How to Get My Husband on My Side Chapter 106

Chapter 106

Izek was being pushed back by Cesare's shield and I saw him lose his footing, stumbling a few steps back and switching the hold on his sword to go into defense.

The bright blue luminescence lighting up the whole room was growing brighter, so it was impossible to see what kind of face Izek was making. Whether he was in pain or panicking from getting overpowered or if he was confident that he was going to win, I couldn't see it at all.

I was sure of one thing, though. Cesare's divinity was no match for Izek's. He thrust his sword forward and snarled, and more and more cracks were appearing on my brother's cerulean-colored guard. The light of his divinity was fading. Cesare's shield was falling apart.

I could see Izek getting the upper hand again as he cornered Cesare, and the entire room vibrated with their divinities clashing. Luminosity fading in and out like lightning strikes, the sound of thunder booming in my ears, the heavy pressure in the air because of divinity bursting forth and the room shaking while cries rang out from all directions—I was scared. If this continued on, then Izek… Izek would…

“No! Iz!”

“What the hell are you doing?!” An unexpected voice, loud and panicked, blared out just as mine did.

The light of blue divinity waned as Izek's royal purple seeped through the cracks, another collision exploding and echoing through the room and shattering the mirrors around us.

The blast not only blinded me, but also knocked me down to the ground. I tried to break the fall with my arms, but the sting from the shards still embedded in my flesh had me gasping for air.

“Stop it, you fool! He's the son of the Holy Father! Stop!” My father-in-law sounded desperate and frantic, and he raced past me and towards his son, getting between the two men destroying the room.

I understood his desperation. I had been trying to do the same.

Powerful people from powerful families from every corner of the continent were all gathered here. It didn't matter if Izek was the strongest knight in the North and the soon-to-be King of Britannia. If he killed the Holy Pope's firstborn son and the future governor of Romagna right here…

The room lit up one last time, the light turning my vision white, and then it all ebbed away. Despite that, the area was still vibrating and the pressure in the air had barely diminished. I was thrown off balance and noise was still lingering in my ears. I tried to blink everything away and find Izek amidst all of this chaos, but Paladins were in front of me, blocking my sight.

“Ruby!”

I almost fell back again while trying to get up, my hands slipping on the floor because of the blood, but someone rushed in from behind and pulled me into a hug.

I was greeted with Ellenia's horror-struck face. Her fingers shook as she swept my bangs away from my face. Over her shoulder, I could see an entire wall stripped bare of mirrors, all of them shattered and broken on the ground.

“E-Ellen… I-Iz, Izek…” I tried to find him, but I couldn't see him through the tears.

I could barely hold my upper body up and I winced in pain, trying to sit upright. Ellenia sat behind me and I had to rely on her to help me up. She tried to cover my eyes, but I resisted.

“W-Where… Izek…”

The Paladins in the room were raising their voices, calling out to my husband and asking where the duke went.

I looked around to try and figure out what was going on. I couldn't find the Duke of Omerta nor Cesare anywhere.

Instead, I was able to locate my husband. He shoved his fellow knights to the side and staggered and swayed, his eyes feral and a snarl on his face. Then, all of a sudden, he rushed forward as his focus locked in on something.

I blinked my eyes and then he was gone. A loud bang reverberated through the room, as if something had been slammed against the wall, so I turned to look to the opposite side. Izek was holding Lorenzo by the neck and was strangling him.

I was still shaking. My whole body was vibrating.

I didn't know whether it was me who was trembling or whether it was Ellenia at my back. I did know, however, that this wasn't just trembling from fear, but the pressure in the air pushing down on us because of divinity raging and getting out of control.

I shrugged off Ellenia's arms still wrapped around me and mustered up all the strength I didn't really have. Just like Izek had done earlier, I shoved through all of the Paladins standing between us and desperately grabbed his hard shoulder, turning him around and off the young boy.

The world seemed to slow down and everything else faded away. There was no one in the room but me and him. I hadn't been this close to him in two days, but it felt more like it had been two years.

His eyes were quivering and his chest was heaving. Sweat was dripping down the sides of his face and his whole body was tense. He looked like a wild beast, ready to strike. But I wasn't afraid. I wasn't afraid of him.

I had missed him.

His eyes slowly regained focus and he took deep breaths before shuddering, reeling in his divinity, and the heavy air crushing us gradually eased up.

Divinity — this world's “magic”. It is used when exorcising and fighting monsters. A Paladin must have divinity, but having divinity doesn't necessarily mean that you are a Paladin (think of Cesare who has divinity, but is a cardinal instead of a Paladin. Dead Cardinal Richie too).

P.S. Editing this chapter fried my brain fr fr I don't understand how I still have brain cells left tbh.

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