This was one of the worst days of Achilles life, not to mention losing the heir of the fox demihuman tribe, he also got humiliated by Rhaegar and failed to fulfil his father’s task . He shouldn’t have appeared all arrogant like he did, he shouldn’t have provoked Rhaegar.

He thought that a viscount bum heir like him would jump at the opportunity to marry Cara, no matter what ! But he was wrong, so wrong . This devilish countess managed to convince him into even refusing to become royalty .

“Father, shouldn’t you present our offer just in case Rhaegar changes his mind .

All the ones who have been wanting to marry me have been sissies , I want me a real man like him “

“ khem, yes daughter you are correct.

The house of Hera offers 5000 weapons, 5000 horses , 3 villages and the military position of unit leader to lord Rhaegar “

After the Hera Household, everyone followed .

“House of Bachuus offers their secret wine recipe to lord Rhaegar “

Princess Cara suddenly cut in surprising everyone and offered herself .

“Except from getting me and all the status that comes with me, the royal family offers lord Rhaegar a castle in the imperial capital , 10000 gold coins, 25 imperial guards and 10 servant girls trained in the imperial harem “

Cara offered herself proudly, not only was her beauty unrivalled but the riches offered to Rhaegar couldn’t be refused easily. No matter what the countess offered him Rhaegar would surely agree to marry her, right ? Right?

Offers kept piling up one after the other until the only one remaining was duchess Luna .

“Your ugly and cheap offers have bored me, how about a real offer ?

If you marry my daughter and break relations with the Set Household I’ll agree to make you heir to the Duchy and grant you full control over 5 of our cities “

Dave spilled his drink, even the countess facial expression changed for the first time ever since she got there. Things were getting ugly !

“What is the meaning of this my lady? You are trying to make my son break relations with us? “

Lord Geld forgot all about manners , he was about to snap .

“Even though I don’t encourage this behaviour, brother in law is correct.

My father wont just let it slide either, Rhaegar is his grandson after all . You cant forcefully snatch him away “

“Who said anything about forcing him? I’m offering this to him, if he wants he’ll agree.

If he doesn’t want he wont agree, simple “

Rhaegar couldn’t care less about land and gold, he had the mindset of a conquerer.

What’s the point of having something he couldn’t protect or maintain? Agreeing to it would only put a leash on himself, he wanted freedom....

Still though he couldn’t just refuse a duchess , he might offend her .

“It’s impossible for me to fairly love your daughter while living on the same castle with her mother which is known as the most beautiful woman in existence.

I hope my lady will keep me away from such torture, I hate being close to things I want but cant get “

Luna gave Rhaegar a smile so bright everyone in the room wished they were in his place, some women included!

“Who says I’m something you can’t get? “

Shit, this woman actually flirted back at him. Rhaegar started acting like a bashful girl all of a sudden, this woman was so pretty and dangerous.

“Nephew, you are swimming on dangerous waters there “

Dave snapped him back into reality.

“Don’t interfere brat? We just started to have fun “

Did the duchess call Dave a brat? Just how old was she ?

Rhaegar found himself thinking about her again, he was starting to really feel the danger .

Dave and Luna on the other hand were loudly arguing and throwing insults at each other .

“I don’t know what you offered him to make him agree, but Im sure that if I offer him myself I’ll have him. No men values an item over me, it has always been like that”

“Unfortunately for you, Duchess , I am yet to state my offer “

“Ohh ? I thought your offer was what made young Rhaegar agree in the first place”

It was fascinating how the countess was able to maintain her superiority even when facing duchess Luna , a very fascinating woman thought Rhaegar.

“It is no secret that me and my lord and husband Rudd have no son, no male heir .

If Rhaegar agrees to marry Anabel, he will be heir to both Terra and Set households “

Her words fell like bombs, she was basically offering everything she had to Rhaegar. Count Ruud was truly the weirdest one ever, as if the rumours about him only loving his wife and no other women or concubines weren’t weird enough.

“As you know im from the Janus household, I specialise in space magic .

Count Rudd is also a magic user of earth magic, it was really hard to produce an heir with two powerful magic energies like ours colliding .

After years we managed have a child and Anabel was born but she is a woman.

Its her right to marry and be happy, she cant take on such responsibility.

That is why we chose Rhaegar, the only one in existence to posses a dual spirit.

What better candidate to be our heir than him “

Everyone was at a loss for words, Rhaegar even saw his mother Clara who had been trying to remain calm and quiet throughout the whole evening stand up.

What the countess was offering him was the true definition of an offer you cant refuse, the freedom and reward that came with it truly suited Rhaegar.

“My lady I am truly flattered, and honestly I was still going to agree even without your second offer .

After all lady Anabel loudly stating that she wants to marry me left quite the impression, as if her being as pretty as you didn’t already make her impossible to refuse “

Anabel didn’t shy away this time, what happened happened and she got what she wanted .

“However, just because people are supportive of me right now don’t think they’ll always be supportive.

Once I chose my ‘ side ‘ the others will have a go at me as I’m sure you’re well aware. There might come a time where you’ll regret it , that time might come sooner than both you and I Think “

“You’re 30 years too early to think what I cannot brat, you think I don’t know what will happen if we go through with this ? “

She looked at every single nobleman in the room before proceeding.

“Let them come at us and spare no effort, we aren’t an easy bite “

She took out a ring and placed it on his hand .

This ring is left behind by the last heir of the Ao Kuang household , since you are now our heir consider it your engagement ring “

Rhaegar wanted to yell ‘ wait I haven’t even agreed yet’ but the ring truly left him speechless, she just gave him what he wanted without hesitation.

Did she trust him that much? Or did she trust her own offer ?

“After you return from your journey we will proceed with the ceremony, Anabel !

Anabel walked close to her and Rhaegar, she watched him in the eyes and he did the same .

“ we are leaving “

Before Rhaegar even had the chance to process all of what just happened, he stood there with a blue ring on his palm being watched by every noble and disappointed candidate.

“ holy shit I just got engaged “