Chapter 1447 - The Art of Pretense (1/2)

“Are you joining us this evening? You must be new here. I’ve never seen you before,” Wagner spoke, this time, in a less polite and more friendly manner.

“Why, yes. This is our first time here, for me, and my friend here,” Jiang Fei said as he chuckled.

“A friend?” Wagner gasped slightly as he turned to Kaa’lna. He had been paying attention to Jiang Fei alone and now wondered how he could have missed such a breathtaking view of a female. Then again, Wagner had seen it all and been with more than enough females that it didn’t matter anymore. However, his jaw nearly dropped to the ground when he analyzed her thoroughly. She was dressed modestly; nothing to flaunt about. It was her combat level that shook him to his core.

Who could have over 8,000,000 combat level besides galactic emperors? People with that number would have been the strongest in the universe—practically invincible! One could only imagine just how narrow-minded Wagner was. There were other stronger fighters, ten times stronger even, that roamed the universe on a silver board, strapped to the back of an Ultralisk.

Wagner might not know many powerful fighters but he was familiar with all the truly richest in the known universe. However, not a single one of them had managed to have a female companion of Kaa’lna’s caliber.

Aino was strong and he was famous to a certain extent. His combat level was more than ten million. Even so, he did not force Kaa’lna to be with his son. Despite having almost zero females in the ranks of the Valsalrian Army, there was one exemption that was Kaa’lna. The foolish son of his tried to court her. In his last attempt to show his might, he led an army to attack the Trade Federation and ended up drifting in space as a dead corpse in the galaxy known as the Domini System.

In retaliation, Aino had sacrificed many things to buy his way to the top ranks in the army and gained the authority to send Kaa’lna to the Tallgeese Outpost. That was her origin story.

While the strong and powerful were respected, the stronger, more powerful ones would not bat an eye. In the end, no matter how rich or famous you were, it was inevitable that the stronger ones would prevail and conquer.

As one of the strong, Kaa’lna had a certain pride. That was why she would not kowtow to even a galactic emperor when forced. She accepted the assignment post, wearing it like a badge of honor.

So, when not even influence and power could tempt another, a powerless man of wealth could never hope to even hold such a powerful, beautiful woman. Hence, respect was quickly given by Wagner to Jiang Fei. Jiang Fei must have something else hidden inside to be able to court such a beauty.

“That must be it. The Terran is only as strong as me. How was he able to steal the heart of this beautiful female?” Wagner thought to himself.

Oddly enough, Wagner’s interest was completely invested in Jiang Fei and not Kaa’lna. Sure, Kaa’lna possessed a certain untamed beauty. However, Wagner was not at all interested in her simply because he had had his fair share of beauty. Secondly, he knew better than to talk to such a powerful being as he could accidentally incur her wrath. One could only pray that one would survive and walk after incurring the wrath of the powerful.

“Brother Jiang Fei, if you don’t mind me asking, where do you excel?” Wagner probed.

“Excel? Hmm… I’m a commissioned officer in the military,” Jiang Fei simply said.

“Well, thank you for your service to the federation. It’s an honor that we useless folks could ever hope to earn,” said Wagner as he started his brown-nosing ritual.

“What about you? In your own words, where do you excel?”