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The previously lively atmosphere turned into a deathly silence. And now, the air was thick with the smell of gunpowder, ready to be drawn.

Richard made no attempt to hide Leonardo's gaze.

You, a mere early-stage Tier 3 cultivator, dare to look me in the eye?

Even Richard was somewhat puzzled; he himself was only at the early stage of the second tier. When did he become so powerful? How could he even have such thoughts?

But in reality, he could look down on any guy below the fourth rank who dared to offend him!

The body reacts instinctively, as if driven by a cocoon of malevolent thoughts.

The overwhelming pressure emanating from the Silverwing Insect Hunter was unleashed, pressing down on the blond-haired man without hesitation.

Although his hair is actually blond... it's just textured blond hair.

Kassan Isa stared at this handsome guy, who was suspected to be Yekaterin's boyfriend, and thought he might just start a fight with Leonardo right there and then.

So he quickly stepped in to mediate the fight.

"Pah! A skull in a tomb? It certainly won't scare Yekaterin, but it almost made me rot to death."

Cassandra pinched her nose in disgust, trying to lighten the mood.

Leonardo quickly picked up the conversation.

He pointed in a direction and pretended to burst into laughter.

"Haha, before you arrived, we were playing an adventure game. We were seeing if we could find anything interesting in this castle, and we found a skull in the next room, thinking of using it to scare you!"

He was feeling uneasy under Richard's gaze and could only try to change the subject.

However, no one paid any attention to him.

Whether it was Yekaterin, Richard, or even the guys who had been joking and playing around with him before, they all looked at Leonardo with strange expressions.

Leonardo only wanted to give Yekaterin's man a warning, but he didn't expect Yekaterin to get angry over him!

Moreover, he hadn't clearly seen Richard's black hair in the corridor. Now, in the brightly lit hall, that head of lustrous medium-length hair was clearly visible.

Combined with a keen observation of one's own temperament, and the overwhelming aura emanating from them at that moment.

It instilled in everyone present an urge to kneel and submit.

But how could Leonardo possibly give in so easily? He was the eldest son of the Duke of the East Sea.

Even in front of members of the royal family, they would not be so humble.

Moreover, he had never heard of such a prince as this black-haired nobleman whose identity was unclear!

Leonardo was about to bluff and say something indecent.

Richard's poker face, now expressionless, clearly screamed, "Try anything, and I'll shave your blond hair off..."

Although Cassandra doesn't like Leonardo either, she can't very well let the two of them fight, can she? Yekaterin must be troubled too.

She changed the subject again:

"Leonardo, didn't you say you'd give the castle a proper cleaning? And this is how your servants cleaned it? A skull just popped up out of nowhere?"

Leonardo DiCaprio has once again found a way to save face.

"I'm very sorry, Miss Yekaterin. The room was filled with corpses... I felt it wasn't right to disturb their peace, so I didn't clean it..."

He offered a helpless apology, completely lacking in acting skills and feigning resignation.

If Leonardo DiCaprio truly respected these dead, how could he have treated them like that... tossing this skull around for fun?

"What do you mean by 'you think'? Who do you think you are?"

Richard could no longer restrain himself.

He hadn't paid attention to Yekaterin's absurd words before... simply because of his magnanimity towards the Duchess.

After all, one's background and class of education are not choices for everyone.

But to flaunt something so obviously absurd that one could simply choose not to do it—that Richard found utterly disgusting.

Even though Richard himself wasn't a good person, he was genuinely bad.

In short, no matter what...

He wanted to teach this blond guy a lesson!

Just as Richard was about to make a move, Yekaterin quietly reached out and squeezed his palm hard.

A soothing emotional wave was conveyed through the dream insects:

"Alright, stop fooling around. Didn't I warn you before? Stay away from annoying guys like that."

Since the Duchess had already spoken, Richard naturally couldn't afford to make a scene.

However, their intimate behavior, seemingly oblivious to others, stunned everyone present.

Even Cassandra was no exception. The jealousy in Leonardo's eyes was almost tangible, nearly overflowing.

Those aristocratic scions who mingle in this elite circle all know perfectly well that although Leonardo DiCaprio has a reputation for being attracted to men, he is essentially a "converter" and is not incapable of being unacceptable to women.

The rumor that the eldest son of the Duke of the East Sea was deeply in love with the only daughter of the Duke of the North was an open secret.

But at today's gathering, Miss Yekaterin was seen being unusually close to a man who appeared to be a member of the royal family in public...

Even though everyone already knew that she had deep ties with the royal family, this scene was still hard for people to process.

For a moment, the noble young men and women present all widened their eyes, their hearts filled with a mixture of shock, curiosity, and an irrepressible impulse.

Of course, they were secretly looking forward to the upcoming conflict and drama, the usual show of showing off and getting slapped in the face, which seemed to be about to begin.

Seeing that Richard had withdrawn his intimidating aura.

Leonardo DiCaprio, the eldest son of the Duke of Donghai who isn't quite right in the head, has dared to jump out again.

"Ha, Yekaterin, my invitation said you should bring a domestic animal, not a knight."

Leonardo suddenly sat down on the sofa and shouted jokingly.

His attempt to gain a verbal advantage was clearly an attempt to satisfy his pathetic ego and make amends for Richard's earlier intimidating and oppressive behavior.

"Of course I brought the livestock, but I won't take them out in advance. We'll see when the evaluation starts."

Yekalin responded coldly, not even bothering to look at him, and rolled her eyes at him.

Otherwise, someone with such low intelligence might mistake this for a gesture of goodwill.

Yekaterin wasn't stupid; she had been enlightened little by little by Richard.

She then understood what this so-called livestock was referring to.

She was initially in a bit of a dilemma, as she had no interest in training slaves.

However, Richard gave her an idea... which made her exclaim in amazement: No wonder he's been to another world, he actually knows so many ways to play!

However, the Duchess is not interested in any livestock competition right now.

She was more interested in having a sword fight with Cassan Isaac.

After all, it was really difficult to do these things in the serious environment of New Rome.

"This kind of decadent and decadent environment is not a good place for a sword duel."

Richard reminded him through dream worms.

Yekalin nodded at Richard and loosened their clasped hands.

Ignoring everyone else, they pulled Cassan and Isabella away to other places. They naturally didn't want to be spied on by others.

Moreover, looking at Cassan Isaac's expression, Yekalin was afraid that she would definitely gossip about Richard later.

Yekalin then used a dream insect to tell Richard not to follow.

Richard also took a few steps back.

Rather than face such boring social situations, he decided to learn from his previous experience at the casino.

Find a secluded place to sleep...