Chapter 1073: Melusine Showing Off
"What remark?"
Eiji's features twisted fiercely.
Did I ever give you any particularly special evaluation?
Why don't I remember?
"You actually forgot?!"
The girl's expression changed, looking at him with disbelief.
Her face seemed to grow even more wounded.
"You said my body wasn't worth mentioning, that you had zero interest in me, and that you'd rather seek out Baobhan Sith than me! How could you forget such harsh words?"
Ah... now that rings a bell.
Eiji suddenly understood.
Now that she mentioned it, he remembered.
He did say something back then about Melusine not being as good as Baobhan Sith.
"To be fair, I only said the last part back then. The first two lines definitely didn't come from me, right?"
"Really? Hmm... I might have unconsciously exaggerated it because I've been dwelling on this matter too much lately. Sorry."
Melusine thought carefully.
It seemed, perhaps, possibly, Eiji hadn't been that harsh originally?
She apologized to Eiji sincerely.
"Then, I hope you'll take back your previous evaluation too!"
"Why?"
"You're still asking why...?"
Melusine looked at him as if he were incomprehensible.
She lifted her skirt again, fluttering it up and down.
"Indeed, my figure might not match Baobhan Sith's, but when it comes to the beauty of my body and the charm of my face, I definitely shouldn't be inferior to Baobhan Sith! At the very least, I'm not worse than Baobhan Sith!"
Her loud accusation successfully caught Baobhan Sith's attention not far away.
Baobhan Sith cast a puzzled look in their direction.
Don't @ me, thanks.
"Hmph."
Eiji glanced at her contemptuously.
"Look at those two on the stage."
"What about them?"
"In my view, even Morgan is more appealing than you!"
"Well... her figure is indeed quite good..."
"Even Artoria is better than you!"
"?!"
"As a dedicated member of the 'can't live without breasts' club, I solemnly declare: women without breasts are worthless in my eyes! No, to be more extreme, women without breasts can't even be considered women!"
"..."
Melusine was utterly dumbfounded.
She stared at Eiji, mouth agape.
You actually dare to say such things in public?
Aren't you afraid this will reach the Queen's ears?
Oh, right. The Queen is well-endowed too.
Never mind then.
But how can someone be so extreme?
No breasts means not a woman?!
So infuriating!
Coming back to her senses, Melusine's face tightened, clouded with anger.
She didn't want to say another word to Eiji, vanishing in the blink of an eye.
"Melusine..."
On the other side of the audience seats.
Aurora sat there, her hands tightly clutching the hem of her dress at her knees.
Her eyes had been fixed on that person the entire time, so she had clearly witnessed Melusine's actions. Her face alternated between pale and flushed as she murmured Melusine's true name under her breath.
Dark thoughts sprouted like weeds in her heart.
Just at that moment.
"Wah!"
On stage, Morgan screamed as she was sent flying, covered in dust.
"Victory?"
Artoria also wore an expression of disbelief.
"I actually won! Ahem... I mean, as expected, victory was ultimately mine. Magical combat is a battle of preparation! Your underestimation led to inadequate readiness—you never stood a chance against me from the start!"
So cool!
I actually came up with such an awesome line on the spot!
Artoria was thrilled, straightening her back with renewed confidence.
Definitely bigger than Melusine's.
Eiji offered an objective assessment.
Artoria happily scampered off the stage on light feet, reuniting with Gudao and the others before gleefully rushing to the Pilgrim's Bell to begin the bell-ringing ceremony.
Soon, waves of what felt like regret spread throughout the fairy kingdom with the tolling of the bell.
"I lost?"
Melusine sat on the ground, her face full of disbelief.
She couldn't comprehend how she had actually lost?
And in such a ridiculous manner!
That so-called Child of Prophecy shouted "Behold my explosive magic!" and just as she was wary of that extraordinary-looking staff, suddenly pulled out explosives from her pouch and hurled them with full force!
She got hit right in the face with explosives!
Her face reeked of gunpowder, her hairstyle completely ruined!
How despicable!
Crack—!
Suddenly.
A faint sound, like shattering glass, came from her body.
"Wait, don't disappear... My bestowed name! The name Mother gave me is falling off... I'm going to be scolded! 'Why are you always like this?'—I'm going to be scolded like that!"
Melusine suddenly hugged her arms tightly.
As if plunged into an icehouse, her entire body trembled violently, her face overflowing with unconcealable fear.
"Hey, isn't she that one? The one from Darlington 100 years ago?"
"I remember—wasn't she some lowly lesser fairy?"
"Baobhan Sith! I remember her! The maidservant of Lord Grimalkin of Darlington! A wretched vampire who fed on human blood!"
The fairies erupted into an uproar, all those present visibly shaken.
"Darlington was struck by a calamity 100 years ago, and the entire city was destroyed! Even Lord Grimalkin turned into a fairy ghost!"
"That lowly vampire maidservant, a mere lesser fairy, actually became the Queen's daughter? And the new lord of New Darlington?"
"I get it now—Lord Grimalkin from 100 years ago must have been killed by her and the Queen!"
The bestowed name fell away.
Her true name exposed.
Melusine's past was instantly laid bare by the fairies present.
"Filthy vampire! How dare you call yourself a princess of the fairy kingdom!"
"No wonder she's so weak—the most useless Fairy Knight! Without her bestowed name, she's nothing. A lesser fairy naturally can't accomplish anything!"
"Even the Queen has lost her mind—how could she make such a lowly lesser fairy her successor?"
The glamorous fairies freely mocked the terrified and panicked Melusine.
This was an autonomous region with independent rights—here, they even dared to criticize the Queen's decisions!
"What a bunch of fools!"
Barghest cursed under her breath.
The high-ranking fairies had completely lost their minds to hedonism, drowning in extravagance and trends—they were like brain-dead imbeciles with withered minds and missing brainstems!
Couldn't they feel it?
That chilling aura permeating this "lively" atmosphere?
"Boom—!"
It was as if a volcano had erupted in an instant.
Dense magic, thick as mercury, poured out and formed a tangible pressure that weighed down on everyone present, instantly forcing the fairies to the ground.
"Do you have a death wish?"
The voice from the highest seat in the audience stands echoed throughout the silent hall.
"If so, I wouldn't mind sending you on your way!"
The entire hall, nearly a hundred fairies, including the clan leaders.
Remained silent.
Like students being called to solve problems on the blackboard by their teacher.
As if by staying silent, they could survive the immediate crisis.