God-Tier Providence System-Chapter 99

"It’s just that this time, she wandered into your Hale family’s holy land and was beaten by your people."

"Towards a hero of the Sixty-Year Demon Purge, wasn’t this action by your Hale family going a bit too far?"

"Yes, yes. Injuring a hero of the Heavenly Flame Capital is naturally our fault."

Alex’s tone suddenly shifted. His voice turning deep.

"However, as the Saint Lord of the Hale family, I also cannot allow the people of my own family to suffer any unrighted wrongs."

"Your Majesty should recognize this item, shouldn’t you?"

He retrieved the Soul-Tethering Bell from his robes and casually tossed it right in front of Aurelia.

Aurelia focused her gaze on it. Instantly, a panicked expression crossed her face.

"Where did you get this?!"

"Naturally, it was taken from his body."

Alex smiled and clapped his hands.

Adrian emerged from behind the throne. In his hand, he was holding a youth covered in blood, with a bruised and swollen face.

Knox.

Aurelia’s heart was thrown into utter chaos. Deeply uneasy.

Alex spoke faintly.

"I accidentally caught this brat inside the holy land and found this bell on his person."

"If my guess is correct, this Soul-Tethering Bell should be the item capable of controlling Princess Flower’s actions."

"Your Majesty, I believe it is necessary for you to properly interrogate him."

"Why did he bring Princess Flower to infiltrate my Hale family’s holy land in the dead of night, attempting to frame my Hale family for injustice?!"

Faced with Alex’s relentless questioning, Aurelia had no choice but to look at Knox. She gave him a deeply meaningful look. Her voice cold.

"Knox, speak."

"Why did you bring Princess Flower and infiltrate the Hale family’s holy land?!"

Knox knew his only pillar of support right now was Aurelia. Having learned his lesson from last time, he didn’t foolishly sell out Aurelia directly like he did with Lyra.

Instead, he fell to his knees with a heavy thud. Weeping bitterly.

"Your Majesty, it’s all my fault!"

"Yesterday during the day, I heard a few female officials discussing how the Soul-Tethering Bell could control Princess Flower’s actions and allow one to use her."

"This lowly one has always harbored a grudge against the Hale family. Upon hearing this, I got an idea and wanted to borrow Princess Flower’s power to exact my revenge!"

"But I never expected that this lowly one wouldn’t know how to use this bell at all, and instead caused Princess Flower to fall into deadly peril."

"This lowly one is guilty! This lowly one deserves death! I beg Your Majesty to punish me!"

...

Regarding Knox’s performance at this very moment, taking the entirety of the blame squarely on his own shoulders, Aurelia was naturally extremely satisfied in her heart.

But on the surface, she feigned intense fury. Acting so angry that her delicate body couldn’t stop trembling.

She looked at Alex and clasped her fists.

"Saint Lord Alex, it seems this matter is indeed the result of our poor discipline. Causing a subordinate to incite such a heaven-shattering disaster."

"Bringing so much trouble to the Hale family is truly my fault."

"Maris, immediately throw this Knox into the dungeons and order the guards to keep a strict watch over him!"

"Make him suffer a bit to vent Saint Lord Alex’s anger, and also to teach him a lesson he won’t forget!"

"Yes!"

Maris nodded and immediately escorted Knox away.

[Ding! The host has successfully suppressed the Chosen One. The Chosen One’s luck has decreased by 300. The host receives 600 Providence Points!]

Hearing the system’s notification chime beside his ear, Alex sneered coldly in his heart.

Aurelia’s posturing right now was merely a show put on for him to see. In reality, she wasn’t angry at all. Nor did she have any intention of actually punishing Knox.

Otherwise, if he had successfully driven a wedge between Knox and this mid-game female lead, how could it only reduce his providence by a measly 300 points?

However, even though he knew Aurelia was faking it, Alex didn’t expose her.

After all, his original goal wasn’t to deal with Knox anyway.

It was to fight for his own benefits. And the benefits of the Hale family.

...

"Since that is the case, Your Majesty can take your time executing your domestic discipline. I will intrude no longer."

Alex clasped his fists and nodded. He turned and was just about to leave when he suddenly thought of something. A faint smile spread across his face.

"Ah, right. There is one more thing."

"It will not be long before this year’s Dao Vindication Assembly."

"However, my Hale family’s disciples have been rather busy lately, and we truly have no time to come and participate in several days of arena battles."

"Your Majesty, what do you think..."

The Dao Vindication Assembly was mainly divided into two parts. Arena Sparring and Secret Realm Treasure Hunting.

The so-called Arena Sparring involved the major Saint lineages competing on the arena stage, accumulating points based on victories. Ultimately, the top eight with the highest points would enter the Heavenly Flame Secret Realm to seek fortuitous encounters.

With the Hale family’s strength ranking near the top among the current major Saint lineages, obtaining the qualifications wouldn’t be difficult at all.

But it would still waste five or six days on sparring.

Furthermore, on the arena stage, swords and blades have no eyes. The variables are too numerous. What if one of the precious talents he had heavily invested in was accidentally beaten to death or crippled?

How much would his heart ache then?

Therefore, he might as well take this opportunity to directly ask the Heavenly Flame Empress to open a backdoor for him.

He believed that with Aurelia’s personality, given that she was currently so clearly in the wrong, she wouldn’t refuse this tiny little request. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

...

"Saint Lord Alex, there is no need to take such a trivial matter to heart."

Although Aurelia knew the Hale family could definitely secure the qualifications steadily... as the Heavenly Flame Empress who had always prioritized fairness above all, she was absolutely unwilling to open this backdoor. Lest it invite the criticism of the world.

But today, Alex had caught her by her weak point and made this demand. No matter how unwilling she was, she had no room to refuse.

Therefore, Aurelia could only say helplessly.

"When the day of the Dao Vindication Assembly arrives, Saint Lord Alex only needs to lead your family’s disciples over."