"Riveria's royal family is truly impressive."
The elves among the audience made Shen Fei curious about Riveria's family. After all, they had earned the respect of every elf, including both Dark Elves and White Elves. That clearly could not be explained by something like being born into royalty. Their family must have done something in the past.
These elves truly respected them; it was not empty politeness. That was not something power alone could achieve. It was like on the pirate side—there were very few who sincerely respected the Celestial Dragons. Of course, a big forest housed all kinds of birds. Even if the Celestial Dragons were no good, there were still people who groveled before them, like Green Bull. He liked kneeling and disliked standing, and there was nothing anyone could do about that. But such people were a minority in the end.
The respect of the elves, both Dark Elves and White Elves alike, was genuine. That meant this family must have accomplished something great, just as Shen Fei respected the First Emperor, and Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, as well. He respected him greatly. Though Li Shimin had seized his empire and exiled him, that did not mean Shen Fei did not respect him.
The reason he had seized the empire was because he believed he could do better. As for the First Emperor, if Shen Fei had lived in the chaotic era after his death, he would have seized the realm as well.
"Looks like I'm late. But it should still be in time to sign up, right?"
Just as the beauty pageant was about to conclude and Riveria was about to claim final victory, someone else appeared. The newcomer gave everyone on the stage a huge fright, because it was none other than Freyja,