The head of the family was quite no matter what was discussed at the table. Nothing seed to rattle him and upset. Not even the matter of Celine’s sche.
The man humd and continued to eat. He attacked the food on his plate as if he was going to war with it and ate as if he was never going to eat again.
His behavior was out of place for a noble. But they knew that he was also a rchant, and rchants don’t like to waste ti, so they understood.
Besides, he was a very powerful man. They had to give him a pass even if they didn’t understand his behavior.
The rest of the family chatted amicably while the head of the family ate. But while it didn’t look like he wasn’t listening to them, they knew that he was listening and was paying attention to everything going on around them.
This was further proven when he finished eating and spoke to Celine.
"What you did was impressive. But it was out of line."
He started with the good and continued with the bad. He was staring at her calmly, but she didn’t dare to et his gaze. She could only bow her head and listen.
"You broke the rules of engagent. If everyone behaves like you, there will be chaos, and this arrangent will lose its aning. The outer city will beco full of fighting and killing, which will hinder productivity and also hinder the one thing the gangs were employed to do."
His voice was stern as he said, "With them being on guard against each other and fighting each other all the ti, how will they be able to resist external attacks? So this will be the last ti you pull off this stunt. If you repeat it, I will strip you of all of your privileges."
He only said one good thing. Then he complained for the rest of his speech. Afterwards, he finished with a threat.
After speaking, he addressed everyone else at the table. Then he stood up and left. His actions were smooth and efficient as usual.
Once he left, everyone decided to leave too. They didn’t have the interest to continue chatting with each other now that the main event was over.
Celine also stood up to leave. But her brothers didn’t let her leave without giving her a piece of their mind.
The elder of the two spoke first. He adjusted his shirt and said with a cold voice, "What you did was dirty. I admit that your gang is powerful and deserves more territory, but that doesn’t an you can flout every rule."
She smiled and said, "I know. But I had to catch you off guard, or you would have had ti to interfere in the outco of a formalized battle."
"It was a decision I made with great pain. I assure you that I take no pleasure in it. You have simply forced to take such a drastic action.
She said that while smiling. No one was going to believe that the decision cost her great pain. The look on her face was just rubbing salt in their wounds.
The second brother sneered and said, "Now that you’ve had your fun, prepare for the consequences."
The two of them left after saying their piece. Even though they were very angry, they only showed it on their faces and said one sentence each. This is a habit that they learned from their father.
Their father doesn’t like to waste ti because ti is money to him. As his kids who have lived under his roof for more than 20 years, they have learned from him not to indulge in wasting ti.
So even though anger wanted to compel them to shout and tell at her,. They were able to restrain themselves from putting their anger into actions, not words. Actions speak louder than words anyway.
This is how she can be sure that she is going to regret what the Golden Hamr gang did. There is just no other way since her brothers are hell-bent on making her regret it.
This thought made her sober up after enjoying their pain for a while. Her face beca cold as she thought to herself, "Who wants to play this ga with you anyway? It is rugged and a waste of ti."
The ga she is referring to is the competition among the descendants of the family to decide who will gain the support of the family in becoming a rank 4 noble. This ga is played with gangs as chess pieces or pawns, to be exact.
The rank 4 divine ability of nobles is Land Sovereign. It is an ability that grants a noble all sorts of advantages when fighting in their territory.
Land Sovereign is a powerful divine ability, but the requirent to get it is to have major control over a piece of territory with people living in it. The smallest territory that ets this advance requirent is a town.
Unfortunately for nobles, there is a limited number of spirit springs, so there will always be a limited number of towns. This is why there is usually only one rank 4 noble in a noble family.
Even if a family is rich, it is very difficult to support another rank 4 noble. Sotis, regardless of the money a family possesses, one will still need to fight to claim new territory from other humans or beasts.
What’s more, in a family full of rchants, money might be the last thing that they lack, but it is quite the opposite. For rchants, money is like their lifeblood. Asking them for money is like asking them for their lives.
All of these difficulties make it very difficult for a rank 3 noble to advance to rank 4, even if they belong to one of the founding families of Reinfield City. This is why the whole extended family decided to work together to support one person in a generation to beco a noble.
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