52 Chapter 52: Grand Ball Finale (1/2)

Seeing all of the happy smiles on the citizen's faces, Ahri smiled widely as well and gained some confidence… Ladies were walking up to her in droves.

”Oh my, how do you get your skin so beautiful?” a young noble lady asked

”You're a perfect fit for the marshall, your beauty is unmatched!” A rough looking man roared in laughter and complimented.

Caesar looked at Ahri's happy smile and laughed heartily inside, he let her converse with all of the people crowding around her and decided to go find his father.

Caesar scanned the room for a few seconds before finally, he laid his eyes upon a few dukes crowding around Crowley, Caesar smiled imperceptibly and walked over.

”This is a great party so far, my father” Caesar greeted

Crowley stopped talking with the nearby dukes and a smile blossomed on his face once he saw Caesar, ”my son, you and Ahri are looking very charming tonight” Crowley complimented and gave Caesar a big hug.

The dukes around them all smiled, ”I am so envious of Crowley, to have such a great son is truly his luck”

”Haha, don't worry my friends… your sons will accomplish much, just like mine” Crowley replied humbly.

The dukes laughed loudly and smiled ”hopefully in this new military school, they will show great talent”

Caesar looked at them curiously ”how is the progress for the military school going?” Caesar asked.

”Haha, most of the opposition is gone… just that Rudolph family is against it” one of the dukes next to Crowley replied.

”Rudolph?” Caesar asked curiously.

”Yeah, their family is against letting commoners enter the school. His firstborn son is known to purchase many slaves and bully the commoners. Alas, his family has a great deal of power in the kingdom… we can't just ignore his opinion” One of the dukes said in exasperation.

Crowley smiled and interrupted him ”however, the Rudolph household head has finally agreed… he has, at last, come to his senses, it is probably that new daughter his wife gave birth to, haha” he laughed happily.

Caesar rested his chin on his right hand and changed the subject ”how is the insurance plan going?” he asked curiously

The nobles showed a troubled expression, ”the plan itself is going to be implemented, the problem is the price… many of the left wing officials are too greedy.” one of the dukes said.

Caesar nodded his head in understanding, ”you can't raise the tax too high, no one would pay an outrageous amount for something that may or may not be useful” he said in a calm tone.

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”Oi, how much did he buy you for? I can give you twice as much haha” a snobbish and arrogant voice resounded inside the halls interrupting their conversation.

Crowley, Caesar, and the other nobles all turned around to see what was going on…

In the middle of the halls, a young man with short brown hair and freckles all over his face was confronting Ahri… The young man was a head shorter than Ahri and looked like a clown, however, his luxurious clothes stated otherwise.

Ahri looked at the young man in front of her with curiosity ”buy? What are you talking about?” she asked dumbfounded.

The young man suddenly yanked the chain in his hand and a nearly fully nude young fox-kin lady fell to the floor… she was riddled with scars and had clearly taken a large amount of abuse.

”Heh, I bought this beauty for only 10 gold coins… how much did you cost?” the man smiled arrogantly and peeked over at Caesar.

The young man hated that Caesar was getting all of the attention, he wanted to give him a lesson.

The young man peeked over expecting to see a rage-filled face, however, he was disappointed and instead saw that Caesar had an extremely calm face… so calm, in fact, that it made chills down his spine.

Once Ahri laid eyes on the girl that looked 16 or perhaps younger she shook in rage… She crouched down and helped the lady up.

”It's okay now, I'm here,” Ahri said soothingly.

Suddenly, the girl was pulled back once again, ”don't touch my possessions without my permission again” The young man said with disdain.

The entire hall went silent while watching this scene unfold… The knights all ground their teeth in anger, they wanted to step in but they feared they would put their families in risk

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Caesar squinted his eyes and asked in a low tone ”is that the eldest son of the Rudolph household?” he asked coldly.

”Yes, please do not spill any blood at this party my son” Crowley answered back worriedly.

”The world is run on laws, those at the top must follow those same laws to give an example for those below them, yes?”

”That is correct my son, slavery has been allowed since ancient times” Crowley answered back and nodded his head.

”Tsk” Caesar clicked his tongue in displeasure and walked over to where Ahri was.

”Grr, release her!” Ahri yelled in anger, blue flames danced on her palms.

Suddenly she felt a warm touch on her shoulders, she looked up and saw Caesar's tender expression… she calmed down and extinguished the flames on her palm.

Caesar shifted his gaze from Ahri's beautiful face and stared at the young man in front of him.

”W-what are you looking at? It's not against the laws you know? You can't do anything to me” The young man smiled confidently.

The entire hall looked at this scene with displeasure, a perfectly grand ball was ruined by a snot-nosed brat.

”You were born with everything, power, influence, women, food… but, you never gained the responsibility that is needed to possess those things” Caesar said quietly while shaking his head in disappointment.

Caesar scanned the halls calmly, he stepped forward and crouched down. He reached for the girl that was lying on the ground and moved the bangs of hair that covered her face.

A young and beautiful face presented itself to the entire hall, her eye's were slightly withered but there was still some light present.