Princess Amaris was very interested in lucious. She was inspired by him. She wanted to go through adventures and wanted to experience the battlefield with her brothers. She wanted to understand why women weren't allowed in the battlefield. As a child she would always hear the nobles say "A woman's battlefield is bearing children.", " A woman's body is for a man to conquer.", "A woman's battlefield is to be in bed with a man." She wanted to prove that women can also fight. She wanted to learn the ways of war as her brothers had. But first she needed to learn how to talk and interact with the nobles...
After a few months nyx has turned 20 an has been stuck in Nandi for quite some time. She had control of a good amount of servants but she's still very cautious. One wrong move she takes she may be executed. She doesn't know if her father was alive at all. She didn't know where her brother was. She didn't know if she'd live another day. Her spy network grew a bit but it was still very small. She placed some of her servants in hyacinths court to spy on him. She wanted to know if he'd try to plan something against her. She received a report from one of her spies. The report contained that her father was still alive and recovering. She fell to the ground with tears of relief. She wasn't alone yet. She hoped her father would come back for her. She promised herself that she would get out of nandi alive and well. But she still questioned her feelings for hyacinth. She didn't know her feelings towards him. He treated her very well and respected her greatly. He gifted her the most lavish gifts he could find. He gave her jewelries, properties and power. He gave her a standing and made sure his ministers respected her and served her with loyalty. She liked him and she knew that. But her betrayal showed her another dude of him. Hyacinth was a man of honor. And he could be the most ruthless man if anyone harmed her honor. He loved his empire and he would die for it. She knew she was wrong but it still shocked her how in a blink of an eye hyacinth a sweet, loving, respectful husband became a ruthless, scary, and powerful warrior who was willing to kill anyone for his empire. Nyx grew up in the Amora empire. She grew up with Phobos showing very little affection to her and her brother. Her only comfort in her childhood was her brother... Lucious. She loved lucious because he showed her love and affection but she struggled to understand emotions and show affection. Her father loved her but he showed little to no emotion towards her. Being with hyacinth confused her. She didn't know how to feel or what she was supposed to feel at all. To her hyacinth was from a different world. A world very far from her. She just wanted to be with her father now and leave Nandi. She never wanted to marry. And while in exile she even questioned if her brother was looking for her. And now she wanted to understand hyacinth...
Lucious now mastered his patience. In the book he's reading "The Emperor of Hell" Emperor Alaric wrote that an emperor must be skilled in combat. It was a necessity for an emperor to be skilled in combat to protect his empire. Lucious was already a very proud warrior due to his young age but the grand Duke chuckled with his arrogance.
Armista: Hahaha! Lucious you've become to arrogant! 😂
Lucious: Grand Duke... ಥ_ಥ
Armista: Oh lucious! Yes you are very talented I agree with you on that. But you are yet to be compared to the founders of past empires. Those founders are very very skilled. They're most likely able to shoot an apple from a mile away. That they're able to Dodge attacks within a second. That they're blows will make the ground shake. You are not yet close to this at all! 😂😂😂
Lucious: Oh come on! Like you can do better. Grand Duke your already so old I'll be shocked if you can even swing your sword fast enough to hit me! (☞ ᐛ )☞
Armista: Why you! Fine let's duel then!
Lucious: Fine!
As the two duel evander watched. He started to feel left out most of the time. Though he loved spending time with lucious he noticed his father showed lucious more attention than he ever received. He now didn't know what to feel. He was now overlooked by his father. All his father sees was now lucious. He then started regretting ever bringing lucious to his father in the first place. If his father never met lucious then his father would've only seen him. Only loved him. Only cared for him. He had no one else but his father. His mother died when he was just a couple years old. His mother died of depression because his elder brother grand Duke armista's real heir died... His elder brother Lucious Audhild Aloysius. His elder brother died because of small pox. And soon after his mother died. The grand Duke took care of him very well as a child. But the grand Duke never showed the love to evander as he did to his deceased eldest son. He felt as if he was in the shadow of his deceased brother. And now another lucious came along. But now not just a son of the grand Duke but a son of an emperor. Evander started to feel anger and jealousy seep through his skin as he watched his father and lucious sparring with smiles on their faces as he watches on the side without being noticed... The clashing of swords stopped and he could hear his father and lucious laughing
Lucious: You cheated! 😭
Armista: Oh lucious you poor boy! You gotta know when to quit. 😂😂😂
Lucious: Never! You cheated and you have to admit it!
Armista: Enough at this now! Start acting you age!
Lucious: Whatever!... Oh evander! I didn't notice you there. Do you want to spar with me? (≡^∇^≡)