Records of the Weakest Emperor

Calvin strode in confidently into the Rags to Riches Casino.

Christine followed suit but there was a worried look on her face.

"Wait, isn't that the young lady of the Allana Martial family?"

"Now that you've mentioned it... she actually looks like that young lady from the Allana Martial family!"

"What do you mean she looks like? She's that young lady in the flesh!"

"What?! That's impossible... How could a member of the Allana Martial family be in a place like this?"

"Miss Christine from the Allana Martial family? Oh no, this is a scoop... How could she be here?"

The discussions from the crowd sounded strange in Calvin's ears.

He stopped and turned to look at Christine. "Is there something that you are hiding from me?"

Christine looked uncomfortable as she looked around. "No... It's nothing."

"Oh?" Calvin raised his eyebrows. "Are you sure that you're not afraid and worried of being scolded and punished for being in a place like this once you are back in your family?"

"Ah..." Christine let out a yelp of shock. She didn't expect Calvin to be so sharp. "Do you always read people's hearts as if they are a book?"

"Is it bad?" Calvin smirked. Then, he attacked the crux of the problem. "So, I was right? Is there some kind of an obscure law in your family that forbids you to be in a place of debauchery? Well, I can say that such a law will make sense. I mean, who would want their young lady to appear in a place of absolute filth like this?"

Christine looked aggrieved. "Since it looks like you already knew about it beforehand, why did you still proceed with this plan?"

"Sigh..." Calvin let out a sigh of relief. "Look. I am a person without status nor money. How else can I possibly come here with guns blazing without the backing of a noble family? You're already here, so I might as well put your status to use."

"So you only included me with your plan because of my status?" Christine looked at him with knitted eyebrows. The way her phoenix-shaped eyes turned into slits made her look sinister, yet the make-up that she had used on her face made her look adorable at the same time. As expected of the junior sister of that member of the Ashmelion Police Department.

Speaking of the Ashmelion Police Department, Calvin decided to ask. "Are you not worried at all?"

"Worried about what?"

"Are you not worried that after we've done all of these, we'll find out that in the end—your sister had a hand in this corruption?"

Christine's face went pale. She didn't know how to answer Calvin's question for a moment, but in the end, she let out a sigh and said.

"We all reap what we sow. I just hope that it's not the case."

"Oh?" Calvin was intrigued. "Why are you saying that as if you do not trust your sister's attitude and personality?"

"People can change, Calvin." Christine suddenly looked straight at Calvin. "People do change."

Calvin was taken aback by the pained look in her eyes.

"My bad." He apologized. "I shouldn't have asked you that question and opened this can of worms."

"It's okay."

"Really?" Calvin was surprised. "Would your father not beat you up once she knows that you are in a place like this?"

Christine smiled. "You told me that you have a wife and a daughter, right? What would you do if your strict and disciplined daughter suddenly acted in a rebellious manner?"

"I would be worried..." Calvin immediately replied, "Shouldn't that be the case."

"An interesting answer, but far from the mark." Christine lifted her finger and winked. "If I were you, I would be excited."

"Wait, why would I be excited if my daughter suddenly turned weird all of a sudden?"

Christine lightly chuckled. "That's because your daughter has finally decided to spread her wings and grow up."

After she said these words, Christine turned around and went into the Rags to Riches Casino by herself.

She left behind a baffled Calvin who mumbled to himself. "Why does it feel like her words make sense, yet not, at the same time?"

Calvin hurriedly caught up to Christine and their appearance walking side by side attracted the hostility and envy of the men inside the Casino.

"Why are you sticking so close to me? Are you not afraid of people getting the wrong idea? You have a wife and a daughter, right?"

Christine stared at Calvin in disdain.

"Shouldn't you be the one that should be worried? I heard that the daughters of noble families often have child engagements. If that's the case, then shouldn't you have a fiance already? Wouldn't he be mad at me if he finds out that I'm sticking so close to you like this?" Calvin retorted.

"Your words do not make sense. If what your saying is true, then shouldn't you be the one to stay away from me? Also, you don't have to worry about me having a child fiance. Our family doesn't work like that." Christine lightly chuckled.

Calvin's words were right. Most noble families often betrothed their children to each other while they were young.

But the Allana Martial family was different.

Its core values and its family culture were drastically different from other noble families which made it somewhat of an aberrant among the circle. This abnormality often isolated them from the others, but the noble Allana Martial family never once cared about what the others thought about their culture.

They had this mindset of "whether you accept us or not, it doesn't matter".

Their mindset, core values, and family culture had earned the praise of a lot of stronger noble families.

In short, one could say that their position in the noble circle was quite solid and deep.

But Calvin's tongue was quite poisonous. "Why should I be worried? Did you expect me to woo you or something?"

Christine almost keeled over into the floor when she heard Calvin's words.

She wanted to curse right there and then, but then she realized that everyone's eyes were on her.

She might not care about what others thought of her, but she had to uphold the family's reputation in front of commoners.

"Hmmph!" Christine coldly snorted and glared at him. 'This guy was obviously doing this purposely since he knows that I cannot lash out at him under the eyes of so many people!' Christine swore to get back at him once they were done with what they were about to do here.

Calvin swept his gaze across the crowd and a look of complacent was on his face as he took on the praises and envy of the people around him. Recalling Christine's words about the Allana Martial family having different core values and family culture than other noble families, he stuck closer to her and appeared to be intimate.

"Did you make me assume my true identity, so that you can bask in this glory and satisfy that shallow pride of yours?"

Christine saw through Calvin's actions and she immediately took advantage of it to mock him.

"Relax, this is all part of the plan. I have to make them let their guard down against me. I have to let them think that I am nothing but an arrogant young master who came here to have fun and waste his money." Calvin smirked at Christine, astonishing the latter.

In the end, she pursed her lips and decided to suck it up.

Calvin looked at her and asked, "Does the Allana Martial family have some internal rules regarding gambling?"

Christine stared at him for a moment before she nodded her head. "Yes, we once had an heir who was obsessed with gambling. He used his status and almost gambled the entire clan's fortunes away. It took us many generations of diligence and wise leadership to recoup the loss that we had suffered under his obsession. Since then, our family forbids us to gamble."

"I see..." Calvin let out a sigh. "It seems that I ended up hurting you to advance my own agenda. This will not do. I cannot possibly hurt a friend to succeed."

"Oh?" Christine was taken aback. "So you still have some humanity left in you? What now? Shall we go back?"

"Nope..." Calvin mysteriously smiled. "The internal rules of the Allana Martial family concerning gambling is not something that we cannot change nor challenge indeed. But what if we say that we came here—not to gamble—but to take our revenge for the sake of our friend? I'm sure that the Allana Martial family wouldn't punish us if they knew the reason why we came here."

"You..." Christine's pupils constricted. She thought about it for a moment and her worries seemed to have vanished in an instant.

It was doable!

'That's right... this reason might be suspicious, but if we say that we gambled for the sake of our friend and our honor...'

'Father and Mother wouldn't possibly punish me too harshly. What's more, I don't think that they would actually punish me that hard in the first place since they've always been wanting to see me do something different other than training in the family and in the four arts. I guess I can just say that I am widening my horizons about the world.'

Christine let out a smile.

The smile on her face made her look incomparably beautiful as she proceeded to wrap her hand around Calvin's arm.

Having let go of her worries, Christine was now unfettered—free to do whatever she wanted.

Dragging Calvin deeper into the Rags to Riches Casino, her smile deepened as she said.

"Okay... Let's go and have fun!"