Damned Healer

Alexandra stared at Irana dryly. She wasn’t going to lower herself to argue with an irrelevant girl. Her mother, standing next to her, snorted and said, "Girl, be quiet and let your mother handle it. Don’t let your emotions loose when it’s not the right time."

Irana was clearly outraged by the situation. But she could only swallow it and trust her mother.

Seeing that, Camille smiled slightly, "I agree with her. The matter between Darian and Vanh is personal. Besides, it was obvious to everyone: Vanh was trying to imitate Darian’s deeds from the first match, but was being way more brutal and humiliating toward the people from the New Arcadia Empire. All out of envy."

"I don’t care about their reasons. Rules are rules. Darian could’ve just stopped the fight, but he chose the wrong place to retaliate without thinking. If we let this slide, we’ll lose a lot of face." Alexandra said coldly.

Blaine sighed, "He does deserve punishment. But I don’t agree it should be now and during this tournament. That would be unfair to my whole empire and just too much."

"Unfair? What a joke. That boy has no respect for authority. He should be taught a serious lesson." She replied without hesitation.

"Don’t be childish and let your emotions take over, you’re just embarrassing yourself." Nikolai said flatly, clearly mocking her and drawing a parallel with Irana’s earlier outburst. Alexandra’s expression turned grim.

"The point of this tournament is to select the Earth’s top talents so they can receive the blessing of Heaven’s Will. We might lose some face, but we’re not going to sabotage the brightest star of Earth over something this minor. Him receiving that blessing is crucial for Earth’s future."

Tian Yu nodded, "I agree. Blaine, just give Darian a heavy punishment and announce it publicly later. Case closed."

"I won’t accept that. The honor of my empire, which is hosting this tournament, is at stake," Alexandra said seriously.

Clearly, that wasn’t the real reason — but she simply couldn’t let Darian off the hook, or the Wube family would retaliate brutally in the future.

"Well... forgive me for stepping in again," Irana’s mother spoke calmly, "But what happened here is already suspicious enough. Darian showed up without a group... then your empire’s judge clearly tried to favor someone and sabotage others... and now you’re dead serious about punishing him... if you really have honor, I’m starting to question it a bit now."