“Please don’t mind my daughter’s antics. She’s spirited, but deep down, she means well. Now, let’s proceed with the contest, shall we?”
When the geniuses heard this statement from the King, they were even more furious.
‘What do you mean that she means well? She is just mocking us!’
They thought but they didn’t dare to say that loudly. Well, there are always some exceptions.
“What do you mean by that? I wouldn’t tolerate getting insulted just because she is the princess of Elves. No matter how little she is, she needs to know at least a bit about respect.”
Lucuis stood up and said. He could have endured this insult if it was from someone like Zero. However, he couldn’t bring himself to accept that even a little girl like that was insulting him.
‘NIce!’
‘Yeah! Teach her a lesson!’
‘Tell her!’ ….
Many thought as Lucuis stood up for himself. They were rather happy that someone stood up against the unfair treatment they are getting.
Lucius unexpectedly had many supporters who supported his statement that included even the people from different races. Even the Dwarf who was about to fight with them were cheering for Lucuis at the moment.
Maybe that moment was when everybody was united as they all had the same goal.
‘Teach this bratty princess a lesson!’
Only Elves had different expressions. Rather than an excited or cheering face, they looked at Lucius with pity. It was not even angry that they felt for Lucuis disrespecting their princess but pity!
“Look here princess, you might be little but know that there are people you can’t offend even if you are a royal. You might think you are powerful because of your guard but that doesn’t mean you can just insult me.”
Lucuis said.
The guards who were at the entrance and beside the king wanted to arrest Lucius for his disrespectful behavior but King Thanduil signaled them to not interfere.
The King of Elves didn’t seem angry by Lucuis statement. Well, only the king was not angry, but it was a different story for the Elven Princess.
She could definitely insult but it seems like she didn’t like it when it came back to her. She was the definition of a selfish princess.
“Huh? What did you say?”
The Elven Princess asked with a pissed expression. She glared at Lucius and even Lucius felt some kind of pressure when she said those words.
However, he just shook his head a bit as he thought that it was just his imagination. He gathered up his courage and opened his mouth.
“Little Princess, I said- “
*DUH!
Lucuis was still arrogant and wanted to say something when suddenly there was an increase of mana aura around his body.
“GAAK!”
Lucuis felt his body become heavy and he fell on the ground. He didn’t know who did this but he was very angry.
He thought that someone was messing with him. He was going to call his guard and retaliate against anyone who had made him in this state.
“I said you are weakling but you denied it. Then let me give you a chance to prove me wrong!”
Elenia said. She increased her aura even further. It seems the one who had seemingly attacked Lucuis was the Princess of the Elves.
Lucuis widened his eyes in surprise. He didn’t think that the little princess who could be half his age was stronger than him. And the worst part of it was that he couldn’t sense at what rank Elenia was.
It was true for others as well. They never expected that the princess who was mocking them was this strong.
Only Rank-A + and above people could tell at what rank Princess of Elves were. She was at Rank-S, specially Rank-S +. One of the strongest beings in the world!
True to her word, compared to her, most of the people gathered there were weaklings. Only a couple of them could truly fight against her!
Some of them were thinking about how lucky they were! If they had confronted the princess, their fate might have been the same as Lucuis.
King Thanduil finally spoke, his tone stern but composed, “Elenia, that’s enough. We must maintain decorum and he is our guest. Release him immediately.”
Princess Elenia sneered, but she obeyed her father’s command and lifted the oppressive aura, allowing Lucuis to get back on his feet. However, her eyes were still filled with disdain as she looked at him.
“Your actions speak louder than your words. If you can’t even handle a little pressure from my aura, how can you claim not to be a weakling?” she taunted.
Lucuis gritted his teeth, trying to maintain his composure despite his rising anger. He knew that provoking the princess any further would only worsen his situation.
“Hmph! You all are weaklings. Weaklings should act like weaklings!”
Elenia said. However, this time, there was not much anger directed at her words. Seeing that she was this strong, they knew that her words were true.
*SIGH!
King Tranduil couldn’t help but not know what to do with this daughter of his. She was way more talented than anyone and with her status as princess, she had grown up hearing praises and compliments.
Now, she was on the verge of breaking apart everything that he worked for.
But he looked around and saw that the geniuses from other races were not that angry at her as he expected.
( The strength really determines everything! )
King Tranduil thought. For Elves, even if Royals were weak, they were respected and others followed everything that they said.
However, it was different for other races. The only one they thought could act arrogant and do everything they liked was the strong ones.
Just as the tense atmosphere settled after Princess Elenia’s display of power, the grand doors of the hall swung open, and a beautiful woman entered with an aura of grace and authority.
She had a crown on her head indicating that she was the Queen of Elves, Thalassa.
The geniuses couldn’t help but be mesmerized by her appearance. She was definitely royal and one could know from her presence, unlike Elenia.
Her presence alone demanded respect, and Elenia panicked when she saw her mother.
“I’ve that someone has escaped from the Etiquette Class and created trouble for our guest.”
Queen Thalassa said with a smile. However, the aura she was giving off was definitely that of an angry person.
Elenia who was acting dominant was sweating with fear. She looked up at her mother and knew that she would be punished severely.
“M-Mother! You know how people were talking about how strong other races’ geniuses were. So, I came to check on them! I was definitely not causing a problem!”
Elenia said quickly.
( Huh, right! )
They all thought. She was causing problems the moment she entered. She was blatantly lying in front of everyone. It was definitely not the behavior of a princess.
*SIGH!
“Everyone, Sorry for all the trouble my daughter has caused. I will make sure that she is disciplined after this!”
Queen Thalassa said with a bow. Her words seemed to contain a calming effect as the geniuses no longer felt anger for what Elenia said.
“We understand your majesty!”
“There is no need for you to apologize!”
“Yes, your majesty! Princess Elenia was just joking around!” …
They all felt that there was no need for Queen Thalassa to apologize. With the Queen’s bow, they felt that they didn’t need to pursue Elenia’s comments.
Everyone was satisfied, except for one!
“But Mother-“
Elenia wanted to protest against her mothers word. She didn’t like being punished and she knew that her mother was going to make her clean the whole castle or make her meditate without letting her move for a week.
She knew that her punishment was not going to be small!
Queen Thalassa glared at Elenia, making her flinched and stopped wanting to protest. If she continued causing her mother problems, she knew that her punishment would just increase.
In any case, her only choice was to accept the punishment given by her mother.
“I apologize for any inconvenience caused by my daughter’s actions. Please, let us continue!”
Queen Thalassa said.
King Thanduil nodded as he addressed the geniuses, “Let us proceed with the contest. Do your best!”