better or worse.

"I suppose there have been far less of us for the Phoenix to choose from in comparison." It's the easiest way to put it. "That said, I don't remember thinking much of marriage or anything at all when I was younger. Father was kind in that regard - he wished for Clive and I to have as normal a childhood as one in our position could have. Personally, I was more concerned about whether or not I'd be let outside to play."