Saved the Prince, Stole the Throne

Nayla, a young indigenous girl from the Sand Sea, rescues Aiden, the Imperial Prince who crashed while fleeing his arranged marriage, outside the mining district. She then discovers that her fiancé, Bruce, has been having an affair with Zani, a woman from the Main Planet, and is subjected to humiliation, betrayal, and false accusations by the two of them; Aiden had concealed his identity as a prince to escape the arranged marriage and breeding schemes forced upon him by the Sisterhood and the Krags family. He planned to win the support of the Sand Sea people by taming the Sand Lions and gaining control of the star mines. Nela saved him with starmine and brought him back to the tribe, but Bruce turned around and falsely accused her of betraying the tribe. Aiden used his enchanting voice to save her and defeated the chieftain in a life-or-death duel. He then swallowed the Crescent Moon Herb, causing his pupils to turn golden; the Sand Sea people regarded him as “Hera,” the savior foretold in prophecy. He went on to single-handedly tame the Sand Lion King and became the new leader of the Sand Sea. After Zani exposed Aiden’s royal lineage, Nela, tormented by the deception, painfully removed her ring. Aiden was forced to return to the homeworld to marry Lydia of the Kragus family; meanwhile, Naya led the people of the Sand Sea to capture the mining district, kill Bruce, and storm the wedding on the homeworld to rescue the bride. Aiden’s former comrades recognized him by the ring and came to his aid; the two fought their way out of the encirclement and escaped back to the Sand Sea. Aiden declared war on the Kragg family in the name of the king, and the two joined forces to launch a holy war, thereby safeguarding peace in the star system.