Chapter 539: The Evening Ball (2/2)

The snowhound was pinned down on the floor by the butter knife. The knife had entered at its throat. Blood spluttered out along the knife. The glow in the animal's red eyes gradually faded. Its four limbs struggled in vain as it gurgled through the blood in its throat.

Everyone was shocked by this sudden turn of events. Many of them looked at the now innocent and adorable snowhound with pity. Some of the noble ladies even tossed a look of hatred towards Ye Chong. No one bothered with the three dead servants, who were now being removed quietly by the other servants from the ballroom.

”Thank goodness you struck out so quickly! Brother, you saved my life! By the way, that attack was way too cool, can you teach me?” Having survived the danger, Yise was now getting excited.

”Snowy!” A lady's voice cried out with grief.

The young lady approached the snowhound, stuck to the floor. Tears sprang out from her eyes. She crouched on the floor, caressing the now lifeless snowhound and began to sob.

Ye Chong recognized her as Shu Man'er, the lady who was at the centre of the dance floor.

A few energetic young men soon appeared beside Shu Man'er. They were enraged what caused Shu Man'er to cry so pitifully.

”Which m*therf*cker did this? Come the f*ck out!” the young man yelled to the crowd.

”Han, how many times have I told you, we nobles should curse! I'll forgive you this time though. Humph, some fool is feeling very daring tonight,” a young man with pointy eyes said in an androgynous voice.

Both of them flanked a handsome young man whose charisma shined like the sun. This young man had a solid, angular face, like it was carved out or marble. He had an air of authority about him. The young man looked around at the crowd. As the other people quickly lowered their gaze, the young man finally found his eyes on Ye Chong.

Of all the people around him, Ye Chong was the only who held his gaze.

”Did you do it?” the young man asked slowly but confidently.

Ye Chong nodded, ”Yes.”

Standing beside Ye Chong, Yise panicked and whispered to Ye Chong, ”That's the son of the 2nd Legion's Legate. His name's George. A young man, but already a Level 6 shooter. He's always been interested in Miss Shu Man'er, and the most likely candidate to become Shu Man'er husband. However, according to my sources, Miss Shu Man'er did not seem interested in him.”

”The dog is Man'er's beloved pet, why did you kill it?” George asked firmly.

”A dog? That's a snowhound!” Yise could not help but spoke up from beside Ye Chong.

George flashed him a sharp look, and Yise quickly shut up.

”As long as you apologize to Miss Man'er, I'll let the matter go. What do you say?” George looked at Ye Chong.

Yise did not expect the situation to be so easily resolved. He was overjoyed and was about to agree with the young man when Ye Chong gave a reply that made his heart sank.

”No,” Ye Chong replied firmly.

George and his two companions looked surprised. The two friends of his were about to throw insults when George lifted his hand to silence them. He asked lowly, ”Will you not give face?”

Ye Chong looked at George with cold eyes. He could not understand why the man's logic was so bad. He had only acted as protector, so why should he apologize to the lady?

Just then, Shu Man'er, who had been sobbing all the while, stood up abruptly with tears all over her face and approached Ye Chong. She bowed down gracefully and said, ”Sir, I'm sorry. I didn't know that Snowy was a snowhound. I'm really sorry for terrifying you.”

Shu Man'er apology was like a slap to George's face. George's expression looked terrible right now. He did not think that Shu Man'er would make it so awkward for him.

His eyes flashed ruthlessly as he said, ”So it's just me who wants this after all, I understand! However, I cannot let things stand as they are. I request for a duel with this man!”

The crowd burst into an uproar upon his announcement.

”George, are you crazy? This is between you and me, don't get anyone else involved. This is not his fault. I didn't know that Snowy was a snowhound, and that led to this terrible mistake. I'm the one to blame!” Shu Man'er said in a panic, and shot an apologetic look at Ye Chong.

Ye Chong thought it strange. Why would his opponent waste time with words? He should have just acted, like he was about to do now.

Ye Chong closed the gap between him and George so quickly that the crowd only saw him when he appeared before the other man.

Georged looked startled and was about to react when he felt a tight grip on his throat. His feet left the ground.

Ye Chong held onto George's throat and lifted him up easily.

The entire ballroom went silent immediately. Everyone looked at Ye Chong with horror. George was the son of the 2nd Legion's Legate! Was he suicidal? As for the combat experts amongst them, they were shocked because Ye Chong had moved so quickly!

Was this the limit of human speed?

At the moment, the entire ballroom was dead silent.

Splash! Crash! The guests dropped their glasses. The crowd panicked again, knocking down tables and chairs and cutlery and even other people.

”Let him go! Don't hurt the man!”

”Do you want to die? How dare you do something like this?”

”Young man, think carefully about this. Don't do anything stupid. You have to think about the consequences, think about your family …”

…

”What's going on?” Prince Desnio's low voice managed to silence the crowd once again.

The guests saw the man standing behind the Prince and were all startled. They quickly bowed and greeted, ”Your Majesty!” When did the King arrive? Some of them immediately thought of the young man who started this whole incident.

Suddenly, everyone was down on their knees, leaving only Ye Chong holding onto George's throat.

”What happened? Isn't that Aliz's son?” Sun Sieha saw Ye Chong lifting George off the ground and asked incredulously.

”He asked for a duel,” Ye Chong briefly explained the situation.

George, that idiot! Sun Sieha cursed the troublesome man inside. Had it been anyone else, he would have just let the matter slide, but this was the son of the 2nd Legion's Legate.

”He's no match for you,” Sun Sieha said with a smile, ”Just let him go. Don't mind his antics.”

The guests were surprised by their King's words. They all knew that His Majesty was a Level 8 shooter. If even His Majesty thought that George was no match against the young man, then the latter must be very strong indeed! On the other hand, the King had sided with the young man immediately without asking for details of the incident. This implied that the young man was greatly favoured. Who in the world was this young man?

”Switch,” Ye Chong said, and held out five fingers. Ye Chong was not impressed with Sun Sieha. He had attended this evening ball without understanding why, and now he had to deal with this nonsense.

Sun Sieha could see that Ye Chong was not happy. He looked at the five outstretched fingers and felt helpless and pained, but still he nodded, ”Alright.” Inside, he cursed Aliz again for having that useless son. He will get the money from Aliz to settle this.

None of the guests understood the exchange between Ye Chong and Sun Sieha. Only Duke Warren had a glimpse of the story behind it. He lowered his head and felt deeply unsettled.