Heir to the Kingdom of 1.4 billion people

Chapter 85 Conflict at the Honor Ceremony
Castle hall.

“There are fewer people than I thought.”

Xia Mingyu, wearing a black top hat, found a long table and sat down, chin in his hand as he looked at the lords in the hall who were chatting with wine glasses.

Although there were quite a few people, most of them were waiters serving the lords and some of the lords' confidants or family members. Judging from the emerald green noble amulets on their heads, there seemed to be only seven or eight real lords.

Oh, by the way, it should be that only the viscounts and lords of the southern territory were invited, not including the barons.

"Lord Dian Mingyu, you are here too."

A familiar female voice sounded in his ears. Xia Mingyu turned around and saw Iris standing in front of him with a slightly restrained look.

Unlike her usual loose nightgown, this time the girl had obviously dressed up carefully.

Her long silver hair cascaded down like moonlight, and her petite body was covered in a dark purple velvet dress with silver vine patterns embroidered on the hem, as if vines were quietly growing under the moonlight.

The neckline is inlaid with fine lace, revealing her fair and delicate collarbone.

What was most striking was her eyes. Her left eye was as red as blood and flawless as a gem, while her right eye was as pale as ash, like frost and snow in winter, cold and distant.

This unique pair of eyes adds a touch of dreaminess to her temperament, as if she is an elf that only exists in dreams.

"Iris, no matter how many times I see your eyes, I still think they are as stunning and beautiful as when I first saw them." Xia Mingyu smiled slightly and praised frankly.

"shush"

However, this praise did not make the girl happy. Instead, she looked around in panic like a thief, and then made a hushing gesture to Xia Mingyu.

"Master Mingyu, if you compliment my beautiful eyes in front of so many people, I'll be looked at differently."

She sat down next to Xia Mingyu and explained in a low voice.

After all, heterochromia is a recognized bad omen in the world. If one is not born into a noble family, he or she will be thrown into the fire and burned as firewood.

Even if they were born into aristocracy, heterochromia babies would often be marginalized by their parents, given a sum of money and driven out of the castle to fend for themselves, or imprisoned in a village in the territory to avoid bringing shame to the family.

There are probably not many people like her who have heterochromia and can wear a formal dress to attend her brother's baby honor ceremony openly even in the entire Kingdom of Sosia. You can imagine how many connections Karen spent to get her to this point.

"Alas," Iris sighed in frustration after noticing that several people in the hall were looking at her with disgust.

Even though she has often faced this kind of gaze since she was born, every time she encounters it, she still feels a little depressed as if she can't breathe.

She didn't want to come to a place with so many outsiders, but her father felt that as an older sister, she shouldn't miss the most important day in her brother's life, so he repeatedly asked her to come.

One of the siblings could only stay in the library and slowly decay, while the other was born with the blessings of all the lords of the southern territory. He was even adopted as a godson by the prince of the huge kingdom that ruled over the entire eastern continent with 1.4 billion people.

Is she worthy of being the heroic sister destined to live in an epic?

Elise couldn't help but laugh at herself in her heart.

She slowly stood up from her seat and prepared to find a corner to hide in, so as to prevent His Highness from being looked down upon like her.

At this moment, her hand was gently grasped by someone.

"It would be my honor to be viewed in the same light as someone as beautiful as you."

Xia Mingyu looked into her eyes and said softly.

Then he stood up from his seat, bent slightly, held the girl's soft and boneless little hand and kissed it gently.

This scene immediately attracted many people to look at them in surprise, and they started to whisper to each other, saying that there was actually someone who was so close to the heterochromia.
But Iris was completely stunned.

It was the first time for her to be kissed on the hand in public.

And what His Highness just said was too touching!

Even though she knew in her heart that this was just His Highness's kindness and not his love for her.

But when a prince with 1.4 billion people and nobler than all the princes in fairy tales praised her like this, it undoubtedly made her, a little girl who was only sixteen years old, feel as if she was drunk.

"Thank you for the compliment."

Iris calmed herself down, lifted her skirt, bent her knees, and performed the most standard skirt-lifting salute ever to Xia Mingyu.

At the moment of saluting, her silver hair slid down from her snow-white shoulders, shining softly in the candlelight.

Afterwards, she did not leave, but stood quietly beside Xia Mingyu.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Night Shadow Lord Victor looked at the girl with heterochromia not far away, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he stared at the girl like a wild beast.

What beautiful yet sinful eyes!

The left eye is like human blood, full of ominousness and killing.

The right eye is like ashes, full of disaster and destruction.

This was not the first time Victor had seen heterochromia, so he could conclude that these eyes must be of the highest grade among all the heterochromia patients in the world.

He was very puzzled as to why such a person with heterochromia had not yet been influenced by my God, but this undoubtedly gave him the greatest opportunity in his life!
As long as he could take this girl away and inflict endless pain on her as a sacrifice to our God, he would definitely be promoted to bishop in one fell swoop.

By then, no matter whether it is the Hughes family who sucked his blood or the Martha family who threatened him, they would have to submit to him who had received the blessing of our God and be controlled by him.

He will become the uncrowned king of the South, and then bring pain to the entire South.
Fantasizing about such a beautiful future, Victor stared at the heterochromia in front of him with red eyes, and his breathing even became rapid.

This burning gaze naturally attracted the attention of Xia Mingyu and Iris.

"This man is a lord after all. I didn't expect him to be so rude." Xia Mingyu frowned slightly.

A middle-aged man stares at a little girl with such naked eyes. Could he be a pervert who likes lolis?

Iris felt a chill and subconsciously hugged Xia Mingyu's arm.

When she came to her senses and realized that this was too intimate, she just withdrew her hand, and Xia Mingyu took the initiative to put his right arm around her shoulders.

"Sir, it is extremely rude to keep staring at a young girl like this!"

Xia Mingyu stared at the middle-aged man not far away with a cold expression and said coldly.

These words woke up Victor who was immersed in a sweet dream. He walked over and glanced at the black-haired young man in front of him.

Fair skin, rare black pupils, good looks, well, also a good material for sacrifice!
He even wears props to conceal his identity. Haha, he is probably a white noble, so he pretends like this. He didn’t do this when he was fifteen!

"Little girl, what's your name?"

Ignoring the black-haired young man, Victor forced a stiff smile onto his gloomy face and asked with a smile. Xia Mingyu: "."

This was the first time he was ignored since he came into this world, and by a pervert at that!
At this moment, he suddenly realized the importance of Berg. If Berg were there, he would have shouted "Bold" long ago.

He couldn't do this kind of thing himself, so he had to let Berg do it, just like Song Jiang's Black Whirlwind.

".Elise Hughes."

Although she hated the middle-aged lord, out of etiquette among nobles, Iris told him her name.

"Karen's daughter, I didn't expect that cold-faced killer actually has a daughter with heterochromia."

After figuring out the girl's identity, Victor nodded with satisfaction. Then he turned his gaze to the black-haired young man who was holding Iris's shoulders and glaring at him.

"Boy, pick up your girl more often, or you won't be able to meet her again in the future!"

Victor looked at him jokingly, with the corner of his mouth slightly raised, and spoke with a condescending tone unique to middle-aged people with a hint of amusement.

Then he laughed and turned away.

Xia Mingyu was silent for a moment and silently snapped his fingers.

At this time, a waiter walked by with a silver tray, on which were wine glasses filled with bright red wine.

When the waiter passed by Victor, Victor suddenly stumbled and bumped into the silver tray, and the bright red wine splashed all over Victor.

"Asshole, don't you have eyes?"

Victor became furious as he looked at the large stain on the snow-white dress.

This dress is the best one he has ever collected. He would not have worn it if all the viscounts of the Southern Territory were not present at the ceremony.

"I'm sorry," the waiter apologized repeatedly in panic.

"get out!"

"Yes Yes.."

There was murderous intent in Victor's eyes. If the waiter was in his castle, he would have killed him long ago.

But looking at the lords around him who were looking at him one after another, many of whom were old acquaintances who had participated in the Dragon and Lion Battle in the past, he had no choice but to let the waiter go in order to maintain his demeanor.

"call"

Looking at Victor's embarrassed look and furious expression after being splashed with wine, Xia Mingyu breathed a long sigh of relief and suddenly felt much better.

Sure enough, the more I took a step back and thought about it, the angrier I got. It was more comfortable to let out my anger right then and there.

"Iris, remember the waiter and tell Old Sean to reward that man. Just tell him that it was my idea." Xia Mingyu said lightly.

"Yes, Master Mingyu."

If the waiter did not do anything, he would definitely be severely punished by the butler.

Therefore, since the other party helped him vent his anger, he would naturally give him something in return.

As time passed, the sunlight became stronger and stronger, and it was almost noon.

Tapping.

Accompanied by a flurry of footsteps, the main actors of the ceremony finally arrived in the hall.

Danielle, wearing a light blue dress, came to the hall holding the sleeping little Haydn. Her pretty face was full of a gentle maternal glow.

Her mother, Rosa Martha, smiled and walked side by side with Danielle.

Roy and Roland, the two Crescent Knights, surrounded them like guards.

As for Karen Hughes, she smiled wryly and followed the crowd silently.

There was no way. As a viscount, he had no say in front of the earl's family.

"It's been a long time since we last met, dear Earl Martha, I hope you are well."

"This child is truly worthy of being your grandson. His beautiful big eyes are exactly like those of your daughter, the former Flower of the South!"

"Oh, I envy that bastard Karen. He and I were serving the greatest knight in the South, Scarlet Flame, together. How could Lord Scarlet Flame have fallen for him?"

As soon as they saw the newcomer, the lords of the southern region who had just been chatting with each other gathered around and began to flatter Rosa.

The Lord of the Southern Territory also responded with ease.

"Is that old lady the rumored Lord of the Southern Territory?"

Xia Mingyu looked at the silver-haired old woman in the center of the crowd and thought to himself.

How should I put it? It was a little different from what he had imagined. He had thought she would be more majestic, but now she looked more like a kind old lady.

As if she had noticed his gaze, Rosa smiled at the black-haired young man wearing a black top hat, which made Xia Mingyu feel rarely flattered.

At the same time, Victor also came to Karen.

"Karen, look what your waiter has done!" he said angrily.

"Um, I'm really sorry, Victor. I will punish him severely and compensate you for your losses in full." Looking at the stain on the other person's obviously valuable dress, Karen apologized sincerely.

Although he didn't like Victor, since it was his waiter's fault, he would naturally apologize as the host.

What's more, today is the most important day in his youngest son's life. He will certainly show his generosity and kindness and will never get angry in order to pray that the gods will treat his youngest son well.

"That's more like it. By the way, I have something to discuss with you." Victor's anger gradually dissipated after hearing this, and he spoke.

"My comrade, you can say whatever you want."

"Iris is your daughter, right? Having a child with heterochromia would damage your reputation. As your former comrade-in-arms, I am willing to generously accept her and make her my concubine."

Victor said aloud that he felt he was quite generous to be willing to give a person with heterochromia the status of a concubine.

The next moment, a torrent of dark green magic burst out from Karen, shaking the huge iron chandelier hung with candles on the ceiling.

"What did you say?!" Karen suppressed his anger and squeezed out these words from between his teeth.

(End of this chapter)