The Eternal Debauchery's

alan and Louis Alliance

Boisterous cheers sounded from the audience stands. Thousands and thousands of people shouted in excitement as soon as the battle ended.

They looked at the bloody spectacle with vigor in their eyes, as if they were using drugs.

Not everyone is like that.

Across the stands, I could see some people crying miserably and looking towards the arena with a sad and desperate expression.

It is easy to understand the reason behind this expression.

Looking around, I could see several bodies lying on the ground, panting and quickly losing their final warmth.

With a quick glance, I counted over thirty corpses, and almost all of them were ordinary people.

A wrinkle appeared on my face. The number of deaths is a bit too high.

In the end, today's tournament aims to select a husband for Dina. It shouldn't be so bloody.

If choosing Dina's husband required so much death, it would leave a bad impression on the imperial people. They would think the imperial family would not mind sacrificing the lives of the commoners just to improve their image.

But thirty deaths is far more than what could have happened by accident. Someone obviously did it intentionally.

That's why I feel weird. It was not something that only affected Dina, but the entire imperial family. The emperor, empress, and Alan should know that they should not do this kind of thing even if they wanted to lower Dina's standing.

And in fact, looking at the booth where the imperial family was located, I could see Dina, the emperor, and the empress frowning slightly, clearly thinking the same as me.

Only Alan put on a calm face, as if he was not surprised by this.

I squinted my eyes. This idiot, what is he thinking?

He didn't even tell the empress about it. Otherwise, he would have stopped it.

Mmm. I think I should investigate a little.

After the first part of the tournament was over, the remaining contestants were given an hour to rest and return to peak condition. The tournament will resume an hour later.

I was taken to one of the waiting rooms in the arena and told to wait there until it was my turn.

But not even five minutes after that, someone knocked on the door.

Frowning, I opened the door.

Two servant-like men were waiting outside.

One of them held a tray with some snacks and drinks. He excused himself and entered the waiting room, putting a tray on the table inside.

Meanwhile, the second servant bowed slightly with a respectful expression.

"Mr Clark, my name is Abel, and I am a servant under Crown Prince Alan.”

Oh?

What's that now?

"So so. Do you need anything?"

"Yes. I brought a message from the crown prince.”

"Message?" I raised an eyebrow. "What does the prince want from me?"

The waiter said nothing. Instead, he took the pouch from his waist and offered it to me.

I just need to hear the clanking sound from the pouch to know the contents.

Gold coins.

Oh? So he expects me to accept the money and deliberately lose?

Looks like my brother doesn't want to see me win.

Very enticing. He should not know about my true identity. Why would he stop me from winning?

For now, let's see if I can get a little more information.

Frowning, I spoke with a clearly displeased expression.

"What does this mean?"

“Please listen to me first, Mr. Clark. I know that you are interested in the princess, however, marrying a princess is not easy, and even if you win, there will be many difficulties afterwards. At the very least, the crown prince would not accept anyone as his brother-in-law. On the other hand, if you receive this bag, you will have enough money to live the rest of your life, the emperor and the crown prince will owe you a favor. Don't you think it's better to just accept the money?”

Hehe, nice rhetoric.

Carrots and sticks. He first threatened me subtly before offering me a deal.

However, I still don't understand why he did this. She should not care who Dina married as long as she was married and became unable to compete with her for the throne.

Still curious, I waved my hand.

I then reached out my hand and touched the forehead of the servant in front of me.

With a thought, my will invaded his mind, searching for the memories and information I needed.

This time I was very careful.I made sure not to injure the soul of the servant in the slightest.

When that was over, the maid would not notice what had happened.

Fortunately, it seemed like Alan thought this servant was relatively trustworthy, so he found the information I needed in his mind.

So, that, yeah.

I frowned slightly and a hint of killing intent came out of my body.

According to the servant's memory, my brother allied with Louis. Apparently, he promised to help Louis win in exchange for a promise.

My brother hopes Louis can make sure Dina can't come to the throne again, no matter what. And Louis promised him that he would tame Dina.

I was angry when I heard that.

Looks like I have to teach that young man a painful lesson.

The reason Alan made this deal with Louis was because Alan was afraid that Dina's future husband would become ambitious once she became her fiance and supported her to become empress.

Although the probability of that happening was extremely low, it was still possible. Therefore, he wanted to make sure that did not happen.

Sighing, I let go of the servant's forehead and returned it and the other servants to normal.

The servant trembled slightly and woke up. He then looked at me confused. But one second later, his expression returned to normal.

"Then, Mr Clark, what's your answer?"

I put on a stern expression on purpose and shook my head.

"I'm sorry, but my pride won't let me lose such an important match like this on purpose."

The waiter frowned. He looked at me and spoke in a much colder tone than a moment ago.

"Mr Clark, are you sure you won't cooperate?”

I didn't say anything, just smiled coldly to show my intentions.

Seeing that, the maid nodded. "i understand.I hope you didn't regret it back then. Kein, let's go.”

The second waiter nodded and left the waiting room together with the first waiter.

I shook my head} and closed the door. Then, I walked towards the snacks on the table.

With a flick of my finger, this snack caught fire, quickly burning to ashes.

They're poisoned. According to the memories of the first waiter, the second waiter got the order to poison the snacks if I refused the offer.

Very violent.

Well, this kind of poison won't hurt me even if I eat it on purpose.

Now, let's start the second part of the tournament.

…

At the same time, in another waiting room.

Louis looked at Alan with an icy gaze as he heard about Alan's plan.

“... I don't like it. I don't need to use this kind of dirty tricks to win.”

"What's the problem? The poison was extremely difficult to detect and even the person who consumed it would only think he was not in top condition. No one will find it.”

“Maybe you are right. But using poison to defeat my enemy showed a lack of confidence. Could it be that you think these idiots can defeat me? ”

"Come on, this is just just in case." Alan smiled unconcernedly. “Plus, I already ordered it. We can't stop it now.”

Louis clicked his tongue and threw away his face.

Although he did not agree with the crown prince's methods, the two of them were allied, so he could only endure it.

However

“I hope you don't do anything like this again, prince. Otherwise, our alliance will end here.”

Alan's eyes glowed with a tinge of killing intent, but he quickly hid them.

Instead, he smiled politely and nodded.

“I understand, my friend.”