"Alright then, it is decided, we will continue with the plan, you prepare things on your own end, I will talk to that idiot King, once the preparations are done, we will discuss the date of the operation." After seeing Amaya agreeing to her plan of betraying Raguel, Riona spoke with a smile on her face. "Alright, we can discuss more about this tomorrow. You can complete your preparations, there is not much to do on our side." Amaya nodded with a small smile on her face. Riona nodded, and this time, without waiting, she walked out of the Mansion. She knew what Amaya's next words were going to be. The time was already up, and the topic they were talking about was already over, she had a few other topics to start about, however, Amaya wouldn't really be interested in them and even if she was, she wouldn't let her start another topic since the time was already up. Riona had no choice but to leave. And since she was leaving, why not leave without her daughter needing to say it today? Thinking about this, Riona left. After she left, Thyra raised her eyes, "Something is wrong," She commented. "Of course something is wrong, we decided it yesterday, if you about it." Edda came with her sassy reply. Thyra completely ignored the woman and continued, "What preparations was she talking about? Why does she need to talk to the King? Isn't she the one who holds the most power in the Kingdom?" Hearing her words, Edda frowned as well. Amaya, on the other hand, shook her head, "Things are not simple. The Skadi Kingdom works differently from the Skyfall Kingdom. She may hold most of the power, however, with that power, the responsibility she bears is much heavier. Keep in mind, the one who is sitting on the Throne is still the King, not her. One wrong move, and she would lose most of her power and influence. Her position may look strong and mighty from the outside, however, in truth, it is as weak as a castle made my cards, one little push and everything will be destroyed. And right now, she was about to make that wrong move. The King Stage Cultivators that she sends in order to 'assassinate' Evane, would die, if she makes this move on her own accord, she might even get executed, therefore, she needs the King's permission to continue with this plan." Amaya explained, showing why she was called a Genuis again. Hearing her explanation, Edda raised one of her eyebrows, "So she is trying to use the King as a scapegoat?" "You can say that." Amaya nodded. An amazed look appeared on Edda's face, she then glanced at Amaya and joined her hands in a respectful way, "Amaya, your mother is a fucking genius," Amaya just snorted. "How is she sure that the King would agree with this plan? She has even formed so many plans, shouldn't she have asked for his permission first?" Thyra questioned with a frown on her face. "These tasks are usually done by the order of their difficulty, if she has talked and convinced all of us and made a few more plans before talking to the king, Then she must be confident that she would be able to manipulate the King to do what she wants." Amaya replied. Edda was now even more amazed, "I will bow to her and hold her legs next time she is here. I only thought of her as a stupid mother who cares about nothing but her daughter. To think she was this savage. To treat the King of a Country like a fool, to not even consider him as a factor that might ruin her plans, oh my god, she is like… a beast!" Now Edda was simply fangirling. "Do not underestimate that woman, as I said before, she is someone who holds power in a Kingdom where women never had any power, she can't possibly be a simple woman. A stupid woman who only cares about her daughter? Heh, I guess she succeeding in fooling you as well." Amaya snickered. Edda didn't care that Amaya was laughing at her, she was just too busy thinking about how cool that woman was. She found her new role model. "…" Seeing her acting like that, Amaya shook her head and sighed. Skyla, who was silent this whole time questioned with a frown on her face, "I wanted to ask this earlier, however, I forgot about it that time so I will ask right now, when you say that a Kingdom where women never had any power, what do you mean?" "I meant exactly what I said. The Skadi Kingdom never had a female ruler. There are many strange traditions in this Kingdom, and one of them is this one. They feel that women's position is lower than the men's, therefore, being ruled by a woman was a disgrace for them." Amaya explained and continued further, "With her cultivation talent and intelligence, she would have become the next Ruler of this country, however, since she was a woman, her brother, who was nothing but a useless bastard who rarely cultivates was chosen as the next King. That Idio-" "Wait Wait Wait." Amaya wanted to continue, however, she was then interrupted by Edda. "You are telling me that your mother is married to her brother!?" Hearing her question, Amaya frowned, "Didn't you know that already? The Skadi Kingdom has been following Incest since the time the Kingdom was established. This is another one of their strange traditions. They do this to keep the blood pure. Only a child that has a complete Skadi Bloodline is allowed to become the next King." "What if the brother and sister don't want to marry each other?" Skyla questioned. "In the matters of the Kingdom, their wishes are ignored and overlooked." Amaya answered. "So they are forced." "Yes." Amaya nodded. "Wait…" Suddenly, another thought appeared in Thyra's mind. "You are Lady Riona and the King's daughter, so you are a pure-blooded Skadi, correct?" "I am." Amaya nodded. "Do you have a brother?" "Yes, there is one." "So won't you be forced to marry him?"