It wasn't just Wallace whose face turned green; Sterry's did too.
For years, he had spent every day scheming against those nobles, groveling through the palace halls like a grandson, waiting hand and foot on that muddleheaded old king, and even going so far as to spend vast sums hiring assassins to eliminate his rivals—all so he could marry the princess and gain royal status.
Only by gaining royal status could Sterry continue pursuing the next stage of his ambitions.
And now, Sterry suddenly realized:
The princess he wanted to marry was even more ambitious than he was!
For now, he was merely plotting to seize the throne of Goa Kingdom, while Princess Nande Kaneto dreamed of climbing into a Celestial Dragon's bed and becoming one of the Celestial Dragons herself.
Sterry's face turned green and black, and he began to feel afraid:
What if that lecherous Celestial Dragon really married Princess Nande Kaneto? Wouldn't he, the man who had once loudly proclaimed his intention to marry the princess, stand out like a sore thumb?
A superior only had to show his face for the princess he had painstakingly courted to offer herself up.
And a superior only had to casually say a word to reduce his years of effort to nothing.
That was power!
Sterry clenched his fists. Amid his tangled emotions of nervousness, conflict, and resentment, his desire for power only grew stronger.
However, things did not develop as badly as Sterry had imagined.
The noble "Celestial Dragon," Garen, merely froze for a moment before giving the expectant Princess Nande Kaneto an extremely disdainful look.
"A legitimate wife?"
Lacking life experience, Garen could not imitate the lofty aura of a "god," so he could only try his best to twist his facial muscles into something resembling the looks