His Holiness Dislike Animals

Roxana's pupils twitched wildly, and her hands suddenly trembled when she heard Nedda talking about Izekiel.

[Why is he suddenly meet Aunt Nedda? Didn't Iezekiel dislike Magical Beasts?]

Izekiel once said that he hated Magical Beasts because he disliked things that were too bright and colorful. Roxana still remembered when Izekiel shot the magic peacock a nobleman gave as their wedding gift.

In front of many people, he pretended to be someone who loved animals and even told everyone that he had a dream to build an abandoned animal captivity, especially magical beasts.

However, behind their backs, he always killed all the magical beasts in the Black Tower and even tortured some magical beasts given by others.

Hence, Izekiel should never have come to Nedda's animal breeding garden and even bought the golden eagle.

"His Holiness said that he wanted to give it to someone, so he asked me to sell the most beautiful magical beast." Nedda tilted her head. "I wonder who will be lucky to receive the gift from His Holiness?"

Nedda's emerald eyes gazed at Roxana. She looked at her niece with a meaningful smile.

The news of Izekiel proposing to Roxana had already spread throughout Vithia. Roxana had yet to officially cancel the wedding proposal because she still didn't have authority in the Oberon Family.

Moreover, Nedda didn't know Roxana wanted to cancel her marriage, so she thought her niece would be happy when she heard Izekiel's name. Unfortunately, instead of seeing Roxana's smile, Nedda was rewarded with a grim expression by her niece.

"Ana? Are you sad because His Holiness hasn't visited you after that terrible incident?" Nedda held Roxana's hand as she realized Izekiel had never visited Roxana or sent her a letter, even though the news of the fire had been past two weeks.

Roxana let go of Nedda's hand, then tried to improve her expression by forming a slight smile. "His Holiness is a busy person. Therefore, I can understand him."

Nedda patted the back of Roxana's hand several times. "His Holiness would be pleased to have an understanding wife like you."

Roxana clenched her left hand so tightly that her nails dug into her palm. Her heart felt uneasy at hearing someone refer to her as the Grand Wizard's wife.

Her stomach churned strongly, making Roxana want to throw out the tea and cake she had just eaten.

"Aunt, I want to ask you something."

Roxana wanted to know whether Nedda could respect her decision to cancel her marriage with Izekiel or not.

"You can ask me anything, Ana." Nedda's face brightened after hearing her niece call her with a non-formal nickname.

"I don't ...."

Roxana hung on her words for a few moments. She realized Nedda would only be put in a complicated position if she discovered Roxana's bad intentions.

If Nedda rejected Roxana's decision, then they would only quarrel, and Roxana would not have the face to quarrel with someone who had volunteered to accommodate her these past two weeks.

Meanwhile, if Nedda accepted Roxana's wish of not wanting to marry Izekiel, she was afraid that Nedda would meet her death again for investigating Izekiel and the Black Tower too far.

Roxana sighed softly and continued her words. "I don't think I can live here any longer. I just got a letter from the contractor that they almost finished Oberon's manor repairment."

"Perhaps I will return to Oberon next week."

Nedda's eyes rounded completely. She stood up and smacked the table, causing the iguana on her shoulder to fall. "Why do you want to go back so soon?!"

"Even if your house is repaired, that doesn't mean you can live in it immediately! You don't even have servants or soldiers working at the manor, so how could you survive alone?!"

Nedda brought her face closer to Roxana's and tightly held her niece's hands. "Stay here until you hire new servants and soldiers, alright?"

Nedda's concern wasn't wrong. All the servants and soldiers who worked at Oberon's manor had burned along with the mansion, so if Roxana returned to Oberon now, there would be no one to guard the manor and serve her.

However, Roxana wasn't worried about that. She stroked Nedda's hand, then spoke softly to calm her down.

"I'm not alone. I will go home with my knight."

As long as Damian was by her side, Roxana didn't need anyone else.

Nedda still looked at her niece skeptically. She probably wondered how a knight could serve Roxana alone.

"Besides, I don't want to make the people of Oberon worry about me for too long." Roxana reminded her. "My father is dead, but his obligations will be passed on to the next head of the Oberon family."

Nedda froze for a moment. She could vividly deduce Roxana's meaning. "Do you want to be the head of Oberon?"

Roxana lowered her gaze and chuckled. "As a descendant of Oberon, I also have the right to inherit the position of head of the family. However, does the Countess think Rosaline has a better chance than me?"

Nedda shook her head quickly and hurriedly replied, "No! Of course not! Whether you or Rosaline get the title of Duchess in the future, I am sure both of you can lead Oberon better than your parents."

Nedda's answer left Roxana speechless. She didn't know her aunt had that much belief in her and didn't even compare her to Rosaline.

"Aunt, thank you for always being by my side." Roxana smiled sincerely for the first time.

Whether it was in the past or present life, Nedda never turned her back on Roxana and always tried to help her niece.

Therefore, Roxana would no longer let Izekiel touch Nedda and play with her death.

She would protect Nedda Aerilon, just like her Aunt, who had always tried to protect her.

"Anything for you, Ana." Nedda hugged Roxana's body and stroked her back.

When there was nothing more they wanted to talk about, Nedda decided to leave Roxana's room because she felt tired. However, before she left, she gave her niece a luxurious-looking wooden box.

"This is a gift for you." Nedda smiled benignly.

Roxana's hand almost dropped the box because she didn't expect it to be so heavy. She even had to put it on the table to open the lid.

Roxana's eyes widened when she saw the contents of the wooden box. At first, she thought it was just jewelry, but she found a red egg covered in hard scales instead.

"This ... this is ...."

Roxana couldn't continue her sentences because she was stunned by the thing before her eyes. She rubbed her eyes a few times to ensure she wasn't hallucinating.

On the other hand, Nedda seemed delighted when she presented the gift to her niece. "This is a dragon egg."