[BL] Seducing Male Leads To Survive As A Villain In A Novel-Chapter 334: An Ultimate plan.

Mr. Albert the High Priest had requested to meet with the Emperor. After a while, he was permitted to go in and speak with him.

The Emperor sat on his throne, watching him stand before him. Mr. Albert bowed. "Greetings, Your Majesty."

The Emperor stared down at him. "Why did you want an audience? Have you found what I asked you to? Because if I remember, that’s the only reason you should be here."

"I haven’t explicitly found it..." Mr. Albert explained.

The Emperor stared at him, his expression disappointed. "So why are you here?"

"...But I’ve found a way to get it done as fast as possible. A way to hasten the process so you can gather all the energy you need to break through your plans."

The Emperor raised an eyebrow, intrigued. "Is that so? Tell me more about this plan of yours."

"As we know, the Grand Feast of the Divine Dragon is coming soon."

The Emperor rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I know. That stupid celebration. What about it?"

"And as we know, it’s the biggest celebration in the whole empire. And the heart of the celebration is here, in the capital city, where many will flood in to celebrate. Even foreigners," Mr. Albert explained.

The Emperor stared at him. "Okay...? So what are you getting at?"

"Since the energy from the inhabitants of the capital city and neighboring places holds not much potential anymore, and we can’t really absorb much from them, why don’t we expand our horizons? We can try inviting more foreigners and people from far away to the capital city and make it a grander event."

The Emperor slowly nodded at his recommendation. "Okay... Continue..."

Mr. Albert said, "They all have fresher spirit and energy that would help with your plans. So we can bring them all together in the same space, and then I can host the spiritual ritual for the dragon feast celebrations in disguise, while using that opportunity to absorb energy from them."

The Emperor slowly smiled as he heard the plan. "That’s actually brilliant. Why haven’t you thought of something as brilliant as this before? You keep bringing me dumb stuff," he chuckled happily.

"I’m glad you like the plan," Mr. Albert said, his expression neutral.

The Emperor kept chuckling as he said, "It’s more than perfect. Quickly, begin making the preparations already, and make sure to invite the foreigners and people with the best energy to absorb! You should know the perfect ones."

"Yes, I do know. Just put me in charge of inviting, and I’ll pick out the best of them all."

"You’re already in charge, so you should already begin," the Emperor smiled. "There is also a list of royalties and nobles to invite. I’ll send you the list so you can go through it."

Mr. Albert hesitated before he asked, "The Kingdom of Valencrest... are they also invited?"

The Emperor cleared his throat. "Of course they are. But I doubt their new Queen will make it. She’ll probably send her dear son, Prince Elvis, to represent." He smiled. "Well, that’s actually what I want. Because I’ll use this opportunity and get that stupid kingdom under my control again."

Mr. Albert stared at him. "What do you plan on doing...?"

"I’ll put that bastard into trouble and arrest him or something. And then I’ll hold him hostage and use him against his dear mother. She’ll have to bow down to my laws and do as I say before I let her dear son go. She’s a woman and a mother, of course, so she’ll have to agree."

Mr. Albert listened without saying anything.

"But that’s by the way. It doesn’t matter now. Just go and do your part of the job," the Emperor stared down at Mr. Albert. "This is your last shot at doing something meaningful for me. So make sure you don’t make any mistakes and get the job done, else I can’t promise letting your dear son have his peace."

Mr. Albert bowed again. "Don’t worry, I’ll get it done. I’ll make sure it goes smoothly and nothing goes wrong."

The Emperor smiled. "That’s more like it."

"How is the search for the Wizard of EL going?" He stared down at Mr. Albert.

"I still haven’t found him. He seems to have hidden his powers so well that I can’t even trace him," he explained.

The Emperor sighed. "Useless. Make sure you keep looking until you find him."

"Yes."

"Now leave my sight and continue your work."

"Yes," Mr. Albert said as he turned and walked off.

****

A few days after Eden’s win, he had become a hot topic in the Academy.

Even though he was still a newbie, he had gained the respect and even fear from some seniors who didn’t dare mess with him.

Evans and his gang had gone into hiding out of shame. They didn’t dare bully people anymore, much less even show their faces often.

Now Eden was considered the new big shot of the Academy—one who was respected and feared, even though he didn’t even care about any of that. He continued with his lazy life at the academy. But the generals and teachers cut him some slack at times because of his win and how outstanding he turned out to be in some areas.

One afternoon, Eden and Helen sat at the refectory enjoying their lunch while the others looked in their direction from time to time.

"Isn’t that the Eden guy?"

"Yeah, he’s the one."

"Woah, he doesn’t look that strong."

"I know, right? He doesn’t look like someone who could kick Evans’s butt at all."

"I know, right. We better not look in his direction, else he might come for us."

People discussed, but Eden didn’t care to look their way; he continued eating while chatting with Helen.

"Have you seen Aron around? I haven’t seen him since the competition ended," Eden said.

"He’s probably avoiding you. I saw him hiding a while back," Helen explained. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Huh? How can he hide from me when I saved his ass from those bullies? I need answers from him now," Eden snapped.

"Well, you could look for him," Helen shrugged.

"How am I supposed to look for him in this big..." Eden was about to say when he looked up. His eyes met Aron, who was carrying his meal into the refectory as well.

But Aron paused as soon as he saw Eden. Their eyes locked as Eden smiled.

"Found him."