Royal Gala (6)

About half an hour after the entry of the Emperor to the Royal Gala, the proper felicitation ceremony began, as quarter-finalists were introduced to the wider crowd and called up by the Emperor to receive their match winning token and money.

*Ding*

*Ding*

*Ding*

The second prince of the Empire, son of the second and less favored wife of the Emperor, rang a spoon over his wine glass as he tried to gather everyone's attention for the speech his father was about to make.

"May I have everyone's attention please? Emperor Julien D Evanus will now make a speech…" the young second prince said in a shrill teenage voice, as he tried hard to calm down the crowd and funnel their attention towards his father.

While his poor attempt at ringing the wine glass did not work well, the moment Julien D Evanus stood up from his make-shift throne seat and stepped forward, his authority as an Emperor immediately made the crowd go absolutely silent.