In the Williams main hall, thirty five people seat across the main table. A shadow appears near the matriarch's seat with a blue crystal ball. The hall descends to an immediate silence.
"I Mercy Williams greet the sacred envoy" the matriarch while seated bowed her head slightly in respects.
The rest of the family members stood up and bowed their heads slightly as a gesture of respect.
The envoy gives Mercy Williams a deep bow and channels his energy to the crystal ball. The ball shines deep gold and a picture of a middle aged man wearing golden clothes and a golden crown is seen.
"Humble greetings and warm welcome to your royal Majesty" Mercy Williams stood up slowly to bow to the king.
"It's alright Ms Williams there is no need to bow. Your family has made a great contribution to guard the nation from the southern attacks.
So by the power bestowed upon me as King of blue wave kingdom. I Edward Skyrim here by appoints Brandon Williams as the fifth grand duke of Blue wave kingdom.
And the second grand duke to have hereditary title. He will leave the battlefield immediately and his place taken by Mathieu's Cook. That is all." King Edward informed the family loudly.
Everyone in the hall bowed deeply,"Thank you your majesty. For the favor bestowed upon me and my family, the Williams will always be your majesty's ally." Mercy Williams said proudly.
"Aunt Mercy, your family had played a very crucial role to my ascension to the throne. So in three years time, our alliance will be solidified by the marriage between Mark and my daughter Alina Skyrim. So don't worry, I have to many things to do so I will leave first." King Edward Skyrim explained well.
Thank you again your majesty,I will see to it that it will happen." Mercy Williams replied immediately.Then the envoy vanished to nothingless.Ten minutes later, the hall was filled to the brim with all family members.
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Mercy Williams is the daughter of Lydia Skyrim and Joseph Stalin, a renowned scholar in human race. She has two siblings, Maxwell Stalin and Joyce Stalin.
Being an distant member of the royal family, Mercy loathed commoners the most. She cut off ties with her sister Joice Stalin because Joice married a common merchant.
Mercy Williams was blessed with six children, four girls and two boys. Linda, Mary, Julia, Robert, Ann and Brandon Williams.
Two older girls Linda and Mary embarked on the road of cultivation,and are saintesses of the holy church.
Julia embarked on the sea trade and is a big merchant in the capital city. While Robert is a teacher in the royal academy.
Ann is a third level healer in Windsor and is married to Joshua Kent a black star assassin in Windsor.
All the children of Mercy Williams stand on different grounds, making her super proud. Especially her youngest son Brandon Williams ,he showed great potential of inheriting her husband's legacy as a general.
She cherished Brandon the most, and was totally against him marrying very early in his career.
So when she found out that Mark Williams is a trash with no talent, she did everything in her powers to get rid of him. She always stood against Mark in everything. The only problem was her husband Arnold Williams.
Arnold Williams was always by Mark's side, making it harder for Mercy Williams to create trouble. Arnold Williams gifted Mark many things in secret including the southern mountain ranges.
After her husband's death,she totally abandoned her grandson and adopted her brother's child Marcus Stalin. Marcus Stalin was about the same age as Mark Williams. So it was easy to switch the two.
Marcus is a natural born water mage with an attitude of 46 at the age of ten. Making him very a rare genius. Marcus Stalin was then trained and lived a luxurious life as Mark Williams.
All the birthday gifts and ceremonies were always attended by Marcus Stalin. Soon Marcus Stalin became a sensation.
Before long, Marcus Stalin became Mark Williams by the help of Mercy Williams. Marcus Stalin made sure to take everything from Mark Williams.
And during Mark's sixteenth birthday party, Marcus Stalin slept with Angela Delan. Mark Williams's fiancee breaking the engagement, this tainted Mark Williams's name and he(Marcus Stalin) was placed indoors for six months.
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Back to the present, the hall is divided into two sections. All the family members available and servants are waiting for the opinion of Mercy Williams. It is now known to all about Mercy Williams's deceit.
The side with the most people is the right side which support Mercy Williams decision of switching Marcus Stalin with mark Williams. This side comprises of all the youth of the Williams family.
The left side comprises of old men and servants who worked with Arnold Williams. This side is supporting the fact that Mercy Williams should be banished from the family for her deception.
The two sides have a heated argument for a very long time. Until a blind old man walks in with a walking stick. Besides him a middle aged man guide the old man towards the head seat slowly.
The sound of his walking stick steadily hitting the ground sent powerful ripples throughout the hall.Mercy Williams stand up and gives way for the old man without saying a word.
The bustling hall turned dead silent immediately after the old man walked in.
" I'm sorry for coming over uninvited but the issue today touch the very existence and future of the Williams family." The old man said slowly.
"For three centuries the Williams family has been making slow but sure progress.
My own son Arnold Williams changed the destiny of this family from a merchant to a military family. His siblings chose different paths but I never abandoned them." The old man continued.
*Cough,cough,cough*" Those of you who think that Mercy Williams did the best thing for the family. Please raise your hands?" Dominic Williams asked with a tired voice.
Everyone in the right side raised their hands.
"Jude count them for me will you?" Dominic Williams asked the man besides him. "Yes sir" Jude answered.
A minute later Jude reported lightly"Sir there are seventy three raised hands"
"Well seventy three people against sixty six people bring this count to a stop. Family secretary give me their names before I leave not a single person should be missed. Now in five - eight months time Brandon Williams will be back from the battlefield.
I want to see Mark Williams here before Brandon arrives. I don't care how many people you deploy or use. Make sure he comes home. Dismissed!!!!" The last part of his speech sent shivers to everyone.
"Yes sir " Everyone scrambled away like cockroaches on hot oil. *Cough, cough, cough!!*"what a bunch of bootlickers and joy riders. Jude make sure that the news about the real Mark Williams stays hidden. Let them suffer a little bit ok?"Dominic Williams said coldly.
An hour after the confrontation in the hall, Mercy Williams is pacing up and down in panic. Of all her children,only Brandon Williams respect her whole heartedly.
If Brandon learns about her deception and thirst for power, he will surely hate her. All her life work and persistence will be for nothing.
A middle aged man wearing luxurious silver robe walks in he greatly resembles mercy Williams. He pleads pitifully"Sis please do something, my only son's life will be ruined." Maxwell Stalin begged.
Soon a young man wearing a gold coloured tuxedo walks in. Mercy Williams smiles at the the young man passionately."Marcus my favorite godson son what brings you here?"
" Aunt Mercy, you promised me that I will marry Alina Skyrim on my birthday remember?" Marcus reminded Mercy Williams.
"Of course my godson I remember it very well. But things have changed now,his majesty has already issued an oral decree. So only Mark Williams will marry the princess." Mercy Williams consoled Marcus Stalin.
"No,that looser can't marry the woman I want to marry. What does he have to deserve Alina. He is just a nobody with the surname Williams!!!" Marcus Stalin screamed in denial.
"Calm down Marcus,is this the way I raised you to behave?Do you think your outburst will solve anything?" Mercy Williams mocked Marcus Stalin, calming him down.
"Sis don't be angry with Marcus,he is just anxious nothing else. Marcus hurry up and apologize to your aunt Mercy right now!!" Maxwell Stalin tried to calm the tense atmosphere down.
"Huuuh! Forget about it,he is just a child don't take it seriously. Well I have a solution!!" Mercy Williams calmly stated.
"The decree has a loophole which non of you realized, the princess will marry Mark Williams as long as the family agrees right?" Mercy Williams asked smiling.
" Yes of course but my niece Brandon Williams will never agree to it." Maxwell Stalin replied with uncertainty.
" Yeah Brandon Williams will never agree to it but what if Mark Williams died in the wild before they arrive? " Mercy Williams replied coldly. Sending shivers down the spines of the father and son duo.
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