88: Chapter 4 – Lover Not Yet Fulfilled_2 88: Chapter 4 – Lover Not Yet Fulfilled_2 Upon seeing Helen’s figure disappear through the door, Viscount Simek looked at Richard, and Richard looked him right back.
Richard, first of all, let me express my sincerest gratitude to you for selflessly reaching out to my niece,” the middle-aged Fox person carefully selected his words, before cautiously inquiring, “It seems Helen has a particular fondness for you.
May I have the audacity to ask, are the two of you….?”
“I am deeply in love with your niece, sir.”, Richard, sensing the subtle superiority complex emanating from the middle-aged Fawkes, gave the Viscount an unequivocal answer.
“It is a beautiful mistake, young man.
There will always be such beautiful mistakes in one’s youth.
I assure you, years from now, this will be one of the most precious memories of your life,” Viscount Simek said in an unhurried manner.
Richard squinted at the man before him, clearly intending to force a marriage and drive a wedge between two lovers.
He was reconsidering whether to be more aggressive and show his disdain outright.
“Can we be given a reason?” Ning Yu finally broke her silence.
“Richard has already proved his love for Helen with his life.
Perhaps you’re unaware, but Richard has saved Helen’s life using the ‘Life Chain Battle Song’.
A love proven with their lives is no doubt a great one,” Ning Yu noted.
“Richard can actually channel the ‘Life Chain Battle Song’?”, Viscount Simek was clearly astonished, though he quickly veiled his surprise.
His demeanor still feigned cordiality, “My apologies, the Pigiel race is ultimately our vassal clan.
For an upper-class noble to marry a commoner from a vassal clan is simply unimaginable in our tribe.”
“That’s a fallacy,” Richard retorted sincerely, his eyes piercingly stared at the detestable middle-aged Fox man, “Firstly, I am not a commoner, for I am a priest and will soon have my own territory.
so what if I am a commoner?”
“Mind your manners, respected Mr.
A true noble would never resort to threats in conversation,” Viscount sneered at Richard disdainfully.
“I’ve decided to marry her anyway.
What’s it to ya?”, Richard finally revealed his rebellious demeanor.
He rested one foot on the chair with a provocative look.
“Whoosh~~” All the Panda Warriors stood up and encircled them.
Gude squeezed his nose, stylishly picked up a chair, and gently snapped off a thick leg.
Guoguo, too, sprang from Richard’s head, making threatening gestures with a swing of his tiny butt.
“You all…” Viscount Simek was slightly panicked.
What sort of people were they dealing with?
They were no better than savages from the wilderness, each one behaving like a thug.
“Back off!” Ning Yu stared harshly at the Panda warriors with their prominent violent tendencies before nudging Richard, “You, sit down!”
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Gude reluctantly tossed away the makeshift club in his hand.
“Viscount, can you please explain what the concrete reason is?”, Ning Yu asked while stuffing Guoguo back into Richard’s arms.
Richard’s display just now perfectly demonstrates the wisdom of my suspicions,” The Viscount’s legs were still trembling under the table, “This beautiful lady, allow me to elaborate on my reasoning.”
“I apologize for my rudeness just now.
Please proceed,” Richard instantaneously replaced his defiant demeanor with a pleasant one and began to flatter him.
Viscount Simek rolled his eyes at him before focusing back on Ning Yu, “In our Beamon world, even though the law doesn’t restrict inter-species marriage, nearly all tribes still abide by the custom of intra-tribe matrimony.
These customs weren’t formed overnight, and breaking them will similarly take time.
Richard of the Pigiel race is fully aware of this, but right now, at least among us nobles, to preserve the purity of our bloodline, we all abide by this custom.
There might be instances of inter-species marriage among the commoners, but, no doubt, this does not apply to our dignified Fawkes.”
“There always has to be an exception to the rule, doesn’t there?
So, even if Helen and I genuinely love each other, we are not permitted to unite in matrimony?”, Richard was beginning to grow infuriated.
He noticed that the Viscount was continuously demeaning his Pigiel identity, ostensibly emphasizing on the nobility and magnificence befitting of himself.
“Love is the most deceptively beautiful word.
” The Viscount unveiled the cunning smile typical to the Fox people, “Allow me, an elderly man, to impart a piece of rational advice.”
Richard cursed internally.
“Has there ever been a precedent of intermarriage between royalties in the Meng Kingdom?”, Ning Yu held Richard’s hand and beat him to the question.
“No,” The Viscount’s denial was as crisp as crunching on a piece of ice.
“I seem to recall hearing that the Queen and all three Princess Consorts of King Grecke Sar, the King of Bimon Kingdom, are actually from the Tiger Man group of Taige Clan.
So why did this fact conveniently escape your narrative?”, Ning Yu responded with a cunning smile that was no less crafty than the middle-aged Fox’s.
“You are not of the nobility, hence your knowledge of our internal affairs is limited.
Today, I will make it clear to you why our King — a member of Rhine Tribe, King Grecke Sar — has a harem entirely composed of beautiful Tiger Women from the Taige Clan,” The Viscount glanced at his audience before proceeding solemnly, “As it is widely known, the Kingship of Bimon Kingdom is not hereditary.
The Bimon land is the land of Survival of the Fittest and thus, each term of Kingship lasts ten years.
After exceeding the term, challengers are selected from the Five Great Noble families.
The finest warriors are then chosen from this selection to compete against the King.
The victor is crowned the next King.
King Grecke Sar ascended the throne at the tender age of twenty.
This year, he is forty-five, and it has been a full twenty-five years since he was crowned in Aegean Calendar 115.
During this time, he has encountered two batches of challengers selected by the War Gods.
This great Monarch has defeated representatives from the other four tribes as well as Taige Clan’s representatives, including the incumbent King Hemingway of the Taige Clan, and ascended the throne in a grand ceremony.
What came as a surprise is that he proposed to Princess Angel of the Tiger Tribe, the daughter of the previous King, just after the King-designate’s martial competition and before the Sacred Altar’s Great Shaman Wei An could crown him…”