“It would be great wouldn’t it? If only it were that simple, if only we could just state our wish and get what we want”

Selena’s mocking towards Anabel was supported by many other candidates with the latter who loudly stated her desire unintentionally, she was now starting to feel ashamed.

“That’s certainly a new one, never thought someone would want me so bad she’d yell about it “

Rhaegar’s words were like thunder on her ears and she couldn’t get herself to look at him .

“Sit down girl, you have already made a fool out of yourself “

“Yes mother “

Anabel sat down and covered her eyes with her clothes shamefully.

People’s interest on her behaviour disappeared quickly, they were still waiting the response from prince Achilles who looked like he was out of words .

“I didn’t... I didn’t mean it that way of course these foul animals don’t have authority over nobles... I ... “

Seeing her brother in that state forced princess Cara to take action, she walked near Rhaegar and smiled at him.

“Lord Rhaegar please forgive our inappropriate behaviour, I assure you that my brother wont remain unpunished “

Rhaegar raised his eyebrow , he was surprised at her. How could a princess decide punishment for one of the heirs? This woman was not simple .

“These demihuman warriors are heirs of their respective tribes in the wild plains , having control over them means controlling their tribes . Father brought them here today as a test test for you, if you choose to battle one of them the loser will be the other’s slave “

“So you’re saying that If I can defeat this guy he will become my property, and if he defeats me my status will be reduced to that of a slave. Your highness, how are you any different from your brother ? You’re basically saying that his life is worth as much as mine, a noble heir “

The nobles stood up and started supporting his words even louder, Rhaegar looked like he wasn’t going to let this slide .

“Lord Rhaegar, you misunderstood me...”

Princess Cara tried explaining herself but Rhaegar interrupted her again .

“Great then, I agree “

“Yes yes We’ll get rid of this test, it’s not necessary.. hmm , Wait What did you say?”

“ I said I agree, In fact not only do I agree but Ill fight all 20 of them at the same time”

Cara started smiling, even though her trap had been seen through this fool still agreed, demihuman heirs could use racial skills and battle aura. They might even beat some of the nobles present there, how could a 17 year old Rhaegar stand a chance ?

“There’s no need for my nephew to fight them all. Rhaegar, If you don’t want to fight them just say so, as long as I’m here these brats cant force you to do anything you dont want to “

It was the first time his uncle Dave had gotten serious throughout the event , he even called the prince and princess ‘brats’.

“Lord Dave, Rhaegar is grown enough to take that decision on his own, no need to interfere”

Prince Achilles wasn’t going to let this chance slip , he then turned to Rhaegar and greeted him formally as he should have done from the beginning.

“A true noble should have ambitions like my friend Rhaegar here, he doesn’t only want one demihuman heir, he wants all 20 of them “

“Brother in law, this is madness. Will you let your son become a slave ? “

Dave couldn’t believe how calm Geld was, as if it wasn’t his son making that dumb decision .

“Don’t worry, Rhaegar can almost defeat me. I had to use battle sense to escape his attacks in our latest sparring session”

Geld whispered on Dave’s ear with the latter barely forcing himself to not scream from surprise.

Lord Geld having to use battle sense in order to evade Rhaegar’s attacks.... he was only 17 years old, madness !

“Khem Khem, okay . I wont interfere, my nephew can do as he pleases “

Now that he was convinced, the Prince continued to discuss ‘terms ‘ with Rhaegar.

“ The terms are agreeable, I will fight all 20 of them but even If I win I’ll only keep one of them, her ! “

He pointed his finger at the woman from the fox tribe .

“Her?? Of course you can do as you wish but she isn’t even the main heir of her tribe, her tribe is also the weakest. Why her if you don’t mind me asking “

“Just look at her, the fox tribe specialises in mist attacks and tricks, but she is muscular and build like a male warrior, how weird . And look at that giant scar on her belly, beast scratches on her shoulders, she looks like a try-hard “

“Rhaegar’s reasons are as noble as himself, I agree to your request. If you could beat all of them, not just her but all 3 of the fox women will be yours “

This guy was definitely an idiot, thought Achilles. Even his demands were benefiting him, what a joke of a noble .

“How rude of me, its my birthday and i haven’t even started drinking yet “

“Maids, Maids. Only the best for Lord Rhaegar “

A cup of wine was brought to him almost immediately even though his request was unexpected. Wasn’t he about to fight?

“Are you making excuses now, huh it was obvious from the start that you’re all talk .

I wouldn’t fight all 20 of us If I were you “

The demihuman from the wolf tribe started messing with him again, he was getting on his nerves .

Rhaegar smiled at him and calmly responded :

“Tu cha es mala namu es el chuli , ight te leh “

And as soon as his words fell all 20 demihuman warriors started behaving like wild animals by showing Rhaegar their teeth, every single person in the room was surprised with the exception of Dave, the duchess and the countess .

All 3 of them had one thing in mind , they definitely wanted Rhaegar on their side .