Chapter 109: The Princess of the Sunset Kingdom

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Although many things had happened, the art festival was still held in the Painting Kingdom this time. Strangely, the vast seats of the Sunset Kingdom were completely empty today.

“I heard that this time the Sunset Kingdom only sent the Westford family to participate in the art festival, and none of the other families came. Do you know why?”

The scale of every art festival was extraordinarily grand. The top elites of the entire cultural circle of the Sunset Kingdom’s countries would basically all attend, and of course, the Sunset Kingdom was no exception.

Normally, those great families would compete eagerly to come; the idea of not attending simply didn’t exist. At most, one or two families might miss it for special reasons.

But today, the entire Sunset Kingdom sent only one family...

That was truly unprecedented.

“I don’t know.”

“I’ll tell you, but don’t tell anyone else—the royal family of the Sunset Kingdom has started a massive purge!”

“A massive purge? What do you mean?”

“It means all those families with problems have been eliminated by the royal family. It just so happens that the Westford family is lucky—they married into the royal family. Otherwise, they’d be finished too!”

“What? You mean all the other families were...”

The man made a throat-slitting gesture with his hand, his face full of fear: “How dare the royal family do that? If they purge all those families, who will govern the country?”

“I heard they’re planning to select capable people from commoners to rise to power. Ah, times really have changed...”

As the two spoke, a young noblewoman dressed in aristocratic attire slowly approached the Sunset Kingdom’s viewing platform, immediately causing a stir.

“You said only the Westford family came from the Sunset Kingdom, so who is that woman?”

“Are you stupid? Didn’t you see the red trim on her clothes? That obviously means she’s a member of the Sunset Kingdom’s royal family!”

“What did you say? A member of the royal family attending the art festival?”

Apart from the reigning king and a few influential princes, the royal family members of the Sunset Kingdom were almost like legends, their privacy intensely protected.

Generally, they never appeared publicly, especially not a young woman dressed in royal attire, which basically confirmed she was there as a princess or queen representing the royal family.

Judging by her age—it seemed she wasn’t even an adult yet—she was most likely a princess.

The Sunset Kingdom’s royals normally wouldn’t send a representative in person, let alone an actual family member.

If one appeared, it could only mean one thing: the royal family was about to make a move here, and it would be a significant one.

With that thought, everyone’s hearts began to whisper uneasy doubts.

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Some were fearful, some curious, and some even began giving orders to their own families.

But then, an even more shocking scene occurred: the princess dressed in the Sunset Kingdom’s royal clothes directly sat at the highest position on the Sunset Kingdom’s seats.

This meant she was acting as a judge for the art festival.

“Looks like the Sunset Kingdom is taking this art festival very seriously, having a royal family member as a judge. This is going to be interesting.”

Yet, none of those present realized that a great crisis loomed over them.

From the shadows within the festival grounds, Xiao Zi transformed into a blood-colored vengeful spirit, locking onto every person present with his extraordinary perception.

“There are six very strange individuals nearby... extremely strange...”

“Hm?” The jester was momentarily stunned. “What’s strange about them?”

In his eyes, Xiao Zi was an incredibly powerful existence, with so many skills and always appearing confident.

He never expected Xiao Zi to describe someone as “strange.”

“These six carry an unusually strong aura of eerie creatures, but the aura is very faint—even weaker than their human aura.

“That's not the most important part. The crucial point is that the eerie creature auras on these six are exactly the same; it’s clearly the aura of a single eerie creature!”

“Could it be a skill like creating clones?”

Xiao Zi pondered deeply. Although the aura was faint, it was still that of an S-class eerie creature.

Currently, he was only B-class. Fighting strong A-class opponents was already difficult; facing six S-class beings was out of the question. It was better not to provoke them.

Still, he was surprised by this aura. First, he was certain it wasn’t the aura of a Spirit Controller.

Because the eerie aura on a Spirit Controller was always dead, lacking vitality. This was definitely the aura of an eerie creature.

But how could an eerie creature coexist simultaneously with humans?

Could it be a soul parasitism skill or something similar?

The more Xiao Zi thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. He decided to be cautious around those six.

Watching the team from Saint Mildo Academy approaching from afar, he retracted the aura he had accidentally released, waiting quietly.

However, the dangers facing the humans here were far more than just Xiao Zi.

Inside the Sunset Kingdom’s royal palace, Zatsi Fei was cold and indifferent, while a middle-aged man knelt halfway before him.

The man’s hair was streaked with gray, but both his hair and beard were neatly groomed, obviously maintained carefully.

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The middle-aged man lowered his head: “The third princess has arrived. She... she ultimately relented.”

Upon hearing this, Zatsi Fei’s face twisted into a mad grin.

“Ha ha ha, I said it long ago—no one can defy me, no one!”

As he spoke, the muscles in his face began to twitch uncontrollably.

“My eerie humans need to act, but once they do, innocent people will be killed recklessly. Inevitably, suspicion will fall on the Sunset Kingdom’s royal family.

“But if I place our own royal members there, and the eerie humans kill them... hehehe...”

Zatsi Fei laughed wildly, his madness palpable.

“But Your Majesty, if you do this, people will suspect you’re doing it deliberately to avoid suspicion.”

Before the man finished speaking, Zatsi Fei grabbed him by the collar: “You’re saying someone will accuse me of sacrificing my own daughter to hide my ugly plan?”

The man nodded with difficulty: “I think it’s quite likely.”

“Isn’t that even better? Question the King of the Sunset Kingdom, disrespect the royal authority—that just gives me another reason to kill people! Ha ha ha.”

As he spoke, Zatsi Fei’s laughter grew crazier, sending chills down the man’s spine.

Under these circumstances, the art festival began without any obstacles.

The painting performances were the grand finale, so they were scheduled last, preceded by various music and dance acts.

Every time it was the judges’ turn to score, everyone would look at the princess seated on the Sunset Kingdom’s platform, only daring to follow her score after she had finished.

This showed the overwhelming power of the Sunset Kingdom’s royal family.

Yet no one noticed the resolve etched deeply on the princess’s face. She still could not believe her mad father would choose to sacrifice her for his plan.

After a long silence, she glanced at the guards around her, who appeared protective but were actually there to keep her under watch. Her eyes narrowed to slits.

She refused to die—she wanted to live!

With that thought, she suddenly stood up: “What kind of nonsense dance is this?”