Chapter 149: A second wife
"That is no excuse for the embarrassment he has caused my sister. There is no way an enslaved priestess can compare to Sapphire." Ryker spat supporting his sister. Lucian wanted to avoid the responsibilities of the marriage and used Callista as an excuse.
He was fully aware of the food shortage and knew that Galvia was interested in gaining Darconia’s support because of its military strength. So, they seized the opportunity to try to take advantage of the situation by marrying their princess as the future crown princess.
"I can’t believe we were made to eat in the presence of dirt.." Ryker spat. Callista could not hold back her tears even if she wanted to after her heart was torn to pieces by Ryker’s words.
The windows burst up with a strong wind blowing inside that pushed Ryker off his seat. "You have a right to talk to her that way." Lucian barked at Ryker on his feet, his eyes blazing gold.
The room was thrown into a frenzy, instinctively, Cedric pulled Abrielle to cover her from the chaos, but the little mischievous princess was curious how this would end.
Sapphire’s eyes were wide, stunned that Lucian had attacked her brother. Ryker tried to get on his feet but the pressure from Lucian was too strong. Unlike Darconia, where their royalty was blessed by the dragons with magic, Galvia worshipped the goddess of the harvest, who made their field fertile, so they didn’t have much combat magic.
Sapphire got on her feet to beg, "Please stop this madness." She cried out loud. Eleanor was too stunned to see how far Lucian could go for the priestess. Her hatred for Callista doubled.
They could only control the weather to suit the crops; although he didn’t have combat magic, Ryker was still a good fighter skilled with swords. "You bastard." Ryker barked, throwing a dagger towards Callista, but it was diverted, then flew towards Abrielle.
"Stop this instance." Kaiden’s voice boomed with authority that made Ryker freeze after he threw the dagger, but Lucian didn’t stop. He still exercised his authority on Ryker, scaring him to the core.