Who told him to rush up there?.

Chapter 179 One Night for Two Nights
After playing with Alyssa for a long time, Eli saw that it was getting late, so he put away the toys scattered on the ground and prepared to take Alyssa to attend the most formal dinner of the day.

According to the customs of the Dawn Empire, the man and woman who held the engagement ceremony had to toast the guests at the dinner. Eli didn't know why this oriental custom appeared in the Western fantasy world, but since it existed, he could only do it obediently.

After handing Elisa over to the care of the maids, Eli first went to find Princess Lina, and then under the guidance of Archbishop Bode, he went to toast the old emperor and queen as well as the Duke and Duchess Bruno. Only then did he start the most alcohol-testing task of toasting at each table.

Princess Lina was a girl after all, and because of her noble status, no one dared to let her drink more, so every time she toasted, Eli would drink a glass and Princess Lina would take a sip. After half a round of toasts, Eli had already drunk a pot of wine while Princess Lina's glass was only half full.

Tonight's banquet is relatively low-key compared to the luxurious lunch, but people who know the goods know that both the dishes and drinks at tonight's dinner are the pinnacle of the mortal world. No matter how many gifts they receive today, they can't make up for it. Even with the wealth of Duke Bruno's family, they will have to spend at least three layers of oil to host two meals.

But who made them want to marry Princess Lina? How could they get the princess if they were reluctant to spend the gold coins? If it were another family that had such a good thing, they would have to hold a grand ceremony even if it meant scraping off three layers of oil, not to mention spending all their money to make the wedding a success, and would not let Her Royal Highness the Princess down.

As they toasted along the table, even Eli, who could drink a lot, had his face flushed. Princess Lina, who only took a small sip each time, was fine, but her face also had a little blush. I don't know if it was because of the wine, or because she was happy or shy.

When they arrived at the last table, it happened that Jessica, Cecilia, Evelyn, Eleanor and others were sitting there. It was fine when he toasted with others, that was to thank the guests, but when he clinked glasses with these beautiful girls, even with Eli's thick skin, he felt a little embarrassed.

Even Eli is like this, not to mention the thin-skinned Princess Lina. Although she does not regard these people in front of her as rivals in love, the actual relationship between them is like this. As a latecomer, she is the first to get engaged to Eli. She feels a little sorry for Jessica and Cecilia.

After she and Eli are officially married, she should take good care of them. She doesn’t want to be a jealous woman…

"I wish you love each other forever."

"Thank you."

In such occasions, the beautiful girls still gave face to Eli and Princess Lina. When they were drinking with Eli, several girls still gave them their blessings, but it was hard to tell whether they were sincere or not.

After finally waiting for the toast to be over, Eli walked away holding Princess Lina's hand, feeling relieved. However, when he thought that he had more than one woman, Lina, and that he might have to experience such scenes many times in the future, Eli suddenly felt dizzy.

It’s better to have fewer engagements in the future. If conditions permit, just get married directly. It’s better to marry several people at a time to avoid this pain...

By the time Eli and Princess Lina returned to their table, the engagement party was almost over at this point. There were no more ceremonies or customs to be performed, and Eli could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

After that, they finished the dinner quietly. The guests began to leave one after another. Duke and Duchess Bruno were busy seeing them off at the door, leaving Eli alone to face the old emperor, the queen, and their entire family.

"Lina, go back to the palace with father later."

The old emperor took a sip of wine and then spoke to Princess Lina in a gentle tone.

"go back?"

Princess Lina was stunned when she heard this. She was already engaged to Eli, and she had been absent-minded the whole day. Her mind was uncontrollably thinking about what Eli would do to her tonight. But now her father asked her to go back to the palace with him?
"You just got engaged, and it would be bad if word got out that you were staying over at the Duke's Mansion tonight."

There was no need for the old emperor to explain this obvious thing in person. The imperial concubine sitting next to him, Princess Lina's biological mother, explained it.

As the mother of a daughter as beautiful as Princess Lina, the imperial concubine was naturally a charming beauty when she was young. Even though she is now in her forties, she still has charm. She is a purebred orc with more cat elements. In addition to cat ears and a cat tail, there are soft pads and fine hair on her palms.

Perhaps some people would like beauties of other races who are severely beastified, but Eli only likes girls with beast ears. If this imperial concubine was not the biological mother of Princess Lina, it would be difficult for Eli to have a good impression of his mother-in-law who almost killed Princess Lina in his previous life.

In the previous life, the Orc Kingdom perished earlier than the Dawn Empire. The imperial concubine of this empire ignored the chaotic war situation and held the princess hostage to force the emperor to send troops to avenge her relatives. However, no matter how much the old emperor favored Princess Lina, he would not be so foolish. He rejected the unreasonable request of his beloved concubine.

After forcing the Emperor of the Dawn Empire to send troops failed, the imperial concubine relied on the fact that she was Princess Lina's biological mother and forced Princess Lina to lead the army if she could, or to go to the Orc Kingdom alone to avenge her if she couldn't.

With her biological mother's "pleading" on one side and her own strong will to fight against demons on the other, Princess Lina really single-handedly charged into the former territory of the Orc Kingdom. In that battle, Princess Lina killed the demon commander who destroyed the cat-people, and severely damaged the demon army that invaded the Orc Kingdom.

But it was also in that battle that Princess Lina, who was already a holy magician and a ninth-level warrior at that time, almost could not come back. The life-saving items that she had stored in half of her storage bracelet were all used up, and her life-saving pills were also used up. In the final battle, she was besieged by several demon kings and suffered almost fatal injuries.

If Princess Lina was not so wealthy that she even had a real artifact, she would most likely have died prematurely in a foreign country and would not even have the chance to fight for the Dawn Empire until her death.

It is understandable that the imperial concubine wanted to avenge her relatives, but given the war situation at the time, the western defense line of the continent had been breached, and the eastern defense line was barely supported by the Dawn Empire. If the empire's elite troops were to be dispatched at that time to avenge the imperial concubine, the entire mortal world would have to pay the price of a complete collapse of the battle line and the fall of the entire continent.

Eli doesn't like his mother-in-law. Maybe she is just not rational enough, and she has not done anything wrong in this life, but Eli still doesn't like her.

But he couldn't show his displeasure openly, so when the princess spoke, Eli listened carefully and nodded.

What she said was not wrong. He and Princess Lina were already engaged, but engagement was not marriage. There were so many guests now. If Princess Lina stayed at the Duke's Mansion tonight, who knows what kind of gossip would spread tomorrow.

Even with the most euphemistic words, people would think that Princess Lina was too disrespectful to have an affair with her fiancé before marriage...

In fact, the atmosphere in the Dawn Empire is quite open. Not to mention staying overnight before marriage, even loudly announcing premarital sex or even pregnancy before marriage is not a big deal. But Princess Lina is different from ordinary women. She is a princess of the empire. Her every move not only represents herself, but also concerns the face of the royal family.

Princess Lina and Eli had mentioned this issue before, and she had used this reason to refuse to stay overnight at the Duke's Mansion, but Princess Lina also promised to let Eli do whatever he wanted after the engagement, so in Princess Lina's view, her promise was actually more important than a little face and reputation.

Although Princess Lina was very worried about what would happen tonight, she had not thought of escaping. Since she did not escape from the marriage today, she would not run away tonight. She should go back to the palace with her father, mother, and concubine. She was ready tonight... Actually, she was not ready... Anyway, she would die and close her eyes as if she was asleep! "Then I won't go back to the palace either. I have promised Eli..."

"You should go back tonight, but one night for two nights, you have to stay with me tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

After hearing her mother's words, Princess Lina refused after a little hesitation, but she was interrupted by Eli before she could finish her words.

In front of the old emperor and the empress, Eli agreed to let Princess Lina return to the palace, but in front of his father-in-law and his nominal mother-in-law and actual mother-in-law, Eli asked Princess Lina to accompany him for two consecutive nights as compensation.

I have to say that Eli is bolder than a leopard. He said to the emperor directly that he wanted to sleep with the princess for two consecutive nights. This behavior is no less than shitting on someone else's head and asking them for paper...

"Hey, is this okay?"

Princess Lina scratched her head in confusion, not knowing whether she had made a loss or a profit from this exchange. However, seeing that her father and the others looked unhappy, it was very likely that she had made a loss...

"You...are bold!"

The old emperor was so angry that he was puffing his beard and glaring, just like the Duke Black whom he met during the day, but fortunately he knew that such things should not be heard by others, so his roar was very low, and only the people around him could hear it.

"Your Majesty, the marriage has been arranged. Lina is already my woman. It is natural for her to accompany me. Even if you are my father-in-law, you can't stop your daughter and son-in-law from getting close."

The old emperor's anger did not affect Eli at all. With his current strength, there was no need for him to be too respectful to the emperor of the secular world. It was true that he was the emperor of the first empire on the continent, but in Eli's eyes, his highest and greatest identity was actually his father-in-law.

If he didn't want to marry Princess Lina, he really couldn't have any respect for the Emperor who had done nothing all his life and had only the eighth-rank strength. If he really wanted to respect the Emperor, he might as well respect the Pope of the Holy See of Light, because that person is a real demigod, the most powerful demigod in the entire mortal world, no doubt about it.

"you……"

"Yes, yes, I am already Eli's man, I will listen to you, let's do it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, it's a good opportunity for me to make more preparations..."

The old emperor was about to get angry, but his beloved darling slapped him mercilessly with words tinged with joy, and retorted back everything he wanted to say. The dignified emperor kept saying "you" for a long time and couldn't utter a single word.

Is this still my sweet little cotton-padded jacket? Why does it feel a little leaky? The weather was freezing cold at night, but the old emperor felt a fire burning in his heart.

"Then I will go back with my father and the others first. I will come to see you tomorrow."

As she said this, Princess Lina took her old father's arm and walked outside. When her beloved daughter took his arm, the fire burning in the old emperor's heart was immediately extinguished in an instant, as if a basin of cold water was poured on it.

Forget it, Lina looks very happy, as long as she is happy, it doesn't matter. Eli can be a little bit crazy, as long as he treats Lina well, the most important thing is that my baby daughter is happy!

"Hmph! Let's go!"

So the old emperor turned his head away, took Princess Lina and the queen's beloved concubine and left, without paying any attention to Eli at all.

At this time, the guests were still leaving one after another. Many people saw with their own eyes that His Majesty the Emperor took Her Royal Highness the Princess away from the Duke's Mansion. I believe that there will be no unfriendly remarks towards Princess Lina tomorrow.

Only when all the guests had left and Duke and Duchess Bruno, who had been busy all day, returned did this busy but important day finally come to an end. It was not like Eli had not been engaged in his previous life, but this was his first time to be engaged to a princess of a country. Although he seemed to have done nothing today, he was extremely tired. It felt more tiring than killing a million demons.

"Elai, even though Princess Lina is leaving tonight, you must not spend the night in other women's rooms..."

Seeing her son sitting in his seat with a look of despair on his face, the Duchess thought he was sad because Princess Lina had left. But no matter how sad he was, as his mother she had to comfort him.

After all, today is the important day of Eli and Princess Lina's engagement. Although the woman has left, it would be inappropriate for the man to find another woman to spend the night with that night. This would be too disrespectful to his fiancée.

There is no way. Princess Lina left tonight because of reputation issues, and the Duchess asked Eli to remain chaste for one night also for reputation issues. Both of these situations would not sound good if they were spread out, so they should be avoided if possible.

"I'm not some sex-hungry ghost who can't live without women. Do I need to be greedy for just one night?"

Eli said weakly, My dear mother, who do you think your son is?
"I believe you would be a good boy in the past, but now... I can't say for sure..."

When Eli felt distrusted, his beloved mother stabbed him again.

"Why can't I tell..."

"Before, you only had Jessica and Cecilia by your side, and you would occasionally play with Garcia. What about now? It's fine if you brought Evelyn and Princess Lina back, but you also have Eleanor... Who do you think would trust you?"

Eli's words of rebuttal were interrupted by his mother's series of moves, but what she said were all true and actual situations. Eli was unable to refute and could only look up at the sky in silence.

At least... don't pin Eleanor on me, uh, not yet...

(End of this chapter)