Poison Eve
Chapters-101

"Whoaaa…. His Majesty the Emperor!" exclaimed Xena with a happy expression of a child. He clapped his hands and pranced around staring at the top five screens without a care around.

Evelyn and Nazareth glanced at the screen with faces between pride and disappointment.

Cleon looked even more quiet.

On the side of Emperor Aero Thunder, sat a Duke who was none other than Orion Jace-father Cleon. Next to him sat an Earl who was none other than the new Agathias Katz-Lord Katz who inherited the title of Evelyn's father. Maybe a distant uncle, a man completely foreign to Evelyn's family.

It should be Dad sitting there, Evelyn's mind was feeling sliced.

Nazareth lowered his gaze from the screen and turned to Evelyn.

The girl was bowed with an injured face.

Nazareth sighed softly and snatched Evelyn's hand silently, then grasped it to strengthen the girl.

Cleon stared at their interlocked fingers with a burning heart.

Evelyn's hand held Nazareth's.

"You've seen it, haven't you?"

The words of Nazareth flashed in his mind.

"Yes. She's mine. And you know what that means? You don't stand a chance, Cleon Jace! From the beginning he was mine. That's why he's here."

"Eh, you know what? Said the boy was schooled by the owner of the academy!"

The words of the gossipers in the academy flashed through his mind.

Cleon clenched his hands and bowed with his jaws tightened.

Migi Vox looked at the young man from behind Nazareth's arm and grinned.

"To the Emperor's right is Cleon's father!" Electra.

Xena and Altair spontaneously turned to Cleon and were flabbergasted.

"You're the son of a Duke?" Xena screeched in amazement.

Cleon blinked and gulped, then looked at his friends and forced a smile.

"On the left of the Emperor was a Marquez" Electra said again. "He's the Emperor's Majesty's brother."

Nazareth froze with a flat face. And the future emperor who is coming! he added bitterly to his heart.

Xena and Altair turned their heads again towards the screen with amazed expressions.

Their guardians followed their directions without speaking.

Nyx Cornus looked at Nazareth's back with a concerned look.

"On the Duke's right is Viscount Katz!" continue Electra with passion.

"Katz?" Xena and Altair screamed together. Even Lady Die followed suit. Then everyone looked at Evelyn.

Evelyn let go of her grasp from Nazareth's hands quickly and bowed misbehaviorally.

"He's your father?" Xena asked Evelyn.

Evelyn shook her head and forced a smile. "No!" quickly answer. "My father is dead."

Nazareth blinked at Evelyn's reply. The shadow of a Knight lying on the street with his shoulders torn flashed through his mind, making him feel stung.

"I'm sorry!" regret Xena sadly.

"It's ok!" evelyn said as she turned her face away from everyone's sight.

"Who's the other one?" Altair asked to divert his discomfort from the clumsy situation.

"It was a Baron" Electra replied, not so excited anymore. "Not a good man" he lowered his voice with a grim countenance. "Name's Neiro Sach!"

"Wait a minute!" interrupted Lady Die while staring at the screen with a frown. "Why does it feel like I'm familiar with her face?"

Everyone was now staring back at the fifth screen.

"The witch!" Nyx Cornus strangled restrained.

Everyone turned to Nyx Cornus with wide eyes.

Migi Vox peeked out from behind Nazareth's arm while the man was stunned with his eyebrows intertwined.

Evelyn gulped and stuttered.

"You know a lot of the names of the imperial higher-ups!" altair on Electra.

"You're the culprit of true gossip, Miss Dan!" grunting Lady Die while glaring.

Electra glanced at the woman with an annoyed expression.

Arsen Heart and Salazar Lotz responded with a thin rarity.

Nyx Cornus did not react. His forehead was crinkling like he was trying to think hard.

"Next, please Your Majesty the Emperor to open this tournament!" the host bowed elegantly towards the emperor.

The entire hall became silent as the emperor walked to the edge of the balcony. Everyone bowed in a squatting position.

"Wake up!" order the emperor in a flat voice. "I am the emperor of Neraida, Aero Thunder, representing Neraida's empire and the tournament's presiding chairman announced that the Spiritual Master's Elite Tournament was officially opened!"

The hall exploded back with spectacular applause.

"Here, I hope that all participating Spiritual Masters can exert their full potential and get good grades" the emperor added. "All of you are the pride of Neraida!"

The audience cheered excitedly and clapped again.

"Next, please, Lord Duke Orion Jace is giving a word of welcome!" the host continued after the emperor returned to his seat.

"I'm delighted to be a guest of this opening ceremony" the Duke began his speech.

Evelyn and her friends glanced at Cleon while smiling.

Cleon bowed awkwardly with a forced smile.

"I've seen many processes of the rise and fall of the Spiritual Masters" the Duke continued his speech. "Only with new practicing discipline can develop," he advises. "As His Majesty said, today, all of you are the pride of Neraida. The empire will be proud of you."

"Mr Duke," the host interrupted politely. "As the most powerful weapon-type Spiritual Master, you support what team?" tanyanya.

The audience supports the question no less eagerly.

"Yes!" shouted most of the attendants.

"Say, Master Duke! We want to know!"

Orion Jace smiled faintly. "Alright, I did support a team to win first place" he said.

"Which team is so honorable?" the host is getting curious.

"I still want to keep it a secret" the Duke replied.

The audience groaned in low murmur.

"But I can assure you that the first champion will be taken by our empire!" the Duke.

A loud applause re-echoed.

"It's a pity that we don't know about the team that Mr. Duke is supporting!" the host's comments are pleasantries.

Cleon bowed in.

Evelyn and her friends glanced at the young man with their eyebrows intertwined.

You just don't want to hurt me! Cleon makes bitter. He knew his brother also attended the tournament with other academies. And his father said he supported a team. It was more than enough to make it clear that as the youngest son he never counted his father in every way.

"Next!" the show host continued. "Let's welcome the Actuary of this tournament, Emperor-level Spiritual Master level sixty-nine, Lord Baron Neiro Sach!"

The hall again boomed to welcome the appearance of the Baron on the balcony of the second floor.

Evelyn exchanged another glance with her friends.

"Corrupt high!" nyx Cornus growled with a bloodthirsty aura.

"All right, everybody!" the host announced more enthusiastically. "The long-awaited elite tournament is about to begin!"

The hall was again thunderous by spectacular applause and joyful exclamations.

Two formally dressed women approached the Baron with trays containing the plates of a number of academies.

"Please Mr. Baron!" the host bowed towards Neiro while raising one of his hands towards the tray the two women were carrying. "Please vote for the first round of voting!"