Political Marriage With a Friendly Enemy

Chapter 92

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This was the moment when the flaming stone cracked and the flame tried to spread outward.

Shoo, the trunks were growing so fast that the naked eyes could not catch up with them. They were tightly entangled with each other.

Kuh~n! The ground turned over and a cloud of dirt rose up. The thickness of the growing stems was such that they could not be encased even if six long conquests were attached to them.

A solid pillar suddenly sprang up from the ground.

“Ugh!”

A short, heavy moan from Diaquit was heard like a desperate cry, but immediately his body was nowhere to be found, hidden by the plants.

The plants grew above exactly where the flame stone had been, and the flame stone floated high in the sky, surrounded by trunks.

A height far enough to be close to the clouds. Boom! The flame stone eventually burst into flames.

Pow! Fireworks exploded like firecrackers in the sky above. The trunks that had circled the flame stone quickly caught fire and burned one by one.

The ashes that came out as the plants burned fell to the rainwater ground. Like gray snow falling.

Even though the flame stone erupted from high in the sky, the hot heat carried all the way to the ground. The air was hot.

But no one was hurt.

We were protected.

Relief came belatedly. I had been maintaining a high level of concentration in order to stretch the plants precisely where the flame stone was about to explode. My body, which had lost its strength, shifted.

Tak, my body fell to the side. Instead of a rough dirt bottom, a soft, firm chest enveloped me.

“Kwanach….”

He came up to me quickly and held me. It was only then that I was completely relieved. I leaned fully against him and breathed heavily.

“Are you okay?”

Kwanach quickly took off his cloak and draped it over my body. Ashes were still falling down. The ash stuck to Kwanach’s shoulders and face as well.’s

Thanks to Kwanach’s cloak, the ash didn’t reach my body directly.

“Yes …… a little, except for the dizziness…..”

Kwanach caressed my face with his large hand. I exhaled peacefully in the familiar touch and warmth of his hands.

A variety of intense emotions drifted into both eyes as he gazed at me. Awe, concern, affection, and pity were the two extremes of emotions.

“Sister!”

At that moment, I heard Jenner’s voice calling me from the side. I could see a little scrape on Jenner’s neck.

Surely Jenner must have been the most surprised and scared, but he ran right over and looked at me. Kwanach and Jenner, I was now caught between two people who were very worried about me.

Once again it was realized that my life had completely changed from my previous life.

“Diaquit…..”

I mumbled, my energy waning and squeezing.

“I think the plant had hit him and sent him flying. He would have fainted or been seriously injured. I hope he’s dead. I’ll take care of it afterwards, so you’d better stay inside the walls.”

Kwanach turned to the wall and gave a signal. Immediately, the border door opened halfway and several Kingsguard came out and approached us.

Kwanach glanced at Jenner and said.

“I think I need my brother-in-law’s help to explain the situation to the Northern Allies.”

“Me, me? Yes, sir.”

Who has the authority to give orders after Diaquit?

It would be Jenner.

With my faint vision, I looked alternately at Kwanach and Jenner. Jenner looked nervous and confused.

It was only natural that he had been fooled by Diaquit’s lies and come here with a burning hatred for Kwanach, but suddenly the situation had changed.

I leaned back on Kwanach, croaked softly, and then opened my mouth.

“Jenner, help Kwanach…… Please fix it well.”

“Sister…”

“I don’t know exactly what Diaquit used to seduce Northern monarchs, but it’s not true.”

“I was foolishly taken in by what he said.”

Jenner mumbled to himself. Then Kwanach, who was staring at Jenner, said once and for all.

“If the fight ends here, the empire will not hold anyone but Diaquit guilty. So as long as my brother-in-law does a good job of interceding, that’s all that matters. Don’t  be discouraged. Because the brother-in-law will be the future of the Achaia kingdom now.”

With Diaquit, the regent, stepping down, and his father still on his sickbed, the young Jenner will be the real ruler of the kingdom.

“Yes, yes ……!”

Determination seeped into the young Jenner’s face.

Just then the Kingsguard approached us. Kwanach supported me to my feet.

“Take the Empress to the back.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

I staggered weakly and looked up at Kwanach.

Kwanach  Radon in a gray landscape where the earth had turned over and left a trail of flames.

He looked more strong and sturdy than anyone.

I had an instinctive trust that he would be able to perfectly settle this dizzying battlefield. When it came to war and negotiations, no one was better than Kwanach.

I was glad to have someone I could leave in charge after I had done what I had to do. That person was Kwanach, my husband, and I couldn’t be happier.

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This battle on the border was later used in various songs and became a story that went up and down among the people for a long time.

It was the battle where the Radon Empire and the various northern kingdoms entered into a strategic peace relationship and all the tensions that had been hovering over the continent were resolved.

It was also known as the “White Battle” because, despite the gathering of thousands of troops, it ended with no one shedding blood. Nowhere in history has there been a battle like this.

And at the center of the battle was Usphere Catatel Radon.

Thousands of armies witnessed her power, and her story spread throughout the continent. Songs of praise for her power rang out not only in the empire, but also in the North.

If Usphere had not been able to prevent Diaquit, it would have been a bloody battle instead of a white battle.

The flames of the flame stone would have engulfed all the people on both sides, and the soldiers who saw their heads burn and die before their eyes would have jumped into the fire. Honor would not have stopped them from fighting.

However, the situation was reversed when Usphere magically overpowered Diaquit.

The Union forces were in general disarray. Diaquit’s sudden action to take Jenner hostage and the tremendous magic that followed.

Kwanach approached the Northern Army, which had lost its commander-in-chief and was in a panic. He was accompanied by several Kingsguard and next to him was Jenner.

Even in the face of three thousand troops, Kwanach had no signs of nervousness. Even the sun shone behind him to support him.

The northern army felt a sense of pressure from Kwanach’s majesty. Kwanach called the deputy commander-in-chief of the North to try to negotiate.

He stated that all of Diaquit’s claims were false and that there was not one bit of deception in the statement issued by the Empire. Jenner was the witness to this.

Jenner went to war to protect his sister. But on the contrary, because he saw Diaquit attack Usphere. The northern army had no choice but to believe Kwanach’s words.

The northern army was not going to be held any longer guilty of being instigated by Diaquit if they retreated from here.

Negotiations were thus conducted quickly and flexibly. Everything came to an end without a drop of blood being spilled.

The moment Usphere gained her second life, just as she had wished.

Emperor Kwanach, who was most skilled at subjugating war and blood, was moved by the will of Usphere.

The new emperor and empress of the empire. The people admired with awe the emperor and his wife, who brought peace to the continent with their astonishing power and majesty.

And the only one among them who tasted bitter defeat was Diaquit.

Diaquit Catatel brought the flame stone with the intention of dying with Usphere, but as it turned out, he failed in all his plans.

Usphere was not hurt at all, and Diaquit’s suicide went down the drain. Diaquit was struck by the plant that erupted as the flame stone was about to explode, and he was stuck in the ground with his bones shattered.

It happened so fast that it was hard to grasp what kind of situation was about to happen and he just passed out.

When he came to his senses again, it was after everything was over. His ambition, his last attempt at a dirty little scheme, all his honor and even the trust that was placed in him.

With everything was over, Diaquit woke up.

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“They say that Diaquit has been on a rampage ever since he woke up.”

Kwanach said with a click of his tongue.

“Oh dear……. Still, it’s no use.”

I did not have a shred of sympathy for Diaquit. The moment he took Jenner hostage in an attempt to drag me down, it seemed that even the flesh-and-blood affection that had remained as long as a rat’s tail had all but disappeared.

We retreated from the border region and came to the separate palace where we had spent the previous days. The northern army decided to disband and return to their respective kingdoms, but we decided to stay a few days near the border in case of any eventuality.

It was during this time that Diaquit, who had been knocked unconscious by a strong shock, awoke.

Diaquit was bound tightly under heavy guard, but being tied up was pointless. He was unable to move properly. His ribs, shoulders, and left leg were all broken.

The pain must have been intense, but Diaquit couldn’t hold back his anger and was shouting. He thought we couldn’t do this to him, the Crown Prince of a country.

But Diaquit misjudged his position. The Achaia kingdom naturally knew about the situation.

Jenner returned to Achaia before anyone else and explained the situation to my father. He was a solitary man with a dependable posture for his age to restore the honor of the kingdom that had been brought crashing down by Diaquit.

“I must speak to Diaquit myself.”

I was glad to have brought Diaquit to his knees, but there was a complication at the same time in the fact that his end was so ugly. Anyway, I wanted to take the job of handling him to the end.