Chapter 155: The Awkward Old Xie

“Hehe, thick skin is my advantage!” Old Xie said with a grin. “By the way, where are we going now? Why do I feel the carriage is heading a bit off? It doesn’t look like we’re going to the Academy?”

“Of course we are going to the Imperial Palace first. Don’t forget, you have to present the captive to His Majesty!” Constantine laughed. “The Griffin Kingdom has been established for so many years, I’m afraid this is the first time in history to capture a Saint Domain Expert alive! The Emperor must be very happy.”

“Why should I give it to him?” Old Xie was unhappy when he heard this, and said anxiously: “That is a gift for my old man, I didn’t say I’d give it to the Emperor!”

“Oh, giving it to His Majesty the Emperor is just a formality. Afterward, you can just ask the Lightning Magic Saint to ask the Emperor for the person. Anyway, the Emperor has no use for a half-dead prisoner!” Constantine laughed.

“What a hassle!” Old Xie said impatiently.

“Alright, just think of it as giving face to your father-in-law!” Constantine advised with a smile.

Hearing this, Old Xie began to hesitate, and in the end, could only agree helplessly. Next, Old Xie’s group arrived at the Imperial Palace. Sven and the others were sent to the Duke’s Mansion, and only Old Xie and Constantine entered to receive everyone’s congratulations.

Last time, Old Xie fought with Arthas and left in a sorry state, being despised to death by everyone. But now, he returned as a hero. Whether it was the Emperor or the various ministers, they all praised Old Xie highly, almost praising him to the sky. Old Xie had seen enough of other people’s flattery in his previous life, so he naturally held his composure, just responding faintly. Constantine also had the demeanor of a lady, responding appropriately without any rudeness. The calm and composed performance of the two won the amazement of everyone present.

Regarding Constantine, they still knew a bit about her, so they were not very surprised. But the fact that Old Xie could show no arrogance or wildness surprised everyone secretly. They all thought a bit higher of him in their hearts. In addition, although Old Xie did not dress up specially today, he put away his cynical attitude and behaved very calmly and magnanimously, having the demeanor of a master. Standing together with the gorgeous and elegant Constantine, they actually gave off the vibe of a golden couple. Plus, their actions were intimate, not avoiding people at all, making everyone present mutter in their hearts, could these two have an affair? What about the Elf Prince? And how does the Third Prince count?

One had to know, the Third Prince had previously hinted to the Hercules Family about wanting to marry Constantine, but was blocked by the Hercules Family using the Elf Prince. But now Constantine seemed to have something going on with Little Stephen. If they could make it, that would obviously be an insult to the Royal Family. So although this banquet seemed grand and appeared harmonious on the surface, there were undercurrents surging in secret. Especially the Third Prince, after seeing the intimacy between Old Xie and Constantine, his expression changed several times. However, luckily this prince was someone who could hold his temper, he actually endured it and did not flare up, still talking and laughing with the two. It’s just that everyone could more or less feel that the mood of this Crown Prince was obviously not as happy as he appeared.

Old Xie and Constantine naturally felt it too, but neither of them cared very much. Old Xie directly ignored it, how could he put a little kid in his eyes? As for Constantine, she also pretended not to know, obviously she had something to rely on, and didn’t care much about the pressure of the Royal Family. In fact, although Constantine’s father was a minister of the Griffin Kingdom, her mother was a noblewoman of the Kingdom of Elves. Constantine herself also had a noble status granted by the Elven Royal Family, so naturally, she was not afraid of what the Royal Family of the Griffin Kingdom would dare to do to her.

The happiest person at the banquet was naturally that wretched Fatty, after all, Old Xie was nominally his son now. Little Stephen used to be called an idiot, making him lose all face, but now after Old Xie replaced his son, in just a few months, he won such great face for him. As a father, he was naturally extremely excited, so much so that his mouth never closed.

Even the Old Mage who usually had no interest in banquets walked out of the Mage Tower specifically this time. One had to know, this was his first time attending a banquet in decades. The last time was when the wretched Fatty was born, he showed up for a while, and never attended again. Even when the Fatty married a princess as his wife, he didn’t show his face at the wedding. It could be seen that he was giving Old Xie a lot of face this time.

It’s just that this old guy had the same temper as Old Xie, belonging to the kind of people who were arrogant to the sky. After he came up, he didn’t say any nonsense, directly asking for Tianfeng Fourteen Lang’s heart. Old Xie gave the thing to him with a bitter smile, and then the Old Mage asked the Emperor for Tianfeng Fourteen Lang’s body. Of course, he asked in the name of the Royal Magic Academy. The Emperor didn’t care, anyway, he only wanted the fame. Since the reputation was in hand, he didn’t care about Tianfeng Fourteen Lang’s life or death, so he also satisfied the Old Mage’s request to give him face. Then this old gentleman left directly, ignoring everyone else from beginning to end.

Fortunately, everyone was used to this, and seemed to have adapted to this guy’s temper. Not a bit strange. After the Old Mage left, everyone continued to eat, drink, and dance.

In a harmonious scene, the banquet lasted from morning until afternoon. People not only did not have the slightest fatigue, but became more and more spirited, dancing, drinking, and talking, everyone was extremely happy. Only Old Xie hated this kind of atmosphere, several times he wanted to leave in a huff, but was forcibly held back by Constantine, so he didn’t succeed.

Just at this moment, a monster’s roar suddenly came from the sky. The people partying in the Imperial Palace courtyard looked up and saw four black spots flying from a distance. When they flew closer, they saw clearly that they were actually four Wyvern Kings, with people sitting on their backs. Old Xie knew at a glance that these were exactly the four Underlings he had sent out. Obviously, the eyesight of the Wyvern Kings was very good, they saw Old Xie from far away, so they roared excitedly and changed direction to fly here.

Seeing such terrible Magical Beasts flying over, almost everyone present was scared to death. They shouted for the guards one after another. Constantine saw this and hurriedly shouted: “Don’t be afraid, these are the Magical Beasts tamed by Little Stephen, they won’t hurt people, can’t you see there are people sitting on them?”

Hearing Constantine’s words, this group of nobles quieted down. However, the timid people still instinctively dodged into the surrounding buildings, and the courtyard quickly emptied out. Only a few Experts still stood outside indifferently, even the Emperor didn’t hide, just looked curiously at the flying Wyverns.

Soon, four Wyvern Kings landed in the courtyard, and eight people jumped down from them. The leader of them, Old Xie was amused to see, thinking, isn’t this Arthas?

Due to the last battle, everyone had formed a deep friendship, so Old Xie was also very excited about Arthas’s arrival. In two or three steps, he rushed in front of Arthas, then knocked Arthas’s chest with the back of his hand, while laughing and teasing: “Pretty Boy, why are you here? Is your injury healed~”

When Old Xie said this, he felt something was wrong, because the feeling from the back of his hand was not hard muscles, but soft, like dough. Old Xie was a straightforward person, he didn’t have so many twists and turns. Since he noticed something wrong, he naturally subconsciously reached out to touch, wanting to figure out why.

Don’t look at how slow it sounds, but Old Xie’s reaction speed and hands were extremely fast, so before he finished his sentence, his hand had already pinched the other’s chest several times, and finally came to the conclusion that in front of Arthas’s chest, there actually grew a pair of plump~.

“No way? You, you are actually a girl?” Old Xie said in shock immediately.

Because Old Xie’s action was too fast, and it was unexpected, Arthas didn’t react at all, and was taken advantage of by Old Xie in vain. Angry, she raised her hand and slapped him, cursing at the same time, “You damned bastard!”

Old Xie knew he was in the wrong, and didn’t dare to fight back, quickly did a backflip to dodge. Fortunately, Constantine arrived at this time and hurriedly held back the little girl who was about to flare up, then said to Old Xie with a wry smile: “She is not Arthas, but Arthas’s twin sister, Elf Princess Juliet Highness.”

“This~” Old Xie heard this, cold sweat broke out on his face, and he said with a bitter smile: “Since she is a Princess, why is she dressed like a tomboy?”

Indeed, Juliet was wearing a martial outfit today, and she didn’t have earrings or hairpins on her head. Plus, she really looked like Arthas, after all, they were twins! So Old Xie recognized the wrong person.

Actually, Old Xie didn’t think carefully, people came here riding Wyverns, could they wear skirts and other women’s clothes? Even earrings and hairpins, things that fall off easily, she wouldn’t dare to wear, because the wind in the sky is very strong, if they fell, how could she find them?

When Juliet heard Old Xie’s words, she was so angry that she almost died, so being molested in public was her own fault? Angry, she directly cursed: “I’ll kill you, you bastard!” Saying that, she suddenly reached out, and with a buzz in the void, a strange weapon appeared.