Son of the Hero King

Chapter 56 CH 51: DISBELIEF

"The last step is about to begin. Hehehe~ Alfred, I hope you have completed the mission I gave you."

In one of the special rooms utilized only by the highest nobles, a red-haired man laid languidly with a blue wolf woman at his knees.

He was none other than Leonard Gorfard. The Duke themselves did not join the festivities as they had to prepare themselves in the eventuality they were chosen for the first night. As such, only the heir/heiress was present, each of them, in the room representing their families.

"Young lord, the matter has been handled carefully. We have already, let's say, convinced some of the gladiators who will most likely be chosen. To be sure, we also incited the white knight."

"Oh!? You managed to trick that goody two shoes? How?"

"From what I gathered, most of the paladins are dissatisfied with his Highness close relationship with The saintess."

"Ex-saintess you mean. That bitch lost her blessing. I really wonder what wish she made."

"Indeed, Ex saintess. Some of the paladins think that she was tricked by his highness in making this ritual. The white knight is one of her most fervent admirers."

"Hehe~! Hahaha~! Perfect! This is simply perfect! I simply wanted to lower the honor of the royal family and increase our speaking rights, but with this move, you basically put the church and the royal family nearly at odds. Beautiful."

The old man bowed as he accepted the praise of his master without a once of pride. He personally found this move incredibly foolish from a bigger perspective. Creating tension between the church and the royal family when war was upon them was stupid beyond reason. Anyone else would have seen something wrong with what he had done. Thankfully he had such a stupid master. No, this too was the will of his goddess.

'Praise the Crimson lady!'

His prayer was suddenly interrupted by a piercing voice.

"Ladies!!!! And! Gentlemen!!!!! Now, the last step of this beautiful gathering is upon us. Are you ready!?!"

Yes!!

"I repeat. Are you ready!!!!?"

Yes!!!!!!!

The jubilation could clearly be felt in the colosseum. Satisfied with the current atmosphere, the man who stood in the center of the ring after the previous fighters left it. Stayed quiet for a while before continuing.

"As the tradition says, the one who will become our future king must show his might and talent on this occasion for the whole kingdom to see. The current scene is retransmitted not only in the colosseum but in more than 70% of the kingdom."

Emotions could be felt in his voice, "This day was supposed to be perfect. To be complete. But, I just found how naive I had been."

The Colosseum fell silent in bated breath, tension rising.

"I realized how naive I had been because I thought we already reached perfection. But! I was proven wrong!! Beautifully wrong!!! Right here, right now, I have the immense pleasure to announce that!!!!"

Then, in a solemn and calm voice, he finished, "That his highness Sol had already awakened before reaching 15 years old, as his father did before him."

Total silence descended as most people were too astonished to properly understand what was said.

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In another VIP room, the atmosphere was silent and frigid.

Three people were present in this room, all of them clad in black.

The youngest of the three, a young girl gulped and shivered. She wished to be anywhere than here. Even though she had already awakened two years ago and obtained a flame hawk, she still felt as if she was about to freeze to death or sink in the darkness.

This oppressive atmosphere was broken by a gentle and steadfast voice full of amusement.

"My, are you angry? Or perhaps happy? It has been a long time since I was unable to decipher the meaning behind the feeling transmitted by our link."

The one who spoke was a black-haired butler, gently preparing a cup of tea before putting it in front of the woman who sat, her eyes closed in thoughts.

The other Dukes were preparing in the case they were chosen and as such didn't come personally. What's more, they could observe it from their home if needed. But, she was different.

Not only did she already know at which moment she would be chosen thanks to her deal with Lilith, but deep down, she was curious about the display of the prince.

Currently though, as the previous words swirled in her head, she couldn’t help but feel a mix of emotions.

She felt hatred because one of the unique records left by Mars was made less special.

She felt elation because Mars's son was better than she thought he was.

She felt sad because she was in no way related to him.

She felt disdain because simply being awakened earlier didn't mean much in the grand scheme of things.

Accepting, because this was how dazzling his son was supposed to be.

This created the current situation where she was losing control of her power and suffocating her niece who also played the role of her successor.

Strong people could change their environment with just their mood. The same was happening.

Sighing, she took a sip of her tea as she continued, "It seems like I was wrong about him never succeeding in surpassing his father. Depending on what will happen next, I will have to present my excuses."

"Perhaps the supreme daughter helped him by using Saint fall?" the heiress asked on the side. She wouldn't have spoken in any other setting, but she needed to speak to evacuate her previous fright.

Duchess Milaris's hand stopped before she shook her head as she threw a look full of warning to her niece. "Impossible. Never, you hear me, absolutely never underestimate Camelia. I would rather fight Lilith and die than ever make an enemy out of Camelia. She is someone very frightening. If she used Saint fall, it would without a doubt be for something game-changing. I wouldn't be surprised if even after using it she didn't lose her blessing."

As she watched her aunt utter those words, she couldn't help but wonder.

Her aunt was known as the craziest woman in the kingdom. Just how dangerous was the supreme daughter for her to demonstrate such a wariness?

As for the supreme daughter not losing her blessing, she scoffed at this notion. This was simply impossible.