Disciplinary Hall, Death clan village;
In the courtroom of the disciplinary hall, a man was kneeling down before the high table where the judge is reading a docunt.
"Lady Night, I never intended to kill him. Claus was two-timing with two innocent ladies and I wanted to teach him a lesson. It was an accident." The man was pleasing for rcy while defending his actions.
The judge at the high table, Avia Night, didn't appear to be convinced. Looking at the docunt in her hands, she spoke, "Mr. Stanzler, according to our investigation reports, neither the ladies nor the victim seed to have any kind of relationship with you. It indicates that you are either stalking one or both of the ladies or you have so personal feud with the victim that we are unaware of.
Whatever the case, you don't have the right to interfere in their lives, and, therefore, you don't possess any grounds to ask for rcy. Finding you guilty of the murder of a civilian nad Garfield, I hereby sentence 114 years of imprisonnt. In the anti, your family, relatives, or friends can submit any relevant evidence that proves that you aren't completely guilty or rcy petition from the victim's family to reduce your sentence."
*Tap*
She slamd down the hamr and made the final judgnt.
"No… no… no…" The man was dragged away by two guards and Avia flipped the docunt for the next hearing.
And just as she was about to call the guards to bring in the next criminal who is a part of the Death Clan, a handso young man in his forties, although looks like he is in his mid-twenties, entered the courtroom and everyone around got up onto their feet in respect.
Avia raised her eyebrows as she saw him. She didn't stand up and spoke coldly as if she doesn't welco him, "what are you doing here, Prince Garcia?"
Velez Garcia is the second prince of the royal family of the Freyles nation and he is also the current clan heir. But, Avia usually addresses him with the forr identity rather than the current one.
Velez didn't appear to mind her tone and just smiled in response, "I must say that you look quite beautiful in that seat, Avia."
"And you looked like an idiot, trying to interrupt my work, Prince Garcia," replied Avia without wasting any ti. Displeasure is clearly written on her face.
Contrary to his image in the clan, he continued to ignore her rude behavior and acted nicely, "C'mon, it's not like you have hundreds of convicts waiting for the judgnt. The work can be done tomorrow. Anyway, I'm here to pick you up. We are going to be late for dinner."
"I never said that I was going to co for the dinner with your family." Avia hit back at him in her usual cold tone. She further threatened him, "Now, if you leave, I will have to get back to the work. Or else, it will be treated as if you don't respect the judgnt hall and a formal case will be filed against you for trying to misuse your authority as the temporary clan heir."
Velez silently stared at her, narrowing his eyes. Avia stared back at him unblinkingly.
After twenty seconds of staring contest, Velez said, "Alright, I'll wait at the rits hall. et once you were done with this."
Avia didn't reply to him and Velez turned around to leave the place.
There were guards and other few high-level officials in the judgnt hall, and everyone just stayed in silence and stood in their spots like statues. It was a familiar scene they have been watching for several months and everybody got used to it.
Roughly about half an hour later, Avia left the judgnt hall and started moving toward the Night Clan compound.
On the way, outside of the park where there are no people around, she saw Velez sitting on a bench in silence. He had two cans of beer.
Avia let out a sigh and walked toward him. "I thought you were waiting for at the rits Hall." She said as she sat beside him and took one of the beer cans.
Velez shrugged his shoulders, "I figured that you won't co to the rits Hall either way. So, I had to cut your way like this."
Taking a sip of beer, Avia then asked in her usual cold tone, "So, what is it that you want to talk about? Don't tell that you are still persistent about the dinner with your family."
"Well, I had to try," replied Velez with a smile on his face. He then spoke of his objective, "Today, I got a marriage proposal. My parents gave an ultimatum to either back together with you or marry the daughter of Azure Electric's Chairman."
"Congratulations. You have my wishes," replied Avia as she got up from the bench imdiately in order to leave.
But, Velez caught her arm, "C'mon, listen to for a second, will you?"
As she sat down, he further said, "Look, Avia. I really think you should stop worrying about that dead kid and focus on your life. Six years ago, when Lord Qridus announced Vesyrn's son as the heir, you broke up with , saying that we can't be together unless I beco the clan heir; all because of those stupid rules of your Night clan.
Now, it has been over six months since I ascended to the position. I have no competitors anymore. Four clans are directly supporting . And once I break through to rank 8, then, my position will be cented completely. Why don't you think about getting back together with ?"
"I think we have already talked about this longti ago." Avia didn't appear to be moved by his words. She continued, "I don't think you are that much of a fool to not even realize that the monarch only announced the Clan tournant as a temporary asure.
You have legitimately won the tournant and beca the clan heir but the illusion will disappear once Young Master Azrael returns."
Velez took a deep breath to not show how annoyed he was. He then stated, "He is dead, Avia. And if he survived that awakening and teleport to sowhere far away, he doesn't have a chance against . By the ti he grew strong enough to challenge , I will be already sitting on the throne."
"You don't understand." Avia shook her head, not convinced by his words. She explained, "The monarch clearly believes that Azrael is the reincarnation of the founder. During the second awakening, everyone saw Azrael awakened the lightning sphere of Aelius Crescent.
Your strength doesn't matter here. Once he returns, all the pavilion masters will turn against you. I highly doubt if there's a clan leader who will support you. And if you can't beco a clan leader, then, following the traditions of the Night clan, I can only marry a person whose bloodline quality is far less than mine.
Only this way, my Night Clan's bloodline can be preserved in my future generations and I would be able to repay my debt to the clan, which gave ho to and my brother.
So, I ask you once again to not bother ever again."
Her tone might be cold as she explained the situation to him but she couldn't stop the tear glands to produce tears. However, she didn't let him see her and looked away before evaporating them with soul energy.
anwhile, the clueless Velez, who was treating this conversation as so sort of argunt, didn't back down either. "If that's the case, then I will make sure to enter the Supre Realm. For thousands of years, the clan has had only one 9-star realm expert, and if I beco the second, then, nobody would be able to force down. Not even Lord Qridus."
Avia clenched her fist and released it. After doing this for a few rounds, she cald herself and replied, "You don't know Azrael at all. His potential is sothing no one in the clan can match. Ever seen an 8-year-old kid with almost little to no soul power walk up that stairway to the violet pavilion? When he first arrived here and Lord Qridus assigned his training to , I made him climb it in the na of body tempering all so that he runaway back to his ho.
He persisted.
To hamper his growth, I made him climb the stairs for nearly three whole years and another year at the violet pavilion. He was only at 3-star realm at the age of 12 but his death scythe could destroy a rank-7 skill of Evelyn. The most troubling part is his Hourglass, which can even reverse the ti.
So, Supre Realm isn't that big deal. If you want to defeat him, then, you should beco a demigod. But, can you? Tell ."
Velez stayed silent. He cannot answer that. There's a vast difference between the Supre realm and the Demigod realm. According to what he learned so far, only one demigod currently existed in the world and he is the one who organizes the etings between the hidden clans.
He had an excellent track record in the Abel Tower and people hailed him as once in a millennium genius. But, he was defeated in the World League finals with just one shot by a person nad Azrael.
Velez didn't rember Azzy's face like everyone else but he doesn't know how the young Azzy looked either. For him, they are obviously people with the sa na, and he hates both of them with passion. After all, one stopped him from attaining glory and the other forced his lover to break up with him.
Little did he know that in just 12 hours, his path toward greatness will be once again get blocked by the sa person.
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