Chapter 304 : A Rose Wedding 30 (2/2)

Due to the sway Fei Qi held, everyone immediately quietened down.

Now that the attention was focused on her, Ai Wei felt even more nervous. She would’ve much preferred the clamour from before!

Fei Qi was rather impatient by now as he lowered his voice to remind her, “Your Majesty, say something.”

‘I can’t!’

But just as Ai Wei was so anxious she felt like crying, she suddenly caught sight of Shi Sheng’s mocking smile. Motivation in the form of unwillingness to lose and jealousy rose up.

Gritting her teeth, she spoke, “I know everyone’s doubtful of me, but I wasn’t willing for this to happen either. I’m just a normal university student that was caught up in all this without any preparation.”

Fei Qi’s expression changed. ‘What nonsense is this lass spouting?!’

Just as he was prepared to get her to shut up, her tone shifted. “But, since everything’s already set in stone, I won’t run from this. I’ll work hard to learn what I need to, so I’d like everyone to support me.”

Fei Qi heaved a sigh of relief. Although her speech wasn’t very good, it was sincere. And if she really had given an excellent speech, it would’ve sounded rehearsed and roused the suspicion of others.

Ai Wei’s down-to-earth attitude unwittingly won her plenty of supporters.

The Princes that were on Fei Qi’s side handed over their authority without much fuss.

Once there was a precedent, more soon followed.

Fei Qi’s authority surpassed that of the other Princes. Hence, Fei Qi’s support, added to the fact that the new Queen was appointed by the prophecy, pushed the remaining Princes to surrender their power—leaving behind only Ke Er in the end.

“Godfather, if you don’t want to, you don’t have to hand over any of your authority.” Shi Sheng looked at Ke Er with a mild smile, though her tone was anything but.

In the silent hall, it would be hard not to hear her.

“Mi Nai! What do you want? To rebel?!” This person was Fei Qi’s biggest worry. None of his men had returned last night. And when he’d gone to take a look, he found only the car wreckage and the dead vampires.

“If I wanted to rebel, you’d already be lying on the ground.” Shi Sheng laughed arrogantly.

“Forget it. I’m feeling tired after all these years, anyway.” Ke Er shook his head. ‘Since Fei Qi wants it, he can have it. I’ve long wanted to stop bothering about these petty affairs.’

When Fei Qi heard Ke Er’s words, he didn’t even pursue Shi Sheng’s treasonous words.

Fei Qi hadn’t expected everything to go quite as smoothly as it did, so he appeared very happy.

Now came the introductions between the various clans and the new Queen. The vampire hunters had sent a representative to give a simple congratulations as well.

They had only been invited to witness the birth of a new Queen, so they had no say in who actually took the throne.

The last step was for Ai Wei to receive the Vampiric Crown.

As she watched Fei Qi carry the crown to her, the nervousness in her gaze receded somewhat.

‘I’m the Vampire Queen now. From now on, that Mi Nai will have to greet me with respect!’

But just as Ai Wei was prepared to receive the Vampiric Crown, Xi Yin suddenly walked forward, catching Shi Sheng off guard.

“Xi Yin, what are you doing?” Shi Sheng hurriedly kept pace with him.

Her voice attracted everyone’s attention to the two.

Xi Yin ruffled her head. “Didn’t I say I was going to give you a present yesterday?”

Shi Sheng, “…” ‘Yes, you did, but I wasn’t expecting anything! …You wouldn’t be planning on massacring all the vampires, would you? Come on, don’t be so violent on such an auspicious day! I’m still a baby!’

“Xi Yin…” Fei Qi froze upon recognising the person who had stepped forward. ‘Why is he here?!’

Yesterday, Xi Yin hadn’t revealed himself and stayed in a corner. Plus, since he kept his head down today, it wasn’t strange that Fei Qi hadn’t noticed him.

But now that Xi Yin stood out, if Fei Qi still couldn’t tell it was him, his life would have been lived in vain.

[1] This is something like “Oh how the tides of fate have changed” but it sounded really poetic and I wasn’t sure if it kept the original flavour of the text or not so…