As the cheers of the crowd roared the king suddenly raised his hand, signaling everyone to be silent.
"FOR THE FIRST MATTER, I WILL SAY IT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE. THIS BOY RENARD IS DISOWNED! ANY CITIZEN, OR CREATURE IN THE TERRITORIES OF THE SOLARIS KINGDOM CAUGHT HARBORING HE WILL BE EXECUTED!" The King's voice thundered reaching a vast majority the people in the kingdom.
Unless their head was stuck under a very deep rock the would never consider letting Renard anywhere near their homes.
Renard looked at his father like a damsel in distress, with tears in his eyes he cried. "PLEASE FATHER DON'T DO THIS! I'M SORRY! I'M BEGGING YOU TO FORGIVE ME! I'LL BE BETTER!"
"Don't not beg me, boy. I have no patience for such a weak son. However, I'll give the option to renounce my decision to Ray here." The King said as he pointed to Ray without giving even a glance to Renard.
Ray was surprised but after thinking about it and talking with Arthur, he turned to Renard.
Although Renard was consumed with rage and wanted nothing more than to kill Ray, he crawled over and slammed his head down on the ground in front of Ray.
"Please, I Beg of you brother Ray! Spare me from terrible fate. I apologize for daring to interrupt sabotage your battle and for greatly underestimating your strength!" Renard yelled with his best acting skills on display.
every onlooker was stunned by this series of events. This most noble prince was groveling on the ground like a beggar in the street.
His mother was outraged seeing her beloved son put in this position by some lowly brat and her husband was supporting this mockery of their name.
The first princess Calendra was disgusted by her brother's pathetic display hoping he would shut his mouth and die, instead of further embarrassing the royal family. She had long been a witness to horrid things her brother would do to bed a lady and do to them after.
She fervently wished she could rain down greater punishment on him and sooner or perhaps stopping his descent into debauchery sooner.
The other princesses shared her sentiment after seeing many women bruised and crying when leaving their brother's room.
The heads of the branches had known about the shameful actions of the prince: bullying others, buying and selling slaves, destroying businesses, and abuse of authority. They could really feel nothing watching this scene.
After making his pleas Renard looked up at Ray.
Ray was looking up with his hand on his chin as if he was thinking about what to do.
"Alright how about you show your sincerity by kissing the ground under my foot." He said smugly as he slide his foot back while looking at Renard's reaction.
This humiliation pushed Renard to the edge. 'If not for the fact that he had made many enemies and was obsessed with the authority of his royal lineage.'
'He would have Ray hung by his arms and whipped until he was begging for death, he would do what he wanted with his sisters, and he would have he whole family destroyed.'
'Yes, these plans would all come to fruition if he could make Ray forgive him.' His mind ran wild imagining all the suffering he would put Ray through.
'Yes, this lessened his rage over the great embarrassment he was putting put through. If only by a little.'
he hesitantly crawled over to the place where Ray's foot was and kissed it, not once, not twice, but three times!
'He's gonna forgive me!'
'He has to forgive me, after doing all this!'
'He's going to pay!'
"He has to pay a hundred fold the humiliation he's brought me..." Renard said his last thought out loud. He heard himself say it!
His expression was frozen as he shakily looked up to see if Ray heard him. 'No, of course he heard him, how could he not when he was right below him!'
Ray was looking down on him with a smug and unsurprised look.
"no, I don't renounce your decision." Ray said calmly as he turned his gaze to the King.
That was it! Renard went flying over the edge!
He jumped up and tried to grab Ray by the throat. However he was stopped by a strong and sturdy hand.
It was the hand of the King. He grabbed Renard by the shoulder and threw him back.
"Do not embarrass yourself further boy. you are banished so take your leave!" The King looked at him and commanded without the warm tone of a father.
"I...I...I'll leave." Renard said as he got up. He was scared to look his father in the eyes but he did. When he did he realized his father wasn't even watching him.
Renard rushed off the arena with defeat, angry and sadness in his eyes. In his heart he cursed the one who caused all this. RAY!
He vowed to kill him, Humiliate him, torture him, MAKE HIM SUFFER!
He looked back one last time. He wanted to burn his image into his mind.
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After he said this to Renard he looked to Ray with a smile on his face. "Now since that matter has been cleared up lets have all the participants come on stage." The King said loudly.
All the participants lined up from Ray counting down. Attendants arrived and lined up side by side behind the king. All of the attendants had bags, Some bigger than others.
The attendants gave the bags to the participants the stood opposite too. The King told the last five people to leave the stage, then he walked over to each of the ones left shook their hands. The attendants then escorted off the field to select their gear.
When he reached the top three he spoke. "Two children of Rowan Solaris and my own daughter." His tone a lot softer like a teacher seeing students excel in class.
"I'm proud of you all making it this far and gaining such strength while being so young. However reaching rank-C can only be considered an awakeners first real stepping stone to greatness. So don't let up on the hard work."
With that said the King patted each of them on the shoulder then turned to go back to the box and waved his hand beckoning them to follow.