Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Rocky and Valeria began to light up the incense and kowtowed in front of the divine censer which was on the high platform. Then, they inserted the incense they held into the censer.
Afterward, the engagement covenant was sent to the stage and was put in front of the two.
"Lady first," Rocky said as he let Valeria go first.
As she looked at the engagement covenant in front of her, Valeria's heart began to pump hard. She became nervous, knowing that once she signed the covenant, everything would be irreversible, and she would now officially become Rocky's fiancee.
However, despite her hesitations, she could not disobey Flora's order. Hence, all she could do was taking a deep breath before signing her name on the covenant.
But then out of nowhere, Gloria stood up and shouted, "Hold on!"
At this moment, everyone's gaze fell on her again, including Gilbert, the elders, Rocky, and Valeria.
"Ladies and gentlemen, pardon me, but I cannot bear to keep quiet. I am not Odin's sister... I am his fiancee!" Gloria exclaimed. At this point, she felt that there was already no turning back. Hence, she mustered all her courage and acted impulsively. Her main purpose was to destroy the engagement between the Godly Geniuses of the Ghost Fief and the Flower Fief, but things did not go as she had planned. Thus, she thought of a different way on how she could still achieve her goal. Now that she suddenly announced that she was Rocky's fiancee, she wanted to see how Rocky and Valeria would react to this.
Then, as soon as she issued her statement, the information she blurted out immediately caused an uproar as if a bomb was dropped in the midst of the crowd. Everyone looked at Rocky and Valeria, at a loss for words.
No one thought that such a development would disrupt the engagement ceremony. Obviously, they did not expect that the Godly Genius of the Ghost Fief already had a fiancee.
At the same time, Valeria was also dumbfounded. Although she didn't want the engagement to be successful, she didn't expect that something so shocking would actually happen.
"Odin, what is this woman saying? Who really is she? Do you care to explain yourself?" As the leader of the Ghost Fief, Gilbert could not help but question Rocky in a stern tone. He, of all people, knew how important this ceremony was. Thus, he would not allow anyone to mess things up. However, Rocky brought the woman here himself, saying that she was his sister. But all of a sudden, she claimed to be his fiancee. Hence, Gilbert wanted Rocky to take responsibility and tell the truth.
"There is no need to hide it. He knows who I truly am!" Gloria immediately blurted out as she cast a cold glare upon Rocky.
"Odin, speak up!" Gilbert turned to Rocky again, urging him to explain everything.
"Well, I guess there is no need to hide it. It is now out in the open. What she said is true!" Rocky just shrugged his shoulders and played along to Gloria's ploy.
When everyone heard this straight from Rocky's mouth, loud gasps could be heard from the crowd. It was so sudden and was actually not that convincing.
"You!" Valeria's face turned crimson in anger. She felt rather humiliated and disgusted. She was actually convinced that Rocky was just deliberately asking someone to disguise as his fiancee in order to get out of this engagement.
At the same time, Elder Leticia's face also darkened as she was worried about how things would proceed from here.
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