Chapter 344 16

"I am the man she loves." Ziel smiled and held Queen Helena's hand gently. Queen Helena blushed when she felt his hand and acted like a maiden in love.

King Leonida had forgotten Ziel in the room because of his argument with Queen Helena. When he heard his words and saw Ziel's hand on his wife, King Leonida's face darkened. But then he laughed after thinking of something.

"Hahaha..."

"Why are you laughing?" Ziel was confused by King Leonida's reaction.

On the other hand, Queen Helena was Worried when she saw King Leonida. She thought that her husband was devastated because the wife he loved was holding hands with another man. But Queen Helena realized her guess was wrong after hearing King Leonida's following words.

"If you want to make me jealous, isn't it better for you to use a man of the same age instead of a student? I won't believe it if you say that you've fallen in love with a boy the same age as our son and daughter." King Leonida chuckled like he was looking at his wife's joke.

"He is the man I love!" Queen Helena raised her voice in anger.

"No matter what you say, I won't believe it. So stop your jokes." King Leonida shook his head.

"You…" Queen Helena wanted to reply but stopped her words after feeling Ziel grip her hand tighter.

"Ziel..." She looked at the man next to her, and her heartbeat quickened.

"You don't need to argue with him. Wouldn't it be quicker if you proved it with actions?" Ziel smiled gently at Queen Helena.

Queen Helena quickly understood what he meant and blushed. Then she smiled after making up her mind. Queen Helena looked at King Leonida and opened her mouth.

"I don't care if you don't believe it because that is your business. I don't care what other people think of me. My age difference from him is quite far, but I can not lie about my feelings. Even if the world is against our relationship, I will still say I love him." Queen Helena smiled sweetly like a young girl. She wrapped her arms around Ziel's neck and kissed him passionately.

Ziel hugged Queen Helena's slender waist and made their bodies stick together. He returned the kiss, and a moan leaked from Queen Helena's mouth. The sight made King Leonida freeze, and his eyes turned bloodshot.

"You! What are you doing!? Aren't you ashamed to do that with a guy much younger than you!?" King Leonida roared angrily at Queen Helena.

Queen Helena ended her kiss with Ziel. She saw King Leonida with a flushed face and panting. Her heart was beating so fast it felt like it was going to explode. Queen Helena would want to do something more intimate than a kiss if King Leonida weren't in the room.

"Didn't I already tell you? I don't care how big our age difference is because I love him, and he feels the same way about me. That's enough for me, and I don't care what other people, including you, will say. Do you now believe in me? Or should I do it again in front of you? I don't mind doing it all day." Queen Helena smiled coquettishly and rested her head on Ziel's chest.

"Enough! I didn't expect you to fall for an academy student! So you want to divorce me and leave me because of him? Are you sure that our son and daughter will approve?" King Leonida tries to persuade Queen Helena to use her two children and hopes she will change her mind.

"It's useless for you to persuade me by bringing our sons and daughters, Leo. I cannot and do not want to part with him. I love him, and it will last forever. Only death will separate him from me." Queen Helena looked at King Leonida and said with determination.

"I do not agree to this! What would others say if the queen of the Aurelia Kingdom fell in love with a boy the same age as her son!? It tarnishes not only my kingdom's good name but also mine!" King Leonida stubbornly refused Queen Helena's request for a divorce.

"Even if you disagree, I will still do it! I can no longer live with you! I am your wife, but that doesn't mean you can decide what I will do in my life! I'm telling you again that I can't love you, and I'm not yours!" Queen Helena shouted angrily at King Leonida.

"You! I will never let you go from me. You are my wife and the mother of my children! It would be best if you returned with me to the Aurelia Kingdom now. Otherwise, I will bring the entire kingdom's army to fight with that boy. Even if he's strong, he won't be able to fight against a kingdom." King Leonida looks at Ziel and threatens him. He was sure he could defeat Ziel if he mobilized all the troops from the Aurelia Kingdom.

No matter how strong Ziel was, he would be exhausted if he had to fight thousands of opponents at once, or so King Leonida thought.

"So, you want to force her love on you after you failed to persuade her to cancel her intention to divorce you? Are you sure you want to mobilize the entire army of the Aurelia Kingdom against me? Do you think you can beat me with numbers? Let alone the Aurelia Kingdom; even if the entire human kingdom on the Clorius continent is against me, I will fight them for Helena." Ziel said indifferently and didn't care about King Leonida's threats.

"Ziel…" Queen Helena's heart was touched when she heard Ziel's words. She held his hand tightly and looked at the man she loved with teary eyes.

"Helena! you are my wife and should not be close to other men besides me!" King Leonida was jealous when he saw Queen Helena looking at Ziel with eyes full of love because she had never shown such an expression to him. Then he gave Ziel a sharp look and spoke to him.

"Do you think you can scare me with that bullshit!? Do you think you can do as you please with that power and fight against a kingdom!? Do not dream! Now take your hands off my wife!" King Leonida shouted to Ziel and gripped his sword tightly. If it weren't for him realizing the vast difference in strength between him and Ziel, he would have already attacked him with all his might.

"In that case, which is your choice, Helena or the Aurelia Kingdom?" Ziel couldn't waste any more time and had to solve the problem quickly.

"Why are you asking such a question!? Of course, I will choose Helena!" King Leonida answered confidently.

"Is that so? Then, how about we test the truth of your words?" Ziel grinned and hugged Queen Helena's waist.

"What do you mean..." King Leonida felt wrong about Ziel's words. But before he could finish his sentence, his vision suddenly blurred, and the three people disappeared.

This morning, the sky above the Aurelia Kingdom was dark because the overcast clouds covered the sunlight. At that moment, the space above the castle distorted, and three people suddenly appeared. They are Ziel, Queen Helena, and King Leonida. Ziel Floats while embracing Queen Helena while King Leonida is inside a spherical barrier.

"What!? Where am I!? Are you teleporting me!? This is..." King Leonida was shocked when he opened his eyes and was already in a different place. He was familiar with the castle under his feet.

"Castle of the Aurelia Kingdom." Queen Helena muttered. She quickly recognized the castle he'd lived in for many years.

"What is your purpose in bringing me to this place?" King Leonida asked, and he was scared because the bad feeling in his heart grew. He didn't know how Ziel instantly teleported himself from the academy to the Aurelia Kingdom's castle. But he quickly dispelled those thoughts because understanding Ziel's goals was the most important thing now.

"Didn't you say that you prefer Helena over the Aurelia Kingdom? Then, how about I destroy the entire territory of this kingdom until nothing is left?" Ziel said coldly and raised his right hand. Millions of gray light particles appeared and merged into a massive energy ball.

"You! Have you gone mad!? Don't you know how many humans live in the Aurelia Kingdom!? If you drop that thing, then millions of people will die!" King Leonida said in a trembling voice as he felt terror from the energy ball. He was sure that if it fell to the ground, the Aurelia Kingdom would completely disappear from the Clorius continent.

"I don't care about that. Helena is worth far more than the lives of millions of people I don't know. So what do you think? Are you still firm with your choice, King Leonida?" Ziel said seriously. The energy ball in the sky became bigger and bigger and covered the sky above the Aurelia Kingdom.

"Ziel…" Queen Helena tasted sweetness, and her heart fluttered when she heard his words. She hugged him tightly and buried her face in his chest.

"Aren't you too much!? Do you want to become the enemy of the human race!?" King Leonida screamed angrily and threatened Ziel. He tried to stop Ziel because he knew that if the energy ball continued to grow, it could annihilate the entire human region of the Clorius continent.

"Didn't I already tell you? For the woman I love, I have no fear of becoming the enemy of the entire human race or the Clorius continent." Ziel said firmly, and he moved the energy ball slowly.

King Leonida trembled after he heard Ziel's reply. He knew he was pinned down and had no other choice. King Leonida did love Queen Helena, but he couldn't sacrifice his kingdom and people just for a woman.

"Alright, you win! I will divorce Helena." King Leonida gritted his teeth and said heavily. Cold sweat covered his face, and King Leonida finally realized how strong Ziel was.

"If you had agreed to it from the start, I would not have threatened you with this." Ziel snapped his finger, and the giant energy ball in the sky scattered into particles and disappeared. After that, they disappeared from the skies of the Aurelia Kingdom.

Ziel, Queen Helena, and King Leonida reappeared in the room inside the academy. King Leonida fell on the chair because he lost all the strength in his body. He looked at Ziel in horror and still couldn't believe what had happened.

Queen Helena sat next to Ziel, and their distance was zero. Their bodies were pressed against each other, and he no longer hesitated to show their affection even though King Leonida was in the room. Ziel's words made her love for him rise to another level. Queen Helena doesn't want to be separated from Ziel, even if she has to die. She wants her ghost to stay with Ziel forever.

"Please sign the agreement letter." Ziel snapped his fingers, and a piece of paper appeared on the table. King Leonida looked at it silently and didn't immediately do what Ziel said.

"Honestly, I don't want to do this troublesome and inefficient way to you. Thank Helena and someone. If it weren't for them to have asked me not to hurt you, I would have killed you because that was the fastest way to solve this problem." Ziel said indifferently.

"That someone, is she Freya?" King Leonida raised his head and looked at Ziel. Queen Helena was agitated when she heard that, and Ziel held her hand to calm her down.

"Ooh... how did you know that someone was her?" Ziel asked curiously.

"I felt something strange about her behavior when I talked to her yesterday. She always avoided talking about Helena and diverted it to other topics. So that's the reason." King Leonida sighed and leaned back against the chair. He felt ten years older than his actual age.

"From the start, your marriage was based on politics. You do love him, but Helena doesn't. Do you want to force your love on her and ruin her happiness? Is that what you call love? Isn't that your obsession with her?" Ziel asked seriously. King Leonida's body trembled because Ziel's question had stabbed a weak spot in his heart.

"Haa... you're right. It is an obsession and not love. All this time, I have been blinded by that feeling and thinking that I am the only man who can give her happiness." King Leonida sighed and picked up the paper on the table. After that, he signed it and gave it a bloody thumbprint.

King Leonida stood up from his chair and walked towards the door. He opened it and made his way out of the room. But before leaving the room, he left a few words for Ziel.

"Please look after Helena for me. Love her and make her happy." King Leonida smiled weakly and closed the door.

"Thanks, Leo." Queen Helena cried, and she hugged Ziel tightly.

"I will surely take care of her and make her the happiest woman in the world." Ziel gently stroked Queen Helena's hair, and the two disappeared from the place.