"How could I have forgotten that." Liu Zhenhan stuck out his tongue. "Right, where’s the batman traitor? I’ve been busy with a variety of matters these past two days and haven’t had time to interrogate these prisoners."
"The Mage and this Earl are strictly guarded by our militia. He and the Mage have been clamouring to see you, but I’ve dissuade them." Gude’s fist creaked with tension.
"To be honest, I am rather curious about how a Beamon batman could rise to the status of prince consort in a human duchy." Liu Zhenhan picked up the scampering Katusha, waved his hand, and signaled for the two prisoners to be brought forward.
Clearly, the appearance of Earl Totti and Master Otigha had no comparison with the nobility of a Mage or prince consort.
Gazing at the two humans bound to large wooden stakes, Liu Zhenhan studied them for a long time before finally identifying them despite their swollen, unrecognizable faces.
"Two distinguished guests, please allow me to wish you good evening." Liu Zhenhan politely said as he removed the wooden wedges from their mouths.
"How could you treat a noble Mage in such a crude manner! Overlord Beamon, you completely lack the spirit of a knight!" Master Otigha was too worked up and coughed up some bloody sputum: "I... cough... request a ransom for myself!"
"We’ll see." Liu Zhenhan said, smiling and pinching Master Otigha’s face.
Guoguo rode the Vajra parrot in, laughing all the way. The Vajra parrot landed on Mr. Mage’s shoulder and pecked at Master Otigha’s earlobe with its curved beak.
"Idiot~Idiot~" The Vajra parrot spoke with a weird inflection at the master.
This was a new phrase it had just learned during Overlord’s proclamation the night before.
The faces of the girls in the bamboo pavilion all turned red, Master Otigha nearly passed out on the spot.
Earl Totti, who was standing next to him, strained his swollen eyes to stare intently at Liu Zhenhan.
"Where are your wings?" Liu Zhenhan walked around him three times, finally spotting a small black ball in the place where his shoulder blades should be under his ripped clothes. Guoguo hopped over and expanded the small black ball with all her strength.
"We can make a deal." Earl Totti stared at Liu Zhenhan, as beads of sweat flowed down his face――Guoguo’s strength was quite considerable.
"Silence, traitor!" Gortani drew her sword upon hearing his words: "If Valenbuer hadn’t teamed up with humans during the Tennessee air battle, taking advantage of us Boden clan, how could our Boden clan have been reduced to only two branches!"
"Miss, don’t misunderstand, not all the blood flowing in me belongs to the Valenbuer clan, I’m just a hybrid of batmen and humans." Earl Totti calmly replied.
"Hybrid?" Liu Zhenhan rolled his eyes.
"Pure-blooded batmen might as well be extinct by now." Earl Totti sighed: "Even for us hybrids, Saint Paul Church has been relentless in their persecution."
"A few days ago, I caught a fellow who says he’s the Dorott Grand Duke’s younger brother, he calls himself Casano. Do you have a younger brother?" asked Liu Zhenhan.
"Indeed, Casano is my younger brother." Earl Totti nodded in acknowledgment.
"Then why couldn’t he fly like you?" Liu Zhenhan was somewhat confused. That wimp hadn’t shown any unique racial ability of batmen before being "flower planted".
"In hybrids of batmen and humans, only some will ’awaken’ in their lifetime. Only those who ’awaken’ can possess the racial abilities of batmen." said Earl Totti. "My brother and my father, both haven’t awakened, and currently, among the family, only my uncle――Marquis Capello of Dorott Duchy―and I have awakened."
"Hah..." Master Otigha beside him gasped in surprise at this revelation, despite his mental preparation. He never expected that the chief minister of a human duchy, the one who took decisions that affected the populace, turned out to be a Beamon. Follow current novels on novelFirｅ.net
"I never realized the Shalba family we’ve been doing business with for so many years are actually batmen." The lady serpentine instructor shook her head with a wry smile.
"Kill him!" Gortani’s long sword blossomed with silver sparks.
"Don’t kill me! Allow me to continue causing havoc in the human kingdom!" Earl Totti squirmed desperately, speaking with a sense of urgency: "We Batman are also Beamon! Show some mercy! Let me go to the humans kingdom, I will continue to wreak havoc on them!"
"Interesting." said Liu Zhenhan his eyes lit up and he lightly tapped Gortani’s sword. "Go on, traitor, you’ve kindled the flames of my desire."
"We’ve been plotting for the position of Grand Duke Dorott for a long time! The Grand Duke Dorott is actually bed-ridden and near death because my uncle and I poisoned him with a colourless and odourless slow-acting toxin!" Earl Totti said through gritted teeth.
Master Otigha, being the court Mage, was filled with horror after hearing this and stared intently at Earl Totti.
"I can understand your course of action." Liu Zhenhan nodded, "But, what’s it got to do with me?"
"If my wife becomes the Grand Duke of Dorott, I will become the future regent of Dorott! Then I would be able to help the Bimon Kingdom more generously, I could open more weapon shops in the Bimon Kingdom! I..."