’Can’t I even protect my most beloved daughter?!’

Elf Queen Una found this incredibly hard to accept. She had given birth to the Seventh Princess, Wu Dingxiang, after ascending the throne and had truly raised the girl with her own hands.

’But now, she has to be married off to some faraway land?’

Worse, she would likely have to marry some hideously ugly Prince. On top of that, the Seventh Princess’s reputation had already been tarnished by this whole affair.

For instance, rumors were already spreading that the Seventh Princess, Wu Dingxiang, was having an affair with the Sixth Prince...

Given the circumstances, one could easily imagine what the future held for the Seventh Princess, Wu Dingxiang.

’Most importantly, if I marry the Seventh Princess to another race, the Celestial Race might not object now, but what will they think as time goes on?’

’Unless I disown the Seventh Princess forever!’

’Otherwise...’

The Dark Night Elf Clan would be caught in a dilemma.

’Not only will I be at the mercy of the Celestial Race, but I might also be constrained by other races. When that time comes, where will that leave the Dark Night Elf Clan?’

"No, absolutely not!" Elf Queen Una shot to her feet. "My daughter can only marry into the Celestial Race! She absolutely cannot marry into another race!"

"Her Majesty the Queen... I may have a solution to this problem." Just then, a Great Elf standing beside Una finally spoke up.

"What is it?"

"We can propose that the Prince marry into our Dark Night Elf Clan!"

"Marry into our clan?!"

"Correct. Aren’t they insistent on marrying the Seventh Princess? Then let them marry into our clan. That way, the Seventh Princess won’t have to leave the Elf Royal City, and we won’t be constrained by other races!"

"That’s impossible. The Princes who have come this time are all from races that possess a Strongest. The only reason they traveled all the way to the Elf Race’s territory to propose marriage is because they have their eyes on our ’self-healing ability.’ Otherwise, why would they ever condescend to marry a Princess of our Elf Race?"

"Indeed... I’m afraid none of the visiting Princes would be willing to marry into our clan. Doing so would go against their original goal. But we can create a suitor for ourselves!" the Great Elf said again.

"Create one for ourselves? What do you mean?!"

"For example, the Wood Elf Race!"

"The Wood Elves?! You mean the reclusive Wood Elves from the Land of the Far South... who keep to themselves!" Hearing this, a glimmer of light finally appeared in Elf Queen Una’s eyes.

"That’s right. The Wood Elves are the only branch of our Elf Race that doesn’t interact with other races. Moreover, the Wood Elf Race has a Strongest presiding over them. What if, at this very moment, a delegation from the Wood Elves suddenly appeared to propose marriage? And then, captivated by the Seventh Princess’s beauty, their Prince agrees to marry into our clan..."

"You want to have someone impersonate a suitor delegation from the Wood Elves?!" Elf Queen Una instantly understood the Great Elf’s meaning.

"Yes. Right now, the Celestial Race is being forced to compromise due to pressure from the Strongest of various races. But deep down, they don’t want the Seventh Princess to marry an outsider. This gives us an opportunity!"

"Explain the details."

"Alright. We find an elf to pose as a Prince of the Wood Elves. Then we instruct the Seventh Princess to choose this Prince. The Princes from the other races will have no grounds to object. Once this affair has blown over, we can publicly announce that the Prince of Wood Elves has unfortunately passed away. Then, the Seventh Princess can marry the Fourth Prince of the Celestial Race. The Celestial Race will surely agree to this arrangement with pleasure!"

"You mean, a sham marriage?"

"Of course. Although the Seventh Princess will be married to a Prince of the Wood Elves in name only, we can secretly inform the Fourth Prince of the Celestial Race that it is a sham marriage and that there is no physical relationship between them. If the Fourth Prince wants the support of our Dark Night Elf Clan, he will have to do everything in his power to marry the Seventh Princess!"

"Correct. For the future position of Clan King, the Fourth Prince will certainly agree to this marriage. Since you’ve come up with this plan, I assume you’ve already made some preparations?"

"Yes, Her Majesty the Queen! I have already found the most suitable candidate for the role in the second main city. As long as you agree, I can have him lead a suitor delegation from there immediately. They can arrive by tomorrow morning to participate in the Seventh Princess’s marriage selection ceremony! However, there is one rather troublesome problem..."

"What is it?"

"The Wood Elves’ appearance is different from our Dark Night Elves. To pass as a Wood Elf, we’ll need to immediately craft a batch of Wood Elf ’skin masks.’ I can handle that. But the aura... that’s very difficult to hide. As you know, Her Majesty the Queen, the aura of a Wood Elf is different from that of a Dark Night Elf. For anyone whose strength has reached the mid-rank, it will be very difficult to avoid being exposed!"

"That is indeed a problem." Elf Queen Una furrowed her brow slightly. Although they were both part of the Elf Race, their auras were different.

We can say the disguised Prince is weak, only at the third rank.

But what about his Guard Team?

How could fifth and sixth-rank guards possibly hide their auras?

Are you suggesting we give the Prince of Wood Elves a team of third-rank guards? That would be utterly preposterous. The Wood Elf Race would never do such a thing!

"Then have him run into trouble on the way!" the Elf Queen finally said after a moment of thought.

"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"

"On his way here, the Prince of Wood Elves happened to encounter powerful humans. His guards loyally protected their master and all died in battle, but they managed to save the Prince. And this infatuated Prince then traveled a thousand miles alone, finally arriving at the Royal City of the Dark Night Elf Clan. How does that story sound to you?"