Chapter 89: Do you want to start a harem?

When Ye Wangxue spoke, Hall didn’t answer immediately.

He wondered, ‘How did Ye Wangxue’s identity get exposed?’

Then he glanced at Leticia, who was sitting beside him with her head lowered.

He remembered that before Ye Wangxue had even arrived in Saint Louis, Leticia had told him that Ye Wangxue was likely Chick Phoenix.

The girl’s slightly trembling shoulders confirmed his suspicion.

On the day Ye Wangxue started acting strangely, Leticia had arrived very early.

It must have been Leticia who told Ye Wangxue about this.

Ye Wangxue thought he was the one who told Leticia, which is why she wanted to break off the engagement.

Now he had to choose whether to admit it was his doing or not.

Hall hadn’t decided yet, because he wasn’t sure if Ye Wangxue had been acting all this time because of her agreement with Himan, or if…

‘Don’t tell me Ye Wangxue actually has feelings for me?’

He remembered when they first met, she had asked him quite plainly if he liked her.

“What do you mean?” he asked, feigning ignorance first.

“Why don’t you ask her what she means?”

At that moment, Ye Wangxue suddenly slapped a note onto the table between the three of them.

Hall waited for her to move her hand and saw that it was in Leticia’s handwriting.

The message was clear: she already knew Ye Wangxue was Chick Phoenix and hoped that Ye Wangxue would leave him and propose to break the engagement, adding that this was also Hall’s wish.

The first part was relatively normal.

But the last part was a bit off.

No…

It was all normal.

In a way, there was nothing wrong with Leticia’s letter.

Because on the day of the engagement, on the highest platform of that castle, when Leticia asked him about it, he had indeed said something similar.

He didn’t want this marriage.

So it wasn’t a problem for Leticia to add that line.

Ye Wangxue’s heart was beating fast.

She had been suffering these past few days.

She had just been enduring it.

When she saw the note in her drawer, she thought it was Hall who had told Leticia in order to get out of the marriage.

Because it was a secret between the two of them; there was no third person present at the time.

So Hall had told Leticia, and Leticia had specifically stated it was Hall’s wish…

Combined with all her previous interactions with Hall, she couldn’t help but connect the dots.

Hall really wanted to break off the engagement.

She had lost to Leticia.

Her charm was completely inferior to Leticia’s, and she couldn’t accept it.

Besides, except for the day after their engagement was announced, when she hadn’t acted particularly affectionate with Hall, even if they weren’t lovey-dovey, they were at least respectful to each other.

She had never once mentioned breaking the engagement, so why was he so insistent on it?

She was a princess of the Xia Kingdom, what was wrong with her?

Ye Wangxue felt wronged and very angry.

For three days, she had stayed in the Xia embassy, with no appetite for food or drink, digesting her emotions alone.

Sometimes she wanted to admit her failure and just go back to the Xia Kingdom.

Other times, she refused to admit defeat, feeling it was Hall’s fault, and she really wanted to draw her sword and cut him down.

Sometimes…

In short, it was complicated.

She didn’t know what she was thinking.

But now, seeing the expressions on Hall’s and Leticia’s faces.

Her original plan had successfully regained the upper hand.

It seemed Hall was also quite surprised.

Leticia had probably declared war on her with this note, with Hall’s permission.

But, had Hall really told Leticia this information?

She was still angry.

She was going to punish this man by making him fall in love with her, then making him lick her toes and beg her to marry him.

Before, she just wanted Hall to fall for her and then mess with him, letting him experience the pain of chasing a wife he’d wronged.

But now it was different.

He had angered her and privately revealed her secret, so she was going to play a more twisted game.

“Hall, it seems you don’t want to talk? But why did you tell Leticia the secret between us? My dear fiancé.”

She straightened the collar of her pleated skirt, exuding a certain sense of pressure.

It was the innate pressure of a princess of the Xia Kingdom.

Hall, however, didn’t feel this pressure.

He wasn’t intimidated; he knew being scared was useless.

He was thinking of a solution.

If he didn’t give a reasonable explanation today, the danger level would definitely skyrocket.

Leticia, on the other hand, trembled violently, as if frightened.

But soon, the rose-haired princess, with a calm expression, raised her head.

“It seems there’s been a mistake, Seventh Princess. It wasn’t Hall who told me about your identity. I found out myself, and I am here specifically to warn you. How can a dangerous person like you be allowed to stay by Hall’s side?”

“Oh?”

After hearing this, Ye Wangxue relaxed.

She no longer looked at Hall, but stared intently at Leticia.

Then she chuckled softly, “Miss Leticia, didn’t you hear me just now? This is a secret between Hall and me. Hall and I have a secret. And now you know that I was the Chick Phoenix who attacked you, yet Hall didn’t tell you. On what grounds do you think you hold any place in Hall’s heart?”

This counterattack was too sharp.

Leticia was no match at all.

Her rose-colored pupils turned to Hall.

She remembered.

She remembered her previous conversation with Hall, and so she asked again, word by word, “When?”

“It was last time…”

Seeing Leticia like this, Ye Wangxue was about to deliver the finishing blow.

But she hesitated.

If she laid out the full story of what happened with Hall that day to Leticia.

Hall’s crime of colluding with the enemy would be established.

With Leticia holding this secret, and the Child family having a seat in the Conclave, he would surely be controlled by Leticia in the future.

“Last time?”

Leticia wondered what “last time” meant.

But she actually had a premonition of what it was.

Moyel had also told her that Hall’s appearance at that time was too coincidental.

Theoretically, Hall shouldn’t have been in the underground street at that moment.

As the clues came together, Leticia found she didn’t want to suspect Hall.

She had a natural trust in Hall, so she looked at him, wanting to hear it from him.

“It was that time in the underground street.”

Hall admitted it, but he didn’t say much more.

Knowing that Ye Wangxue was Chick Phoenix before he lost his memory was quite mysterious.

He knew Ye Wangxue wasn’t stupid, which was why she hadn’t continued the topic just now, showing a hint of hesitation.

“That time in the underground street… I see. But before that, Hall, you hadn’t met the Seventh Princess, had you?”

Although it hurt a little, Leticia was even more certain of this fact.

Hall also nodded.

If he had met Ye Wangxue before, she should have recognized him.

“This is indeed a secret between you and Hall, but what does that prove? You were probably no match for Hall last time, so Hall let you go. Hall intentionally ensuring your safety stems from his good character, and it doesn’t prove how much he likes you. Furthermore… telling me such important information as letting a princess of Xia go… I also know that you, Ye Wangxue, do not yet have that privilege.”

Leticia spoke calmly.

Ye Wangxue was stunned.

She hadn’t expected this.

She felt Leticia was just putting on a brave face.

The two women sat at opposite ends of the small table, looking at each other.

Then they both glanced at Hall.

Finally, Ye Wangxue, feeling she was at a disadvantage, spoke first.

“Hall, what are you really thinking? About breaking off the engagement.”

Leticia looked on with anticipation.

Actually, Ye Wangxue hadn’t planned to ask this, but she just couldn’t hold it in any longer.

From the very beginning, when Hall didn’t reveal his identity and let her escape, until now, the atmosphere between them had been very subtle.

Hall thought for a moment.

And only said.

“If I say I want to break it off, will you really agree? Or if I say I don’t, will you definitely stay until our wedding day?”

He continued, “Besides, this is not something we can decide. Before you met me, you wanted to break it off for three years, and I once wanted to as well, but it was all useless.”

It was a very ambiguous answer.

It made Leticia feel as if she had heard something, yet also heard nothing at all.

Ye Wangxue also frowned.

She understood that even if she wanted to break off the engagement, her father, the Emperor, would most likely not agree.

But you never know the result of something until you try.

But what did Hall mean now?

In any case, it seemed he didn’t want her to lose too much face in front of Leticia.

Nor did he want Leticia to lose too much face in front of her.

This… this…

This balancing act of his was just like the basic imperial tactics she had learned as a child.

“Hmph.”

So that’s how it is.

Ye Wangxue understood.

This huge scumbag Hall, he’s planning to start a harem, isn’t he?

He wants this princess to compromise, so he gives an ambiguous answer that doesn’t offend either party.

Thinking about it this way, it was indeed the case.

This guy was a super playboy.

He probably wanted her, his fiancée, while also wanting to keep the Rose Princess of the Child family as his mistress.

And from the look of Leticia, it seemed she would be satisfied if Hall just leaned slightly in her favor.

But she, Ye Wangxue, was not that kind of person.

‘You want me to be a member of your harem? Dream on.’

At this moment, in Ye Wangxue’s heart, she believed that Hall liked her, but at the same time, he also liked other girls.

Everything he did was just playing hard to get.

She completely understood!

Then she would play along with him.

Thus, she made a decision about today’s events.

“In that case, Hall, I will go back in a while and ask my father, the Emperor, what his attitude is towards our marriage, and then decide whether to break it off or not. After all, although you already like me a little, because you still have feelings for other girls, my feelings for you are currently just satisfaction. I don’t like you that much yet.”

‘Hmph, hmph. I’ll leave him hanging in Saint Louis for a while.’

‘When he misses me, I’ll make a grand return wearing that romantic and gorgeous dress from that day.’

‘Checkmate!’

Because this engagement was originally intended to be broken, Ye Wangxue hadn’t brought any of her beautiful clothes with her at all.

And when Hall heard that Ye Wangxue didn’t like him, but was merely satisfied, he felt relieved.

‘Her affection level hasn’t been raised that high.’

Leticia, however, frowned.

“Alright, let’s consider it later then. When do you plan to return to your country?”

“I’m not telling you.”

Ye Wangxue glanced at Leticia.

She couldn’t possibly tell her rival that kind of timing.

Besides, Hall asked so quickly, with a hint of worry in his tone.

Could it be that he was anxious hearing that she was leaving?

“Mm, be careful on your journey then.”

He was just worried that something might happen to Ye Wangxue.

“Hall, do you like her?”

After leaving the Xia Kingdom’s embassy, Leticia asked the soul-searching question.

Hall certainly couldn’t say he liked her, but if he said he didn’t, he was afraid Leticia would take those words to confront Ye Wangxue and piss her off.

“How should I put it? This is my personality. I can’t be tied down by one woman. You’ve heard this many times, right? Being a lover is fine, but as for being a husband… forget it. She’s too controlling.”

This statement not only cleverly answered the question but also hinted at Leticia.

A noble Rose Princess like her couldn’t possibly share him with other women, right?

“Oh, so Hall must like other women? You can’t just like one person?”

“I don’t know. That’s how it is for now. As for the future… that’s for the future.”

Before he regained his memories, he definitely had to keep his distance from the heroines.

He had cleared out all the puzzle rewards from the first forty floors of the Demon God’s Labyrinth and still lost his memories.

It might have something to do with getting too close to the heroines.

Until he was strong enough to protect his life from dangerous elements like the Church, the Salvation Church, and the heroines, he had to be cautious.

Mandosha Flower had said he was very brave before.

But even that brave version of him died and lost his memory, which meant his current policy wasn’t wrong.

“Oh, then about Ye Wangxue’s identity, I won’t tell anyone. You can rest assured, Hall.”

Leticia took his right hand.

The girl’s palm was warm and soft, like a large marshmallow.

“You don’t hold a grudge against her for attacking you?”

“That’s not a big deal. Hall, you appearing that day wasn’t planned with Ye Wangxue, was it?”

“Of course not. I didn’t even know she would attack you.”

“Oh, that’s good then.”

Mm, she cared more about that.

As long as it wasn’t staged beforehand, experiencing it with him made her quite happy.

Then, Moyel appeared under a dim yellow streetlight.

She was here to pick up Leticia.

They said their goodbyes at the street corner.

For several days, Ye Wangxue did not return to the Faxtius estate.

She did go to school, though.

During a break, she asked Hall if Leticia planned to expose her identity.

Hall said, “Don’t worry about it,” and added, “If you’re so worried, can’t you just argue with her less?”

This made Ye Wangxue very angry.

She knew Leticia’s personality was relatively soft.

In her eyes, Hall’s words meant, “For the sake of my harem, just put up with it.”

No way.

She couldn’t spoil him like that.

So she retorted.

“Keep dreaming. You think you’re going to be an emperor?”

This left Hall a bit confused.

He wondered what was wrong with her now.

Himan, who didn’t know about this little episode, also asked Hall what was up with Ye Wangxue.

Hall gave her some information, saying that they hadn’t gotten along very well so far.

He said that to say they weren’t suitable wasn’t entirely true, but to say they were would be lying to themselves.

“You’re right. But there’s no rush, is there? You and Ye Wangxue have only been together for a month. An engagement is an engagement, the wedding date isn’t set yet. You can take your time getting to know each other. If it doesn’t work out, you can just break it off.”

Himan spoke quickly.

Because she was a little happy to hear Hall say that.

And during this time, her mother had also been paying attention, asking about Hall and Ye Wangxue’s situation almost every two or three days.

She even asked if he was too embarrassed to ask her, if he felt awkward.

She asked questions that were very difficult for her to answer, like whether the two had made any contact, whether they had slept together, and so on.

She told her mother, “It’s too fast,” there’s no way it would happen that quickly.

“Fast? My nephew is an adult, and so are you. You’re both adults but you’re still so shy about matters between men and women. What, do you think I can’t hold a grand-nephew before I die?”

That one sentence fried Himan’s CPU.

Giving her mother a grand-nephew was, from a filial piety standpoint, something she should do.

In fact, if her mother passed away before she could give her one, it would be her failure.

But she really wasn’t ready, and she hadn’t thought about it at all in recent years.

She had talked about it as a child, but it was just idle chatter with her friends.

“Aren’t we talking about Hall, Mother?”

“Of course we are, Himan. You silly child, once Hall has a child, you’ll be that child’s cousin-aunt.”

“Ah…”

Himan had never thought about these things.

Hall’s child, her child… can we not talk about children?

“You remember this, Hall’s bloodline is very pure. The person he marries should also be a noble with a pure bloodline. That Eastern princess is not suitable. Are you willing to see Hall’s talent wasted? You know better than I do what kind of talent he had as a child.”

“But Mother, the Child family’s…”

“The Child family is just a merchant family. Although they are an incomparable noble family in the Western Continent right now, but… do you want your future grand-nephew to be a cunning merchant?”

Faced with her mother’s barrage of questions.

Himan was speechless.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that both Leticia and Ye Wangxue were not suitable for Hall.

So she became even more determined to have Hall break off the engagement.

But due to her pride, she didn’t say it outright.

And from a bloodline perspective, her bloodline was the same as Hall’s.

Half from her father, who had extremely high swordsmanship talent and noble upbringing, and half from her mother, who came from the noble-producing Russell family.

The degree of inbreeding was not as high as with Lorraine, and besides, Lorraine looked very frail.

Even if she did have a forbidden love affair with Hall and had a child, it would likely be sickly.

After thinking it over, it had to be her.

‘If Hall continues like this, I… Anyway, I’ll deal with him one last time when the time comes.’

December 15th.

Saint Louis was decorated with lanterns and colored banners, and the streets were teeming with people.

According to statistics from relevant departments, the number of tourists who had come to Saint Louis in the past few days reached over a million.

The inns in the underground street were packed to the brim.

Because the Empress of Cateline would arrive in Saint Louis today.

Tonight, in the square outside the Hero’s Cathedral, a blessing ceremony jointly hosted by the three Saintess Candidates would be held.

The Holy Church’s control over the faith of the Western Continent was not just empty promises.

If it were just empty promises, it would have been doubted to pieces over the past thousand years, and it would have been impossible to build at least one church in every city.

For the common people, the biggest benefit of the Church was a blessing ceremony.

The blessing ceremony of each church was usually held only once a year.

Those who received the blessing would receive a temporary boost in the coming time.

The wounds of the injured would heal faster, and the sick would have a high chance of getting better.

The degree and effectiveness of the blessing were usually related to the person hosting the ceremony.

Ordinary churches certainly couldn’t invite Saintess Candidates.

It was usually a priest with a few nuns, using pure silver utensils and rare flowers and herbs for the ritual.

But this time, the blessing ceremony held in Saint Louis would be conducted by all three Saintess Candidates together, which was a huge deal.

Adventurers would take advantage of this blessing to explore areas they had never dared to explore before, and ordinary people might hope for a change of luck from this blessing.

Of course, all of this was thanks to the arrival of that Empress.

“I didn’t expect it to be such a grand affair, although when I played strategy games, I would basically max out all the important BUFFs before going into a dungeon.”

Hall was reading the newspaper as usual.

He didn’t have much to do these days besides practicing his swordsmanship, but recently he had a feeling that something was returning.

And, in the Faxtius basement, he had once again manifested the sword technique that had defeated Ye Wangxue.

At the same time, he confirmed that the move was called [Sword-Shattering Form].

In the game, after first learning a Demon God sword technique, three skill tree branches would extend on the paper.

They were: a speed type focusing on surprise attacks.

A power type focusing on destroying the opponent’s weapon or armor.

And another skill with special effects.

[Sword-Shattering Form] belonged to the first stage of the power type.

Hall also remembered the first-stage sword technique of the speed type, called [Flash Step].

But due to his memory loss, besides being able to recall the move that defeated Ye Wangxue, he felt very awkward using [Flash Step].

As for the in-game description of [Flash Step]: [Gain explosive movement and attack speed for a short period of time, and ignore the opponent’s evasion and auto-counter attributes. When the attack is completed, the damage of this attack is increased by the difference in speed between the two parties, but this buff will end immediately], with a short CD.

The description of [Sword-Shattering Form] was: [Slow down both speeds to charge up a strike, greatly increasing attack power, and has a chance to apply a defense break or weapon break DEBUFF to the opponent], with a long CD.

Defense break basically meant the enemy’s defense would be zero for a time.

Weapon break disabled the opponent’s weapon, but the condition for weapon break was very strict; it could only be triggered when our weapon’s quality was higher than the enemy’s weapon’s quality.

Anyway, they were all powerful top-tier skills with high multipliers and room for skill and growth, not single fixed values.

And all of the Demon God sword techniques had an additional percentage of true damage attached outside the skill, but it was ineffective against enemies with high divinity.

‘The values and effects of the three first-stage skills of the Demon God sword technique are enough to rival many rare level 70 or 80 skills. Common universal skills can only compare at level 90. I should be able to crush any opponent below level 70 now, and I can fight a level 75. Maybe I can even apply for the [Holy Light Throne].’

Hall did a simple analysis, but he wasn’t arrogant, because he was definitely more ridiculous before he lost his memory.

“By the way, do you remember this thing, Seventh Princess?”

After school, because he had to go to the square of the Hero’s Cathedral for the Empress’s welcoming ceremony in the evening.

Leticia and Himan had both gone home early.

Ye Wangxue, on the other hand, was not interested in this ceremony.

She was still angry.

She thought about how the dinner after the ceremony was for Christine and Hall, why wasn’t she, the fiancée, or rather, the grand princess, invited?

“Ah, a music box? Mandosha Flower gave this to me, didn’t you know?”

In Ye Wangxue’s eyes now, Hall was definitely a high-ranking member of the Salvation Church.

But Hall’s question made her a little suspicious.

The catalyst for Hall defeating her that day also seemed to be this music box.

Before the music box rang, she was clearly suppressing Hall with her [Moon Chase].

It was strange to think about.

It didn’t make sense for Hall to be able to control [Moon Chase] even with his Sword-Shattering Form.

“So it was she who gave it to you. I just find the melody familiar, like I’ve heard it before.”

“Then that’s it. You’ve talked to her a lot, so you’ve definitely heard it.”

Ye Wangxue paused, “By the way, what was that sword technique you used to defeat me that day? It was strange, that power…”

“A secret. It’s a unique technique of the Salvation Church. You should have seen the black aura attached to my sword at that time, right?”

“Yes, it was very domineering, even more so than my Sword Demon master’s sword intent.”

“Haha.”

Hall chuckled and didn’t explain further.

The Sword Demon was a special existence in the game, but compared to the Demon God who once ruled the continent and made the Demon Lords work for him, he was still lacking.

“Don’t get too carried away, Hall. My control over [Moon Chase] has been getting better and better lately. I will get my revenge for that sword strike before we get married.”

“Oh, then I’m leaving.”

Hall glanced at the time.

If he was late for his appearance, he would be nagged by Himan again.

That night.

District Ten, in front of the square of the Hero’s Cathedral.

A large platform of at least 100,000 square meters could be seen from a distance.

But since the entire square was only 250,000 square meters, it could accommodate at most 500,000 people at the same time.

The crowd of people was squeezed outside the square, even blocking the traffic on the streets.

Even so, more and more people were still flocking here.

Just to get a piece of the blessing ceremony later, to receive the blessing of the Saintess Candidates’ procession.

The police department and the organizations that the Judgment Bureau usually outsourced to were almost all mobilized to maintain public order here.

Hall, on the other hand, took a specially cleared passage to the inside of the square and ascended the platform.

Just like in the game, a grand blessing ceremony involving millions of people was impossible with just the power of the three Saintess Candidates themselves.

On the high platform and spiral staircase built on the platform, there were already strange flowers and herbs soaked in holy water, their fragrance carried by the night wind.

It was a scent that no cosmetics or perfume could compare to.

Just taking one breath felt like being in a fairyland.

However, Hall had no reaction.

He saw Archbishop Mark of the Roan Cathedral and the archbishops of the cathedrals under the other two cardinals greeting each other.

Christine was not in his line of sight as the blessing ceremony had not yet officially begun.

Then he saw Himan.

Today, Himan was still wearing a light purple evening dress and high heels, carrying a small bag, looking extremely elegant.

She also greeted him after seeing him, saying, “Why are you so late? The Empress of Cateline has just entered the church with grandmother. She probably wants to see you, but she is the ruler of a country, she can’t just wait for you here alone for half a day.”

It sounded like a complaint, but Hall felt that Himan’s tone was not as heavy as before.

“Oh, but it doesn’t matter. Isn’t she going to invite Christine and me to dinner anyway? It doesn’t matter if I see her then. As for grandmother…”

“What? The head of the Russell family?”

“What do you mean, ‘the head of the Russell family’? You brat, Hall, you’ve even forgotten our grandmother?”

Now Himan was angry with Hall.

The head of the Russell family!

The Third Seat of the Conclave, a woman in the Papal State more noble than Leticia.

That old woman’s status and identity were basically second only to the future Saintess.

And their grandmother was quite good to her and Hall, sending them birthday gifts every year.

Even after Hall’s reputation collapsed, their grandmother’s gifts never stopped.

And yet Hall looked completely unfamiliar.

‘I’m angry!’

“Oh, I’m a little nervous about meeting the Empress of Cateline tonight, I’m at a loss for words.”

As for the head of the Russell family, Hall really felt she was a bit mysterious.

Because in the game, the Russell family basically never made enemies with the Empresses.

Of course, the head of the family couldn’t become one.

She would only extend an olive branch when the Empresses were about to win their rebellion against the Papal State.

But because of this, the plot and text about her were extremely limited, with even her portrait being just a silhouette.

She might be a beauty, but the head of the Russell family was at least seventy years old.

A seventy-year-old beauty was a bit terrifying.

What was even more ridiculous was that some players speculated that the daughters of the Russell family were not born to the matriarch, but were outstanding girls adopted from various channels.

Otherwise, why was every bride from the Russell family who married out so outstanding, all becoming marchionesses or duchesses?

The quantity was large and the quality was high.

Even if they were specially bred, they wouldn’t necessarily have this level.

Furthermore, the head of the Russell family did seem to be a widow.

The text in the game about her husband was also vague, leading some players to believe that the Russell matriarch had never been married at all.

With the Russell family’s influence in politics, controlling the media was a piece of cake.

“Forget it. Just don’t mess up when you see the Empress. You’re dressed okay today. You… but you don’t need to dress like this, it’s not a blind date!”

After carefully scrutinizing Hall, Himan looked away.

This cousin of hers was indeed handsome.

“Lov helped me with it before I left.”

Just as Hall was about to say more.

A few young nobles appeared beside them.

The dark red-haired young man in the lead made Hall feel a sense of familiarity.

He was the captain of the fifth squad of the Black Knights’ Saint Louis headquarters—Balu Atute.

The third son of the Atute Duke.

The Atute family was also a ducal family, whose ancestors were generals who fought alongside the Hero.

Nowadays, in order to make more money, their sphere of influence was mainly in the local police departments and some departments of the Judgment Bureau.

“Young Master Hall, Miss Himan, this is a joint letter from the Howard family and our Atute family, inviting you two and the Seventh Princess to present a dazzling display of swordsmanship for Her Majesty of Cateline and the people of Saint Louis gathered here tonight before the blessing ceremony. In other words, a swordsmanship competition. We have already obtained the Empress’s approval.”

“Oh, you want us to participate.”

Hall understood immediately what the other party meant.

Mixing with the Howard family, this Atute fellow was a classic villain.

“The competition will be team-based, with three people per team. The first person to go up can continue fighting until defeated, but to ensure fairness and entertainment value, you cannot borrow weapons from others on the spot.”

Balu looked at Hall.

These days, the noble lords had been thinking of ways to make Hall look like a fool.

After analyzing the battle reports of Leticia and Dylan, they found the key.

That ancient eastern sword of Ye Wangxue’s was too powerful.

But similarly, Hall only had the Knight’s Rite sword, which wasn’t considered powerful.

He, on the other hand, had a new weapon jointly funded by several major families and purchased from the black market of an ancient kingdom.

“I see, so that’s how it is.”

The visitor had ill intentions, but since the Empress had already given her approval, even if he refused, Himan and Ye Wangxue’s personalities wouldn’t let them.

And if both heroines were defeated at the same time.

That was not something he wanted to see.

“By the way, the Empress mentioned that she hopes Young Master Hall will be the first to go up.”

This was another layer of their scheme.

As long as Hall lost, it didn’t matter if Himan and Ye Wangxue didn’t win.

If Hall lost, and Ye Wangxue went on a rampage with her [Moon Chase], tomorrow they could have the narrative of “Hall lives off a woman” occupy half of Saint Louis.

Himan also faintly smelled a rat, but the Empress’s request could not be refused, and with so many citizens of Saint Louis present today, she was about to say she would go up first.

But before she could speak, she heard the black-haired youth beside her say calmly.

“Alright, as the Empress wishes, I will be the first to go up.”