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Although Shelley’s words were not threatening, the kings present felt an invisible pressure enveloping them. The guard behind Gaden was even worse. As if he had seen the greatest fear in his heart, he trembled like a sieve, and sweat kept dripping from his forehead.
“No answer? It seems you’re admitting it.”
Shelley’s free right hand gently waved. The guard’s face began to gradually turn blue, and he gasped for breath as if he were suffocating.
Clang.
“Enough.”
Gaden stood up and slammed the table. He glared at that beautiful face that made him jealous and shouted, “Are you not putting us in your eyes?”
“Is this a place where you can be insolent?”
“You actually dare to attack our guard.”
Shelley just glanced at him flatly, and then he no longer paid attention to him. Instead, he chuckled softly and observed everyone’s expression.
Finding that Shelley was not paying attention to him, Gaden looked at the calm-faced Elena. He said seriously, “You are Elena?”
“Assaulting someone? Are you provoking our alliance?”
“Does Fente have any respect for us?”
He had originally thought that his roar would make the other kings join him in denouncing Elena’s actions, but no one followed him in speaking… even the two kings who had originally agreed to deal with Fente together remained silent at this time.
“You…”
No one met his gaze. They all turned their heads away when Gaden looked at them.
“…What’s going on?”
To be able to achieve the position of a monarch, besides those who had inherited the throne smoothly, no one was an idiot. They had all noticed one thing. Elena was not being supported by Shelley, but was holding his arm.
This showed that this Prince Shelley’s status in this country was far beyond their imagination. He was not just a pretty boy who had gained favor with his looks. The two of them were equal, and even Shelley was leading their relationship.
Looking around, Shelley paid special attention to the seat where Snow was sitting, nodded at him, and then said to Gaden, who had realized something, with a smile, “Looking at this outstanding figure and appearance, I think… you must be His Majesty Gaden.”
“You!”
Pfft…
The tense atmosphere was dissipated a lot by this sentence from Shelley. Some people tried their best to restrain themselves and not laugh out loud.
Gaden’s appearance was also a strange one among the nobles. He had originally been passable, but after years of indulgence, he looked ten years older than his actual age. When he had started to go bald, he had completely let himself go and no longer hid his appearance.
But this did not mean that he was completely indifferent to others’ insults. Even his son had once been whipped a few times by him for teasing his appearance after drinking.
Shelley looked at the angry Gaden. He revealed an extremely brilliant and elegant smile and said, with a hint of meaning, “You seem to have something to say.”
“Let me guess…”
“Are you going to apologize for your previous rude behavior?”
Gaden was just about to speak when his calf was touched by someone. He jumped up as if he had been electrocuted and looked behind him…
“Ah!”
His guard was now lying on the ground, his eyes had lost their light, his face was purple, and his body was beginning to grow cold.
“Maxi! Are you alright?”
Gaden frantically squatted down and grabbed Maxi’s hand, but he felt that he was holding a cold corpse.
“Aaaaaaaah!”
“What’s wrong?”
Click-clack, click-clack.
A pair of long legs appeared before Gaden’s eyes. He looked up and saw Shelley looking down at his pathetic state with admiration.
“You still haven’t answered me…”
“Are you here to apologize?”
!!?
In those deep, azure eyes, at this moment, they were full of amusement and a cold killing intent.
Gaden knew that as long as he bowed his head now, his guard would be fine… but he was a monarch. He could not easily bow his head here.
He believed that Shelley would not be so impulsive as to kill his guard. This would provoke a war between the two countries. And for a small country like Fente, although the Degby Kingdom was not very strong, if it were to restrict Fente in trade, Fente would be powerless to resist.
He believed that this was just the Kingdom of Fente’s show of force to him.
Gaden gritted his teeth, and then he looked at the now-serious Snow, who was sitting in the first seat…
“Tsk…”
This was not the first time this had happened. When the kings of the southern countries had a dispute, they always liked to find the King of Roseth as a mediator. This could be said to be a scene that every King of Roseth had encountered since the alliance was established.
Snow clicked his tongue almost inaudibly, and then he looked at the calm Elena and the smiling Shelley. He said in a low voice, “Alright, that’s enough.”
“Let this farce end here.”
Although Elena’s appearance at this time made him regret agreeing not to marry her back then, he had seen too many women. Besides regret, it was not very heartbreaking.
But Shelley’s overly young appearance, and the hint from the guard behind him, made him let down his guard.
Some strength, but at most, he’s just a high-rank.
But to his surprise, Queen Elena of Fente just glanced at him flatly, and then she continued to look back at Shelley. And that culprit, Shelley, had not even turned his head to look at him.
He had completely ignored him.
The royal majesty that had been cultivated for many years, Snow shouted seriously, “I said stop!”
The majestic aura that was displayed in an instant made the few kings beside him look at him with a side glance.
But Shelley, who had fully received Snow’s aura, his attitude did not change at all. He asked calmly, “One last time.”
“Your Majesty Gaden, are you…”
“Here to apologize?”
The atmosphere in the great hall gradually became chilling. At this moment, even the other kings who were sitting on their stools felt a cold chill.
And at this time, Gaden, who was in the center of the storm, couldn’t say a word. He trembled and fell to the ground, his right hand slowly raised, trembling as he pointed at Shelley…
“You actually despise us so much.”
Shelley’s expression became regretful, as if Gaden had done something to him. He shook his head sadly and sighed, “How regrettable…”
Aaaaaaaah!
Maxi, who had been suffocating for a long time, let out a tragic cry, and then he completely lost his life.
A dead person, they had all seen one, but a high-level warrior dying so inexplicably and quickly… made everyone present’s hair stand on end.
Gulp.
Shelley’s gaze moved from the trembling Gaden and slowly looked at the serious Snow.
He asked softly, “What did you say just now?”
“I’m sorry, could you…”
“Say it again?”
