Scrouche was the last to enter the Throne room. To his surprise, each one of the council members was already present and waiting for the meeting to commence. Entering the room Scrouche had not expected such a demeanor in the room as the member would always gossip or quarrel hardly had they had a normal genuine meeting.
'I think the situation is worse than I thought. Their faces are dull and void of expressions ' Scrouche muttered to himself.
"Welcome . Members, I Scrouche, the Head of Society Council would now bring forth the suggestion for voting without any further delay as every moment now we are losing and lives are at stake ".
"We all know that a century ago darkness entered the world that pushed us into hiding, took away our peace, death and destruction struck us down, hell was brought upon us, and only one person is responsible for all of it MANADEUS ADAR " the last words screeched in everyone's ears as Scrouche shouted the name in anger.
"We are weak, and our forces are no more capable of winning over his even if combined, he wins in every way he wants, he rules us without our consent, he kills for his pleasure and we, well we do nothing. But that has to end. No more will our people die. No more curses or hexes. We will live free. My brethren only if we join hands to bring him back. "
"To bring a devil to fight a demon " hushed Tatiana.
"I believe Scrouche has a point, Tatiana , He has to come back if we want to defeat Adar," Cedric said looking towards the other members.
"And who will take the responsibility that He will help us and Not the Dark being ", quested Volvo.
"Well, it's fate that we believe in. Dearest Lord helps us, that He would come to our aid and defeat the cruel, It is not noble to sit and let our people die ", Phineas said lost in his world.
"Whatever shall be your views I will only consider the final voting, and to be trusted one needs to show trust, so I shall not vote in this matter and let you all decide as the jury ", Scrouche claimed to comfort down the members and their infighting.
"I will let you all discuss and come here to collect the votes in an hour, I hope you all will be truthful and not conspire behind my back". With all said and done Scrouche started to walk towards the balcony only to let two hooded figures come inside the room.
Each one carrying a staff. A bowl of water was placed in the middle of the table and parchment appeared in front of the members on the table with a pin by its side. All the members were expected to think of their votes in their minds and prick on their fingertips and a drop of blood to be soaked on the parchment. Once dried they had to fold and drop it into the water.
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After an hour had passed Scrouche entered the room, and looked at the bowl, where the parchment was floating in the water. Walking towards the table, he asked for confirmation if anyone was left to vote.
All done, it was time for the decision to be made, Scrouche took out the parchments one by one, and anonymous votes had to be given to prevent any kind of war, hence it was not plausible to know which vote was cast by whom.
'Out of seven, only one vote ', Scrouched furrowed his brows. Staring in the direction of members Scrouche was shocked by the results of the vote.
"Schrouche, will you please hurry with it, we got errands to run ", said Volvo a bit worried.
One could sense the tension in the room, heartbeats raising with every passing second, and not one was blinking their eyes.
Finally, Scrouche spoke with determination in his voice, " With a unanimous vote of six votes to one, It has been decided, that its time to put the blood crystal to use, our Lord Returns ".
There was true respect and loyalty in his voice and so was in the eyes of the others, only one seemed to be not reacting, Tatiana.
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"Then I guess, now we can leave to head to our homes, or is there a celebration to be held ?" Tatiana taunted Scrouche. But he paid no heed to her words and directed her the way to exit.
After Tatiana, Phineas and Volvo bowed to Scrouche and left. Now, Mary, Cedric, Haden, Franchesca, and Scrouche sat down at the table. Once everyone got settled a smile appeared on Mary's face, which she could not hide, not anymore, and followed after, a smile appeared on everyone's face.
"So we all know who has been working for Adar all along," Mary commented on the one who left.
"Hush, my queen, even the walls can hear you ", Cedric smiled.
"Mr. Scrouche, I know it's not safe to ask but is all the preparation done, we do not want anyone to stop us from bringing him back ", Franchesca sounded a little worried.
"Worry not, Drupal is guarding the castle and I can trust him with my life. He will make sure none of our unwanted guests can enter the castle. Finally, after seven centuries, I have been waiting for my Lord, and now I will be reunited with him. Hailed Be His Name ".
"Hailed Be His Name ". All said in unison.
With words of comfort and reassurance from Scrouche, it was time for all to leave the castle. Scrouche again went to the balcony of the castle and staring into the sky muttered to himself, ' I waited my Lord, now its time you kill the one you made, your right hand My Lord, Adar has grown from leaps and bounds, put an end to all this ', swirling in his hands was a crystal, dark red crystal, glowing in an out, it burned the eyes to look at it yet anyone would be attracted to look at it despite the burning sensation.
It was the Blood Crystal.
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