Although it is a bit shabby, this heroic spirit is super strong

"Hurst, you're not the type to judge a person's talent by their age, are you?"

Simmons knew that Hearst had used many behind-the-scenes tricks to get his youngest son to become the leader of the Kingdom's Third Knight Order.

"Of course, but we don't know the true strength of Lord Akatsuki. We only have the one-sided account of Princess Yuliana..."

Noticing Simmons' murderous look, Hurst shuddered and froze in place.

"What's with all that silly dad stuff going on at a time like this? Seriously, please, Daddy Simmons!"

Xiao felt that the atmosphere of the awarding ceremony was too delicate. If it continued like this, Simmons might completely break up with the nobles under the two dukes.

"My apologies, Lord Duke Hurst. I am merely an adventurer, and I know nothing of court etiquette. But there is one thing I do understand: I cannot be looked down upon."

Simmons was originally still having a headache because of Xiao's sudden remarks, but he smiled after hearing his words.

"What do you mean, sir?"

Although Hurst was smiling, his eyes were filled with anger.

"Of course I need to prove myself after being looked down upon. I hope you will give me this opportunity."

"this…"

"Hurst, how about we just do as Xiao says? After all, since you value young people, you will definitely give this young man a chance to show himself, right?"

"I understand. Your Majesty, please allow me a few days to prepare."

Although Hester looked down on Xiao because he was young and had just obtained noble status.

But he is very rational.

Since Akatsuki was able to bring Yuliana back from the Empire, he must have considerable strength. If he wasn't careful and cautious, he might end up in trouble.

"No problem, I'll leave it to you."

Simmons knew that this old fox had already started to make plans, but he still generously delegated the matter to the other party.

Chapter 162 Yuliana's Conspiracy

After the awarding ceremony, Xiao came to the door of the lounge under the guidance of the maids, but was stopped by Yuliana.

"You all stand down."

"Yes, Your Highness Yuliana."

"What's the matter, Your Highness?"

"Come in and talk."

Yuliana opened the door to the lounge and motioned for Xiao to follow her in.

After she set up the soundproof barrier, she asked Xiao to sit down.

"Eh...it's such an honor to have Her Highness the Princess personally take care of my dress."

"Stop talking nonsense. I just don't want to take up too much of your time."

Elvira's aristocratic investiture dress was extremely gorgeous and complicated, and it would be very troublesome to take it off if she was alone.

So Xiao gladly accepted Yuliana's kindness.

"I'm so sorry, Father, that you've been dragged into this mess. I warned him clearly."

While apologizing, Yuliana gently took off the short cape that was similar to a waistcoat on her Akatsuki dress.

"Troublesome things? Are you referring to the two dukes' families?"

"Yes. Now Elvira and the two powerful Duke families have not only joined forces, but they are also making many small moves in private. Maybe Elvira will..."

A rebellion broke out, and Juliana was at a loss for words.

"Don't worry, at least you, Cecilia and His Majesty Simmons, I won't let anything happen to you."

"Thank you, but is this really okay?"

"What's wrong with that? It's a man's nature to want to help a cute, pretty girl. It hurts!"

Yuliana pinched Xiao's ear unhappily.

"Seriously."

"Saving the princess from danger is every boy's dream."

"You bastard..."

"By the way, what happened to your father during the investiture ceremony? He suddenly released such a strong murderous intent towards that old man named Hurst."

“Ah, don’t worry about that.

When Duke Clemens proposed that Ceci marry that bastard named Okita, my father was still clamoring in his office to kill him himself."

Recalling the scene at that time, Yuliana smiled bitterly.

"It's a bit scary. He agreed to let Cecilia stay on Nidhogg."

"I've put in a lot of effort, and the situation in the palace is not peaceful right now. It's really too dangerous for a weak Saisi to stay here."

"I see... Raynesia is currently being treated for Magic Crystallization Syndrome, and we'll complete the remaining procedures for her reincarnation ritual for her past life..."

"I understand. If the worst happens, Cecilia will be in your care now."

A knock on the door interrupted their conversation.

"Please come in... Your Majesty Simmons..."

"Just sit there. No need to salute."

Simmons interrupted Xiao who was about to salute and sat down in a random place in the room.

"Father, are you acting a little strange today? I thought you would get furious when you saw Xiao and I alone together."

"Does Yuri-chan want me to get mad? Okay..."

"No, you're here to see Xiao, right?"

Yuliana reached out to stop Simmons who wanted to hug her and asked him to get down to business quickly.

"Hmm. Akatsuki, no, Akatsuki-sama. Is your strength really as Yuliana claims? It's not that I don't trust you and Yuri, but..."

"Your Majesty, Duke Hurst has proposed a duel and has found a troublesome opponent, hasn't he?"

"Yes, he is a brave warrior from the Hanmo Kingdom, one of our allies.

Unlike these greenhouse flowers in our country, he participated in many civil wars in the Kingdom of Hanmo and the Kingdom of Troy, and showed his prowess on the battlefield.

I haven’t received any reports of him having any dealings with the Hearst family before…”

“So, I have to win this, right?

Otherwise, the Hanmo Kingdom, to which the brave man belongs, might use this debt of favor to gain enough influence in Elvira's internal affairs."

"That's right. Add some..."

"No problem. As long as he doesn't bring in some evil god or dragon king, I won't lose."

"Is that so? Haha, although I don't quite understand your joke, it feels quite arrogant."

"Unfortunately, Father, Xiao is not joking."

Yuliana silently fixed Akatsuki's dress and complained.

"Eh? Yuri-chan, what are you doing..."

"Father, you haven't finished what you were saying yet, have you? After all, I don't think that old fox Hurst would come up with such a simple plan."

"Well, regarding the selection of the final mentor for the heroes, he suggested that after watching the competition, the heroes themselves choose."

"Is it really that simple? Then regardless of whether we win or lose the competition, we can at least guarantee Saori and Yui. No, we should also count Saori's junior Hayasaka.

Although I don’t think Akatsuki will lose.”

“Yuuri, I know you have a close relationship with Saori-dono and Yui-dono.

But don't forget that Hearst's granddaughter Rosalie has a very close relationship with them. You haven't been in the palace for such a long time, can you still win them over from Rosalie? "

"Father, you're mistaken. I'm not Saori and the others' advisor, so why would I try to win them over? Shouldn't we just leave this task to Akatsuki, their advisor?"

Yuliana suddenly gave a wicked smile, which gave Xiao a particularly bad feeling.

The time they spent together made him forget what happened when he first met Juliana.

But at that time, Yuliana did involve Xiao and others in order to avoid the guards.

In order to take revenge on Akatsuki, he had indeed designed some small conspiracies that gave ordinary people a headache.

"What does this mean? Why give it to me? I don't know those two ladies well."

"Don't worry, I'll help you connect them. From now on, I'll leave it to you to win them over."

Yuliana felt that it would be troublesome to explain, so she did not elaborate on her plan and reasons.

After all, she just believed based on her feelings that Xiao had some special ability that could attract and improve the favorability of the opposite sex around her.

Although this is just speculation, there are so many beautiful girls around Akatsuki, but there has never been a harem fire or bloodshed. Yuliana thinks this can be regarded as a good indirect proof.

*

The next morning.

Yuliana, under the name of Simmons, handed all the work at hand to her brother Julius, the crown prince, and then brought Xiao, Lucy and Rose to the training ground specially prepared for heroes.

Although the four people visited in the name of observation, Yuliana's real purpose was to allow Akatsuki, Saori and Yui to have more contact.

"your Highness…"

The knights who were responsible for instructing the heroes in combat techniques had obviously received some instructions.

When they saw Yuliana and her group, they all looked very embarrassed.

"We're not going to do anything, what's wrong with just observing the warriors' training?"

Chapter 163 Exchange Meeting with the Brave

"No, of course not."

Due to Princess Juliana's status, the knights had no way to stop her from doing anything and could only send someone to secretly report to their superiors.

"You rarely have time to rest, Yuri."

Seeing Yuliana, Yui greeted her excitedly, and Saori beside her also waved.

"I'll leave all the work to Julius-nii today. After all, it's his job as the Crown Prince to handle."

"Hehe, that's right. But you brought someone interesting with you today."

"Yui, that's rude. I'm so sorry."

Saori pressed Yui's head and asked her to apologize to Xiao with her.

"It doesn't matter."

"Saori-san, you're too serious. Akatsuki is a time traveler like us, right? I don't know if they're from Earth, but judging by the Japanese-style name, it should be a very similar world, right?"

"I'm from Earth. But according to Ms. Yui, are there people from different worlds?"

"Yes, that's Kazuki-senpai."

"Yes. I don't seem to be from the same world as you guys. Nice to meet you. My name is Yaguchi Kazuki."

A handsome blond boy behind the two girls introduced himself to Xiao.

"Sakurai Akatsuki. If you don't mind, please just call me Akatsuki."

"Then please just call me Kazuki."

"Wow, I don't quite understand it, but Anki-senpai would definitely be very excited if he saw this. Talking about friendship between men and all that."

Yui saw that Akatsuki and Kazuki had a good relationship as soon as they met, so she teased them with a sly smile.

"Yui, don't say weird things. It will bother Mr. Sakurai.

Sorry for introducing myself so late. My name is Isshiki Saori, and this is my junior Nangong Yui.

Xiao was slightly shaken when he heard the surname Nangong.