Chapter 1444 - 613: Lost the Game, Won at Life (Part 3)

Chapter 1444: Chapter 613: Lost the Game, Won at Life (Part 3)

"Yes, you won, Amelia." Laine nodded with a smile, indifferent to the outcome.

"Alright, now your heart and kidney belong to me." The little maid stretched out her hands towards Laine: "Come on, dig out your heart and kidney for me, they’re my spoils of war."

"Hahaha!" The Imperial Great Nobles in the room burst into laughter; the interaction between the two was as amusing as a play.

"What kind of prize is this..." Laine also laughed heartily and said, "You defeated me, very well, I’ll give you a nickname in this tabletop battle game, let’s call you ’tossgirl’."

"Tossgirl? Tossing girl?" Amelia was a bit puzzled and thought for a moment, unwilling to concede: "Then you should be called tossboy!"

"Alright, from now on, my nickname in the tabletop battle game will be tossboy." Laine nodded repeatedly; it was rare for him to admit defeat so readily, but losing is losing, nothing wrong in admitting it.

At that moment, the Imperial Great Nobles present, including Carl Franz himself, had a strange feeling. They all believed that it was Laine who seemed like the victor.

It felt like being fed a mouthful of dog food.

The Emperor clapped with a smile, thinking to himself that perhaps this was a case of losing the game but winning life.

No one knew that Laine and Amelia’s performance at this banquet and the tabletop battle game were witnessed and adapted by a minstrel of Brunswick’s Royal Court into a ballad. It became a timeless classic throughout the Old World, their love touching generation after generation.

This famous ballad was titled "The Wind Rises," celebrating the love between Knight King "Unifier" Laine and Lady Emmanuelle, and became a household classic song throughout the Old World. Due to the high difficulty of singing this song, it further became an important criterion for assessing a minstrel’s singing skills.

...Real instigator division line...

After that day’s Imperial Palace banquet, another large-scale massacre occurred in Brunswick’s affluent district. The von Lark family suffered a horrific tragedy, with Patriarch Werner von Lark, several family members, and a dozen guards killed instantly. Besides, other noble heirs also died in this small manor. The perpetrator lingered at the manor for several hours before leaving, clearly the same person committed the crime.

The consecutive massacres shook the entirety of Brunswick, and various rumors spread throughout the capital. The nobles significantly bolstered their guards, and everyone felt fearful of the chaos in the capital.

Some said the Chaos Demon had infiltrated Brunswick preparing to slaughter, while others claimed the Emperor was eliminating dissent, seizing the opportunity to pressure nobles without military merits. Furthermore, there were speculations that it was a conspiracy by Great Alchemist Geld or Flame Academy’s Supreme Dean German; the two candidates must have someone unsure about their victory, so they sought to delay the competition.

Carl Franz immediately responded by putting the Imperial Capital under martial law, with large military patrols and a strict curfew enforced. Even nobles couldn’t move at night without permits.

Simultaneously, the Emperor declared that the Imperial Royal Chief Grand Wizard competition wouldn’t be postponed for any reason.

In this tense and uneasy atmosphere, a week passed swiftly.

The competition proceeded as planned.

Geld and German will contest the position of leader of the most powerful human realm in the Old World, Magic!