After that message echoed through the hall walls for a few seconds, the guy that came to report seemed to have beginning to take a notice of the scene taken place in front of him, the guy who came here was similar in looks to Callen and the old elder Loon, his eyes were green, i was beginning to have a bad premonition in my heart about this, it couldn't be, right .
He kept darting his eyes at me then at the elder whose fist was bound in my hands without having any ability to move it even an inch and due to the different in size, the scene looked quite funny but he didn't dare to laugh nor were any of the others, some were still unable to recover from the shock earlier and two other bombs were dropped on them simultaneously, they all had their mouth wide opened, excluding only the family head .
The guy who came here as if confirming my suspicions get closer to the still standing a bit far Elder Loon and asked him something whispering in his ears, he was probably asking him about what was exactly going on here, but the elder in question was completely dumbstruck to answer any sort kinds of questions now .
Seeing his actions and the intimacy he had with Elder Loon i became more certain that he was that guy Callen's brother or a close cousin, but the latter chances of being a correct speculation was quite meager .
The whole room fell into silent, but there was one voice that broke that silent, a guy who was still trying to get his hand back, elder Draks, he yelled loudly and cursed, saying :
Let go of me, you bast..... .
He was about to continue cursing but seeing that he might need to be taught a more inclusive lesson before confessing his wronging, i transformed into my Demon Form, the moment i did he swallowed all the words he was about to say as the purple red haired giant me made his appearance, in that exact same moment that i transferred, i saw 4 or 5 elders directly collapsing from their chairs and falling to the ground .
The one who was stunned most was none other than the guy that i was still holding in hand, i raised him up by pulling his hand that i was still holding with quite ease .
As he was now pulled off the ground, he looked at me with a frightening face and shaking body, i couldn't help but smirk a little at how he currently looked, that smile seemed to anxious him even more as he began trying to open his mouth and say something, anything, but he just wasn't able to do so, he was flabbergasted and unable to muster any kinds of words to say .
Is that really my illegitimate older brother, he is even stronger than the heir of the family, Elder Draks son, how can that possibly be .
As i heard those words, i couldn't help but turn slightly to look at him, the moment i did that, the body of the guy who just said that shook directly and he hid behind the elder next to him who was ironically already body shaken as well .
He did keep on insulting you and your father but i hope you still let him go he probably isn't aware of that you already confirming your identity through the ritual, a misunderstanding, yes he just misunderstood, i will be sure to teach him to be better later, but for now, i hope you let him go, we are all a family after all, internal fighting won't help us survive long as a family .
I was still looking at the two that were supposedly my relatives when the hurried voice of the family head suddenly echoed through the silent, trying to meddle in between me and Draks who was now looking quite desperate, he did present a good argument about that guy being nothing but an idiot who acted on impulses and wasn't even waiting to understand what had happened when he was out before .
I heard the family head words and thought about them a little, this whole situation sounded funny to me, i couldn't but chuckle a little and i almost sneered at what he was saying, if i was weak, i may have already being killed by simply the pressure he kept exerting earlier, if i was weak, i could have been stomped upon by any of those guys, so i found his argument to be completely useless, but seeing that the other elders were absent-mindedly nodding, i for only this time decided to let that guy go .
Seeing them like this i turned to look at the guy in hand and said in a rough voice that sent chills to the backs of everyone present, i said :
" One more time, try cursing me one more time and don't talk about we being a family, i will remove your head from your body and hang it on the walls there like a trophy .
I then transformed back to my human form still holding him in my hand and i just throw him away towards the walls again, shocking the crowds once more, especially the family head, that guy face was so ugly to look at now, that he was forced to turn his body around, so other people can't be able to take notice of that, they won't have been able to even if he hadn't done so, after all their stares were currently glued to me .
The guy who was thrown to the walls transformed back into his human form, but still sat on the ground with a lost like expression on his face .
I once again sat on my chair from before and was contemplating about the words that Callen's brother said earlier about the herione escaping from the palace, i felt my mood become a bit lighter as i got hold of that news, but i was also a little worried, due to the fact that I'm aware that whether it was Hana or someone else, they weren't safe inside those walls, any area in this place was filled with strongmen, so unless the escapee was able to find a way to break the barrier surrounding the city, their chances of escaping was zero .
As i was contemplating about my next move, i remembered that that guy also mentioned that the king was calling for a meeting to help him in finding the whereabouts of the escapee human heroine, believing that the chance to confirm the identity of that herione had presented itself to me .
I will be finally able to know whether that herione was Hana or not, but even if she wasn't Hana i would still do everything i can to help her escape this place .
So due to the urgent call for a meeting that the king issued, let's wrap this up shall we, who of you want to hand Young Callen here to the king, who is in favor, please raise your hands .
I was surprised that they would be using such a way to decide what to do on this matter, the moment i heard those words leave the family head mouth i raised my stare and looked up to see who would raise their hands, but as if they all were aware of my stare, all of the Elders began shaking but no one dared to go ahead and raise his hand .
I looked at the guy who still leaning on the walls and saw that he had a complicated expression on his face, but he still looked at me in fear and still hadn't raised his hands and until the vote was called off by the family head, not a single person raised his hand .
I guess it's decided welcome back Callen, since we all are gathered here let's vote on whether Callen would become an official member of the family, revoking his illegitimate status from before, those in favor please raise your hands .
I saw that all of the 7 Elders present raised their hands including elder Loon and even the family head as well, i quirked my eyebrow at the only guy who wasn't raising his hand, the moment he saw me gave him a look, he willingly raised his hand as well, he was gritting his teeth, but was unable to do anything else but that, so i just paid him no mind any more .
The decision is decided then, elder Draks you would convey the response that we came to an agreement on to the King messenger, we all still need to check a few things with you little Callen, but unfortunately we don't have enough time for that, i hope you will stay put until we come back .
The ugly expression on Draks face because even more severe than before, he was probably dissatisfied with the way the Family Head had spoken to him with, the commanding tone he used, in complete contrast to the malleable way he used with talking to me, that what angered him the most, perhaps, as i was thinking like this, the family head continued to say :
Call your son Loger here Draks, he will come with me to the meeting .
Draks nodded and asked my supposedly little brother to go and search for him, but he wasn't unresponsive for his request still shocked from all that just saw happening, he came carrying a bomb like news, but he got bombed as well with the weird things that happened, he was engrossed in the shock that he didn't even heard the elder calling for him, with how short fused that guy was, he was about to curse again, but a silent hum from me had him discard the thought of his mind, the reason to why i interfered was very simple, I wanted to anger that man called Draks even more .
My supposedly younger brother is called Lorg, i was aware of this because i heard Draks call him as such, so unless it was a curse somehow, it can only mean that this was indeed his name .
I called him once and he seemed to respond but out of fear he still hid behind Elder Loon, i couldn't help but wonder about the relationship between the two brothers, was that his reaction to me, or his reaction towards the original Callen in general .
Seeing that he was unresponsive, i just told myself to not think deep about this, or else i might find myself emotionally implicated in business that didn't relate to me at all .
Draks, go and get your son yourself, hurry up and ask the servants to prepare the carriage .
As he heard the commanding tone of the family head, he gritted his teeth even more then he got up and got out of the Hall to do what he was tasked with, leaving the scene fell after into a deathly silent .
I was once again engrossed in my own thoughts, reminding myself of my original plan and that i could be able to implement it faster, if i were to go and attend that meeting as well, so saying that the family head was still giving us his back, i said :
" I wanted to attend that meeting, Lorg has mentioned earlier .
The moment i said those words and before i can see anyone's reaction, i heard the doors of the hall suddenly cracked open by a strong hand behind us, without turning around to see who was there, i thought that it was just Draks returning and reacting to my words, but i was a bit off with my guess, it was indeed Draks who came back, but this time someone was also accompanying him, that guy was the one who destroyed the entrance door just now .
I turned my head only after i recalled that i sensed the killing intent that guy was releasing to be quite familiar, i remembered that i sensed it quite recently, as well .
I was surprised to see that killing intent was no longer coming from Draks, but the familiar young man standing in front of him, that guy was familiar due to the fact that i believe that i had seen him before .
That guy was the owner of the room i was in before, his portraits were hanged all over the walls so i was able to tell who he was with a glance, he was also the guy that was threatening with a dagger back at the room, loudly declaring that he want give up on something to me, i don't know what he meant by saying what he said nor i care much honestly to know .
His reaction to my words was what made me a bit surprised, he normally doesn't go around smashing doors, right ? .
I saw that he was also being held back in place by his father Draks, Loger that was the guy in front of me name, he was staring deadly at me while gritting his teeth and having quite the angry expression on his face, but as if still holding to a bit of his rationality, he bowed towards the family head and greeted he and the elders, then asked directly, saying :
I'm sorry for the lateness, shouldn't we go then family head, king Devo doesn't like to be kept on waiting for long .
His words were polite adding a bit of valor to him, i was able to tell from the endorsing eyes of the Elders that this guy had their full support, the family head nodded at his words then turned towards me and said :
It's better if you didn't tag along for this journey, Callen for your own sake, the king was already beyond furious with the fact that someone dared to try and break into the city through infiltrating the gates, not to mention how wrathful he was at seeing someone trying to destroy the barrier all together, so i do believe that it was best for you to stay put for the time being, untill the King's wrath was somehow calmed down, then i will personally take you to meet him if that what you want to do, okay .
He said all those words in a hurried manner as he began making his way towards the doors, just as he was about to pass by me with a hurried steps, i stood up and began walking after him, saying :
" Well, I'm a bit interested in knowing more about that female hero that the king had enslaved, so I'm coming along since that guy is allowed to go then i too should be allowed to do the same as for the deal with the king, I'm not afraid of meeting an angry King, so you don't need to worry for my sake .
Huh, you believe yours to be in bar with me, what a ridiculous joke, did you lose your sanity outside or something, I'm the Heir to the family, that's why i'm going, but who are you in comparison .
He said with a haughty attitude, i guess my opinion of him being arrogant actually held some truth to it .
" IS BEING THE HEIR TO THE FAMILY THAT GREAT, THEN LET'S ALL VOTE ON ME FROM NOW ON BEING THE HEIR OF THE FAMILY, WHO IS IN FAVOR .