How to Get My Husband on My Side

Chapter 106

 

Izek was being pushed back by Cesare’s shield and I saw him lose his footing, stumbling a few steps back and switching the hold on his sword to go into defense.

 

The bright blue luminescence lighting up the whole room was growing brighter, so it was impossible to see what kind of face Izek was making. Whether he was in pain or panicking from getting overpowered or if he was confident that he was going to win, I couldn’t see it at all.

 

I was sure of one thing, though. Cesare’s divinity was no match for Izek’s. He thrust his sword forward and snarled, and more and more cracks were appearing on my brother’s cerulean-colored guard. The light of his divinity was fading. Cesare’s shield was falling apart.

 

I could see Izek getting the upper hand again as he cornered Cesare, and the entire room vibrated with their divinities clashing. Luminosity fading in and out like lightning strikes, the sound of thunder booming in my ears, the heavy pressure in the air because of divinity bursting forth and the room shaking while cries rang out from all directions—I was scared. If this continued on, then Izek… Izek would…

 

“No! Iz!”

 

“What the hell are you doing?!” An unexpected voice, loud and panicked, blared out just as mine did.

 

The light of blue divinity waned as Izek’s royal purple seeped through the cracks, another collision exploding and echoing through the room and shattering the mirrors around us.

 

The blast not only blinded me, but also knocked me down to the ground. I tried to break the fall with my arms, but the sting from the shards still embedded in my flesh had me gasping for air.

 

“Stop it, you fool! He’s the son of the Holy Father! Stop!” My father-in-law sounded desperate and frantic, and he raced past me and towards his son, getting between the two men destroying the room.

 

I understood his desperation. I had been trying to do the same.

 

Powerful people from powerful families from every corner of the continent were all gathered here. It didn’t matter if Izek was the strongest knight in the North and the soon-to-be King of Britannia. If he killed the Holy Pope’s firstborn son and the future governor of Romagna right here…

 

The room lit up one last time, the light turning my vision white, and then it all ebbed away. Despite that, the area was still vibrating and the pressure in the air had barely diminished. I was thrown off balance and noise was still lingering in my ears. I tried to blink everything away and find Izek amidst all of this chaos, but Paladins were in front of me, blocking my sight.

 

“Ruby!”

 

I almost fell back again while trying to get up, my hands slipping on the floor because of the blood, but someone rushed in from behind and pulled me into a hug.

 

I was greeted with Ellenia’s horror-struck face. Her fingers shook as she swept my bangs away from my face. Over her shoulder, I could see an entire wall stripped bare of mirrors, all of them shattered and broken on the ground.

 

“E-Ellen… I-Iz, Izek…” I tried to find him, but I couldn’t see him through the tears.

 

I could barely hold my upper body up and I winced in pain, trying to sit upright. Ellenia sat behind me and I had to rely on her to help me up. She tried to cover my eyes, but I resisted.

 

“W-Where… Izek…”

 

The Paladins in the room were raising their voices, calling out to my husband and asking where the duke went.

 

I looked around to try and figure out what was going on. I couldn’t find the Duke of Omerta nor Cesare anywhere.

 

Instead, I was able to locate my husband. He shoved his fellow knights to the side and staggered and swayed, his eyes feral and a snarl on his face. Then, all of a sudden, he rushed forward as his focus locked in on something.

 

I blinked my eyes and then he was gone. A loud bang reverberated through the room, as if something had been slammed against the wall, so I turned to look to the opposite side. Izek was holding Lorenzo by the neck and was strangling him.

 

I was still shaking. My whole body was vibrating.

 

I didn’t know whether it was me who was trembling or whether it was Ellenia at my back. I did know, however, that this wasn’t just trembling from fear, but the pressure in the air pushing down on us because of divinity raging and getting out of control.

 

I shrugged off Ellenia’s arms still wrapped around me and mustered up all the strength I didn’t really have. Just like Izek had done earlier, I shoved through all of the Paladins standing between us and desperately grabbed his hard shoulder, turning him around and off the young boy.

 

The world seemed to slow down and everything else faded away. There was no one in the room but me and him. I hadn’t been this close to him in two days, but it felt more like it had been two years.

 

His eyes were quivering and his chest was heaving. Sweat was dripping down the sides of his face and his whole body was tense. He looked like a wild beast, ready to strike. But I wasn’t afraid. I wasn’t afraid of him.

 

I had missed him.

 

His eyes slowly regained focus and he took deep breaths before shuddering, reeling in his divinity, and the heavy air crushing us gradually eased up.

 

He lifted a trembling hand to my cheek, his face filled with agony and grief, and he tenderly stroked the blood and tears away. His soft touch made more tears well up. He caressed me like I was made of glass.

 

like none of us had ever

 

dragon’s roar rang

 

Part VIII
All Together

 

whole city of Elendale was in chaos because of

 

dragon echoed through the air. It was much worse than the earlier clash of

 

rushed through the door, all of them

 

there is

 

the Frost Dragon has returned and is attacking

 

has ordered every

 

swears, and more sounds of chaos came from outside and the knights rushed out of the room straight away,

 

hurrying out into the hall and shouting things I didn’t understand, the hand that had been caressing me pushed me away and into someone

 

“Brother…”

 

Ellen, take care of her.” Izek’s voice remained calm despite the unfolding disaster.

 

my shoulders as the young boy came close. His golden

 

I understood what he

 

to hurry.” Ellenia, quickly cutting in, put her arms around me and fastened the robe more securely. She was almost

 

out

 

and then almost died fighting Cesare, and now he was off to battle monsters again? He hadn’t even changed out of the armor he had been wearing since this

 

“Iz, no! You aren’t…!”

 

state. Even if Cesare had been no match for Izek, he had to have drained him from his divinity all the same. The fight earlier with Cardinal Richie must

 

main character of this world, he wouldn’t be

 

ran after him, trying to call out, trying to stop him, but he was already so far away. He was at the end of the line of knights disappearing around the corner on

 

echoed through the walls and the sounds of panic became worse. The distance between

 

my sight, he turned around and we

 

only lasted for a moment before he moved again, and then

 

passed me by. She

 

why. Everyone else that had seen

 

closed off! Everyone, follow us to

 

leading us down the hall were all rigid, their moves constrained and unnatural. Despite being Northerners, this situation of the heart of the capital being attacked by monsters and a dragon was something that was unprecedented. Tensions were running high, especially since it was happening during the middle of the festival of the Gladiatorial Match, with people from all over the continent

 

of that, foreigners not from northern countries, who had presumably never encountered a monster before, were hysterical and causing more mayhem, making the

 

at all, the festival had turned into

 

their hands on my back and leading me to follow the guards. I thought that they were being too much, acting like I was a child that had to be carried, but my vision was fading in and out and my consciousness was going back

 

I tried

 

Ellenia’s brittle voice rang out.

 

“Stop.”

 

should’ve known…” I saw her lips

 

was she talking about? She had

 

to her, but

 

steps, trailing behind the group of people following the palace guards, immediately came

 

and clutched her hand. “You have to let me go,

 

do that,

 

me and squared

 

possessed by the summoning magic of the stone, so they have an unquenchable thirst for blood now and they won’t be easily stopped.

 

can do

 

“But, My Lady!”

 

about?” Ellenia, having had enough of this vague dialogue, turned her sharp

 

faltered and swallowed nervously, shifting his eyes to me. “That… My

 

later,” I faced her and her hand fell away. I didn’t have time. “But I have to go somewhere,

 

can’t happen. You can’t go. What are you even planning on doing in this

 

out a harsh breath, her face contorted and was drained of all color. The sadness clouded in her eyes was something I had to figure out later. Right now, the clock was ticking

 

only one. I was the

 

“My brother planned this.”

 

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