Roland tapped Sigrid’s hand as if they were in a wrestling tag team match. It was her turn to say sothing.
"Miss Akia, with whose authority do you co here to seek peace?" Sigrid’s voice rose like a songbird in storm, fragile yet defiant. It was delicate and pleasant to her and yet unyielding.
She even had a smile on her face and most people saw no harm in her question.
Akia however read the ssage underneath Sigrid’s words. It was clear. "You are a nobody, you have no right to stand before ." She wondered why Roland was allowing Sigrid to speak. What did this backward princess know of matters that concerned the fates of empires?
She was impressive, yes. But, she was just another beautiful vase clinging to the crown prince in order to push the agenda of her family.
Akia controlled the anger in her voice and she answered, "I am doris’s divine ssenger. I speak to the gods and my presence here is their will."
"Which gods?" Sigrid cut in.
Akia blinked. The question threw her off for a mont. What did she an by which gods? Nobody had ever asked her which gods she served. They were just happy to use her knowledge and leave it at that.
Sigrid’s voice ca again and she said sternly, "Peace between two empires is not children’s play Miss Akia. It is sothing that is negotiated between two rulers and as far as I know you are just a mage. Mages do not interfere in the politics of an empire. Perhaps your gods need to be reminded of this."
"Aren’t you a mage too?" Akia exploded with a retort, raising her voice unexpectedly.
"Easy." Anita communicated telepathically with Akia. "She is trying to get under your skin, do not let her."
Sigrid could hear Anita’s hidden voice. It was one of the perks of becoming a hunting dog for the bank. The more that Anita cald Akia down, the more Sigrid wanted to throw her off her ga.
"We have a mage just like you." She said. "Emmah Fairfax."
Gasps rippled through the hall. What did the crown princess an, they all wondered.
Akia clenched her fists. "I can assure you that I am nothing like Emmah Fairfax, your highness. I am not a killer."
"I never said you were a killer, I just said that she is like you." Sigrid leaned down and squinted like she was looking a physical resemblance between Emmah and Akia. "She walked into this very hall and claid to be a divine ssenger. The two of you seem to even have so of the sa knowledge.
The border between Nemoris and Northern doris is open for trade. So of the things which were created by you, Miss Akia, have made their way into our empire. Foods like noodles, ran, sushi, pizza, popcorn. Clothing designs, shoes, animated dolls of sothing called Naruto and more.Amazingly, Emmah Fairfax who is also a mage knew of these foods, clothing designs, shoes and more.
It seems to like you both worship the sa gods. That is why I asked which gods sent you here on this mission. Are they the sa gods that told Emmah Fairfax to murder her mother?"
Akia had noticed so things in Eldoria which reminded her of modern earth. Ever since she arrived, she had this nagging feeling that they were being watched and there was a transmigrator like her, in Eldoria. It seed Emmah Fairfax was that transmigrator.
Two predators could not exist on the sa mountain. Akia was determined to be the only special existence in this universe. She could not have people questioning or doubting her special-ness. This Emmah Fairfax needed to die as quickly as possible.
Sigrid raised her hands as if she was balancing two things on a scale. "Two self proclaid divine ssengers with the sa knowledge. One is a killer and the other...." She left the word hanging.
Successfully, she earned Akia many frowns and poked so holes into divinity.
"I don’t know Emmah Fairfax or who she worships? I am here for a peace keeping mission." Akia snapped. "Crown princess, this is sothing important that could decide the fate of two empires and population of millions. You cannot sabotage it for personal interests."
"And what personal interests would my wife have in this matter?" Roland jumped to Sigrid’s defense imdiately. "All she has done is ask the relevant questions and raise necessary doubts. Your emperor and his family were assassinated. Different n of power are claiming territories and fighting to be the next emperor of your empire.
At the mont, the golden throne of doris sits empty. You have co here for peace as whose envoy? Who do you speak for? Who will I sign a treaty with? Who sent you?"
Akia clenched her hands. With every question that Roland asked, he made her seem stupid.
"Dammit, we should have thought this plan through. We should have insisted on speaking to him privately not out here in the open." Anita cursed.
Again, only Akia heard her. Equally furious, she replied to her sister, "I did not think that he would be this hard to handle."
Roland looked at his advisors and the noble Lords in the hall. "Are these the wrong questions?"
Voices confirming that he and the crown princess were on the right track rose in the hall.
"I think the dorian divine ssenger did not think this plan through." Sigrid declared. "If we enter a peace treaty with her, what happens when the next dorian emperor tears it to shreds and decides to attack us?"
The volu of the voices calling for the crown prince not to sign the peace treaty increased.
"Then you can keep here as a bargaining chip." Akia shouted. Her voice, packed with magic rose over all. "I am doris’s divine ssenger. If I am married to you, crown prince Roland then I am your best bargaining chip if the next dorian emperor goes back on his word. Marry , not as your crown princess --for that position is already filled--but as your secondary consort.
I am the most desirable woman in doris but I am willing to lower myself to be your shield maiden, a concubine, if you will have . I am willing to be the bridge that ends all bloodshed between our people."
It was if the storm on the sea was quelled at once. Silence commanded the hall for so seconds and gasps sliced through it eventually. Whispers flicked like moths in torchlight. So called it unbelievable, others, madness. So were for it and others against it.
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