Rory spent a few hours at the Pleasure Garden with the king and the prince. Half way through their meeting, the king got drunk and started forcing liquor down his throat saying-

“If you really want to become a king, then learn to hold your liquor! All kings have to go to banquets and parties, so unless you have a certain level of tolerance for alcohol you’ll embarrass yourself!”

Because of this, the second prince also got drunk. After, Rory decided to join the fun and got drunk as well. After that, the Pleasure Garden got real rowdy.

Xavier and Rory started to compete to see who could move the hearts of the girls. Normally, Xavier would win considering he was the king, but Rory was something else. He approached the women and quickly became a conversation partner that the women could vent with.

Like this the two ended up wooing almost all of the women in the brothel. As for the prince, he seemed to be bad with liquor because he too broke his cool and calm persona and started behave wildly.

At one point he took his pants off and was swinging it in the air while singing an unknown song. He then started dancing on table tops with the women who were his employees.

Seeing their king and prince behaving like this, the noblemen their were lost for words. Especially those close to the prince, since this was the first time they’ve seen him let loose like this.

Eventually, it was like they got infected by their behaviors and started to enjoy the fun.

“Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug!”

Currently everyone, whether they were noblemen, servants, or even royalty, were all shout chug at the king who was having a drink off with his son.

There were dozens of beer jugs lined off in front of them as the two poured an endless amount of beer down their throats.

“Hahahahaha!”

Rory who was shirtless and hugging two beautiful women, laughed loudly while watching the two drink.

“Lord Rory, you should drink too.”

Said one of the women, as she offer Rory some beer.

“My hands are full, so can you feed it to me.”

Rory said.

“With pleasure.”

The woman then proceeded to throw the beer down his throat.

“Ahh! So refreshing!”

He said with a red face.

At that moment, the prince fell over after failing to drink his 7th jug of beer.

“Hahahaha!”

Seeing that, Xavier burst out laughing.

“You’re 100 years too early to compete against me!”

He said.

He then stood up and approached Rory with two beers.

“Cheers to brotherhood!”

“Cheers!”

Rory took the glass and they slammed the jugs against each other before hooking their arms and chugging the beer.

Meanwhile the prince laid on the ground with his eyes spinning.

“I-I’m going to become king!”

He shouted before passing out.

“Hahahahaha!”

Rory and Xavier burst out laughing when they heard that.

Nightfall came quickly in the Pleasure Garden. By this time, the ground was covered with people who had drank until they passed out.

There were some who passed out leaning on a wall or on a table. There were only a few persons still standing.

“You sure created quite the chaotic scene.”

Allen, who didn’t drink a single drop of alcohol, approached Rory and said.

“What are you saying? The one who created this mess was your king.”

Rory replied.

“In the beginning, but the one who made it escalated to such a point was none other than you.”

Allen said.

“Why did you do such a thing?”

He asked.

“I don’t like to be stuck in a serious mood for too long. I also thought that the prince could need a chance of to unwind. It’s not good for someone so young to be so uptight all the time.”

He looked at the prince who was sleeping with a smile on his face.

“Worrying about the fate of the country is too much for a boy like him. Like my friend Adonis always said, ‘Life is short even for a god, so it’s only a mere second for us mortals. If that’s the case, I prefer to bloom brilliantly like a firework until I fade away in the night’.”

He smiled.

“The prince needs to learn how to bloom while he can.”

“……..”

Allen didn’t know what to say after hearing what Rory said. He only spoke after a while.

“Why are you interested in the prince so much?”

“Why? He’s an interesting person. I like interesting people.”

Rory replied.

“By the way, I find all the princes interesting in their own way. It’s not like I prefer him or anything.”

He paused before saying-

“But if I had to give you another reason, it’s because he reminds me of someone. They’re not the same though. That person took too much on their shoulders and ended up collapsing.”

“…..Did they ever recover?”

Allen replied.

Rory showed a mysterious smile.

“Did they? Who knows.”

“……..”

Allen didn’t say anything more and stood in silence.

“Now then…”

Rory stooped down and lifted up two women by their arms and flung them over his shoulder. They were the women he was hugging earlier.

“I should get going.”

“What are you going to do with them? They tried to poison you didn’t they?”

Allen asked.

“Oh? You noticed?”

He nodded.

“It’s not that they tried, they succeeded. I drank the poison they put in my liquor.”

Rory answered.

“But you don’t look poisoned.”

“As a kid, I was fed poisoned daily in order to become immune to it. Currently natural poisons won’t work on me. You need to use a poison type animus to poison me. Not that I would allow that to happen.”

He started walking out the building.

“Oh, don’t worry. Only my drink was poisoned. The king and prince are fine. It seemed like I was there only target.”

“Where are you carrying them?”

Allen asked.

“Where?”

Rory stopped and grinned at him.

“To their owner, of course. Where else?”

In a section of the royal district, there was a large mansion that was absent of any form of guards. If it wasn’t for the fact that the place was well maintained, one would think that it was abandoned.

Someone appeared at the main gate with a smile.

“So this is where the third prince resides?”

Said Rory as he stood in front of the gate.

“Alright.”

He then jumped and took a leap over the gate, while still carrying the two women over his shoulder.

He then started walking towards the mansion while whispering a jolly tune. He continued to walk until he arrived in front of the entrance.

He then lifted his hand to press the doorbell.

*Boom!*

The moment he pressed the doorbell, the door exploded.

Rory was seen jumping back while holding the women.

“Woah there. That was quite the chime.”

He said with a laugh.

At that moment, he leaped back again and saw blades with chains connected to them lodged in the ground, right at where he stood earlier.

Electric sparks were seen emitting from the blades, and ground started breaking apart. Rory could see electricity rushing towards him.

He stomped the ground and caused the ground to crack open from his end. A new source of electricity was seen traveling underground, which collided with the one caused by the blades.

*Boom!*

The ground exploded and a crater was formed.

“Hm?”

Suddenly, Rory was surrounded by masked figures who were reaching out towards him. He grinned and stretched his hands out.

“Black Orochi, Killer Edition.”

His fingers turned into eight serpents before transforming into 8 ferocious black dragons. The dragons rushed into 8 different directions and devoured the masked figures. The dragons ripped them apart without mercy.

*Boom!*

At that moment, a long rifle burst out of the ground and rested under Rory’s chin.

*Boom!*

It fired and a streak of flames shot into the air. Rory had avoided it by moving his head back at the last second. However, chains appeared out of nowhere and wrapped themselves around his feet.

The chains were pulled and Rory fell on his back, releasing the women. The moment his back hit the ground, his four limbs were dragged under the earth that was now like quicksand. The earth quickly hardened and Rory was left with only his torso and head above ground.

“Whew~.”

He whistled as if he was impressed.

Behind him, some more masked people appeared beside the unconscious women.

“They’re alive.”

“That’s a relief. These idiots actually acted on their own and tried to kill him.”

“But thanks to them, we were able to capture him.”

“Isn’t that great?”

“?!”

The masked figures turned around only to see Rory standing behind them with a smile.

“Shit!”

They leaped back while trying to draw their weapons.

*Bam!*

However, before they could they were all hit simultaneously and was sent flying into the bushes unconscious.

“Your capturing techniques were pretty good. But you shouldn’t leave your captive unguarded. There’s a chance that they might escape and kill you.”

He said.

“Well, not that you can hear me.”

He turned his back on them and walked into the mansion. The mansion was dark despite except for the moonlight that was shining inside.

“Good evening, I’m sorry for the sudden visit.”

Rory walked in and said.

“But is Christi here? I wanted to see if he could recommend me to some nice ladies.”

He then swung his hand and swat away a throwing knife.

“I see. It looks like this is a bad time.”

He smiled.

“But inside sure is dark.”

He lifted his hand out into front of him, and anima started gathering in the shape of a ball.

“This should help.”

The moment the ball appeared, the room was illuminated and he could see everything clearly.

“Hm?”

The room was filled with countless masked figures armed with weapons from knives to cannons. Despite seeing all that, Rory smiled and said-

“Good evening. Nice night isn’t it?”

*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*

The residence of the third prince was suddenly filled with explosive sounds.

“This is quite the reception.”

Rory said while moving around and avoiding the attacks.

He grabbed the arm of a person who was trying to attack him from behind, and spun around and kicked that person away. He caught some knives thrown at him, and threw them to cut through some bullets to hit his attackers.

He jumped on a table and was immediately attacked by three burly figures. He stomped on the table and caused it shatter, however the pieces didn’t fall to the ground a began floating in the air.

He snapped his fingers and the pieces of the table flew towards the burly men, and lodged into their limbs.

“Let’s make this a bit more fun.”

Rory stomped the ground after saying that. Green waves of anima could be seen spreading out in the area.

*Rumble!*

The entire mansion started shake vigorously like it was hit with an earthquake.

“Th-This is Quake Step?!”

The masked figures recognized Rory’s technique immediately after he used it.

“If he can use Quake Step, then he should be able to use the other techniques related to it!”

“Everyone, avoid melee with him as much as possible! If he hit you with one of the Quake techniques, he will shatter your skeleton and cause your organs to burst. It will be like an earthquake occurred in your body! You’ll be reduced to a stack of meat after that! Your corpse won’t even be able to keep a human shape!”

One of the masked fighters warned his comrades. After hearing the terrifying technique that Rory could use, they all showed signs of caution.

“Hey, that wasn’t nice spoiling my techniques before I use them!”

Rory punched the ground and the same green waves appeared across the ground. The floor started cracking open in waves, and people were seen flying out from underground to escape the shock.

By the time the shockwaves finally stopped, the entire floor was completely destroyed and the walls were filled with cracks.

“M-Monster….”

The masked figures looked horrified by Rory’s display of power.

“Now then…..”

The ball of anima that he was using to illuminating the room, returned to his hand.

“Let’s take this up a notch.”

Rory threw up the ball of anima, jumped into the air and then kicked it.

The ball suddenly turned into bullets of anima and rained down on the masked figures.

*Boom!*

The room was riddled with holes, while the figures tried every method to escape the line of fire.

“Time for the second round.”

Rory created another ball of anima, and threw it in the air.

“Killer Shotgun!”

He punched the ball and it broke into more bullets, increasing the amount that was already targeting the masked figures.

“Hm?”

At that moment, countless weapons came out of nowhere and deflected all of the anima bullets at once.

“Oh? That was impressive.”

Rory said as he looked at who had deflected his attack.

“Third Prince, Christi.”