Kai Syaoran saw the look in the eyes of his valley lords and this pissed him off even more than the eunuch.
He stood up and the moment he did, the hall went silent. Everything became stale and the entire atmosphere was filled with electricity and the coldness of the deep seas.
He stepped away from the throne and took a single step. This single step covered the two-meter distance between him and the eunuch. One second he was next to the throne and the next second, he was standing in front of the eunuch. He had moved so fast that to all those who had been keeping their eyes on him, he seemed to have a ghostly quality in his movements.
The eunuch took a step backwards out of instinct. When he regained his senses, he felt shame well up in his heart. He looked up at the beast that stood before him. The beast looked back.
