"Auten! What was the conclusion of the negotiation?" Empress Heidi inquired. She had guessed from Auten's countenance, but she chose to ask anyway.
All of the officials turned to gaze at Auten at the same time.
"Mother Empress!" Prince Auten growled, "The White Tiger King was too full of himself and arrogant! He didn't take me seriously and said that if it were my father who went there, he would have to bow to him as well."
Prince Auten became angrier. "When we first met, the White Tiger King even asked me to bow to him. He's so arrogant."
Empress Heidi looked displeased.
'How dare the White Tiger King be so disrespectful to my prince.'
The officials were also furious and indignant.
"That's ridiculous. How could the White Tiger King be so arrogant?"
"Those evil creatures are savages."
"Offending His Highness means that they are disrespecting the Imperial Sky Palace."
The officials were indignant and threw many insulting remarks. That caused Prince Aurin to feel shocked.
'This…'
'Master was right. Auten had failed.'
As he thought, he could not help but ask softly, "Master, how did you know that he would not succeed?"
'It would not have been merely a guess. After all, Master was rather confident when he said it.'
Darryl smiled and said, "The White Tiger King is a strong-headed person and had never feared his enemies. Prince Auten would certainly be haughty when he met the White Tiger King. He has always been arrogant and pampered. In such a situation, would the White Tiger King be courteous toward him?"
"Prince Auten is also lucky that the White Tiger King did not lay a finger on him. Otherwise, he'd better not dream of coming back alive."
'I see…' Prince Aurin nodded in realization and asked curiously after thinking of something, "Master, based on what you just said, it sounded like you know the White Tiger King very well."
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