"Leon" shouted a man with white hair and violet eyes, from a far, for gaining as much attention as possible.

Hearing the loud words, a man with jet black hair and blue eyes turned around. He was wearing a finely tailored 3 piece black suit with the insignia of Esper duchy embroided on it to the left side.

"Yes."

"Why are you wearing a butler's suit? Did you forget yours?" said the man with snow colored hair in a sarcastic tone.

"NO. I didn't."

"Then why?"

"I think that's none of your business."

"Come on Leon. We are friends. I could have helped you if you had told me earlier."

"Like I said, it's fine & if you excuse me" The man with black hair began to leave, showing that he was not interested in the conversation, but his steps halted once some words escaped the lips of the man with violet eyes.

"You know, Leon, you are worthless. Your family is responsible for not teaching you how to behave. If they had spent a little more time on you... You could have become someone worthy of this place. But they didn't & look what happened. You are the most useless person in the entire empire."

The youth with black hair stood there with a deadpan expression, saying nothing & the man continued.

"You see all these people, they hate you... Do you think anyone wants to talk to you? No, they don't. They don't even want to talk with your father, the duke, the most powerful man in the entire empire. It's all talk, you know, your family being the most powerful... It's all talk. You guys are nothing without us."

From the very beginning he was talking loudly, and it did its intended work as now most of the people present were looking at them. Some of them were shocked, some were smiling at seeing the interaction, but nobody did anything to stop them.

"And another thing, do you know how many times you have tarnished your own family's image? I can't even count. Like it had been thousand times. No one likes you, Leonhart, nobody in this whole wide empire likes you. They hate you, they spit on the road you walk, they clean the floor you step in. This is how much of a worthless piece of garbage you are. I wonder why you were even born... Oooooo... I know the answer... just to embarrass your family. Am I wrong...?"

With these words spoken, a very serious silence descended upon the hall. No one dared to say anything. It was the princesse's birthday, a day to celebrate, but how did it turn out like this? The emperor, the three dukes, every major power house was present, but no one said anything. It was all for the man named Leonhart to answer & to everyone's surprise; he did nothing, just stood there with a calm expression.

Seeing no expected reaction from Leon, the man with violet eyes spoke again.

"What? Nothing to say. I knew it would happen cause, the things I said were all facts. You can't run away from them." said the man with an enormous grin plastered on his face. It seemed like he was the only man left in this world. He was both irritated & happy over the fact that Leon was doing nothing. He had always provoked him & he did what he was supposed to do. Fight like a moron & embarrass himself.

But now he was doing nothing. He was the most scorned man in the entire empire, with the hell bending reputation for being a short-tempered guy. So it was his sworn duty to hit the man who was saying bad things about his family, yet nothing. Not even a word escaped his mouth. Just stood there.

And soon an unknown noble guy trying to cool down the mood came in to everyone's view with a smile.

"So gentlemen, we shouldn't..." but before his sentence could end, Leon took a deep breath and looked at the entire crowd with the same deadpan look & then finally spoke.

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"That's it..."

"What?"

"I asked, was that it? Was that the only thing you had left to say?"

The man with violet eyes opened & closed his mouth in confusion, trying to say something, but no words came & again Leon spoke in the same bitter tone as before but with more force.

"You called me worthless, but tell me, Theo, how worthy you are. You said I have only tarnished my family's image. Tell me what you have done to elevate your family's image, how many great things you did, except annoying that girl who doesn't want to even see your face. Huh Tell me..."

To this solid argument, the man named Theo had no answer. It was all true that he had been annoying the princess for quite a sometime & she had rejected his visits for countless times. But he was not that hated throughout the empire, right?

"And all of you guys who are just here to watch the shit fuckery, what did you expect me to do? Slap him, kick him, kill him. What the fuck do you guys want?" shouted Leon.

"You called me worthless, my family, useless, then how worthy you people are. What more you have done? except enjoying others' hard working money. In my total 26 years of life, I have never seen more useless bureaucrats than you people."

"And now this moron who thinks he owns this world." said Leon, pointing towards the emperor. "Grow up dude, think bigger. Add some common sense in that thick headed brain of yours. All you are doing is just finding a marriage partner for your daughter, but have you ever thought about asking what she wants? No, you didn't. Cause she is just a bargaining chip for you, for all of you, your daughters are just something you give to someone for profits. Everything you do is just fucking right, cause you are the great moron of an emperor."

"Have you people ever looked outside your castle, how people are living, what they are eating, how they are sleeping? No, you didn't. All you did was just eat, sleep and live this non-existent life of yours. You dickheads called me useless, but how useful are you...? What great things you had done for the people, because of whom you are standing here?"

"You guys only care about money, fame, & power. Nothing else matters. Do you think you are going to carry that to your next life? I don't think so. You are all more worthless piece of shit than me & especially you, Lord Theodor. Add some common sense in that brain of yours, like that moron. And before calling me useless, first look how useful you are, except being an asshole."

With those words spoken, the man named Leonhart left the hall with an irritated look & following him other 3 individuals also left, leaving all the people, including the emperor, in pure shock. Just what the hell happened? Their brains were not processing anything. To the point where Theo smacked Leon's dignity was just fine, but then how was the whole table turned? And why they weren't even able to utter a single word?

But the most surprised of them was Theo, whose plan was to provoke him & get a reaction which ultimately blew up on his face, as that guy not only destroyed his image in front of the noble society but also disrespected the emperor, to which he couldn't even properly acknowledge. When did Loen even started being logical? And why every word he spoke was an undisputable fact?

***

As Leon stormed out of the hall and made his way towards the gigantic room assigned to him. He was done with all this bullshit. Everyone had a limit & those people crossed it. From the very day he came to this godforsaken land, this crap was going on. Someone would appear out of thin air & just say shitty things about him. He was James, not Leonhart, but still it was irritating to hear someone say bad things about him.

He was done being a jackass who would just stay silent. He had seen & experienced the problems of being a too good guy who couldn't say no. People just used him for no apparent reasons & he, being an idiot, just agreed upon everything. Did hours of other's works, for what, just he could hear them saying that was not good.

His previous world, society, this society all were the same, nothing was different. Everyone used good people to get their works done. These noble pressurized poor to get their work done and, in return, what they got, nothing. Nobles with huge ass castle & money lived their life & these people died in poverty. What a beautiful society it was?

And the emperor, the moron who only spent his time finding a suitable marriage partner for his daughter without asking her consent. James was in no way capable of disrespecting the emperor, but in the heat of the moment, everything just sort of happened. He was angry over the stress of being present in that useless party & the words just ignited the fire. Words after words everything just fell down like domino effect.

After calming down, everything hit James as to what he had just done. Called the most powerful man in this empire a moron, called the whole noble society idiots & useless. It was not going to end well for him. And now the only thing he could do was just lay down here waiting for the duke to arrive & drag him before the emperor to say sorry.

Knock!

And soon a knock was heard on the door and the duke with the other family members arrived & James got mentally prepared for a verbal thrashing, but to his surprise Leon's father or mother said nothing, except Adeline, who was grinning all the time.

"You called that guy a moron."

"Yes."

"You called the emperor a moron."

"Yes."

"I am proud of you brother, I am really proud of you." said the girl with sapphire eyes with a smile. It seemed like she was trying her best to control her laughter.

"What?"

"You did it, Leon, you really did it..."