"Military Advisor Bai Wei greets the Major General!!" Bai Wei said in a loud voice while doing the standard salute towards Jiang Long.

[Ding! Target's favorability has risen 10 points and is now 45 in total]

...

Bai Wei was in a small changing room inside the palace. It had now been two years since Bai Wei had joined Jiang Long on the battlefield as a military advisor. Through the persistent efforts of the soldiers, Jiang Long's leadership, and Bai Wei's tactical brilliance they had managed to shorten the originally seven-year war into two and a half years. Additionally, the original number of casualties was one third of Bai Wei's original prediction.

In the meantime, Bai Wei had managed to raise Jiang Long's favorability score to 69. Through multiple life or death circumstances, Bai Wei was painstakingly able to raise his favorability up to the highest point of friendship.

According to the system, seventy and above meant that the target liked you, eighty to eighty-nine was love ,and ninety to one hundred was deep love. Bai Wei planned to raise his favoritism tonight and break past this peculiar friendship that he had fostered with Jiang Long for so long.

Tonight was the victory banquet that the emperor hosted to celebrate winning the war against the Zerg. This event also doubled as an awards ceremony that both Jiang Long and Bai Wei would be given awards for their contributions to the war efforts. Jiang Long would no longer be the crown prince with no standing after this event. As such, the entire kingdom was invited and it was going to be a very lavish affair.

Bai Wei stood in a black suit trimmed with white embellishments and a pink rose in his pocket square. His long legs and slim torso were perfectly outlined by the suit. He looked the part as the second most eligible bachelor in the nation, only behind Jiang Long. Bai Wei expected that the two would be swarmed with ladies the second they entered the banquet.

Bai Wei's thoughts were cut short when a knock at the door reminded Bai Wei that it was time to go. Outside the door stood Jiang Long in a white tailored suit with black embroidered patterns on the cuffs and pants.

A broad chest, a tall standing, and an angular face that matched his sword shaped eyebrows. The man had matured over the past years from a high mountain flower into a glorious golden dragon. Beautiful to look at but impossible to own. The two's outfits were a matching set that in the words of Jiang Long 'showed off their great friendship to the world'.

Bai Wei mentally noted this declaration of 'friendship' and marked it down in order to get his dues later.

Bai Wei walked up to the taller man and helped him adjust his broach that rested at his chest where the pocket square was supposed to be. Bai Wei mentally guessed the value of this small jewel as it shimmered in a reddish hue refracting light back onto his hands before looking into Jiang Long's eyes who were watching him incessantly since he left the room.

The two walked into the ballroom together, with Bai Wei only half a step behind Jiang Long as his trusted assistant. The entire banquet stopped and looked as the two entered the room and a hushed whispering took over the ballroom as the people gawked at the two of them. Suddenly, the emperor's loud booming voice reached over the ballroom and greeted the two as they walked towards him. The emperor's eyes shined with glee as he saw his only son return gloriously from war. He felt assured that the country would be fine after his rein.

The two went through the crowning ceremony without a hitch. Bai Wei gaining a title and deed to some land in the west and Jiang Long gaining a golden crown that guaranteed him as the emperor's successor. With the white suit and his golden crown, Jiang Long looked like the picture-perfect prince in storybooks.

...

After the ceremony finished, the two became separated as multiple nobles were itching to get in the good grace's of the future emperor. Jiang Long felt his head ache as he talked to multiple nobles that used to ignore him completely. He watched as the same people that used to look at him in disgust now were eager to grovel at his feet.

After worming his way out of the crowd, he was then assaulted by a group of young ladies. Each testing the limits as they rushed to get his attention with their gorgeous dresses and hair. The mixture of so many perfumes made Jiang Long want to hurl.

By the time Jiang Long got away from all these people he was exhausted and missed the company of his trusted friend, Bai Wei. Jiang Long began discreetly looking for his friend as he navigated the ballroom. His search was soon fruitful as he found Bai Wei over by the food table munching down on a small plate of fruit and sweets. Jiang Long chuckled to himself that Bai Wei was still a kid on the inside despite having grown up.

But Jiang Long's thoughts came to a halt as he approached further and saw that Bai Wei was in a deep conversation with someone. Not just anyone either, he was talking to a woman!

Jiang Long strode over with large steps as he became more infuriated by the second. Someone dared to steal away his Bai Wei from underneath his nose???

Wait. His Bai Wei?

[Ding! Target's favorability has risen 3 points and is now 72]

Jiang Long stopped walking to think through his feelings towards his friend, but quickly started walking again when the woman reached out her hand towards Bai Wei.

Jiang Long quickly stepped in between the two and separated Bai Wei from the woman. He smiled at the woman appreciatively and softly cajoled her away in the name of talking to his friend alone. He then looked down at Bai Wei who was pouting cutely at his intervention in the conversation.

Jiang Long had a momentary impulse to give Bai Wei anything he wanted before remembering that what he wanted was to have a deep conversation with someone who was not himself. Jiang Long's rage once again soared at this thought. Jiang Long was about to say something to Bai Wei when someone else approached them.

It was Jia Jinxing, the woman who he had once sworn his devoted love to. The woman he had not seen in two and a half years.

"Long time no see you two!" Jia Jinxing said in a cheerful voice.

[Ding! Target's favorability has risen 4 points and is now 76]