Brand, with a smile plastered on his face, walked up to Lin Xuan and went to put his arm around Lin Xuan’s shoulder.
But Esdeath’s sword was faster than his movement.
His arm hadn’t even reached Lin Xuan’s shoulder when Esdeath cut it off. If not for Brand’s quick dodge, his entire arm would have been severed.
“Brother!”
“Brand!”
“Esdeath!”
The Night Raid members, upon seeing this scene, screamed out in alarm. Tatsumi hurriedly walked forward to check if Brand was okay.
“Esdeath! Do you want to attack Night Raid?”
Leone stood in front of Brand, hands on her hips, looking extremely domineering. Sheil stood silently beside Mine, supporting her. The rest of Night Raid members implicitly surrounded Lin Xuan and the others.
“So what? Is Night Raid that important?”
Esdeath’s eyes narrowed slightly, a hint of amusement flashed in her azure blue eyes. A bloodthirsty smile appeared on her lips.
Lin Xuan smiled when he saw Akame running over.
“Alright, stop messing around, Esdeath, they wouldn't dare. But remember, kid, not everyone is someone you can just touch. Next time, it won't be a near miss.”
The latter half of his sentence was directed at Brand.
While Brand’s performance in the storyline was indeed outstanding, he truly appreciated him once. But that didn’t mean he could tolerate Brand doing anything to him once he met him.
You have to know, Brand is known as a tsundere in Akame Ga Kill!
“Lin Xuan! Don’t! They are my friends, don’t kill them.”
Akame finally came to her senses. Looking at Lin Xuan, she pleaded. While she didn’t seem to have much emotion, she actually cared a lot for her friends and family. She had been in Night Raid for so long, she had long considered Night Raid members as family like Kurome.
“Alright, I will let it go for your sake and those beautiful little girls over there. However, there is no next time.”
Lin Xuan smiled at the girls in the Night Raid camp.
“Hey, don’t think I will change my mind about you just because you’re good looking and compliment me.”
Leone was fearless, looking directly at Lin Xuan.
“Well, I am quite tolerant of beautiful girls. But, you have no next time either, Leone.”
Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes, the danger in his eyes rippling slightly.
He was indeed tolerant, he could tolerate it once, but only once. He didn’t like people with no discerning eye, no matter if they were male or female.
Annie died like that, one of the seven god-slaying assassins. She was kind, like Lady Esdeath, thinking he was indiscriminately killing people, and then she died.
“I understand. I will make it clear to them.”
Akame nodded. Although Night Raid wanted to argue, she directly dragged them away from Lin Xuan’s sight.
“Akame is still quite smart, I like her. Hmm, Sheil is not bad either, Mine is a bit withdrawn, Leone is easy to make me angry.”
“Why don’t you talk about me?”
Esdeath glanced at Lin Xuan with a hint of grievance.
“You’re smart, you know what you want, and you quickly figured out my habits. You are also very ambitious, I like ambitious women.”
Esdeath’s eyes twinkled upon hearing this.
“Really? When I’m stronger than you, I’ll make you my only man!”
Esdeath’s smile grew more and more rampant.
“Of course. The strong have the right to do anything they want. But you shouldn’t say these words in front of me. It will make me feel uncomfortable, and if I feel uncomfortable, you will be punished.”
Lin Xuan felt that Esdeath was very similar to him. They were both people who carried out the thought of power is everything.
The dinner began.
Because of the unpleasant first meeting, the atmosphere at the dinner was not good. But Akame specifically told them not to provoke Lin Xuan, so no one came to trouble him.
Lin Xuan was happy with this.
“Is it really like Akame said, did you defeat General Bud with one move?”
Leone couldn’t contain her curiosity and went to talk to Lin Xuan.
“Something like that.”
“Then you’re really amazing! Come on, let’s have a drink.”
Leone smiled and handed the full cup to Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan didn’t dislike Leone’s personality, he only disliked Brand because of his gender.
Looking at Lin Xuan chatting happily with Leone.
Mine pouted.
“Tsk, pervert.”
“I can hear you, Mine.”
Mine hurriedly looked up and saw Lin Xuan looking at her with an amused smile. Mine suddenly felt her face flush.
To be caught by someone you are badmouthing behind their back, how embarrassing?
After several rounds of drinks and dishes, Sheil, Leone and Chelsea had gathered around Lin Xuan unknowingly. However, the seat next to Lin Xuan was still firmly occupied by Esdeath.
“Ha, die!”
Suddenly, a man with a rough face stood up and pointed a flintlock pistol at Lin Xuan, pulling the trigger without hesitation.
“Bang!”
Suddenly, the Night Raid members’ eyes widened.
“Hahaha, as long as I kill you, I will be the emperor! The one who single-handedly dealt with General Bud and the ministers, as said by Najenda, is not that powerful, huh? I still shot him down with one shot. I should have brought people to storm the palace earlier if I had known General Bud was so weak!”
The shooter laughed wildly, the rough flesh on his face wrinkled into a ball.
His eyes sparkled with excitement. He seemed to see himself ascending to the throne and becoming the emperor.
He was the leader of the rebels. Night Raid was nominally under his command. If Lin Xuan died, he would then lead his men to put pressure on Najenda. Wouldn’t the empire’s throne be his to take?
“You dare!”
Esdeath glared angrily at the shooter.
The chill in her eyes erupted, instantly freezing the leader of the rebels into an ice block.
“Esdeath! Najenda! You’re not on our side, are you? Why would she attack us? It seems that your Night Raid’s heart is not pure! Did you already plan all this?”
The deputy leader of the rebels immediately stood up angrily and accused Najenda.
He knew that to Esdeath, they were just insignificant ants. Now, the best way was to shift all the blame onto Najenda.
“What happened?”
Akame squeezed through the crowd and came in. She saw the chaotic scene.
Seeing the leader of the rebels frozen into an ice block, she knew something was wrong, so she turned to look at Lin Xuan.