Chapter 191 - Problems

Yale kept running at his full speed while carrying Renee. He couldn't afford to fight all those people coming after him. In terms of individual ability, Yale had some confidence in stopping them, but their number would probably be massive, so it wouldn't be wise to fight them.

There were three great impacts from Yale's action. The first would be the Lust Kingdom taking their 500,000 gold coins back since the auction house couldn't even ensure its neutrality.

The brothel manager returned to the brothel was to bring all these coins back with the help of other succubus working there. The operation was swift because she had prepared for the worst.

Neither the auction house nor the Gluttony Kingdom received this huge amount of money. Since this action might lead to a war, there was no way the Lust Kingdom wanted to give this money to fund their opponent.

The second impact would be the view toward Yale and Albert that would change drastically. Now that they had sided with the Lust Kingdom, it was clear the Lust Kingdom would become very powerful soon.

Even Yale could defeat Duke Heista in one move. There was no way his teacher would be weaker than him, considering Yale had yet to graduate from his tutelage.

The Holy Kingdom might also begin advancing toward the Lust Kingdom, resulting in the Lust Kingdom fighting three kingdoms at once. Even the succubus queen couldn't take on them easily.

Last but not least, the news about Yale kidnapping Renee had reached the ears of the royal family.

"What?!" Renee's father, the king, stood up in shock. "Yale did all that? So, there has been something going on between them this whole time?"

The queen's face became pale as she never expected the action she took that day backfired at this moment.

Because of the content of the sacred duel, it was clear that Renee and Yale wouldn't be together anymore. That was why she chose to sacrifice her to appease the nobles.

However, the result was like this. Not only did Yale take the initiative to get Renee, but he also did it in such a way that the nobles would criticize the action of the royal family.

If Yale actually hid his identity and took away Renee quietly, nobles wouldn't care much about it because they would only find out far in the future.

But everything changed now that they knew Yale had kidnapped Renee along with the 500,000 gold coins he brought to purchase her. The nobles would completely lose trust in the royal family because they saw their incompetence.

Little did they know, Yale's action was just him being impulsive. Without him realizing it, he managed to corner the royal family.

"We need to take some actions." The king gritted his teeth. As much as he wanted to say, 'This is why I told you to just lock Renee in her room,' to the queen, it was better for them to think about their next move instead of blaming each other.

After all, the royal family would have crumbled this way.

"Seal the information completely. Go to the auction house and stop all the participants from spreading the information. Also, bring that auctioneer who couldn't even do anything." The queen started giving her orders.

"Capture that pig… I mean, Duke Heista. If possible, bring Renee and Yale back here. Mobilize all our flying squad." The king also took some actions since the focus was on Renee and Yale. As long as they could get them back, the royal family could be saved.

"Y-yes."

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The Holy Kingdom.

As an envoy, the archbishop obviously couldn't do much in someone's territory. After all, he didn't want to destroy the relationship between them and the Gluttony Kingdom.

Despite seeing Yale's power, he believed he should return to the Holy Kingdom first instead of chasing after him.

"Sir Archbishop. Don't we need to capture that Yale? This way we can gain some favors from the Gluttony Kingdom. At the same time, that Yale is dangerous. If we let him grow, he will be unstoppable." One of the holy knights asked in confusion.

However, as wise as he was, the archbishop shook his head and started explaining his action. "If we capture Yale right now, we will incur the wrath of his teacher. I'm afraid his teacher is equal to me…

"Do you know why the heroes are summoned?" He asked.

"Isn't it because we're experiencing the crisis?" The holy knight answered before he realized the hidden meaning in that question. "Don't tell me, Yale's teacher is…"

"We haven't confirmed that information yet, but it's most likely the case."

"If that's the case, the Lust Kingdom might be in danger. And the purpose of summoning him… it's to create a hero of the demons. The Lust Kingdom is facing its extinction, so his teacher comes here for…"

"Yes. To take on the enemy's life, the five human kingdoms. If we make a move now, he might come for our Holy Kingdom first. Hence, we're going to direct his attention elsewhere."

"The Gluttony Kingdom?"

"Exactly. We'll take that time to unite the rest of the human kingdoms to destroy him. As long as we have enough force, we should be able to get Yale and his teacher. And I heard the hero and the great sage have been captured by them."

"I see. So that's how it is." The holy knight nodded with a serious expression.

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The Lust Kingdom.

Lilith was sitting on her throne while pinching the bridge of her nose. She never thought that the situation escalated this quickly.

The brothel manager had informed her about the situation through the transmission mirror. She even asked her subordinate to carry the transmission mirror to show the severeness of this matter.

"Tell the succubus to retreat to the Lust Kingdom immediately. Empty all the brothels in the Gluttony Kingdom right now." Lilith ordered.

"Your Majesty… If you didn't prioritize him, we wouldn't be in this situation." One of the ministers complained because the crisis came from Albert, who wanted to fulfill his student's wish.

"It's useless to cry over the spilled milk." Lilith clicked her tongue and said, "Get me Albert right now. I need to talk to him right now."

While her subordinate called Albert, the ministers were panicking because there was a possibility of their Lust Kingdom besieged by many kingdoms. It was a truly crisis they never saw coming.

"What are we going to do now?" Another minister asked with a serious expression.

"We fight."

"But we don't have the personnel to do so. We're fighting the Risourin Kingdom right now."

"Since it's useless to hide it anymore, I'm going to tell you one important thing." Lilith's expression turned grim. She had one thing that could raise their morale again. She stated, "Albert comes from another world. The same world as those braves."

"What?!" All the ministers dropped their jaws to the ground. Lilith didn't drop a bomb anymore. It was a nuke.

This information alone was enough to solve most of the problems, especially the unrest, preventing any form of rebellion. However, they didn't know how to make them believe this was the truth.

"His power comes from the word 'Bonk.' I'm not very sure about it myself, but according to him, the original meaning of that word is 'to sex.' Nowadays, it has changed to 'to hit.' It's especially effective against horny people like our Lust Kingdom." Lilith explained.

"So… So that's why Your Majesty wants to marry him? With the two opposite abilities standing next to each other, our weaknesses will be gone."

"One of the reasons. Do you think I'll propose something like that if there's no feeling. But whatever, that's not important right now." Lilith thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, I'm going to talk a few things to him. If our conversation is not enough to convince you, address it to me right away and we shall resolve it immediately. For now, keep your calm."

"Understood." The ministers nodded their heads. While waiting for Albert, they started whispering to each other, regarding their next moves. Lilith never lied to them about such important matters, so they believed it until proven otherwise.

Soon, the transmission mirror lit up, showing Albert's image.

"Albert. I'm sure you have heard the situation from my subordinate over there, right?" Lilith said without hesitation.

"Yeah. I got the gist of the situation." Albert nodded. "Sorry."

"Apologizing is not important right now. Instead, we should talk about our next move."

"Don't worry. I'll be responsible for this incident. If you want me to, I don't mind stopping the Gluttony Kingdom myself."

"You have a way?"

"Nope. I have no knowledge about the military stuff, so I'm not very sure."

"Well, that's because you come from another world. That's understandable."

"…" Albert fell silent for a moment and asked, "Are you sure it's alright to say that? There are…"

"They are the people helping this kingdom. Now that the situation has become like this, I need to reveal that information." Lilith sighed.

"I understand." Albert nodded with a serious expression. "So, what do you want me to do?"

Albert hadn't realized that the simple conversation between him and Lilith actually moved everyone's heart. As a minister, they needed to know more about people's reaction, facial expressions, and other stuff so as to take advantage of them.

And they could clearly see that Albert didn't seem to be lying. In fact, the conversation looked so smooth that it was natural.

This kind of conversation only implied one thing.. Albert truly came from another world.