A grand banquet of a rare scale was currently underway in Dragon City. Its purpose was to celebrate Aurora's arrival.
The magnificent and grand hall, adorned in gold and splendor, was filled with distinguished guests. The Dragon Kingdom was now considered as one of the most powerful countries in the world of San Soliel, but just calling it might be an understatement especially when the Queen of the Dragon Kingdom, Alexia, was also the Queen of the Silver Moon Kingdom of the elves. As a result of this, many people in the world considered the Dragon Kingdom and the Silver Moon Kingdom as one country, making it the strongest force on the continent.
Since the Silver Moon Goddess had raised her throne and ascended as a god, the elves had finally regained their strength. In recent decades, elves had reappeared in the rest of the continent, but because of their low population and fertility rate, they were only rarely seen. This meant that the Silver Moon Kingdom still needed some external support. This unity between the two countries was the result that the Silver Moon Goddess and the Dragon God wanted to achieve by having a child together.
From this, it could be seen that the Silver Moon Goddess’ goal had been achieved. Meeting with Louie had slightly created a trace of affection in the Goddess’ heart. As long as this relationship between them continued, their alliance would remain firm.
Almost all the top brass of the Dragon Kingdom had arrived with their families inside the banquet hall. Handsome and beautiful elven bards were already playing music in the hall. A rare sight in any other place on the continent.
The high-class dinner was naturally not one where everyone sat down, ate, drank, and laughed. Now that the Dragon Kingdom was the most powerful country in the world of San Soliel, it would naturally have a variety of internal factions and political turmoil.
At the country’s founding, those who attained significant merits were granted noble titles. Some of these families had gradually faded into insignificance during the fifty years of development., while the rest had become Dragon Kingdom’s great nobles. Even if their families didn’t have a long history of a hundred years, they were famous throughout the whole continent thanks to the country’s strength.
Louie had forged his identity as the heir of the title of the Count of the Miamont family. The title of count was lower in the hierarchy than marquis and duke and higher than viscount and baron. The reason Louie did this was because turning himself into a prominent political figure would invite too much scrutiny. As a count’s heir would not draw too much attention.
Moreover, the Miamont family was a real family that Louie had created when he was the lord of Dragon City. He deliberately filled up potential holes in his identity and had a special person take his place for fifty years.
This title was Louie’s preparation for his future visits.
Louie stood in front of the railing on the second floor. He held a glass of red wine in his hand and gently swirled it. He watched the countless top brass of Dragon Kingdom in the hall below him. They gave polite smiles as they discussed business, continental politics, and other current affairs. These gatherings were breeding grounds for political and economic allyship between families, after all.
The crude militaristic culture of Dragon City had waned over the years, and the overall atmosphere had become more decadent, but Louie wasn’t too concerned about it. After all, a prosperous nation was supposed to be like this — having daily banquets, constant power struggles, weapons stored away in the armory, and economic development became the main focus.
As long as he as a god was still present and as long as Alexia remained the ruler of the kingdom, there was no need to worry about the destruction and decay of the Dragon Kingdom. At the very least, the country would be able to develop smoothly for a thousand years.
Bachelors gathered together to talk about romance, while the women were gathered in different areas, discussing make-up, the latest whitening potions, and other things. Nobles ladies with their daughters and sons would chat with each other to see if their children were good matches.
In this lively scene, the most heard words were naturally ‘Dragon God is above’ and ‘May the Dragon God bless you’. It symbolized the power that the Dragon God Church held over the kingdom. In the Dragon Kingdom, those that wished to reach a high position needed to believe in the Dragon God. Those who believed in a different faith would still be able to become nobles and officials, but they would never be given the core positions. At most, they could reach middle management.
Nowadays, the gods and goddesses had a strong influence on the people. This was especially so for newly appointed nobles of the Dragon Kingdom. These people had been living under the influence of the Dragon God faith since they were born and had become Louie’s true believers, so they would naturally follow Louie’s doctrine.
Although the Dragon God’s doctrine did not prohibit premarital sex and supported polygamy, it did not allow promiscuity and attached importance to the family education, so the noble ladies a the top of the Dragon Kingdom were all truly noble ladies. They were well-educated and sensible, unlike the nobles of other countries who lived messy private lives. This was exactly the embodiment of Louie’s ‘order’.
In this grand banquet, the center of attention was undoubtedly Alexia. She, who was a soft and cute child in front of her dad, was now full of majesty wearing a gorgeous dress and a crown. She communicated cordially with the nobles surrounding her at the top of the hall.
Alexia maintained a regal aspect at all times. Her pair of awe-inspiring inverted dragon pupils were striking enough to fill onlookers with anxiety. When they could not tell what their queen was thinking, they would feel intimidated and tend to be careful around her. This was what was called ‘to accompany a ruler is like accompanying a tiger’.
The only ones who could stand beside Alexia were those nobles at the very top of the Dragon Kingdom’s hierarchy as well as other important foreign dignitaries. As for other nobles, they could only occasionally look at Alexia, and if they accidentally met her eyes, they would immediately bow their heads and bow in reverence.
However, if one observed carefully, one would find that the queen’s gaze always swept to a corner of the second floor and fell on a handsome young man. While some older nobles would smile heartily around Alexia, they became respectful when their eyes fell on Louie.
There was no mistake. The few core noble families in the Dragon Kingdom were aware of what the name Miamont represented. When a count or heir with this surname appeared, then it meant that the incarnation of God had descended. This secret would never come out and only when the heads of certain prominent families died would this information be passed to their successor. This information also became the core secret of every family, but this also signified that the family was part of the most central power.
These family heads would also take the initiative to take over the responsibility to get rid of any flies that may go and cause the god any trouble. Louie was not interested in playing the tiger who eats the pig.
As a high and mighty god, doing such a thing was truly boring, so why not just eliminate all the trouble in the beginning? That way, he could just quietly watch his kingdom, watch his own lambs and believers.
Here, there is music and dancing, with joyful songs and graceful movements. The sound of drums and music fills the air, and people raise their cups and engage in lively toasts. Meanwhile, Louie stood tall, observing them from above, looking down upon all beings.
Updated from fr𝒆ewebnov𝒆l.(c)om