With a scream, before the man in black could finish his words, his body was pulled into a straight line in the air, hitting a fake mountain not far away, stirring up a cloud of dust.
The hexagram formation dissipated.
"Sorry, my memory is not as good as yours."
Green walked slowly to the man in black, then grabbed his collar, staring angrily at the old face with a nosebleed in the black robe, as if he wanted to swallow him. Green's expression was exceptionally unfriendly.
If a child saw Green's expression now, they would definitely cry in fear.
"Tell me, where is Aloof?"
Green tightened his grip, trying to put psychological pressure on the old man who seemed to be suffering from dementia, but at this moment, a pleasant bell-like voice entered Green's ears.
"Stop, Green! He's your father-in-law!"
It was Aloof's voice---the moment this voice entered Green's ears, Green confirmed the identity of the owner of this voice. It was as if a huge stone had fallen in Green's heart, and he unconsciously let go of the collar in his hand.
Upon hearing Aloof's voice, the despair in the man in black's heart eased, and his breathing became smoother.
What followed was a burningly painful sensation on his face.
"Darn it... you brat..."
Green ignored the man in black's cursing and turned his gaze to the source of the voice, only to see Aloof running towards him with a scared expression.
Judging from his appearance, Aloof didn't seem to be injured, so Green shifted his gaze back to the man in black lying on the ground in front of him.
The man in black had already taken off his hood at this moment, revealing the ridiculous face with a nosebleed. He even showed a smirk of victory towards Green.
He looked very happy overall.
Green was dumbfounded, unable to understand the situation for a moment, but he was very clear about one thing: the person in front of him was his future father-in-law—what Aloof said must be right.
In other words, he had just beaten up Aloof's father, dad, daddy, fatherly figure, father.
Unexpected sweat dripped from Green's forehead—he was in a panic.
But at the same time, a feeling of relief arose from deep within Green's heart—Aloof didn't seem to be injured, which was really good.
Aloof walked over to Green's side, casting a worried glance at her father, who was also the king of the Farcist Kingdom.
Then, she sighed and shifted her gaze to Green.
"Green, are you hurt?"
"Uh... no, I'm... I'm fine..."
Aloof was wearing a new type of royal uniform, and her well-proportioned figure was perfectly displayed in front of Green.
From such a close distance, her gentle tone and caring gaze, as well as her chest that rhythmically fluctuated with steady breathing, and especially the fresh scent of female hormones that only men could sense emanating from her body, made Green unable to help but say:
You smell so good~
Aloof's caring greeting made Green's nervous mood relax a lot, but it caused the old king lying on the ground to completely "petrify".
His face that was just showing a triumphant smile suddenly drooped.
Because of the excessive force, the old king's teeth grinded, and his gaze towards Green's back was filled with killing intent.
"I will never marry my precious daughter to you!"
Upon hearing this firm declaration, Aloof pouted discontentedly.
"Dad, come on, we agreed that as long as Green..."
Green snapped back to his senses from the scent of Aloof, then remembered that there seemed to be another father-in-law beside him, so he casually glanced at him--
"Aloof, I'm so glad you're alright. I was almost scared to death when I received the distress signal!"
"...Ah! I'm sorry for worrying you..."
Ignored.
Utterly ignored.
Looking at the two of them behaving like a couple in love, as well as the happy smile on Aloof's face, and recalling Aloof's dissatisfied expression towards him just now, the old king's face twisted into a knot.He wished he could kill Green right then and there, but he didn't have the power.
But that's not all, why does he have to side with a stranger even against his own daughter?
Just a slightly powerful young guy...
Why...
Why!!!
"Oh, by the way! Green, who are those two with you? They've been following you all the time, are they your friends?"
"...Ah?"
Seeing the direction pointed by Aloof, Green's heart tightened, and his body froze as if his brain had produced the sensation of weight.
The two people pointed by Aloof were Mio and Yuzuriha.
At this moment, the two of them stood not far away, hesitating. They originally wanted to follow Green, but because of the sudden appearance of Aloof and their cheerful conversation, they were completely at a loss.
And seeing Mio and Yuzuriha, the old king suddenly brightened his eyes and cast a sinister gaze, thinking:
Boy, you're finished!
Several tens of minutes later, in the central area of the castle's garden pavilion.
After a detailed explanation by Aloof and his future father-in-law, Green finally understood the whole story: turns out, the old man of his future father-in-law wanted to test Green, so he spread a false rumor to probe him. For this, he gathered all the intellectual people in the royal city, studied and analyzed ancient texts about the power of the ancient Braves, and jointly reinforced the city's defense formation with Green. And it was senior soldiers who were responsible for luring Green into the trap – the center of the defense formation, to no avail.
"Although you performed very well, both in terms of strength and affection, I will never agree to let such a shameless person as you become my son-in-law! To marry my daughter, you are a hundred years too early! Even if the elder council comes, it's useless!"
The reason why the king was so indignant was not because Green was too heavy-handed, he wanted revenge, but because Aloof held a very important position in his heart, to the extent that he didn't want to marry Aloof to someone else, no matter what.
Yes, there was indeed a "last time."
The last time, under the pressure exerted by the public and the elder council, he had no choice but to reluctantly send away Aloof, who was destined to be his fiancée. But now that Aloof had finally returned, he would not agree to this marriage easily no matter what was said.
He didn't want to regret it again.
He decided to be tough.
"Father!"
Aloof's extremely displeased voice rang out, her cheeks slightly puffed up with dissatisfaction. She stared at the king with a serious look in her eyes, filled with contempt.
"We had an agreement before, that as long as Green could defeat you in the defense formation, you would agree to this marriage!"
"But that was under the premise that his affection for you was not in question!"
"Eh...?"
The sudden assertiveness of the father king caught Aloof off guard, and Green also expressed confusion. If one were to ask who held the most important position in Green's heart right now, there was no doubt it was Aloof.
As a man, Green understood the basic principle of taking responsibility for what he had said.
So Green stood up and spoke with justice:
"Father-in-law, if you hold a grudge against what happened before, I can apologize to you, but if you are doubting my feelings for Aloof, then I'm sorry, but I cannot accept it!"
"Don't call me your father-in-law, you are not my son-in-law yet!"
"Uh... it's just a title..."
Green quietly complained, but he did feel a little guilty. However, his feelings for Aloof were definitely not false, and Green would not make any compromises on this point unless Aloof herself indicated otherwise.
However, a vicious gaze flashed in the king's eyes, and he suddenly stretched out his hand, pointing at Mio and Yuzuriha who had been silently sipping tea beside him.
A self-satisfied smirk appeared on his mouth as he coldly laughed.
"Look! My daughter, Aloof Farcist, carefully look at this man's ugly true colors! He had already made that kind of promise to my lovely daughter, but how long has it been since they last met, and he's already fooling around and looking for mistresses!"With a wave of the king's arm, he pointed once again at Green.
"I disagree with this marriage!"
