Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master
Chapter 101 Terrible Jealousy

"To be frank, you've always viewed things in an extremely simple way. If His Majesty only consideredthings like that, he never would have arranged a marriage between Shirley and Basil. After all,Shirley is the successor of the Ximen Clan. Based on its current strong power, the Ximen Clan mayeven surpass that of the royal family in several years. Basil, who is supposed to become the son-in-law of the Ximen Clan, will therefore have enough powerful force to contend against the royalfamily. If Basil would become unfaithful to the emperor, no one can say for sure who will take overthe throne. Therefore, I really doubt whether my father did it intentionally. Maybe his purpose forthe arrangement was to make Basil become the next emperor of the Holy Dragon Empire.” Alstontried to guess the emperor's true intention by considering all possibilities.

"In my humble opinion, Prince Alston, the emperor does not plan to let Basil become his successor.If His Majesty intends to make the boy become his next successor, why did he even bother todemote Basil down to a commoner?” Cleary, Priest Dean held a totally different idea.

"Do you remember that my father was determined to bring that bastard Basil's mother back to theroyal family? He even promoted her from a worthless concubine to an imperial one, regardless ofthe strong opposition coming from the entire royal family. I know he still held a deep affection forthat bastard's mother, thus he definitely had a reason for doing so. I'm certain that his demotion ofBasil as a commoner is only a means of hiding his true intentions. Otherwise, how could that bastardhave broken through the Earthly Stage at such an astonishing speed in just two months? Iabsolutely don't believe that the bastard can break through to the Earthly Stage with his ownstrength. He has definitely received some kind of assistance from others.” Alston clenched both ofhis fists together, blue veins appearing on his forehead due to his anger and jealousy.

"I do have to admit that what you said also makes sense to some extent. Basil really broke throughthe Earthly Stage at an amazing speed. Moreover, he took out a yellow spiritual crystal at theDragon Birth Festival. How could such a precious thing be in his possession?" Priest Dean noddedhis head as he began to be aware that the whole thing was a bit odd.

"I'm sure that this is one of my father's secret arrangements. First, he deliberately demoted Basildown to a commoner so that he could secretly help him. Later, he arranged for him to be a hit atthe Dragon Birth Festival to let everyone present be sincerely convinced of his great strength. Then,it became quite natural for the emperor to rename him as a prince and arrange a marriage for him,"Alston concluded.

"Oh yes, now that you've mentioned it, I remember that during the Dragon Birth Festival, it wasGeneral Marcia who arranged Basil to come onto the stage. That was quite strange,” Priest Deansaid, his suspicion growing even more.

"General Marcia is my father's confidant and he trusts her more than anyone else. Therefore, it was apretty obvious thing that General Marcia helped Basil to appear at the Dragon Birth Festival.” Alstonexpressed his speculation.

"I see. If we consider these things from an outside perspective, they seemed to have happened bypure coincidence,” Priest Dean said noncommittally.

"All these things were planned in advance. If we let Basil marry Shirley, he might have his strengthredoubled. Therefore, I hope that you can lend me a helping hand. Of course, you can rest assurethat I won't mistreat you. Once I get the grand throne, I will designate you as the Chief Priest whoseresponsibility is to protect the whole country. You can own the position as long as you want. Yes,you will have to obey my every order, but you will have the power and authority over everyoneelse,” Alston said, trying to sweet-talk the Priest into cooperation.

Priest Dean was definitely enticed by Alston's words. However, he did have some concerns. Nowthat Basil had attracted the attention of the royal family and the entire Holy Dragon Empire, ifanything happened to him, it would certainly cause quite a stir.

"I know that you might have some concerns, but please don't worry. It won't be necessary for us totake practical action in this matter. I just need you to give me an idea on how to make that bastardlose his reputation in a way that would anger His Majesty, so much so that he would be expelledfrom the royal family forever. If he could be executed, it would be even better," Alston said with adeeply sinister look on his face and then laughed maniacally. He knew that Priest Dean had beenwith the emperor for so many years and understood his style of conduct. He believed that PriestDean knew best on how to make the emperor give up on Basil.

"The most unforgivable thing for His Majesty is betrayal from his subordinates. Over the years, noone who once betrayed His Majesty has come to a good end. So, if we can replace a way to make Basilbetray His Majesty, then everything will naturally happen in accordance with our plan,” Priest Deansaid. He hesitated for a moment, but eventually could not stop himself from showing a cunninglook.

"You have already come up with an idea, haven't you?" Alston knew exactly that he had not pickedthe wrong person to offer him ideas.

"His Majesty's favorite concubine at the moment is Consort Allison. What do you think he would doif he replaces out that his beloved concubine was seduced to bed by his son?" Priest Dean suggested,convinced that it was a very clever idea.

"Ha-ha! You did not disappoint me. However, how can we get those two together secretly withoutanyone noticing? We can't let them notice what will be taking place...” Alston asked Priest Dean."It's quite simple. Just let them stay in the same room and replace a way to make Basil take the secretmedicine I have developed. My medicine is very powerful. It can turn even someone who has thegreatest willpower to resist women's temptation into a beast in an instant.”

"Excellent. Thank you very much for lending me a helping hand and bothering to scheme such aclever plan. I'll take care of the rest." Alston gave out a loud laugh, and then his face turned as coldas ice. 'Basil, just wait for my revenge. You will soon know the terrible result of attacking a person farstronger than you. You will suffer great pain that it will even make you crave death. When that timecomes, Lena would not be able to protect you any longer. Eventually, I will make her my lover. If itweren't for you, I would have made her fall in love with me a long time ago, * Alston thought tohimself.

Alston's heart was filled with terrible jealousy. It was beyond everyone's imagination that he, anextremely arrogant prince, found it hard to win the heart of a woman that he desired.

On the other side, Mia and Rocky had flown all the way back to the Palace City. Mia did not say asingle word to Rocky for the whole duration of their ride and even after they have arrived at thepalace. After sending him back to his palace, she immediately rode away on the Scarlet FlameDragon, still without saying a single word.

"You're leaving just like that? Won't you give me a kiss goodbye?" Rocky teased after her.

When Rocky returned to the palace, Uriah, who had anxiously been waiting for his master for awhole day, immediately jumped towards him with great enthusiasm. Rocky and Uriah then startedto playfully wrestle each other. After his "date" with Mia, he felt much better.

In a twinkling of an eye, all became quiet in the dead of night.

After having dinner, Rocky was ready to start practicing. When suddenly, Lena came into his room."Lena, what are you doing here?" Rocky somewhat felt strange as he looked at Lena

"I'm here to check on you. When I saw you leave in the morning, you didn't seem to be in a goodmood. I know that the emperor's arrangement for your marriage has put you into a dilemma. Ididn't mean it, and I'm really sorry for that,” Lena said, feeling guilty.

"I know that you're doing it for my own good. Therefore, there's no need for you to apologize. Itwas you who made me understand my own situation. In fact, I should be thanking you.” Rocky gaveher a smile, trying to comfort her.

"Oh, I'm so relieved. I thought you would definitely blame me for that.” Lena let out a soft sigh."Why would I blame you? I want to take care of you and protect you. Can't you feel my sincereaffections towards you?" Rocky said, smirking flirtatiously.

Lena rolled her eyes. "Stop being such a glib. By the way, you'll be paying a visit to the Ximen Clantomorrow," she said.