Evane Skyfall, the Future Queen of the Kingdom, suddenly hugged one of the masked cultivators right in front of all the soldiers.
"!!!"
Everyone widened their eyes in shock.
What the hell was happening?
Why was the soon-to-be Queen hugging someone like that in front of everyone?
The people who were ready with their weapons and battle stance stood still with bewildered looks on their faces. The tensed atmosphere that had built up until now completely disappeared.
Everyone's eyes were on the two people who were hugging each other without the care of the world. No, actually, their eyes were not on two people, rather, they were only looking at Evane, they wanted answers.
As if understanding their intentions, Evane turned towards the Kingdom 'Army' that was looking at her and smiled,
"I am sure all of you are confused and are wondering what is happening.
Don't worry, I will explain what is happening.
First of all, don't be so tense, sheathe your weapons, they are not here to attack. They are not even our enemies, rather, they are our allies."
"Lady Evane, who are they?"
Phorus, the General of the Skyfall Kingdom questioned as he narrowed his eyes.
Evane looked at the General, then she turned towards the man she hugged and nodded.
The man nodded back, then, he removed his mask, revealing his perfectly carved face, well-structured nose, raven hair, thin eyebrows, hypnotic, golden eyes, and all in all, an extremely handsome face.
"This man is Nux Leander,"
Evane introduced.
Nux looked at everyone standing and smiled.
Reeve and Keeve frowned, they knew who this man was, he was Lady Evane's subordinate, but why did Lady Evane hu-
Suddenly, Evane dropped a bomb.
"My husband."
"Huh…?"
A deafening silence fell over the place.
Evane allowed others to let it sink in, 3 seconds later,
"WHAT!!??"
Their emotions exploded.
"H-H-Husband?"
Even Reeve and Keeve, who usually do not show many expressions could help but look at Nux and Evane with stunned looks on their faces.
"Lady Evane, what do you mean he is your husband?"
Iria was the first one to recover from this shock and she questioned.
"Huh? Do you perhaps not know what husband means?" Nux questioned with a confused look on his face.
"I am not talking to you, Boy." Iria narrowed her eyes.
Nux narrowed his eyes as well, he could sense hostility from Iria's eyes, however, he couldn't understand why that was the case.
This was his first time meeting this woman, he hasn't offended her, yet.
'Well, whatever.'
Then, Nux shrugged inwardly, a playful smile then appeared on his face as he glanced at Iria and,
'You started it.'
"Hmm? You asked Evane and since I am her husband, I have the right to answer your questi- ah, wait, you don't know what a husband is.
So it is like this, when a man and woman marr-"
"I know what husband means!" Iria snapped.
Seeing this, Evane and the other 'masked cultivators' shook their heads and sighed.
There he goes again.
Nux was an expert when it came to annoying people.
"Hmm? Then why were yo-" Nux wanted to continue, however, as if Iria understood what he was trying to do, she didn't give him any chance.
"I am asking how can you be the husband of our queen when barely anyone here knows you."
"Huh? It is not like I am marrying you all, you are not that lucky, get off your high horses.
The only opinion here that matters is Evane's, how do you guys even fit in this equation?"
Nux questioned back.
"We fit here because we are Lady Evane's future subjects." Phorus was the one to reply.
"Then act like subjects. Don't involve yourself with her personal life. Evane is allowed to choose anyone she wants." Nux shot him down.
"We can't allow any random person to fool our Queen, you can't be her husband until we make sure that you are not here to harm her." Phorus wasn't planning to back down.
With his words, the soldiers supporting him looked at Nux with hostile looks as well.
"Are you saying that your future Queen is a fool?"
Suddenly, Nux narrowed his eyes.
"I did not say anything like that, do not twist my words."
" 'You can't be her husband until we make sure that you are not here to harm her', don't these words means that Evane is a fool who can't even judge a person's character and can be easily fooled?
Is this something a subject can say about his Queen?"
Nux then narrowed his eyes even further and tilted his head in a threatening way,
"Are you underestimating her authority?"
A wild pressure was released from Nux's body.
"…" The General turned silent.
"We are not underestimating her authority, however, the Queen is still young, and a little immature, at her age, there are many people who would try to trick her for their own benefit, but this does not mean that the Queen is a fool, she just doesn't have much experience, that is where our role as her subjects comes in.
We will prevent anyone from hurting our Queen.
We need to suspect everyone, especially an unknown man who appeared out of nowhere and the Queen announces him as her husband."
Iria stepped in, unlike Phorus, she has spent some time in the Royal Palace, and when it came to a fight with words, she doubted many could defeat her.
And indeed, her words were sharp and she placed all the blame on Nux, saving Phorus from a tight spot.
Nux snorted inwardly but just as he was about to reply,
Evane stepped in,
"As much as I would like to thank you 'subjects' for trying to 'prevent' me from being tricked, I don't think you are allowed to meddle in my personal life.
I introduced Nux to you all not because I wanted your opinions, but because I wanted to inform you all.
Nux Leander is my husband, all further discussions will not be entertained."
Her cold and emotionless tone forced everyone to turn silent.
Everyone, except Phorus,
"Lady Evane, you are still too immature to decide this on your own, also, let me remind you,
You are not a Queen yet, you currently do not have the authority to order us around."
Evane looked at Phorus with a cold look on her face, Phorus didn't back down either.
The two of them started at each other, the tension in the air suddenly rose up, then suddenly,
"Though I did allow you to cause some ruckus, I did not expect you to go this far, Boy."
