Chapter 381: Rejection
The moment Eren looked at the girl, his expressions became still. He couldn’t understand what that woman was doing here. She was supposed to be in the Eastern Continent, so how could she be here?
Even in the novel that the Holy Emperor had read, she was supposed to arrive at a later date. Did something change because of him? She was sent much earlier to investigate?
If he had known that this was going to happen, he would have done some preparation for it. However, it was too late
now.
At this point, there were three envoys in the Western Continent, and only one of them was supposed to be the real one. It was the one that had arrived.
Eren observed Xiu Ying, wondering if she was going to recognise him. If she recognised him and saw him proposing to the Holy Priestess, it was going to become a big mess.
Fortunately, her gaze was less focused on him. Instead, she was looking at his clone who was standing with Zia.
Eren also followed his gaze and looked at Eren, almost facepalming himself. Zia was standing right next to Eren, her arms wrapped around his arms.
Although it was something that Eren told her to do so she could protect his clone from getting hurt and disappearing but it couldn’t have been at a worse timing.
“What do you think you are doing?” the Holy Priestess asked Eren who had just
finished proposing to her. She didn’t
understand what his intentions were. Just
what was he planning?
It was especially strange since he wasn’t even looking at her after proposing to her. Instead, he was glancing at the Great Elders behind him as if he was looking for their confirmation.
She wondered if they were the ones who asked him to do something like this.
At this point, she couldn’t think about it. She simply turned around to leave amidst the watchful gaze of everyone present there.
The Holy Emperor was left sitting on his knees, as if he had been completely
rejected by the Holy Priestess.
While leaving, the Holy Priestess noticed
Xiu Ying, who was also dressed in the attire of the Great Elder of the Demon Sect. Once again, she was taken aback. How did a third great elder come here?
Why was the Demon Sect sending so many great elders here? Just what were they
planning?
She didn’t think that Xiu Ying was the real
envoy while the others were fake, simply believing it to be a third envoy who had arrived.
As for how she was able to enter the city despite the barrier, it also became clear when the Holy Priestess saw another Cardinal who was accompanying her. The Cardinal had left the city to arrange something. On his way back, he noticed Xiu Ying talking to the border guards. As she was supposed to be an envoy as well, he brought her inside the city with him after confirming her identity.
He had come here to inform the Holy Priestess about the arrival of the envoy, only to grow surprised when he saw the Holy Emperor sitting on a knee in front of the woman.
The Holy Priestess simply walked past Xiu
Ying and left, being in no mood to talk with her for now. She simply told the Cardinal who brought Xiu Ying inside to follow her. There was only one Cardinal who was left behind to handle the rest of the matters, and it was Cardinal Treniel.
Even after the Holy Priestess left, there was still absolute silence throughout the Grand Hall. Everyone was looking at the Holy Emperor who had just proposed a marriage to the Holy Priestess out of nowhere.
No one was shocked that he was rejected.
What shocked them more was that the
Holy Emperor even tried something like this.
The Holy Emperor ignored the strange gazes of the other nobles. Despite being rejected, his expressions remained perfectly calm as if it was nothing.
Eren slowly rose to his feet, brushing off
the dust from his knees. His eyes remained focused and just as calm as ever.
He had expected the rejection. The Holy
Priestess should not accept his proposal even if she wanted to. If she agreed to marry him and he died after that, it was
going to be even worse for her reputation. Not being able to protect her husband was worse than not being able to protect the Emperor.
For now, more than the rejection, Eren was concerned about the unexpected presence of Xiu Ying.
As the silent mumblings grew louder in the
Grand Hall, any nobles exchanged wary glances. They wondered just what was going on with the Holy Emperor. They were aware of the Holy Emperor’s
recent chance but they were finding it hard to come to terms with it. He wasn’t even
scared when standing before the Holy Priestess and proposing to her.
He wasn’t worried when killing almost half
his army because they supposedly supported the Holy Priestess. What if he targeted them next?
Those who were close to the Holy Church
were starting to worry about their own future, wondering if they needed to
maintain some distance from the Holy Church.
Now that the two powerful sides were
against each other, they couldn’t get dragged in the mud. No matter which side
they chose, they were going to be in
trouble.
Even though the Holy Church was
stronger, no one knew how the equation
was going to change with the Demon Sect’s involvement.
While the guests left the Banquet that had
come to an end, they knew they had a lot to think about.
Before long, the entire grand hall was left
empty with only the Royal Family and the guests from the Demon Sect being left behind.
Xiu Ying was still standing at the entrance
of the hall, looking at Eren’s clone with a narrowed gaze. Her eyes were particularly focused on Zia’s hand which was holding onto Eren..
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