Finding Stardust

There was no anti-magic shield here. He could read everyone's mind easily. After the wedding was over, he would attack the King's mind and kill him before King Cassius arrived at the royal palace. He wouldn't do it here, because then people would be suspicious. 

Therius tightened his hug around Emma's waist, and they walked quietly to meet the King. The old man seemed pleased to see Therius and Emma in their beautiful wedding attire. For a moment, his thoughts drifted to the past as he remembered his son, Darius, and Arreya, were supposed to get married.

King Cassius used to think he would see the two young people marry and be happy together, but it turned out ... Arreya betrayed his family and chose another man.

It took King Cassius over twenty years to forgive Arreya. 

Now, her daughter, who looked very much like Arreya, would also marry the Akkadian crown prince. King Cassius was relieved and pleased.

"Your Majesty, we are ready," said Therius, bowing respectfully. The king nodded and waved his hand.

"We must wait. Another bride is yet to come," King Cassius later, startling everyone. 

Therius's face turned red with anger. He didn't think his grandfather would say such a thing. 

"What do you mean, Your Majesty?" asked the young man.

He could feel Emma's body involuntarily, breaking free from his embrace. Therius was furious. Would his grandfather and Queen Ygrit force him to marry Yldwyn at the same time as Emma? 

That's too much!

"You have agreed to marry Princess Ylwdyn," said King Cassius, glaring at Therius. "The wedding must be carried out simultaneously so that the two queens would have equal standing. Otherwise, one will feel she is superior to the other."

Instantly, the atmosphere in the chapel turned awkward. Therius, still had a calm expression on his face, even though he was actually very angry. He tried to speak respectfully.

"Grandpa ... I married Emma in a hurry because the situation is urgent. We want to go to Thaesi and visit her mother immediately. We are worried that if we come there to ask for her blessing, Princess Arreya will not approve of our marriage. We don't have the same problem with Terren," said Therius. "Wouldn't it be better for Princess Yldwyn if her wedding was to be celebrated in a grand wedding and attended by her family?"

Beautiful music was played again and the door opened. Therius and Emma turned to see the newly arrived and they saw Queen Ygrit and Yldwyn gracefully walking in, accompanied by 20 maids who were all wearing beautiful gowns.

The queen and the princess of Terren were both dressed in lavish clothes decorated with various gemstones and their hair was fashioned in the typical Terren style, with many flowers on their heads.

Therius was stunned. He had checked everything and had never heard of any reports of Queen Ygrit and Yldwyn coming to this chapel. Had his men been careless and unable to give proper reports?

He looked around the room and found that, if he was desperate, he could kill King Cassius right now and take the throne. But he had to face the six mages who were protecting the king.

They were all first-rate mages of the highest level in their respective elements. On Therius' side, he could only rely on himself, Xion, Emma, ​​and two of his bodyguards, Avato and Ran.

Yldwyn twitched her brows when she saw Emma. Her beautiful face could not hide her contempt for Emma Stardust, whose waist was hugged by Therius so lovingly.

Therius knew how much Yldwyn had loved him over the years since the girl came to the Akkadian capital as a hostage princess. At that time, Yldwyn was 14 years old and he was 17. So, it's been ten years. Until last year, Therius had actually thought about marrying the Terren princess, because he thought it was for Akkadia's best political interests.

He didn't love Yldwyn, but at the time, he didn't mind making her his wife. As far as Therius knew, Yldwyn was a kind and smart girl. She was also one of the princesses who knew how to win the hearts of the Akkadian king and queen. From all aspects, Yldwyn had no flaws.

They came together several times to state functions and acted almost like they were betrothed. Therius never showed rejection when there were some talks discussing their marriage.

Truly ... if Therius never found Emma, ​​then today you could say he would have married Yldwyn.

However, things had now changed. 

Emma glanced at Therius and narrowed her eyes. 'You accepted your grandfather's request to marry Yldwyn. How are you going to take care of this?'

'I can kill the King and take the throne right now. But there are six very powerful mages that we have to deal with. Are you willing to fight with me?'

Emma cast her glance around the room casually. She looked nonchalant, but she was actually quickly checking everyone in the room and made an assessment. On the king's side they had six very powerful mages:

* Joren, a level ten electromancer

* Frey, a level ten cryomancer 

* Asva, a level ten aeromancer

* Ken, a level ten necromancer

* Lora, a level ten pyromancer

* Sashi, a level ten hydromancer

While on their side

* Therius, a telemancer and pyromancer from level ten, aeromancer level eight

* Xion, aeromancer from level ten and cryomancer level eight

* Emma, ​​a telemancer, electromancer, herbomancer, pyromancer, aeromancer, hydromancer, all in level three

* Avato, pyromancer from level seven

* Ran, aeromancer from level six

Their strength was not equal. Not only would they not be able to kill the king, it was also possible that they would all be defeated, captured, and executed.

'I don't want to die here,' said Emma to Therius using telemancy. She bit her lip while the corner of her eye saw the arrival of Yldwyn. The girl was walking gracefully toward them. Emma sighed. 'You better marry Yldwyn and carry on this pretense.'

Therius stared at Emma with wide eyes. His eyes looked hurt. Did Emma really have no love for him whatsoever that she could easily ask him to marry another girl?

The prince was disappointed to hear Emma's request. He had hoped she would at least be mad at him for agreeing to marry Yldwyn, even though he did it out of necessity and didn't mean he would proceed with it. But, Emma didn't seem to care, and now... she even told him to just do it.

Emma stared at Therius closely. She couldn't understand why this man looked sad. The only way to get what they want now is to take a step back so that later they could go five steps forward.

She knew they were played by Queen Ygrit. The old hag could see through their plan, and she forced Therius to marry Emma and Yldwyn at the same time. Therius had no choice if he wanted to avoid the king's suspicion.

In Emma's opinion, he should just do it and get it over with. Getting into an open fight would make them at a disadvantage. The only reasonable way was to just proceed.

Once the wedding was done, they could continue their plan: kill King Cassius and take the throne. After Therius became the king, then he would be able to do whatever he wanted, including divorcing Yldwyn and punishing Queen Ygrit ... 

So, what was he waiting for?

Therius released his hands from Emma's waist. His fists clenched to his sides. His face still showed no expression, but now Emma knew Therius well enough by now to realize that the man was angry.

"Your Highness." In the meantime, Princess Yldwyn had finally arrived before Therius, and she bowed respectfully. When the girl looked up again, she reached out her right hand and smiled.

In Akkadian tradition, the groom would take the bride's hand and hold her to go face the priest or king who would formalize their marriage.

However, until a minute passed, Therius still did not take the girl's hand. Yldwyn's face began to flush with embarrassment, but she was still smiling.