Chapter 49: Situations
[Host, it's the usual behavior of Epochal Felines. Even Lily would become like them when she grows up. If you want me to, I can take their personalities away and make them act like a puppet, but that would drop the training quality.]
The system responded in its mechanical and emotionless voice after getting no response from Aakesh.
Aakesh knew whatever the system was talking about; that's why he had fallen into a dilemma. Should he let Lily continue training like this, or should he stop forcing her to go through the training from now on? He couldn't get an answer in his head, so he decided to let Lily think about it when she woke up.
He had plans to visit the Schiller family, but now he couldn't go. If he went outside the store without Lily, he would never hear the end of complaints.
"Hey, system, please make the room the same as before," Aakesh requested the system instead of answering its question. He didn't want to tidy up the room, which got disturbed due to his energy.
The system didn't respond, but the next moment, everything in the room returned to the same position they were before the energy storm.
There was a chair right next to the bed, so he sat down there while waiting for Lily to break out of the cocoon. Because the store was protected by the system, he didn't need to sit there constantly. Anyone who dared to steal from the store wouldn't even know how they died. Watching Lily was currently the most important thing for him.
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"Are you sure?" John asked in shock. He came from one of Kakot's most prominent families, the Pony family. John was one of the descendants in line to become the head of the family, so John had spread many spies around Kakot. Just now, one of the spies he had in the market informed him of a piece of important news.
He had just heard about what happened in the store. How the guards of the Schiller family dragged a woman to the store, but only the woman came out of the store after some time, and she was unharmed, unlike the way she was dragged in the store.
"Yes, sir. I saw it from my own eyes," The spy replied while bowing to their chest.
"Haha, You did good," The next moment, John started laughing out loud as he complimented the spy. He then took out a pouch from his space ring and threw it at the spy.
"This is your reward," He laughingly said. The spy respectfully took the pouch. The next moment, their mouth flew wide open after seeing more than 100 Inferior Primal stones.
"Thank you, sir!" The spy profusely thanked him and kneeled to show his respect for John.
"Continue bringing me good news, and you would get more rewards like this," John laughingly said. He couldn't stop laughing after hearing the news.
The Schiller family had always used their influence to bully other families. But now, after losing 100 Nascent Soul experts and one Void Condensation expert, their power had been reduced by an immense margin. They were still more powerful than all the other families except the royal family, but the power difference between them and the other families had decreased.
"You can leave now," He then ordered the spy to leave. He had to plan his next steps. If he desired to become the head of the family, it was necessary for him to have good relationships with the store owner. Someone who could kill so many experts of Schiller's family in the center of their influence had to either be powerful or someone from families even more influential than Schillers. After thinking like this, he didn't wait for a second and rushed to the store right away.
John wasn't the only one who learned about the situation; every influential person in Kakot found out about this. It included the Schiller family as well as the Bisan family.
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"Damn it! How dare they send their guards without asking permission from the royal family?" Pento cursed out in anger after hearing the news about the massacre. He also knew the identity of the girl. He also cursed her. If not for her, Ben would've never acted like this and make the situation terrible.
"Prince, should we help the Schiller family?" One of the guards who went with Pento to the store asked him. He, in anger, turned around and glared at the guard.
"Damn it! 'Slap'," He had no answer, so he cursed and slapped the guard in anger. The guard flew several meters away due to the power of the slap. Other guards standing in the room didn't dare to help their friend, and they looked down, not daring to look at Pento. They didn't want to become like their friend.
Right then, a guard came hurrying to his room. "Prince, the Prime minister has summoned you," He informed while trying to grasp his breath as he came running from the royal palace to Pento's room.
"Damn it! What does that bastard want from me now?" Pento cursed even more. He had an idea of what the Prime minister wanted. After all, the Prime minister was also the head of the Schiller family. He feared the Prime minister would turn this issue into a Kingdom issue instead of a family issue.
Since the Prime minister had summoned him, he couldn't postpone or refuse it. Only the Eldest prince and the crown prince had the permission to ignore a summon from anybody except their father, the king. He was neither the eldest son nor the crown prince, so he had to accept it. He left for the royal palace right away, hoping in his heart that his fears may only stay fear.
The royal palace was the tallest and widest building in the Bisan Kingdom, and It covered 11 yojanas (141.57 km) of land. It was surrounded by an artificial forest where the pets of the last king and their descendants stayed freely.
The palace was made up of red marbles since Punta loved the color red. The structure of the palace was made like a collection of several domes, and the Bisan Kingdom flag was on top of the tallest dome. The flag was also made up of red color with an angry ox in the center of it.