Chapter 94: Fatty’s Bitter Persuasion

“Hmm?” Old Xie immediately frowned and said, “Why is that?”

“Constantine is a Half-Elf. Her mother is a concubine’s daughter of a Great Noble of the Elves. Even so, her status is noble,” the Old Mage explained. “When Constantine was young, she lived in the Forest of Elves for 30 years. At that time, she had deep contact with the Royal Family disciples of the Elves. Rumor has it that the Elf Prince took great care of her, and the Royal members of the Elves also liked Constantine very much, even intending to take her as a side Princess Consort for the Elf Prince!”

“Although the news is not yet confirmed, rumors have already spread!” The Old Mage said solemnly, “Because of this, even the First in line to the throne of the Griffin Empire, Third Prince Karapani, fancied Constantine but did not dare to propose marriage!”

“Scared of a bear? At worst, we hang ourselves with our birds facing the sky. What a coward!” Old Xie said disdainfully, “I don’t care about some damn Third Prince, or some Elf Prince. Anyway, I have set my eyes on Constantine. She is mine, and no one can take her away!”

“You idiot!” The Old Mage immediately felt a sense of power lessness all over his body, and then said with a wry laugh, “The Elves are the strongest race on the Continent. They once ruled the entire Continent for a hundred thousand years. Their historical heritage is extremely deep. And their average lifespan of over 800 years makes it so that experts appear in large numbers in their race. Rumor has it that among the Elves, there are double digits of hidden Legendary Experts! And no one knows how many Saint Domain Experts there are. You want to snatch a wife from their Prince? What do you have?”

“None of your business?” Old Xie said indifferently, “Anyway, Constantine’s first kiss belongs to me~” After saying that, he floated away, leaving the Old Mage who had turned to stone.

After a good while, the Old Mage came back to his senses and said with a bitter smile, “What a brazen brat, daring to want the first kiss of an Elf Prince’s Princess Consort! Hmm, but speaking of it, which man wouldn’t want it? It is just a pity that there are many people with this idea, but very few with the courage!”

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Two days later, Old Xie ignored the Old Mage’s opposition and followed the wretched Fatty to the Hercules Family. In the carriage, Fatty instructed Old Xie, “Today’s banquet is said to be for celebrating the hundredth day of his newly born little daughter, but everyone knows that this kind of concubine-born daughter has no status in the family at all. There is no need to make such a big fuss. So this is just a cover. The real purpose is that the Hercules Family wants to mediate the relationship between us and the Augustus Family. It is said that His Majesty is behind this.”

“None of my business? I am here to pick up girls!” Old Xie said impatiently.

Fatty almost died of anger from Old Xie, but he had always thought that Old Xie’s true identity was the Old Mage’s Illegitimate Child, which would be his uncle. Since he was an elder, he naturally could not blame him, so he could only say with a wry smile, “Of course it has to do with you? The reason we have a conflict with the Augustus Family this time is because you killed the father of someone’s concubine, isn’t it?”

“Did I?” Old Xie asked with some doubt.

“Of course. A few days ago, you came back from outside and met someone blocking the road, and they even spoke insolently to you. As a result, you electrocuted him to death with one move!” Fatty said with a bitter smile, “Did you forget?”

“Oh, I remember now!” Old Xie suddenly realized, “So that Old Bastard had some background!”

“Nonsense. In this place called the Imperial Capital, if you throw a brick and kill ten people, nine can be related to Nobles, and the remaining one has a title himself!” Fatty then advised bitterly, “So, when you take action in the future, you had better hold back a bit. Even if you beat someone half to death, we can still meet each other. But if you kill someone directly, this, this really makes them unable to save face, you know?”

“Serves him right!” Old Xie sneered disdainfully, “Next time I meet a fool like that, I will still kill him without hesitation!”

“You~” Fatty was immediately speechless. In the end, he could only shake his head helplessly, and then said, “Then after meeting the Augustus Family today, can you, hmm, quietly apologize to them and give them a way out?”

“Hehe, do you think that is possible?” Old Xie looked at him with a half-smile.

“You are a Noble, so you must abide by the rules of the game between us. It’s just an apology, isn’t it? It’s nothing!” Fatty persuaded bitterly.

“You are wrong!” Old Xie shook his head directly, “First, I am not a Noble, and I disdain being a Noble. Second, I never follow rules because, I, only make rules! That’s it!”

At this moment, the carriage happened to arrive. Old Xie did not bother to waste words with Fatty and pushed the door to get off, leaving the depressed Fatty on the carriage. Fatty could not help but curse in his heart, ‘What a brat. If you don’t apologize, how can I reconcile with the Augustus Family? If we don’t reconcile, isn’t that slapping the Emperor in the face? This is really driving me crazy!’

Regardless of how embarrassed Fatty was, Old Xie was led by an Attendant to this luxurious manor. As a pivotal Great Noble Family in the Griffin Kingdom, the Hercules Family naturally had extremely rich assets. This mansion alone covered dozens of acres. The exquisite buildings full of Elf style inside highlighted a noble atmosphere that even the Imperial Palace did not have, which was breathtaking. It really deserves to be carefully designed by the Elves with a history of 100,000 years. It is just awesome!

However, this magnificent, noble, and yet elegant mansion was now receiving a group of vulgar upstarts. In the Griffin Kingdom, which had only been founded for a few hundred years, there were not many families that could truly be called Great Nobles. They were generally families that had newly risen in the last one or two hundred years. Such a short time was not enough for them to fully possess the style of Nobles. All kinds of unbearable vulgar behaviors and outfits appeared here, which was obviously very discordant.

Of course, if one were to speak of the most discordant person among them, it naturally had to be Old Xie. At least the others knew to wear a dress and dress up a bit. But he, on the other hand, was still wearing that ordinary Magic Robe. He did not even wear the family Badge on his body, let alone those cumbersome decorations. And his height of 2 meters made him stand out like a crane among chickens. This attracted the sidelong glances of a group of Nobles.

Fortunately, Old Xie now had a fierce reputation. His glorious deeds had already spread throughout the Noble circle. For example, on the first day of school, he beat up the children of a Duke, a Prince, and the Emperor. Later, he humiliating the Emperor’s beloved Little Princess three times in a row, making the Little Princess shout that she wanted to kill him. Even a few days ago, he killed the father of the Augustus Family Clan Head’s concubine on the street because of a single sentence, causing the relationship between the two families, which was barely maintained, to plummet and almost go to war. It was said that today’s banquet was held just to mediate between them.

Facing such a fierce figure, the Nobles chose to avoid him one after another. They did not even dare to discuss in low voices, for fear of being heard by the Mage with sharp ears and eyes. If that happened, it would bring disaster to themselves and their families. They were all terrified.

As a result, Old Xie became even more of an outlier. Wherever he passed, the people around him avoided him, just like fleeing, as if he were a man-eating tiger.

But Old Xie did not care at all. He barged directly inside and soon arrived at the main venue of the banquet, which was the central square of the mansion. In the middle was a giant tree several meters thick. Under the tree, dining tables were placed, and the tables were piled with mountains of rich food. There were people in groups of three or two choosing the food they liked. On the edge of the courtyard, there were many luxurious tables and chairs where people could rest and eat. As for the middle, it was naturally the dance floor.

At this time, the entire crown of the giant tree was hung with beautiful Magic lamp decorations. There were at least ten thousand of them, lighting up the entire square. The Magic Stones consumed just for these Magic lamp decorations to light up for one night would probably cost thousands of Gold Coins. One could see how wealthy the Hercules Family was.

As soon as Old Xie stepped into the square, he heard a beautiful voice calling him, “Hi, Little Stephen, over here!”

Old Xie turned his head and saw Constantine calling him from the edge of a table, while waving her arm to signal him over.

Today, as the host, Constantine had obviously been carefully groomed. A pure white low-cut dress perfectly highlighted her wonderful figure. Just a few exquisite Elven Magic accessories were enough to make her radiate amazing brilliance, so that everything around her paled in comparison.

Old Xie came here just to see the beauty, so naturally he would not refuse. He immediately walked over with a smile. Only when he got close did he find that Constantine already had two male companions. The one on the left was a blond, blue-eyed handsome man, looking mature and steady. His demeanor and appearance were impeccable. Judging from the Griffin family crest on his Noble dress, this person was obviously a Royal Family disciple.

As for the other person, he had chestnut hair and extremely delicate features, giving people a scholarly temperament. However, his eyeballs were too flexible, constantly turning around, giving people a cunning and sinister feeling.

Seeing Old Xie come over, both of them stood up to greet him with great manners. Constantine also stood up and smiled, “I’m afraid your brain, which even forgets me, has surely forgotten them too, right?”