"Get the f*** out of the room"
The girl stated this in an angry and cold tone and then she walked away without saying anything further.
'Who the f**k was that and what did she say ?, I am confused right now. malcom said.
After some reflection, he decided to go after the girl and question her. Upon approaching, he noticed her face was red, her teeth were clenched tightly, and she appeared to be about to erupt. so, he chose to remain silent and follow her.
They walked down the stairs in awkward silence 'Damn, how long is these F**king stairs' malcom thought.
But as they were walking malcom noticed candles on the walls.
'Don't they have electricity, why are they using candles' he questioned himself.
However, he soon found himself standing next to a 17-meter-long table and all of the chairs except for two were occupied, on both sides of the table.
These people who looked identical with white hair and ocean blue eyes all stared at him with intense and cold eyes.
'what is going on, and why are they all looking at me with so much anger'
Then the oldest man at the table who was seating at the end of the other side of the table raised his finger and pointed at a chair, then in a calm voice, he said.
"seat"
Even though he didn't understand what the old man was saying from that far but that single word made his body start trembling with so much fear and his heart started going wild like a machine that was about to explode from working too fast. out of fear his body followed the order without even understanding it.
'W-what was that'
He started sweating intensely. without knowing what just happened. His mind began to spin out of control from all the thoughts that were flooding in. But one thing was clear to him. If he makes one mistake, he would perish in an instant. So he made the decision to remain silent and bury his head down.
"Ghul, you have failed the Zen test, you have brought nothing but dishonour to the Yang family, and I have decided on your punishment; you are going to join the War, and if you die, you will die for the honour of your family."
Then a man stood up from his chair out of anger and shouting
"Father, how could you punish him so lightly when he forced the Yang family to cover their faces from other families out of embarrassment?"
"Father he should be committing seppuku in order to restore honour to our great yang family".
Then everyone at the table began to agree with what the man stated, and they all began to express their outrage at the light punishment imposed on malcom.
The old man once again started speaking
"Enough"
The room went quiet again
"All of you have stated your opinions but the one I would like to hear the most from is your's Sejong"
The old man looked on his right side at a beautiful woman who had her hands crossed and eyes closed
Then everyone turned their heads and looked at Sejong. She was a muscular woman with gray long hair untied on her back. When she opened her ice-blue eyes everyone could feel the powerful pressure she was emitting. Her aura and pressure that she was emitting was on par with that of the old man's.
" Father I am sorry but I have no desire in saving his life so you may do as you please"
With that everyone turned toward the old man to get the final answer to their questions.
"Ghul you have one year to prepare yourself for war". After saying that the old man stood up from his chair and left the room with Sejong and two other men following him. shortly after everyone started to live with displeasure on their faces. And the only ones left were the servant cleaning up the table.
Meanwhile, Malcom was still processing what just happened in his mind. When the elderly man and his father left the room, malcom felt as though a heavy stone had been removed from his back. His breathing became laboured as though he had just finished a marathon.
' I have to escape from this place I don't know what they were talking about or what language they were speaking. But my mind is telling me what they were talking about was no good'
But before he did anything malcom started to notice something he didn't notice before, something was wrong with his body.
'Was my skin always this pale and was my hand always this small. wait how long was I out for, why is my hair so long, no something is not right here'
Malcom then picked up a cup full of water that was next to him, to see his reflection in the water.
"WHAAAT"
Malcom threw himself from the chair falling backwards while shouting.
"He he, has he finally lost his mind"
A group of teens with Gray hair laughed with each other while looking at malcom having a breakdown.
Malcom kept on touching his face with both of his hands while kneeling in the group with both of his legs.
'Maybe I am still dreaming'
Then the girl with short hair came close to the kneeling Malcom.
"Hi what happened to me, where am i" Malcom yelled to the girl
But the girl stared down at malcom with disgust on her face and spoke in cold tune
"Pathetic, guards knock him out and take him to his room"
Then a bunch of guys in blue Chinese kimonos and a long sword tied to their hips appeared out of nowhere. they chopped malcom on the back of his neck, knocking him out cold, before picking him up and carrying him away.
"Hahaha, that bastard really lost his head, he started speaking a different language from fear of going to war hahaha."
One of the Gray-haired boys laughed and the others followed after him.
"oh seon, how sorry I feel for you, if that was my brother I would have killed myself out of embarrassment"
One of the teens said while walking toward seon with a wide grin on her face and the other kids started to giggle behind her.
However, seon did not reply to their mocking and just left them.