WAGERING ON THE ASSETS OF THE FAMILIES
"Come out Oriese and be punished", Duke Pausias shouted in front of the entrance of the Heaven's Diner.
Duke Pausias came with a large group of militias to arrest me.
"Well isn't it that piece of Poo Shyte. Why do you come back? Are you looking to be castrated like your buddy Leokrates", I shouted back at Duke Pausias.
Then someone else rose into the sky to face me. The aura of magic on him wasn't weak.
"So, you are Duke Oriese. You admit to the castration of our Duke Leokrates?" the guy asked me accusingly.
"Who the Hell are you?" I asked him.
"I am Prince Bion of the Gamanos family. I am sent by the elders of the family to arrest you for your crime", Prince Bion said to me.
"Arrest me? Who do you think you are? Even the city's guards dare not lay their hands on me", I replied to him defiantly.
"The family knows you will resist our arrest, so they sent me here", Bion said to me.
"Yeah whatever", I replied to him.
"Do not look down on me. I was once on the Knight Templar ranking too before my retirement from the academy", Prince Bion enlightened me.
"Yeah, that crooked ranking. How dare you use that lousy ranking to intimidate me", I replied to him.
"Oriese, suffer arrest", Prince Bion shouted to me.
"Wee woo wee woo"
Suddenly, the city's guards arrived together with Prince Raslee.
"Prince Bion, why did you bring your armed militia into my city. That is against the agreement of the families and the royalty", Prince Raslee reprimanded Prince Bion.
"You weaklings do not dare arrest this Oriese, so we have to come ourselves. What is wrong with that?" Prince Bion asked Prince Raslee.
"Duke Oriese has committed no crime in Tarah city", Prince Raslee replied to Prince Bion.
"He castrated Duke Leokrates, isn't that a crime?" Prince Bion shouted to Prince Raslee angrily.
"But nobody reported the crime to us?" Prince Raslee replied to Bion innocently.
The Gamanos family did not report the crime to the city because they never cared much about the city's justice system. Justice was always in the hands of the strong and in their dictionary, it was in their powerful knights and militias, not the weakling city guards.
"The crime happened in public on the streets of Tarah city, how can you pretend you don't know about it", Duke Pausia protested to the prince.
"If nobody reports an act of assault within one week's time, the matter is considered resolved by the parties. That is the law of the city", Prince Raslee informed them of the city's laws.
"Actually, we reported the crime to City Hall", I reminded Prince Raslee.
"See, he reported the crime", Prince Bion told Raslee.
"Erm… The Heaven's Diner reported to the City Hall that Duke Leokrates and Pausias molested their waitress and threw her out of the window because she resisted their advances", Prince Raslee told them.
"Now, Prince Raslee, arrest that molester Pausias", I told Prince Raslee as I pointed at Duke Pausias.
"No, I didn't do it. It was only Leokrates", Duke Pausias pleaded.
"See, even he admitted it. Now hand us the Eunuch Leokrates for punishment", I told Prince Bion and demanded.
"You are twisting the law to your own benefit", Prince Bion accused me.
"That is the law as it is", Prince Raslee told Prince Bion.
Prince Bion wanted to attack me and the Heaven's Diner with their large militia, but they have to face the city's guards now. Fighting against the city's guards was a treasonous act and even Prince Bion dared not make such a blunder.
"We go", Prince Bion said to his men.
"But that Oriese is still not punished", Duke Pausias asked Bion.
"We'll deal with him at a later time", Prince Bion told Pausias.
Suddenly, I protested Prince Bion's leaving.
"Are you a coward, Bion, because that is what you are doing now, crawling away under my feet", I shouted to Prince Bion which made him angry.
"I will kill you", Prince Bion screamed at me when he readied to attack me when the city's guards quickly raised their weapons.
"Prince Bion, there is no need to settle your grievances here in the city. If you wish, you may settle your personal matters in the Magic Arena", Prince Raslee suggested to Prince Bion.
"Alright, Oriese the Bastard. Now do you dare fight with me in the Magic Arena?" Prince Bion challenged me.
"See, he called me the 'B' word. For that I will accept your challenge, provided you can come up with the wager", I replied to him and told the others.
"What is your wager?" Prince Bion asked me.
"For your use of the 'B' word, I will return to you with another 'B'. One Billion Aurs. That is the wager to fight with me in the Magic Arena", I replied to him and everyone in the city to their shock and horror.
"One billion Aur? That can buy an entire noble family in Tarah city", someone from the crowd opined.
"You don't have a billion Aur", Prince Bion shouted to me.
"I already made a wager. Do you accept it or not. If you don't you will forever be known as a crawling coward", I told Prince Bion which made him furious.
"I accept", Prince Bion replied to me in front of the prince of the city, Raslee.
"Your highness, we do not have so much money", an advisor protested to Prince Bion.
"Then we place the assets of the Gamanos family in Tarah city as deposit for the wager", Prince Bion told his advisor.
"Even all our assets combined will not be more than half a billion Aurs", the advisor replied to Bion.
"Then pawn all the assets of the Hermaios family as well", Prince Bion said.
"No, we will not agree to it", Duke Pausias protested.
"Either you pledge all the assets in your family in the city with us or we leave you to be castrated by the Bully", Prince Bion told and threatened Duke Pausias.