Chapter 144 - The Council Meeting (2) (1/2)

”We have always had these concerns Isidorus; that is why we have put forth so many pure bloods for the crown,” said Mihr. ”If you ask me, I don't think the crown will accept a half blood. Her mother was a wayward one. Otherwise, we would have gotten a pure bloodline.”

Adrianna had been listening in on the entire conversation. Even though she had never met her mother, she became furious when she heard the man slander her mother's name. ”Before you all say anything, remember I have the best of both bloodlines running through my veins - making me twice as powerful! Do not speak ill of my mother!”

”Oh really! This twit dares to challenge me now?” mocked Mihr.

Adrianna looked at Mihr and found him extremely strange. Was he filled with jealousy or was he simply angry? ”I have no interest in challenging anyone.”

”Of course you can't challenge wizards as experienced as us!” replied Mihr.

Adrianna looked at Isidorus and then sighed.

”Isidorus, if you want to crown Adrianna as our queen, she needs to first prove to us that she is capable of being our queen. Does she know any spells? Our children have been taught spells starting from their first day at school. By the time they reach her current age, they are already extremely powerful. Do you think she can stand a chance against them?” spoke another witch who was sitting right next to Mihr.

”I may not know the spells, but-” Adrianna was about to say that she could do whatever she liked by just thinking about it, but she was cut off by Isidorus.

”So are you all suggesting that she should join the wizard academy and learn spells?” asked Isidorus. He knew that if didn't propose this plan, the jealous council members would try to oust her. While some simply did not want her, there were some who genuinely simply wanted to see her skill and were concerned about the fact that she didn't know any spells. By throwing this idea towards the council members, he would be able to buy time for Adrianna.

If she were to stay in the wizard academy, she would be able to understand the ways of the wizard world and form friends.

The witch who had been acerbic about Adrianna's accession to the throne was satisfied with this idea. She was Lia, Shira's older sister. When Shira had been crowned, Lia hadn't even been asked about it. Her jealousy had only grown multifold over the years. Ever since Shira's disappearance, Lia had tried to stake her claim to the throne; however, Isidorus had not allowed her. Lia's husband wasn't a council member, but he was an extremely influential businessman living on the second level. They had a son and a daughter. Lia's son was a young boy at the age of twenty-one and Lia had been aggressively campaigning for him to be the next king of the wizard kingdom. Because he was an intelligent boy, Isidorus could only keep quiet about Lia's efforts because he was in favor of finding the right heir of the crown, which was Shira's child. Lia's daughter was in her last year of the wizard academy and was a year younger than Adrianna.