The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress-Chapter 234: Brothers against brother.

Standing in the pouring snow, surrounded by red and white knights whose cloaks were rippling furiously in the air, three brothers faced off. Prince Roland, the mage knight was holding his two pronged sword in his right hand, it was glowing with red energy. Beside him stood Prince Galen, clad in the armor of a white knight, his sword almost new as it had rarely been in battle. Together, they faced an armed Prince Benjamin, the common enemy who wielded a sword and a shield.

The members of the royal family that had been made aware of the possibility of one one of their own killing another gathered, faces weary and confused. Majority of them were not aware of what had resulted in brothers turning against their own brother.

Some were urging the knights to stop them, others wanted to intervene but the intimidating magic around Roland’s sword warned them away.

So, when Sigrid and Elarin arrived, they looked at them with hope, thinking that the crown princess could perhaps talk sense into Roland. Romilda, especially was on tenterhooks, worried about the outcome of the fight.

"Good, you have finally come to your senses and come out to stop him." Princess Romilda pulled on Sigrid’s arm.

She shrugged her arm out of Romilda’s hand and yelled out, "As long as you don’t kill him, all will be well."

Romilda’s lips thinned into an angry line but Sigrid ignored it. She folded her arms across her chest and readied her eyes to enjoy the beat down. Benjamin had known what Emmah had been planning when she testified against the Thorin’s accusing them of hiding gold mines.

He had not so much as given Benjamin a heads up or thought to help them. In her eyes, he was an enemy in the same category as Emmah. If he died, she would not be so sad.

She also vividly recalled the day the queen was caught in bed with a man and woman, Benjamin had been salivating at the opportunity to publicize the scandal and become the next crown prince. She had no mercy for him.

Thinking about that night made Sigrid frown as she realized that the secret about that scandal and what had happened to the king was too dangerous to be left in Benjamin’s hands. She needed to do something about it.

"System, get me some more of those memory blocking pills."

While the system was working on that, Sigrid’s eyes traveled among the spectators, particularly those from the royal family. She needed to take note of their reactions right now and see who was waiting in the shadows for an opportunity to take advantage of the turmoil in the royal family.

"It was an accident." Benjamin shouted.

The wind carried the words into the ears of everyone within listening range.

"No it wasn’t, there is camera footage to prove otherwise. You could have saved the king but you watched that sword aiming for him, turned around and saved that whore." Sir Adrien bellowed.

"You left the king to die." Another knight added.

"You are a traitor." Another shouted.

Shouts of traitor increased, every knight chanted it loudly, most wishing that they were standing where Roland was.

"Now." Roland shouted to Galen.

Galen charged, running towards Benjamin as fast he could. Roland swung his sword out from a distance, energy from the sword dashed towards Benjamin. He raised the shield and protected himself but still fell backwards.

Galen reached him before he could steady himself and he struck the sword down with all its might. Benjamin had a firm grip on the shield, he used it to deflect the swing. He kicked out and sent Galen sprawling to the floor.

Benjamin was confident that he could defeat Galen as he had more combat experience than him. He jumped up quickly with a hand full of snow which he threw at Galen’s face and kicked him in the stomach.

Meanwhile, Roland who had reached them and his sword cut into the shield that Benjamin was holding, rendering it useless.

He threw the sword aside and dove head first at Benjamin who had turned to run, sending him face first into the snow covered ground. Roaring with anger, he rained blows on Benjamin’s head.

"He is our father, how could you not save him?"

Benjamin could not respond, he had a mouth full of snow and he was in incredible pain. Galen pulled Roland off Benjamin and flipped him over, mimicking Roland’s actions, he punched Benjamin, breaking his nose and bursting his lips.

Roland pulled Galen away, nearly ripping his arm off in the process. He put Benjamin on his feet and kicked him in the ribs before throwing his over his shoulders.

Making another roar, he knelt over Benjamin, grabbed his arm and bent it backwards, breaking it in half. Benjamin screamed in pain like a tempest tearing through a silent night, and the sound was heard in every corner of the royal castle. The scream and the sound of the bone shattering made those with stomachs tremble.

Galen reached for Benjamin’s other arm, sword in hand. His plan was to cut it off and make him feel the pain a sword cutting into his flesh like it had done to their father.

"Enough!" The lord mage roared. He slammed a staff on the ground, a wave of icy cold wind with red streaks tore the three brothers apart. He opened his mouth and commanded, "As the Lord mage of this kingdom, I order the mage knights to separate the Princes and take the third prince into the hospital."

He walked towards Roland with his hand held out, chanting a spell and using magic to hold off the crown prince who was on a warpath. It was not enough for him that Benjamin’s leg be broken, his neck needed to suffer the same fate.

The red knights were unwilling but the mage knights could not disobey the Lord mage. They intervened, and carried Benjamin away.

Romilda opened her mouth to give an order but Sigrid beat her to it. "The show is over, everyone should go back to their jobs or beds. I hope that you will all do a great job at convincing Eldorian’s that all is well in the kingdom. If any of you is asked about the king’s condition tell the truth. He is in recovery and he will soon be on his feet.

The king achieved a victorious feat, he has acquired all the shards of the Eclipsion sword, he is a hero. It is is a great day, we have many things to rejoice over. No sad faces people, we are not grieving."