CHAPTER 815 A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY THAT EVERYONE WANTED TO GET
With grievance on her face, Queenie's eyes were red from crying too hard. Suddenly, Rocky gave her a
quick gaze. Shaking his head, he began to speak, "Actually, it is not Miss Queenie's fault..." After
saying that, he simply narrated what had happened.
"I see. So it is." Enlightened with the truth, Lucas nodded as he heard Rocky's words.
On the other hand, Lucilla realized that she had wrongfully blamed her sister. Immediately, she cast her
eyes on Queenie's small and woeful face.
"Hey, I don't need you to be so kind and speak for me. I know for a fact that I'm the one who got myself
in trouble." Queenie's sobbing stopped for a moment, for she had never expected that Rocky would
even take the initiative to say any good thing about her. Although she still spewed hostile words, deep
in her heart, she knew that she was pretty much grateful for him. Usually, Rocky spoke indifferently,
along with his very annoying behavior. With this, she was quite stunned that he was willing to help her
explain the context of the situation.
"This means that you don't have to feel guilty at all. In fact, it is only right that I should also take part of
the responsibility," Rocky said in a calm voice.
"But, Mr. Rookie, my sister almost involved you..." Lucilla was worried about Rocky being exposed. If it
was him who killed the two Heavenly Stage masters from the Qi Clan, then surely, they would not take
things lying down and would take revenge on him.
"I am just a regular guy, Chief Lucilla. Please don't worry about me. If you think that I killed the two
Heavenly Stage masters and worry about the possible troubles that I may have caused the Cao Clan,
then I will immediately leave without hesitation. I won't let any trouble find you, Chief Lucilla," Rocky
added. For him, there was no difference if he stayed or not in the Cao mansion. After all, he was only in
the capital because he was about to meet Woods.
On the other hand, Lucilla never had the impression that Rocky was a gentleman and as cool as a cat.
Usually, people would be scared out of their wits if they got in trouble with the Qi Clan. But in Rocky's
eyes, the Qi Clan was not much of a respected clan. Seeing how Rocky behaved, Lucilla became more
curious about him.
"If you say so, Mr. Rookie. At this point, I feel ashamed to say anything. Queenie, I believe that you
should thank Mr. Rookie," Lucilla immediately suggested to Queenie.
"No, I won't say such thing!" Queenie frowned upon hearing this, being very reluctant to thank him.
"Chief Lucilla, if you have nothing else to say, then I shall leave." Rocky nodded and smiled at Lucilla
while ignoring Queenie's reaction.
"Oh, and by the way, Prince Woods will attend the Cao Clan's banquet tonight. I hope you will be there
as well, as a chance for an apology..." After hesitating for a while, Lucilla insisted on inviting Rocky to
the banquet. After all, it was the least she could do for her sister's insolence.
"Is it tonight? I'll think about it." Hearing that Woods would come over tonight, a slight smile appeared
on Rocky's face. He had been waiting for quite a long time for this opportunity to meet Woods. Of
course, he would never let anyone know about his relationship with Woods, so he would do the
complete opposite and not attend this banquet. However, it was not appropriate for him to refuse
Lucilla's invitation directly. That was why, after speaking, he turned and left the Magnificent Hall.
"So, does it hurt?" After Rocky left, Lucilla turned to look at Queenie's red and swollen face and
realized that she might have hit her sister too hard just now.
"No." Queenie shook her head. In fact, she knew that Lucilla was also worried about her. But when
matters started to involve the Qi Clan, her elder sister became restless.
"Never do this again, especially messing with the Qi Clan. Understood?" Lucilla exhorted, looking at
her sister lovingly.
Meanwhile, Lucas spoke to Lucilla, "It seems that Mr. Rookie is indeed not close to being ordinary!"
Lucilla nodded as she agreed with his points.
"Oh, master, you know nothing about him. That guy has a..." Hearing her master's words, Queenie
couldn't help blurting out Rocky's secret that she recently found out. But on second thought, she
remembered that she had promised to keep this secret. Besides, Rocky had intervened for her, so she
stopped immediately even before she had the chance to reveal the key points about this secret.
"You were saying? What does he have exactly?" Lucas was eager to know the other half of the secret,
which composed the critical part of the whole matter.
"Never mind. It's nothing." Queenie hurriedly waved her hand.
"Queenie, it's getting late. You should go back to your room and get yourself ready. Remember to dress
yourself up properly for the banquet tonight..." Lucilla told Queenie as she was not interested in her
nonsense.
"I am not going to marry someone. Why should I even dress myself up for this banquet? Is it because a
prince is coming tonight? It's not the emperor, right?" Queenie was the kind of girl who wanted to look
more beautiful than she already was. However, she would not like to dress herself up like a bride just
for a prince's visit as she felt that it was unnecessary.
"It took me a lot of effort to invite Prince Woods to the Cao Clan's banquet. We won't show impoliteness
and disrespect towards him. Moreover, this is the only chance for the Cao Clan to win favor from Prince
Woods. If we gain his trust, the odds would be in our favor in the Beast Master Contest. This is our last
chance to secure a win. We can't afford to let our clan lose," Lucilla sighed deeply, with a flicker of
anxiety in her eyes.
"What are you so afraid of? I alone can defeat the Qi Clan contestants thoroughly. I will see to it that This content belongs to NĂ´/velDra/ma.Org .
they will kneel down in front of me and beg for mercy..." Queenie boasted.
"Go and get yourself ready, okay?" Ignoring her sister's childish remarks, Lucilla shook her head and
gave Queenie a forced smile.
After hearing her sister's order, Queenie left the hall.
Soon enough, Lucilla's face passed from a smile to being stern, absorbing her worries. Seeing this,
Lucas said, "Chief Lucilla, are you having second thoughts that Prince Woods will not take our side?"
"Prince Woods is the brother of Princess Alyssa, after all. Moreover, it will be more likely that he will
choose the side his sister is in. But like what I said, there's still the flip side of things. There's a chance
that the opposite happens, and we must take advantage of it. I heard that Prince Woods is not
restrained and doesn't like to stick to only one pattern. He has a sharp eye for discovering talented
people and also likes to keep them. In this aspect, the Cao Clan has a natural advantage over the Qi
Clan." Lucilla had her own considerations. Therefore, after giving it some thought, she still invited
Prince Woods to her banquet.
"I hope so." Lucas nodded.
When the chiefs of the mediocre clans and their beast masters knew that Prince Woods would attend
tonight's banquet, all of them became so excited. With enthusiasm, they went to prepare all kinds of
rare treasures, waiting to present to Prince Woods in the banquet.
Meanwhile, in the wing house of the Xiao Clan, Raef paced back and forth in his room, looking very
anxious.
Suddenly, a delicate figure pushed the door open and came in. Mary entered the room and looked at
Raef's face, with her eyes slightly narrowed. At that moment, she seemed to understand her father's
plan.
"Mary, here you are!" Raef called her daughter, with joy beaming all over his face.
"Father, why did you ask me to come here?" Mary's voice sounded cold. Obviously, she cared much
about what happened this morning.
"But where is Juey? Is she still in your room?" asked Raef.
As a reply, Mary nodded.
"Prince Woods is going to attend the Cao Clan's banquet tonight. This is a great opportunity for the
Xiao Clan. I heard that other clans also want to have his favor. In that case, we must play harder
tonight," Raef said with treacherous eyes.