The council staff reacted quickly.
As soon as Logan opened his mouth, Holt appeared in the banquet hall, smiling and trying to ease the tension: "Logan, you can’t leave! Who’s going to drink with ?"
While chatting, Holt even picked up a big barrel of alcohol and sat down across from Logan.
Seeing that Logan was so close to the council, the familiar tars around him all turned pale.
Among them, the highest-ranking ones were just so guild leaders or vice-presidents of associations — ordinary people, not real officials.
Although their familiar rankings were high, their status and position were nothing compared to the federal council.
Logan glanced again at the familiar tar and smiled at Holt: "Then let this guy leave. I should have that much influence, right?"
Logan’s aning was clear — if the council gave him the respect, he would stay.
If not, he’d leave right away, and the council’s whole plan would fall apart.
Logan wasn’t stupid. The council had suddenly invited them and even seated them in the main seats — clearly, they had their own plans.
Holt knew Logan wasn’t joking. His face turned dark as he looked at the familiar tar in the distance, and the man turned pale instantly.
But before Holt could say anything, Alex’s voice ca in slowly: "Mr. Logan is the guest of honor tonight. Since it’s your request, we’ll certainly fulfill it. Please, Mr. Strange, leave. As compensation, the council will give you a [Divine Fruit] for free."
Hearing the first part, the familiar tar’s face turned completely cold.
Even if there was a big difference in status, a strong person wasn’t soone who could be treated with disrespect.
But after hearing the second half of the sentence, the familiar tar’s cold face suddenly lit up with a smile.
What? You dare to insult ? I don’t have any face? I’ll fight you to the death!
You’re going to give a [Divine Fruit]? Oh, then it’s okay! Go ahead and insult !
In the end, with everyone around watching with envy, the familiar tar nad Strange left the council hall with a big smile on his face.
Logan narrowed his eyes and kept watching Alex the whole ti. He was impressed with this temporary chairman even more.
A [Divine Fruit] is such a rare treasure. Is it just so common vegetable that you can just give away?
"Mr. Temporary Chairman, you really are generous." Logan said loudly, making sure everyone could hear. "How about giving a few of them?"
Even Holt could tell now that Logan was trying to cause trouble.
He had been pretending to be nice, but he was about to lose his temper. Right then, Alex grabbed his shoulder and said: "Logan, this is the first ti we et, and you’ve really made an impression on ."
"Please forgive , Mr. Temporary Chairman." Logan said, then spread his hands out in front of Alex. "This is our first eting. You should give a gift, right?"
The temporary chairman looked at Logan quietly and smiled. "That’s natural."
Then, more than twenty beautiful maids ca in, each carrying a box.
Alex looked around and bowed politely, saying with sincerity: "First of all, I’d like to welco all of you to this evening’s banquet."
He then looked at Logan and continued: "This banquet is not only for celebrating your great results in the Federal Familiar Ranking Competition, but it’s also a special event to welco our young heroes of the federation."
As Alex finished speaking, three maids quickly ca to Logan’s side, carrying boxes.
Logan looked at the three boxes in front of him and was a little surprised. He slowly opened them.
Inside the boxes were three shining, clear [Divine Fruits] — even bigger than the one Strange had taken earlier.
Then, the other maids also brought boxes to each familiar tar present.
Almost every familiar tar who had taken part in the Federal Familiar Ranking Competition received a [Divine Fruit].
Handing out nearly thirty [Divine Fruits] in one go, even Logan was surprised by Alex’s generous move.
"You must be eager to act like a judge early." Logan said, putting three [Divine Fruits] into his pocket and bowing to Alex.
"You’re joking." Alex smiled, raising his glass. "I just admire all of you and want to give you a hand."
With everyone getting a [Divine Fruit], the mood at the party was great.
Plus, every table had a mber of the federal council sitting with them, chatting and toasting. Each familiar tar was relaxed and enjoying the party.
Alex moved from table to table, toasting and chatting, acting like he was really encouraging these top talents of the federation.
Logan, while dealing with Holt, used his soul power to watch the surroundings carefully.
Soon, he caught sothing from the conversations around him.
The familiar tars at the party were not all from the top 24 on the ranking list.
Those who had ever received a [Divine Fruit] before were not on the guest list tonight.
In short, all the people invited were familiar tars who had never gotten a [Divine Fruit] before.
After realizing this, Logan frowned slightly and said, "Excuse , I need to go to the bathroom for a mont."
"I’ll go with you." Fischl said right away, helping Logan up and walking away from the table.
Holt watched the two of them leave and let out a sly smile. "Young love is great, Logan. No need to rush. Take your ti."
Logan walked into the bathroom and imdiately checked the caras around him.
Fischl was more direct. She waved her hand and summoned a bunch of crows, wrapping Logan and herself in a dark shadow.
"What did you find?" Fischl noticed Logan had sothing on his mind and asked directly.
"There’s sothing wrong with the Divine Fruit," Logan said coldly. He took one out from his familiar space and examined it closely.
The Divine Fruit looked clear and shiny, like crystal, and it could refract colorful light. But when he held it in his hand, it felt soft, like bread.
Fischl also took out her own [Divine Fruit] and studied it for a while before looking at Logan. "You’d better find an expert in alchemy and potion making. I think there’s a big secret behind this."
Logan nodded silently and put the [Divine Fruit] back into his familiar space. "Let’s leave first. I know a genius potion master."
Just as he was about to leave, Fischl suddenly wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him hard on the face.
Logan was shocked. "What are you doing?!"
Fischl kept kissing him and said coldly, "This way we can explain what we were doing. You know, I don’t like talking to strangers."
"Strangers?" Logan frowned when he heard that.
But before long, he reached into Fischl’s clothes.
"What are you doing?!" Fischl said the sa words this ti.
Logan saw that her face still showed no reaction and smiled. "Your clothes are too neat. Change into sothing else."
Fischl blushed for the first ti and pushed Logan out of her shadow space.
Logan walked out, whistling to himself, and looked in the mirror at the kiss marks on his face, looking proud.
Fischl soon ca out of the shadow space and was now wearing a completely different outfit — one that looked like she had just finished a workout.
The two returned to the banquet hall and were t with many suggestive glances. Holt even stood up and whistled at Logan.
"Ha ha, Logan, good job! You lasted over forty minutes!" Holt laughed and poured Logan another drink, and they started drinking again.
anwhile, as soon as Fischl sat down, she felt a few dangerous glares behind her.
She lifted her eyes slightly and saw Yelena, Sawako, Jessica, and Evelynna all staring at her with bad intentions.
"What? Are you jealous?" Fischl said, and imdiately, the girls all huffed and beca quiet.
Logan’s face and neck were covered in lipstick. To most n, it looked like a sign of sothing romantic. But to the girls, it was clearly Fischl showing off — and warning them.
Fischl could feel the girls’ hostility growing stronger. She sighed and said with a cold face, "Don’t be angry. I turned him down. He didn’t get anything."
When they heard that, the girls were stunned for a mont, then even more upset.
"You turned him down? Did he just stop?" Jessica said, clearly annoyed. She stared at Fischl and made her feel uncomfortable.
"How co I didn’t know Logan was such a gentle guy?" Evelynna said sarcastically. Fischl looked confused and didn’t understand.
"Yelena, I think this woman is showing off, but I don’t have proof," Sawako said, glaring at Fischl. Then she pulled Yelena aside and started whispering.
Soon, Fischl was completely ignored by the girls.
She got bored and just sat next to Logan. She quietly poured him a drink, quietly put food on his plate, and quietly wiped his mouth.
Holt was having a great ti drinking with Logan. When he saw Fischl being so kind, he looked jealous and said, "Logan, you’re really lucky!"
Hearing that, Logan smiled and put his arm around Fischl, then lightly kissed her forehead.
But Evelynna saw the whole thing and got really angry. "What the— that woman is so tricky!"
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