Soon, the other 3 doors of the chamber opened and 3 kids moved in. They walked to the center and occupied the 3 other silver seats around the table. Just behind them came many kids around the same age as him. Each of them sat down on a chair and soon all the chairs at the center filled.
A few minutes later, 3 young men and many elders entered the chamber and sat in the designated places. The moment all the chairs filled up in the chamber, a loud echo echoed in the room.
"THE Establishment of lord bench formed."
This made everyone sit straight in their chair. He found many unfamiliar and familiar faces on the table, especially the 6 inner kids who attended the special session were all sitting around the table in blue-white dresses.
Then there were 5 who were in brown robes, all of them were a little bigger than him and the last group was in plain white clothes, all of them were the smallest of the bunch.
Kane's voice came. [5 in robes are academy students. Academy gives the brown robe to each of their students.]
[Man, the other candidates are sure interesting. Look, that silver-haired beauty is your step-sister. Geez, she will sure grow into a killer.]
Drake did not respond. Instead, he saw the candidate on his left side in white clothes staring at him. The kid was a year or 2 smaller than him and had the same silver hair as his father. With those bright green eyes, looking into his eyes, he stared back.
[What the… Shit, if not for the hair and a little brighter eyes, both of you looked carbon copy. This is your brother.]
Drake remained stoic, his face revealing nothing. On the outside, he showed no emotion, but inside, his thoughts were in turmoil. He did not know what to feel right now.
'Should I feel happy to see someone from the family? Or is this sadness to see someone like me but living a completely different life? Nah, am I angry? But on whom? It's not like this kid was responsible for my condition. Is this sympathy….' Drake just stared at his brother while trying to figure out his emotional state.
Blake, on the other hand, fixed his gaze on the most despised person in his life. It was the first time he had laid eyes on his brother, but he had heard from his mother countless times how much of an embarrassment Drake was. He did not want to associate with his brother. It would be much better if Drake had just never shown his face.
Both brothers stared at each other and slowly everyone in the room noticed this, stared down, and waited in anticipation. One of them was trash, while the other one was the most talented in the family.
Blake pointed to him. "Did you have no shame? How dare you sit around after doing all that? Why don't you just disappear? Just leave me and Mom alone."
He just stared at his brother, and a little smile formed on his face. He felt relieved at this response. The problem would be if his brother cared about him, but now he felt free from the burden. As of this moment, he did not have anyone that cared for him or could care for him. He was happy that even the last of his family despised his existence.
Blake shouted, "How dare you smile like that! Just wait, I will take away that smile from you."
Drake was about to respond when he blacked out! The soul changed.
Kane opened his eyes. He was a little bored on the receiving end from the start. That was not his style. The little smile transformed into a crazy wide grin.
Drake's hurried voice came
He shook his head [What is the point of hiding your whole life for a momentary gain? You want to live like a rat life.]
[haha Dude nobody gains power but snatches it.]
With that, Kane pointed his punch upside position toward Blake. Everyone in the chamber was confused when at this moment Kane opened his middle finger and moved it up and down in front of his brother's face.
Silence.
Everyone's mouth dropped. Some of them were even rubbing their eyes to make sure they did not see wrong. Blake's face got beat red. "You….How dare …"
At this, Kane moved his second and showed two middle fingers at him.
"waaaa how dare he do this?"
"The baster gone mad."
"This is staring up, cursing the family."
…
All the kids started talking among themselves at this event. Not caring much, he casually started tinkling his ears.
[Ah, only this much. I thought you would curse or do some of those other crazy stuff.]
His eyes widen at this response. < Dude, you want me to curse 7 generations of your family? I am crazy, not stupid. This much should be enough for the meeting.>
As Kane said, a loud banging sound came from the 2nd floor ring. This made all the kids quiet down.
One elder with red hair said with a frown on his face, "I can't believe all of you behaving like a bunch of trash. Are you guys really the one selected by your family to attend this meeting?"
All the kids looked down at this. One of the female elders interjected at this moment, "No need to be so harsh, old head. Many of them do not even attend the academy. These are just a bunch of shelter brats. It's better to proceed with the meeting."
Old head sighed and said loudly, "I believe every one of you understands the power the title young head holds in the family."
Everyone nodded their head.
Old Head continued, "Let me clarify, this bench will not only decide the future of the 4 candidates but the future of all of us in the room, as well as the future of the entire family, so be serious."
At this moment Kane felt huge pressure coming from the old head. Not taking the risk, he stopped tickling his ears and sat straight.