Chapter 691 Chapter 691 Harvest Festival
"That is our tradition, Xue'er. This was how i got your mother in the first place." A middle aged regal man answered. He was at his work room and was busy reading a thick stack of reports.
His daughter's problem seemed trivial compared to his task of running a whole kingdom.
"Why do we still adhere to these dumb traditions, father?"
"Can't you just let me be free to live my life as I wish!" The lovely girl pleaded with tears beginning to show in her eyes.
Her name was Mu Ningxue and was one of the princesses in the kingdom of Koris.
Their people had a tradition of marrying at least one daughter of the family into a game of warriors in order to build connections and create allies by means of marriage.
Only the rich and powerful could realistically afford to keep this tradition alive and the end result was by no means always positive.
Some women that were won in the competition did not remain as a wife for long but were demoted to servants and even slaves.
This was the reason why Mu Ningxue has so hated this particular tradition of their Koris Kingdom.
"You were free in the first 18 years of your life, Ningxue."
"Or don't you recall how you were fed and cared for all these years?" The middle aged regal man looked up and put the last parchment down then gazed at his daughter.
It was clear that he was not pleased at all. His name was Mu Guanyu and was the king of Koris Kingdom.
In his eyes, his daughters were nothing less but bartering materials in order to safeguard the territories of his domain.
This kind of behavior has risen after an entire lifetime of carnage and conquest.
One should know that Mu Guanyu has personally created the Koris Kingdom from the ground up after 30 long years of bloodshed.
"It's finally starting." Our bored gamer smiled amongst the crowd. He has arrived in this kingdom for more than a week and stayed here to await this day.
There was a wide expanse of space around him that was empty of people. Everyone could see that our avid gamer was different simply because of the crimson cultivators robes on him.
A legacy disciple should have been clothed in purple just like the rest of the elders of the Profound Delight Sect but Clark was fond of red and so the rest was history.
"Time to join the fun. Hehehe." Clark chuckled and walked forward into the gathering heroes.
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"State your name, leader, and number of warriors that you brought today!" A veteran warrior examined the credentials of our very own protagonist.
"I am called Bu Fang."
"I am my own leader."
"And I am alone in this quest." Clark answered, which got him a couple of laughs from the warriors in his vicinity.
The air of mystery around him was lost as the majority looked at him like a fool instead.
"NEXT!" The examiner shouted and tallied their names and influence. With a big celebration like this, the ones who attended were only the most famous of the Koris Kingdom.
But the tally ended at 155 which meant that many had indeed wished to win Mu Ningxue home.
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"Let the Harvest Festival begin!" King Mu Guanyu was there and his whole family joined at his side. Mu Ningxue was of course there also but there was only sadness on her face.
Almost all participants looked at her with lust and she was already used to such a treatment.
Her beauty in the Koris Kingdom was indeed something that was much talked about since she was just 10 years old.
Much more today which emphasized a ripe maiden that was ready to be plucked at any time.