Chapter 200 Banquet IV - Dance

"Old man, I know you might be not satisfied with this but, until I find a better person for this position, can you act a little bit?"

Velian questioned looking at the old man, who was kneeling in front of him with a little smile.

"Whatever, kid, as long as my bloodline continues I have no complaints," Gin had so many people in his mind, but he wanted Juno's children to inherit the authority of the beastkin, as he really wanted their bloodline to be the leader of the group.

"This is my selfish request, but I would like to see my grandchildren getting this position instead of a stranger,"

Velian knew only one of his children will be able to inherit the kingdom in future, so he didn't really have any problem with others choosing whatever they wanted.

"Will see old man, it's their decision, I won't force any of them," Gin laughed at his words and gave the green signal.

Velian kept his hand on his head and used a fake family name and used his light magic to create the same effect, which happened when Asumiko got upgraded.

"That's two, Gin will be the leader of all beastkin and his territory will be decided in future,"

Since others didn't know that he needed a territory to actually use his skill on someone to give them the advantage of a duke, they just accepted it without question.

"And the next person I choose for the highest noble position is Sariya Cantrell but, there's a slight change in my decision because I decided to take Sariya as my wife," In a monotone voice, Velian muttered, while Daphnia just face palmed hearing it.

Sariya's whole body numbed hearing his words, so she just stood there with an awkward face while everyone in the crowd looked at her with flabbergasted eyes.

"She is a great woman, who stood up against her own corrupted husband and helped her citizen, and she was the reason I got to know about this corrupted nobility," Velian continued.

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Velian kept talking while the crowd just stood there with dumbfounded looks. His voice echoed through the silent hall as he continued to reveal more shocking news. The crowd's stunned expressions only intensified with each word that spilt from his lips.

"So there will be two empty positions in nobility that, I will decide on the future based on your performance, but don't hope to cheat and climb up the rank," He finished his speech and tried to invite all the other ranks, but suddenly crowd broke into cheers.

Their intensity was enough to shake the ground of the hall,

"No way! Is that even allowed? I thought he was pretty young,"

"Isn't that Sariya Cantrell? I saw her a few times in previous noble parties,"

"I guess he likes matured women, he could have gone for the daughter, but he decided to seduce mother,"

"Maybe that woman seduced him, he a pretty young so It won't be surprised if she can influence him,"

They started talking among themselves. Some people were positive about this since he wasn't going to marry an outsider from the other kingdom. But some of them were scared about his easy-to-influence nature because they didn't know the real incident.

Sariya had a reddened face, because never in her life had she thought, he would be this straightforward with their relationship.

She still thought it was immoral for both mother and daughter to have the same lover, but at the same time, she believed Velian.

After silencing the crowd with Velian's loud voice, he continued the banquet and used his skill to appoint other ranks.

There were 4 dukes but 2 of them were empty. And they also had 6 count ranks, 8 viscount ranks, and 12 barons.

Most of them were empty but the people who got this ranks were either those who had good reports in the previous king's era or the people Velian personally knew.

"Work hard and diligently, and you will rise in ranks in no time, if you work hard and those who want to get into these ranks, show me that you're useful," He said those words looking at the people below her and, he saw some people were already raring to go.

"Regarding military organisation, I have already announced how I will choose people for that, if you're confident about your skills, join the tournament and win," Muttering those words, he looked at Delviny with a smile.

"To prove that I won't favour anyone, my sister, whom I believe will be the commander will also fight in the tournament, If you can beat her I personally think you are suitable to be my right hand," Velian said those words knowing that, no one in the kingdom can beat her.

With that announcement, Velian stepped down from the stage and proceeded to personally meet every merchant and influential person at the banquet.

Some people managed to get into his blacklist because of their leeching behaviour toward his sister, but he felt pity for them at the same time, how strictly Delviny rejected most of them.

Some of them even went as far as to threaten to kill her in anger because of how badly, she humiliated them.

The banquet went on for another few hours with people dancing to the elegant music and Velian managed to mesmerise the female crowd with how well he did baroque dance with his partners.

Some women were even cold enough directly request him for a dance, but with Daphnia and Sariya by his side, none of them got the chance to do that.

At the same time, some people from the kingdom noticed the familiar face of Daphnia, but none of them managed to properly identify her since, she had changed a lot after giving birth to Velian.

Never in their dreams, people in this banquet hall would have thought that this young boy was having a relationship with his own mother, but they managed to notice how close they were especially when they were dancing.

The banquet came to an end with all these events, without anything major disturbing their peace except for some minor problems like fights happening here and there.