Kane was not in the mood for any more drama, so he stood up and walked toward the gate, leaving the screaming Blake behind. Outside the chamber, a guard in white led him back to the long corridor. Crossing it, he found the old assistant waiting for him.
The old assistant bowed to him. "Young sir, you need to get ready to attend the family dinner."
"Click! Forget about that. Why don't you lead me to a quiet room instead and also—"
The old assistant cut in, "Young sir, that won't do. The first lady especially called for you to attend the meeting."
Kane looked dead into the old man's eyes. "Who are you to tell me what I can do or not?"
The old man did not back down. "Sir, it's not me but the First Lady. I am merely following orders."
Kane had this impulse to kick the guy, but he took some deep breaths to calm himself down. That was the problem. He was not like Drake, who could maintain a poker face during most of the meeting. Nay, it was already hard for him to control himself in the meeting and not smack Blake.
Then there was Drake's problem. He knew their souls would most probably change during the family dinner. Up till this point, Drake sure controlled his emotions, but at the family dinner, the 3 people directly responsible for his condition would be there. It was hard to say if Drake could control himself in front of them.
He did not want to create more complications for both of them before entering the Academy. He just walked ahead. "I have no plan to attend the dinner. Just lead me to my room."
The old man tried hard to convince him, but he did not budge at all. Finally, the old assistant backed down and showed him his room.
It was a bland room with a single bed. He jumped on the bed and said to the old assistant, "Collect all the books from the hall and also inform Alex to meet me here."
The old man bowed to him and hurriedly rushed out of the room.
Drake's voice came, [I thought you like drama. What happened now?]
Kane rubbed his forehead.
[Hmm, good call there. It was shocking to see you controlling that craziness of yours in the meeting.]
[Sigh, so Kane, why don't you tell me about the mana art and academy? I don't know why, but I have this doubt that Alex might not come.]
[Why?]
[Yeah, you told me that anyone below copper potential will go to the soldier academy while those with copper or above will join the military academy.]
[Yeah, but nothing happened after that test.]
[Oh, it's like that.]
[Yeah, once a teacher told me how wars are going on between the Alliance, vampires, and orcs.]
[Three calamities! I never heard of them.]
[I know about them. From the gates, vampires, orcs, elves, dwarfs, and mana beasts came to Earth. From that point, all these creatures started fighting to get control over Earth's resources. Vampires and orcs are on the stronger side, and to defend against them, dwarfs and elves formed an alliance with the native species that were humans.]
[Oh are you talking about TAC?]
[Tri Alliance council. I only knew that a few very powerful people formed this council, and they controlled the whole alliance.]
[Ah, someone sure mentioned in the meeting something about seat holders. So Duisberg's family is a seat holder.]
Drake asked in a dread tone, [Don't tell me my father is part of TAC 12 members.]
He shook his head,
[Ah 100 of years. Can Humans live that long?]
[Okay, so what are you saying about Seat holders?]