Dragon Covenant

Chapter 31

Anna filled another glass of wine and said, "To be honest, you're still far behind Emily at present."

Albert admitted it frankly. How outstanding Emily was! The Nouhurst Advanced Academy had even put aside its pride to give her a special recruitment. Such an honor was probably something that even the imperial family of the Nouhurst Empire didn't possess.

"I won't fall too far behind," Albert said as he raised his wine glass.

Anna smiled and said, "It seems you have feelings for Emily?"

"The excellence of Emily goes without saying. If I said I had no feelings for her, I'm afraid even you would say I was being hypocritical," Albert said earnestly.

He and Emily had been childhood sweethearts for so many years. The emotions between them were already complicated. Coupled with that engagement contract, in Albert's view, there was already a deep bond between them. Albert believed that not only he himself, but even someone with Emily's personality couldn't treat him as an ordinary person. In their usual interactions, Albert could still sense this.

"At least you're honest," said Anna.

She downed another glass of strong liquor in one gulp, nodded, and then smiled meaningfully. "However, if you really have such intentions, you've got a long way to go. Right now, you're just in the city of Navia. Only when you go to the Nouhurst Advanced Academy one day will you realize how terrifying your competitors are."

Albert picked up his glass and also drank it all in one go. Then, after thinking for a while, he said, "But... I'm Emily's fiancé."

He paused for a moment and then smiled. "And if they really want to do something to me, Emily will protect me. I think at that time, it'll be them who will feel uncomfortable."

Anna's beautiful eyes widened a bit. She stared at Albert and said, "Aren't you hiding behind a woman?"

Albert argued righteously, "Is there anything wrong with a fiancée protecting her fiancé?"

Anna was left speechless and then couldn't help saying, "This... is really cunning."

Then she couldn't help laughing out loud because with Emily's personality, she might really do such a thing. And in that case, it would be a double blow to those people both physically and mentally.

Albert smiled and filled her glass with wine. The two of them kept drinking back and forth. In the end, when Albert started to feel dizzy, he finally noticed that Anna was lying on the table.

Albert heaved a sigh of relief. He shook Anna and found that she didn't respond at all. He couldn't help feeling a bit speechless.

Finally, he picked Anna up and was about to walk out of the tavern. Envious looks were cast from all around.

However, Albert didn't have those dirty thoughts like the others. After walking out of the tavern, he called over the carriage that was waiting nearby. A maid climbed out of the carriage.

This was arranged by Anna when she came. It seemed that she had known long ago that she would definitely get drunk from drinking.

Albert carried Anna into the carriage and then told the maid to send Anna home. The maid replied respectfully and finally drove the carriage away.

Standing on the street and thinking about the conversation with Anna today, Albert smiled slightly.

Although he didn't mind being protected by Emily, he couldn't let Emily lose face either.

In the carriage in the distance, Anna, who was supposed to be dead drunk, opened her eyes and said to herself, "Not too bad. He didn't take advantage of me. I'll tell Emily later that although her little fiancé isn't that powerful, I still quite approve of him."

The next day, when Albert got up, his head was still a bit aching. He felt rather helpless. It seemed that he should refuse to drink with Anna in the future.

After washing up and coming to the front hall, he saw the voluptuous Sister Cherry waiting for him to have breakfast. Albert smiled apologetically.

Cherry served him a bowl of plain porridge and said, "Did you drink with Anna yesterday?"

"Yes. I didn't expect that Anna could drink so quickly," Albert said.

Cherry complained, "You're still a child. How could Anna take you to drink?"

Hearing this, Albert said with dissatisfaction, "Sister Cherry, you're just a bit older than me. You're acting like my mother."

Cherry rolled her eyes and said, "I know what happened in the Soul Liquid House yesterday. Well done. You're able to help out now."

"I've been selling off the useless assets of the Martin family these days. I sold them at a low price to the Green family and the Mill family. I heard that the Gunter family even talked to the two families, but it seemed to be of no use. Although this can't make the families split up for now, it can make it difficult for them to reach a consensus when dealing with the Martin family."

"Now we have more funds. The five-star soul liquid you asked for will arrive one after another in the next two days."

Albert said happily, "Sister Cherry, you're so nice. Unlike Sister Anna, who can't hold her liquor but still likes to drink a lot."

Cherry asked with some confusion, "Can't Anna drink?"

Albert nodded and said, "She was dead drunk last night. I had to ask someone to send her home."

Cherry burst out laughing and said, "My silly young master, Anna is known as someone who can never get drunk."

Albert was stunned.

Cherry said, "Did you have any improper thoughts? Otherwise, you'd be in big trouble."

Albert thought back and it seemed that he hadn't done anything out of line. However, he realized that he had been tricked by Anna.

Albert put down his bowl and turned around to run. He was filled with grief and indignation in his heart. The sisters' tricks were too deep! Cherry's laughter came from behind him.