Amid the cheers, the demons cast smiling glances at the pair, their eyes full of satisfaction and pride.

On the high platform, Fallen Q卿 Kaliyera finally revealed a satisfied smile.

She loved fulfilling the dreams of other beings the most.

"Then, according to the procedure, the author of this painting is—"

She pointed to the demon groom, sitting upright in the most-coveted seat on the far left side of the Regent's Hall.

"Please wait a moment."

From the Vampire seats furthest from the throne platform, Viscount Giovanni, standing behind the Tenth Progenitor, abruptly called a halt to everything.

All the demons wondered what the Vampire delegation was trying to do.

"..."

Fallen Q卿 Kaliyera was about to speak when the thing she expected occurred at this moment of resolution.

She was already somewhat annoyed by this flamboyant Vampire Viscount.

She frowned slightly and looked towards the Vampire delegation in the center of the fan-shaped seating arrangement in the Regent's Hall.

The Vampire diplomat, Viscount Giovanni, stood up, his movements swift and decisive.

Fallen Q卿 knew that Eduardo, as a Progenitor, might stir up trouble, probably by having his lackey, the Viscount, speak first.

"Lord Kaliyera, on behalf of the Vampire side, I must object to the procedure."

Viscount Giovanni's high-pitched voice cut short the nearly concluded ceremony. He looked towards Princess Hyperion, on the monarch's side of the Regent's Hall, with a hint of mockery on his face.

He didn't want to let the demons have their self-satisfied ending.

"..."

The eyes of all the demons in the hall instantly turned to Viscount Giovanni, and many dignitaries wore expressions of anger.

When the Vampire side produced an epic painting earlier, they were quite arrogant. Now that the demons had produced an epic painting, the Vampires were starting to raise objections.

But the problem really was…

Was McCarthy a Great Demon?

The leading Fallen Q卿, after sensing McCarthy's demonic power in the painting, didn't say anything more.

This obviously meant that Fallen Q卿 believed McCarthy was a Great Demon.

But, frankly, the other demons couldn't feel any demonic power or martial aura from McCarthy.

Perhaps McCarthy was hiding his strength, but if it was verified in the end that he wasn't a Great Demon, he would be disqualified.

Not only the Great Demons present looked confusedly at the Radiant Devil sitting next to Thunder Lord.

"My friend…"

Even Gareth, the Thunder Lord, who was close at hand, looked at his compatriot.

With Thunder Lord's eighth-order Great Demon strength, he simply couldn't determine the level of this businessman next to him.

He was very happy for his friend, but also worried for him.

In Thunder Lord's opinion, McCarthy wasn't a combat-type demon, and could even be said to possess little martial strength.

Perhaps a demon below the eighth order could pass the trials of temperament with their unique mind and abilities, but Thunder Lord was certain that without the eighth order, there was no hope of passing any of the martial trials.

But he was willing to trust his friend and Fallen Q卿.

The Vampires were always so despicable.

They had been mortal enemies on the battlefield before signing a peace treaty with the demons, and even now, the Vampires didn't forget to suppress the demons.

The demons weren't a race willing to always be subservient. Now, the fate of the Princess of the Last Lineage didn't only represent the dignity of the race, but also the final key to opening the ancestral demon realm.

Before a new Nine-Sealed Demon King appeared, if a state of war broke out and the ancestral realm remained closed, the demons would lose a major source of confidence in the war.

The supreme demonic power of the ancestral realm, the ancestral souls of the ancestors, and the sealing formulas of the ancestral realm could all be used as the ultimate barrier to suppress the Vampires.

The Vampires had probably confirmed that the demon realm only had the princess left who could open the ancestral realm, and they would definitely not give up this precious opportunity easily. With their unscrupulous and bottomless style, they might resort to any dirty trick.

The demons present began to whisper, sensing an ominous atmosphere.

Originally, this behavior of the Vampire envoy could be said to be quite rude.

But the demons present understood—this objection was quite effective.

Fallen Q卿 next to the Princess's throne nodded slightly, giving the Vampire Viscount Giovanni tacit permission to speak with a cold eye.

If she didn't let him speak, Duke Eduardo, the Fourth Progenitor, would soon speak up.

This simple reaction immediately silenced the hall again, and the eyes of the demon dignitaries focused on the Vampire Viscount and Fallen Q卿.

"Lord Fallen Q卿... you wouldn't want to forge a Great Demon identity for him and then deceive us Vampires, would you?"

Viscount Giovanni took a deep breath and looked sideways at McCarthy in the center right of the hall.

"Are you questioning whether I can't even judge a Great Demon?"

Fallen Q卿 Kaliyera said coldly, pressing her temple with a motionless finger.

"Or are you questioning whether I, Fallen Q卿, would stoop to cheating for victory?"

She felt disgusted talking to the unreasonable Vampires.

The moment she touched the painting, she was sure that McCarthy was a genuine Great Demon.

Although she didn't know why there were so many imprint reactions in McCarthy's demonic power, and one even resonated unusually deeply with her, she knew that each one was the supreme power of their demon race.

However, before a Great Demon bestowed their imprint, they wouldn't know what their imprint was. Kaliyera had never given her imprint to anyone, so that imprint on McCarthy was definitely not hers.

"Hehe, is Lord Kaliyera angry?"

Faced with Fallen Q卿 Kaliyera's short answer, Viscount Giovanni pointed to Lanchi,

"If I were you, even if he wasn't a Great Demon, I would identify him as a Great Demon, after all, you definitely want the demons to win."

At this moment, not only Fallen Q卿, but the atmosphere of the entire hall was enveloped by this suddenly surging smell of gunpowder.

Fallen Q卿 Kaliyera raised her eyes and glanced at Duke Eduardo, the Fourth Progenitor, behind Viscount Giovanni, leaning back slightly on his cane.

Although Eduardo's mouth was only in a straight line and he remained silent, Viscount Giovanni, a mere Vampire Viscount, dared to be so rude, he must have been instructed by the Fourth Progenitor.

"Hehe."

Kaliyera wasn't baited by this provocation, demeaning herself to argue with a viscount about this issue.

She maintained a cold posture, her eyes seeming to tell the Vampires that she was too lazy to reason with them, and that justice was in her heart.

"..."

Marquis Ulises, the Tenth Progenitor, silently propped his chin, with a faint smile.

He had been watching the show from beginning to end, uninterested in the conflict between the Vampires and demons, and it was all the same to him who won or lost.

Now the scene looked a bit stalemate.

Fallen Q卿 Kaliyera chose to cool down the unfavorable topic raised by Viscount Giovanni.

Viscount Giovanni retained a look of ease on his face.

It was a gain for him to be able to speak casually to Fallen Q卿 in his capacity, and after giving her a perfunctory salute, he looked around the entire Regent's Hall again:

"I think the demons present can feel the weak demonic power on this legendary demon painter. If he is really a Great Demon, why not ask him to prove it himself?"

The moment Viscount Giovanni's accusation fell, the air in the Regent's Hall froze.

The entire hall fell into momentary silence, followed by a rapid rise in noise.

"You bastard are insulting Lord Fallen Q卿!"

Mist Lord Orion was the first to stand up and scold, his voice as if he had been holding back for a long time.

Regardless of whether McCarthy needed to prove himself, a mere Vampire Viscount wasn't qualified to force them demons to prove anything.

"What we need is a completely honest and rule-abiding partner. If we can't give each other convincing results, how can we talk about this foundation?"

Giovanni, on the Vampire side, ignored Mist Lord, a Great Demon, and still pointed his spearhead directly at Fallen Q卿 Kaliyera.

"If Fallen Q卿 hasn't cheated, can your demon side's winner prove his Great Demon strength?"

"It's simple, McCarthy, no need to pretend anymore."

Kaliyera looked at Lanchi, meaning to let Lanchi display his Great Demon majesty.

This kind of soul strike, demons could instinctively sense, and Vampires could also see.

"Oh dear, why must I scare my compatriots?"

Lanchi leaned back in his seat, muttering helplessly to himself, while the flower-like white patterns on his face also had signs of burning and cracking with radiance.

"Wait."

Before McCarthy could act, Viscount Giovanni raised his hand again,

"How can we be sure that you, Fallen Q卿, didn't use illusions to create a Great Demon illusion for him? If it's just a demonstration of the Great Demon imprint, we Vampires can't really verify it."

After saying that, he pointed to Lanchi.

Lanchi looked at this Vampire Viscount naturally and confusedly.

"As everyone knows, Great Demons are at least of the eighth order. I would like to ask Mr. McCarthy to take a blow from the Fourth Progenitor. If he is really a Great Demon, he should be able to do it, right?"

Viscount Giovanni finally stopped hiding and said their Vampire side's request with a fierce look in his eyes.

The demons on the left side of the hall, close to Fallen Q卿, stood up, the collision with the chairs buzzing. They obviously didn't allow this insulting questioning.

The Vampires were questioning not only McCarthy, but Fallen Q卿 Kaliyera!

Their eyes seemed to warn Viscount Giovanni that their patience was also limited.

In this imminent confrontation.

"When did you demons have a fourth-order Great Demon?"

The Fourth Progenitor, Eduardo, looked at Fallen Q卿 across the distance, leaning back slightly on his cane.

"..."

Fallen Q卿 Kaliyera was briefly silent for a moment.

Other demons might not be able to see McCarthy's true strength, but she and Eduardo, who were ninth-order existences at the pinnacle of magic, couldn't be deceived by any trick of concealing true strength.

McCarthy was indeed fourth-order, Kaliyera knew.

And Eduardo, this guy, also knew McCarthy's rank well, so he instructed his viscount to play a conspiracy.

If McCarthy didn't have the strength of the eighth order, the Vampires would simply insist that McCarthy's Great Demon identity was fabricated by her Kaliyera using illusions.

Even if McCarthy really showed the majesty of a Great Demon, it would be useless, because the Vampires would insist that it was her Kaliyera who used illusions to help McCarthy forge it.

Although she didn't understand how McCarthy managed to become a Great Demon with six imprints at the fourth order, she would protect McCarthy at this moment, whether from a position or willingness.

"Today, Princess Hyperion's belonging is to the Great Demon McCarthy."

Fallen Q卿 Kaliyera tilted her head with incomparable firmness, as if she was ready to personally enter the battle,

"I've decided this for them. Even if your First Progenitor comes, it's useless."

She added, her eyes no longer concealing her innate ferocity as a demon.

With her here today, this marriage would be concluded.

(End of chapter)