Chapter 1716 - Celebratory Banquet
The same day, a lavish banquet was held in the Purple Guest Palace at the topmost floor for Isabella's pregnancy, under the guise of conquering the Zlatan Family.
"Good! Very good!"
On the west side of the hall sat the Alstreim Family members. Ancestor Dian Alstreim sat together with Ancestor Tirea Snow and heartily laughed.
"Ahaha! Little brat, no, little freak! You've really become a peak powerhouse in less than a decade. Not only are you phenomenal, but these two beautiful ladies with you and lady Evelynn are all monstrous, not to mention your Nadia."
Ancestor Dian Alstreim was drunk, looking quite proud as he blabbered with wine in his mouth.
When he heard that Davis and Isabella went to the Zlatan Family and made them their slaves like it was nothing, he was dumbfounded before pride welled up within him, making him burst out into a fit of laughter. Everyone wondered what had happened at that time, but it seemed like Ancestor Dian Alstreim attained nirvana, becoming free of burden and flying like a kite that had its strings cut.
"Ancestor, do you mean to say that my two daughters are weak?" Grand Elder Nero Alstreim lifted his brows...
*Pa!~*
"Ah! Why am I receiving a beating?"
"Because you don't know how to conduct yourself in a gathering~"
"Ahahaha!"
Grand Elder Nero Alstreim turned to look at his wife Keira Alstreim with an aggrieved expression on his face as he complained, causing everyone to laugh, especially Nora, who was with Logan and Claire towards the east side, while Niera also laughed out loud as she remained seated with Davis towards the northern side.
Beside Davis sat Shirley and Isabella, left and right, respectively. To the left of Shirley sat Fiora, Sophie, and Niera, while to the right of Isabella sat Evelynn, Mo Mingzhi, and Nadia.
They all laughed and ate the aromatic, rich in spices, drool-worthy, succulent pieces of meat placed in front of them. Still, seconds were being brought in almost every five or ten minutes, with Nadia eating most of the meat.
Large plates the size of medium-sized round tables, consisting of Emperor Beast Stage Magical Beast, the Aqua Flood Dragon that the Four Dragon Families hunted down, were brought into the banquet hall by two lovely women, who were, of course, ironically, the Zlatan Family's Dragon Queen and Domitian Family's Dragon Queen.
Once they brought in the dishes done by Jaisi Alstreim using hired ninth stage powerhouses as chefs, they took a few steps back and excused themselves to the corners like maids. However, they seemed to be relaxed doing this job rather than feeling humiliated, although they felt embarrassed.
"Congratulations!"
"Congratulations!!!~"
His wishing well caused an uproar of voices to resound out, making Isabella and Shirley wryly smile as they didn't know how many times they'd been congratulated already. The women beside them also teased them, making them appear bashful and reserved all day long.
As for Shirley, she was introduced to all the people in the room when they began the banquet. Although people were curious how Davis managed to get her pregnant first, they didn't ask too much, although they had an idea of when as they saw the bump in her stomach.
The sharp-eyed ladies instantly saw that she was around four months pregnant, which was around the time Davis was said to have woke up instead of the time he revealed himself to be alive.
Did that have something to do with her?
Davis's women all seemed to have taken a huge liking to Shirley, treating her though as if she was superior at the moment because of the baby in her stomach. They could understand Isabella, but who was this, Shirley?
They only knew that she was a top disciple of the Burning Phoenix Ridge, which made them shocked. They could all feel that she was at the Law Rune Stage, making them aware that she was perhaps as strong as Bylai Zlatan. However, it still didn't warrant the harem's trust and support.
Still, Ancestor Dian Alstreim and Ancestor Tirea Snow, Edgar Alstreim, and his wife knew who she was and also knew that she was also an inheritor of an Immortal Inheritance. After all, the latter went to the Grand Sea Continent while the former was informed. Besides, what was the Forsaken Phoenix Realm famous for?
However, a large margin of people, like Grand Elder Havle Alstreim, the Alstreim Family's top youths who were present: Kayan Alstreim and Kayale Alstreim of the Burning Sea Brigade, Ravalat Alstreim and Claudius Alstreim from the Brilliant Flame Corps, and even Tanya Frostblight, a few other Falling Snow Sect beauties and elder Rosella Frostblight, who tagged along with Ancestor Tirea Snow were all unaware.
Nazca Alstreim, the apothecary who declared Davis dead, was also here and was in the unknown about Shirley's background, looking quite embarrassed and humbled by her own unskillfulness. When she recalled that she almost caused the downfall of the Alstreim Family by telling them that Davis was most likely dead, regret still reveled in her mind.
"Umm," Apothecary Nazca Alstreim suddenly stood up, "I know that I'm disruptive of this celebratory atmosphere, but I would like to deeply apologize for being unable to see through the intricacies of the soul. Lady Shirley is far more of a bright and an expert apothecary than I am, managing to save our Alstreim Family's hope."
"Pff-"
Mo Mingzhi almost spat out the beverage she drank but managed to hold back as she turned her head away while the other women also did the same.
Shirley's expression kept twitching as she lowered her head.
What apothecary? She knew nothing about that life-saving profession!
Her face increasingly came to possess a blush while Nazca Alstreim became confused.
Did she say something wrong?