Rise of the Legendary Emperor

Chapter 158: Gathering of the kings II

This was the first time for Don to engage in an elegant banquet, following the fashion trend of the nobles in a very long time.

"Welcome, your majesties, my lords, my lady"

The moment Lord Clemo pushed open the door for Don and King Edward, a beautiful girl in a fancy dress came to welcome them. It was a hall as big as King Edward's throne hall and the hall was decorated with beautiful flowers and had chocolate fountains, elegant chandeliers, artistic windows covered by bright curtains.

The hall was filled with people as he could see noble ladies, noblemen, princesses, and princes by the looks of their outfits. The maids and servants were running around the place, carrying a tray of beverages and wines as well as refilling the glasses of the guests. Besides the chocolate fountains, there were tables filled with various types of food and desserts for the guests to eat as much as they could with different sauces were placed in a big bowl for the guests to use according to their preference.

The desserts alone seemed to be more than eighty as Don could at least point out twenty or so varieties of ice creams.

The only thing bugged him was the annoying music on the air, which the nobles seemed to enjoy. Joel sneaked away and disappeared into the crowd to mingle with the nobles since it was the reason that Don brought him.

"Look who's here"

Don saw a youngster in a fancy red robe walking towards them, looking at King Edward with a red-haired girl.

"Timothy"

"King Edward, is that how you address a prince in SIgalla?"

Don could see the sudden anger rising in his eyes after seeing this youngster.

"What do you want?"

The youngster smirked as the girl gawked at Don and Arrora then looked away

"How's Prince Patrick nowadays? Still buries himself in the books?"

"Why do you want me to bury you in a hole?"

Before King Edward could say anything, a girl wearing men's clothes, came to the scene with a couple of beautiful young girls in her hand.

"Yvonne Lucroy"

Timothy gritted his teeth in anger but he quickly hid his rage with a fake smile.

"Look at you, dashing in MEN'S clothes"

TImothy emphasized the word men's to probably make Yvonne furious, but she smiled when she heard him

"I wish I could say the same to you"

As she said, she turned her gaze towards King Edward and Don

"King Edward, King Don, let's go someplace where there are no mosquitos around"

She looked at the girl with Timothy when she said mosquito as they nodded and followed her behind.

When passing Timothy, Don sensed the slight killing intent radiating from him because of his enhanced senses. While following Yvonne, Arrora noticed Yvonne's hands caressing the butts of the two girls walking beside her and turned away her gaze from Yvonne.

"Run along, I'll play with you all later"

When they put some distance from Timothy, Yvonne sent the girls away with a spanking on each of their butts, taking her sweet time.

"No need to thank me, I can't let that asshole talk shit about my friend"

Don would have been surprised to hear the words coming from a noble lady like herself but after seeing what she did to those girls' butts, he couldn't get surprised.

"So everything's cool between us?"

She looked at Don and asked

"As long as you don't do something like you did, we're cool"

"Oh come on, let's forget what happened, shall we?"

She said and grabbed two glasses of wines from a maid 

"His majesty, don't drink liquors"

Arrora took the glass from Yvonne's hand

"You kidding me, right?"

Yvonne's brows went high when she heard Arrora

"Is that a big surprise, Miss Lucroy?"

Don took the glass from Arrora's hand and decided to keep it in his hands as he didn't want to explain his habits to everyone he talks in this gathering

"Heck yeah, it is"

While she was talking, a nobleman waved his hand at King Edward as he nodded at Don and went to meet the man after thanking Yvonne with a smile

"So, what's your secret?"

She took a long sip and asked

"Secret?"

"You know, how'd you reach your level at such a young age?"

"It wouldn't be a secret if I tell you, Miss Lucroy besides you are not far away from reaching my level "

 she burst into laughter when she heard him

"You're funny, King Don? I'm not even your girlfriend's level, let alone catching up with you"

After she said, she looked at the awkward look on Arrora's face

"Don't tell me you're not King Don's girlfriend?"

Arrora quickly shook her head

"She's my personal guard, Miss Lucroy, do you always ask this many questions? "

It took a few moments for Yvonne to hide her shock

"A bad habit I born with"

"Your majesty"

Don looked at Lord Clemo as he pointed out King Edward who was with an old man in a wheelchair to Don and King Edward seemed to be calling him to introduce him to the old man

"Excuse me, Miss Lucroy"

Don said and started to walk towards them with Lord Clemo and when Arrora took a step to follow them, Yvonne grabbed her by the hand

"Let them go have their kingly talks, we should have an alone girl talk"

Don didn't mind leave her as he wanted Arrora to spend some time with someone besides him

"So how is he in the bed? he looks this grumpy there too?"

"WHAT!?"

Arrora almost shouted when she heard Yvonne but she giggled

"Hey, don't be embarrassed, you can tell me, we're all girls here"

Arrora vigorously shook her head

"Miss Lucroy, we are not sleeping together"

"Oh come on, don't tell me that he isn't banging you?"

Arrora frowned, but a tinge of redness emerged on her face

"No, he's not, can we talk about something else now?"

But Yvonne didn't plan to talk about anything else as she continued to pry into this subject. Usually, Arrora would have shut Yvonne's mouth with a straight slap but since Don said that everything is cool between them, she couldn't do anything that could bring him trouble

"If he's not banging you, then he's either doesn't like you or he likes men"

Again Arrora shook her head while Yvonne leaned forward to hear her answer

"He's not gay, Miss Lucroy"

"So he doesn't like you?"

Arrora sighed 

"It doesn't matter whether he likes me or not,he's my king and I will rather be his personal guard and serve him than be a burden to him "

"It seems you like him, huh?"

Yvonne pitched Arrora's hand and let out a playful giggle

"What the?"

Suddenly the sudden burst of magical fluctuations made the ground beneath them shake and the lights flicker

"That's enough, Prince Rodrigo"

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(a few moments ago)

"King Don, meet King Enrico of Mairis"

The old man smiled as Don shook his hand

"It's a pleasure to meet you, King Enrico"

King Enrico seemed to be in his late seventies or early eighties as there was not a single black hair on his head and he looked very considering he couldn't even stand up from the wheelchair

"The pleasure is all mine, King Don, I've heard a lot about you, it's not easy being a king in your age"

There was a sadness in Enrico's eyes as he continued

"Stripping away the noble titles, that was a bold move, King Don.im nearing my end yet I still can't do something like that but"

King Enrico paused for a moment and went on

"That decision of yours can be good and bad, if you want to root out the nobles from your kingdoms, it will take more than stripping away their titles"

"I'm not planning to, King Enrico"

King Enrico looked surprised as he had thought that Don wanted to bring down the nobles.

"I want to create a place where the poor don't die poor even after working like a horse their entire life, stripping away the titles is my way to level the field for everyone"

He planned to create a place where everyone would be treated equally without any discrimination based on their race, color, ethnicity, religion, or anything like that. However, he was not going to take away all the wealth from the rich and then distribute it to the poor in the name of equality. If he did that, the commoners would celebrate him like a god. Still, it would cripple the kingdom and prevent it from developing because the people would lose their motivation or drive to earn since there would be no point in working hard if they get free meals without working.

In his kingdom, he planned to level the field where one would earn based on their ability and hard work, not based on any noble titles. If a commoner worked hard, he or she would get rich despite their social status, and if the rich worked hard to multiply their wealth by legal means, that'd be also fine with him. He was not going to stop the rich from getting richer when or if they too work hard.

"Quite an ambition and vision for your age, King Don, if my son was like you"

King Enrico sighed.

"You're talking about me?"