102 Target of Desire (1/2)

After hearing that she was being denied entry into Erida's chambers Tezrian knew something was wrong, those guards who turned her away knew of her relationship with the Princess. That Emperor Dashnell must have done something to Erida and she would do her best to find out.

Before the Empress got here she had to ensure that Dashnell would not try to hold Erida's life in his hands while they negotiated.

”Erika, Larisa, Flurae the three of you will go see the Princess in my stead I refuse to believe they will deny all of us entry, once inside pass on this letter to her and ensure she is being treated right.

Do understand my commands?” Looking at the three she hands Erika her letter.

”Yes Commander we hear and obey!!” The three said in union.

As the trio made their way towards Erida's quarters in the Palace they were sure they would face some sort of interference, what they received instead was the escort straight to her alongside the Emperor himself which caused them terror.

Walking alongside the Emperor was frightful at first but as they watched his every move they came to see him in a new light.

The way he treated the guards, maids and even his many children as they ran up to greet him, from that alone they could tell he was well liked and loved by those in the Palace. They paid close attention to the children as they would be the easiest to find signs on Dashnell's true personality.

He allowed his children to run around him unlike the maid from before, this was without a doubt why that maid was so fierce towards those children. They clung to his every limb even his tail was treated like so as they climbed up him like they would a tree, they knew before them stood a kind and loved father.

The only thing they found strange was the overwhelming amount of female children he had, at most they saw only two of his sons along their walk to Erida. The time they spent inside the Palace may be short but as they were aids of both the Princess and Tezrian they were visited and had visited many within the Palace to form lasting relations.

Yet they still had only met these two male children of the Emperor, were his other sons outside the Palace? Were these children his grandchildren? They had no idea and did not feel they were in a position to ask such a question, at least not while he was walking in front of them.

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Grigamor was following his sisters as they harrased their father, he did not feel the need to try to get attention as they were but deep down he wanted to gain the same affection. As he looked to his right he could see his brother making the same face as him, a sourful bitter smile as they both looked at the man that was their father.

He was leading a trio of beautiful women somewhere in the Palace that even they could not reach.

He even allowed them to tag along as he made his way over to his destination, Hanson his brother was trying to work up the courage to speak to their father and show off his talents.

Hanson was gifted with the ability to control all natural and unnatural fires, a gift he most likely inherited from his mother Empress Iris. Grigamor always felt that he was inferior towards his brother as both of their mothers were twins and he was the only son of Empress Ivy as Hanson was the only son of Empress Iris.

He did not gain much talent like his brother, he only receiving excellent training like all his other siblings, but he could not help but feel the need to be like his elder brother Vesta.

Grigamor would always visit his mother Ivy when he wanted to say all the things on his mind, a few years ago when he was much younger he thought his mother would hate him for being a disappointment.

Those thoughts of his were not something his father or mother shared they both loved him and it showed as no matter what he was always able to get a chance to see his father whenever he needed.

His father had never missed any of his birthdays or gave him a worthless present so he wanted to do his best to make his father proud the only problem with that was his lack of strength.

He knew staying within the Palace would not push him to want or need power to protect anything so long as he remained under the protection of his Father. The Emperor!

Clenching his fist he ran past the group and appeared in front of the Dragon Emperor shocking his younger and older siblings alike.

”Father! I.. I wish to leave the Palace and roam the world like Eldest Brother Vesta and Tianna. I know that I might be weak now but I hope that you can still allow me to roam about the realms father!”

The silly child was doing his best not break down and his icy blue eyes were the exact opposite of his mothers fiery red.

”Fine do what you want, just be sure to let your mother know that you will be leaving the Palace. Ivy is afraid that you will not notice that you have flawless talent with the element of ice, she worries that you will never train it properly and focus on fire instead.