The First Store System

Chapter 1086: The Cause of Hatred!

Today brought an even bigger disappointment to Ayriel's slowly dwindling camp.

One of the top three supporting races of Ayriel took their hands back and instead joined Ayah's camp, shocking everyone in the Moon Elves.

It was shocking because the supporting race's ruler's daughter was good friends with Ayriel, so the betrayal was even more heartbreaking.

Ayriel was never a patient character, but still, she somehow maintained her calm until today due to her knowledge of the store. But today's betrayal went past her limit, causing a mental breakdown.

Ayriel's mental breakdown became a trigger event, forcing her to cause a tragedy. She went on a rampage to get over the shock, destroying many structures.

Ayina and Ayah would have completed what they wanted if it were not for Ayana's sudden intervention. It was no secret to the elites of the Moon Elves that Ayana favored Ayina to take over her spot for the next ruler seat, so her action today surprised everyone.

After stopping Ayriel, Ayana summoned her. Ayriel refused to meet her mother and disappeared from the planet, which brought Ayana to her residence.

Only Ladriel knew where Ayriel was, as only two of them were aware of the store. Not even Ayriel's most trusted subordinate knew about the store.

***

"Why did Maa support Ayriel?" Ayina mumbled in shock, as she still couldn't get over the shock of today's action.

Ayah had the same pondering face as she had the same surprised feeling over what caused the day's events. There was a hint of gloating as well since Ayana's support for Ayriel over Ayina could signal a change in her support for Ayina. But at the same time, it was also a cause for concern since Ayana's support was the most prominent factor in the contest.

If Ayriel had Ayana's support, then they could say goodbye to backhanded means and would have to fight fair and square.

Ayina and Ayah didn't fear Ayriel due to her superior talent. But she didn't want to take any chances. Ayah couldn't allow the chair to fall into another sister's hands, as she already loved Aymac, one of her brothers and the future consort of whoever would become the ruler of the Moon Elves.

Only the ruler of the Moon Elf was allowed to have a relationship with her brothers. The other sisters had to leave the family.

Aymac also loved Ayah, but that didn't matter since the son's status among the Moon Elves was similar to the daughter's position among the Sun Elves. Ayah was even ready to give up her bloodline if it meant marrying Aymac and spending eternity with him. But unfortunately for her, the only fate Aymac had was to either marry the next ruler of the Moon Elves or die; there was no in-between.

Ayina could sense the expression going on inside Ayah's head since the story of Aymac and Ayah wasn't hidden from anyone in the family. If not for the death penalty, Ayah would have long since consummated her relationship with Aymac.

But Ayina had no time to worry over such things, as she couldn't let Ayriel become the next ruler. Ayriel hated her and Ayah so much that she would immediately capture and torture them after gaining the throne, bypassing the rules. Ayina didn't care much about Ayah's life, but she cared about hers.

She always got the chills whenever she thought about that moment and Ayriel's expressionless stare. She had a comparable, if not greater, role to play in that, after all.

***

Years ago, on the planet Moonshine,

"How can you say that?" Ayah asked in shock.

Ayah's love for Aymac was unconditional, or so she thought until a moment earlier. In front of her stood an extremely handsome Moon Elf, and it was none other than Aymac, the boy of her dreams.

"Yes, I can't lie anymore. I don't like you. I like Ayriel," Aymac added, gritting his teeth.

He couldn't take anymore. He was younger than Ayah, and they had the same pair of parents. Since his young years, he had been close to Ayah. But only when he grew mature did he find out that Ayah had marked him as her future husband and had deeply fallen in love with him.

In the Moon Elves, it was extremely uncommon to fall in love before the heir selection. Getting married to siblings was more of a convenience for the Moon Elves since having pure-blood children was mandatory and not a choice.

Since Ayah was his elder sister and there was nothing wrong with it due to the rules of marriage, Aymac's words fell on deaf ears with his father. As for Ayana, their mother, she didn't show any interest in the situation.

Ayana was one of the coldest rulers in the history of the Moon Elves. If not for the competition between the next generation of heirs, she wouldn't even have had any children after Ayina and Aygru, the eldest children of the generation.

The father, on the other hand, supported this, as he also wanted Ayah to become the next ruler. It was a forced marriage between him and Ayana, and it stayed that way. It was only that the two times he had sex with her, both times he got her pregnant, he would have never had two children with her.

Aymac also accepted it and slowly began to develop feelings for Ayah, but everything changed for him when he saw Ayriel for the first time.

Ayriel was younger than him, and Ayana didn't allow the children to meet each other until their education was complete, so when Aymac saw Ayriel, she was already a young maiden.

Ayriel, on the other hand, showed no interest in Aymac. She was a bubbly girl who liked all her siblings, and she was also the only daughter who had no interest in the throne at all.

***

Ayah couldn't take the news of Aymac liking Ayriel well, resulting in hatred for Ayriel in her heart. When Ayina learned about this, she proposed taking revenge on Ayriel to Ayah, and mad with anger, Ayah accepted the option.

Later, the situation became so bloody and gory that a bubbly girl like Ayriel became cold toward her siblings and vowed revenge on her sister and the Moon Elves.