“Thank you for your guidance, Princess Linda!” Princess Liz responded with a bow. Although they were both princesses, she was well aware of the difference between herself and Linda. They were not in the same league at all. With those words, Princess Liz led the Veridiania group and left. As they turned around, a hint of coldness flashed in their eyes.
“Honey!” Just then, Harleen and Ivy approached.
“Why are you here?” Billy smiled and asked.
“Is everything okay here?” Harleen glanced at Princess Liz’s retreating figure and asked, “Is she an Easterner?”
“She’s the princess of Veridiania, Ms Knight.” Stout explained. He had also been present when they visited Veridiania last time, so he recognized her.
“Oh, she’s a princess?” Harleen looked at Billy meaningfully. Feeling her gaze, Billy’s lips twitched slightly.
Soon, Elagina greeted Harleen, Ivy, and the others.
“Lord Chandler, we meet again!” Linda spoke to Ivy. They had met when Linda visited Glavale last time, and Ivy was in charge of hosting them.
“Fancy meeting you here!” Ivy replied casually.
“And this must be Lady Dragon?” Linda then looked at Harleen and spoke. As she spoke, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes. On one hand, she was amazed by Harleen’s peerless beauty, and on the other hand, she couldn’t detect Harleen’s martial arts cultivation level. After returning to Northfortia last time, Linda had been tirelessly cultivating day and night, supplemented by abundant cultivation resources. She had already broken through to the second rank of the Sovereign realm. But she couldn’t sense Harleen’s level, which meant that Harleen’s cultivation was above hers.
“You’re…?” Harleen asked, looking at Linda.
“Harleen, she’s Princess Linda of Northfortia!” Ivy introduced her.
“Oh, it’s an honor to meet you, Your Highness!” Harleen smiled lightly.
“Lord Dragon, would you mind if we talk privately?” Linda then looked at Billy and asked.
“Is there something you want to discuss?” Billy replied casually. Ignoring the fact that he had already sensed the deep meaning in Harleen’s gaze, even if Harleen wasn’t here, he had no interest in talking privately with Linda.
“Lord Dragon, you can carry on with your conversation. I’ll head back to the hotel. See you the day after tomorrow!” Elagina said to Billy. Although she knew Linda, they weren’t acquainted enough to exchange greetings.
“Okay.” Billy nodded in response.
“Speak up, what do you want to discuss with me?” After Elagina left, Billy looked at Linda and spoke.
“Lord Dragon, aren’t you interested in talking me alone?” Linda’s eyebrows slightly furrowed.
“If you don’t want to say it, forget it. Goodbye!” Billy turned around to leave.
“If I’m not mistaken, the people from Aquilandia should have visited Glavale a few days ago, right?” Linda took a deep breath and continued, “I assume you’ve reached some kind of agreement with them, am I correct?”
“What’s it to you?” Azure Dragon replied.
“Lord Dragon, I know very well that your goal must be to win the championship in this tournament!” Linda didn’t respond to Azure Dragon’s words and continued to look at Billy. “But Northfortia is equally determined to win as well!”
“And then?” Billy glanced at her.
“I’m worried that in the end, some other country will benefit from our conflict, like the saying goes, ‘When two tigers fight, one will get hurt.’ I don’t want someone else to take advantage of us!” Linda continued.
“Just say what you want to say directly!” Billy spoke again.
“If Lord Dragon is willing, we can cooperate and take the first and second place together. We can split the prize evenly.” Linda responded.
“Is this your personal opinion or your father’s?” Billy asked nonchalantly.
“As long as you agree, I can convince my father!” Linda replied once again.
Billy chuckled lightly and put his arm around Harleen’s slim waist, walking towards the hotel. As they walked, he spoke, “You’re not suitable for this championship. Let me give you some advice, don’t participate, just go back and be a princess.”
“You…” Linda was infuriated by Billy’s disregard.
“You better listen to my boss’s advice, or you’ll regret it!” Casey interrupted her. He knew that one of Billy’s goals this time was to avenge the blood feud from a hundred years ago. Northfortia was one of the main targets, and if they encountered someone from Northfortia on the arena, his boss wouldn’t hesitate.
Ten minutes later, Billy and his group returned to the hotel.
“Tsk tsk, my Lord Dragon, you are quite charming!” After Billy and his wife entered the room, Harleen looked at him with meaningful eyes.
“Um…” Billy was slightly taken aback. “What’s wrong, my lady? Is something happening?”
“Stop pretending! Shouldn’t you be proud that the princesses from three different countries are all interested in you?”
Billy choked. “What are you talking about? I just met them, that’s all.”
“Is that so?” Harleen pouted again. “If I wasn’t here today, would you have agreed to talk privately with that princess from Northfortia?”
“How is that possible!” Billy’s mouth twitched slightly.
“Haven’t you noticed the way both Princess Eligina and Linda look at you?” Harleen sat down on the sofa.
“Well, my dear, let’s go freshen up, shall we?” Billy had to change the subject, his forehead lined with sweat.
“Why are you changing the subject? Feeling guilty?” Harleen suppressed her laughter and rolled her eyes.
“Um…” Billy’s mouth twitched again. “Darling, I’ve only met them twice in total, it’s not like what you’re saying…”
Harleen couldn’t hold back her laughter.
“You’re quite audacious! Trying to tease me?” Billy took a few steps towards the sofa, then bent down and picked up Harleen, heading towards the bathroom.
“What are you doing, Billy? Put me down!” Harleen struggled and protested.
“What do you think?” Billy’s lips curled slightly.
“You rascal, I don’t want to take a shower with you. Put me down!” Harleen blushed and shouted.
The bathroom door closed, and Harleen’s voice of protest could be heard once again.
…
The next day, Billy and his group didn’t have any other plans and stayed in their hotel room to cultivate.
One day passed in the blink of an eye, and it was already the third day, the day when the martial arts competition began. Early in the morning, hundreds of people from Glavale arrived at a spacious open space on the outskirts of the town. As they looked around, they saw fifteen massive circular arenas that had been temporarily built on the site, each with spectator stands on the side. According to the organizing committee’s statistics, a total of around ninety countries had registered for this competition, with approximately fifteen thousand participants.