Ray reaches the doors to the dining hall and stops in his tracks. He takes a deep breath in front of the massive wood doors.
He is trembling. However it's not with fear but excitement.
The first time he's seeing his siblings he will have to show off. As he put his hand on the doorknob, a fear creeps into his heart.
No, it is in his soul. Arthur knows the feeling of being ripped away from his family and he didn't want to experience it again. He also didn't want Ray to have to go through that.
Both become even more resolute as Ray opens the door and walks in.
In front of him Is a round table with seven chairs, five of which were full. The seat closest to the door being empty just for him.
In every other seat is a sibling of his, staring at him with jealousy and frustration.
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Sitting from left to right is Ren.
He has bright red scruffy hair and dark red eyes that look at Ray like he isn't even there. He seems to be off in his own world.
He wears a red suit similar to Roy with the same crest on his left breast pocket.
Next is Roy he had scruffy dark blonde hair and light red eyes, which had the opposite look of his brother Ren. Fully focusing on Ray, holding the same anticipation.
he wears a red suit that is brighter then Ren's. This suit is also adorned with the crest in the same spot.
In the middle is Rebecca who had bright blonde hair with a red hue. Her eyes were blue and had yellow stars in them. She has a calm look in her eyes with a clear air of superiority.
She had a beautiful slender figure and her suit which is red with more gold embroidery on the sleeves, and she also wore a white cape connected to two pauldrons with tassels on them, which had a larger version of the family crest on it.
On her right is rose, she is a smaller version of Rebecca without the stars in her eyes but her glare shows clear disgust for Ray.
She wears the same suit without a cape and instead the crest is on the right breast pocket.
Raven and Rose looked like twins, both had yellow eyes with a cheerful look in them. They both also had green hair tied into a ponytail with gold ribbons.
They also both dawned pink dresses with the family crest in the middle of the chest.
Their looks showed clear annoyance and boredom.
Ray enters the room and sits down at the open seat. Seeing them look at him negatively shook him, he didn't let it show.
'they have such cocky and disgusted looks toward ME... I MEAN US!' Arthur thought out of anger.
This anger is so strong it influenced Ray, making him anger too. Arthur noticed this and he quickly calmed and came up with a plan.
'If they want arrogance then I will give them arrogance' Arthur is deep in thought, when he is refocused by Rebecca's words.
"So you are the boy my mother cares so much about. You are nothing impressive." Rebecca remarks coldly with a mocking grin.
Hearing this and noticing the anger getting pent up from Ray. Arthur asks to take over.
Ray agreed without a second thought feeling like he couldn't remain calm any longer. The frustration that appear on his face after hearing her words went away.
Suddenly his demeanor became calm like a buddha.
"Your right, In your eyes I am nothing. In my eyes I see you as less than me." Arthur says with a cheeky grin on his face.
Hearing his comeback made all the other siblings eyes widened.
'What arrogant words from this little brat.' Rebecca thought slightly taken aback.
'Feisty!' Raven is so amused she lets out a giggle.
'Rather brave.' rose thought.
'Wow!' Ren and Roy think to themselves as smiles appear on their faces.
"Do you think you are not old enough to get beaten, you arrogant bug." Rebecca threatens with annoyed frown on her face.
"You think my claim is unfounded. You have a powerful and extremely rare element and potential. Yet you have only reached [rank-C]{advanced}, I can't tell if your just lazy or scared. Beasts are prevalent on this continent yet you have not used your so called amazing power to defeat them." Arthur mocks with a smug look.
Rebecca's face went from annoyed to furious, turning a light shade of red.
"If you think my power is weak then I will show you it's strength." Rebecca stood up pointing a finger with star-fire in front of it.
"So that's what strength is. Using your powers against your 3 year old brother who doesn't even have an element. Now I know the reason your not a higher rank, it's because your scared." Arthur says interrupting her.
She couldn't argue without losing face and if she did attack him then she would be considered a weakling to attack her brother over petty words.
Her pride wouldn't allow this and it angered her to no end, but she put away her attack and sat down.
"You are either brave and cunning or arrogant and rash. I will test you to see which one it is." Rebecca states with a calm expression full of rage.
"May I speak to him, big sis?" Raven asked with a sweet smile.
"Go ahead." She snorts while crossing her arms.
"Little brother I have a proposition." Raven offered with a sinister smile in her eyes.
She looked toward Rebecca as if asking for permission to continue. Rebecca nodded and she went on talking.
"I am thinking of giving you 6 years to grow stronger, and after that you will go out and fight a rankless beast. If you manage to survive the fight, then you will earn our respect." raven offers calmly.
A look of surprise then anger flashes on Arthur's face.
Hahaha*
His laugh caught them off guard, but his next words were shocking.
"Your respect? why should I care about that? 6 years why should it take that long?" Arthur asked in a mocking and arrogant tone before continuing. "I don't want your respect. I want you to gather resources for me. I will also defeat a [rank-F]{basic} elemental beast in four years. After that I want you Rebecca to teach me to use my element, when I awaken it." Arthur spoke out with absolute certainty in his voice.
These terms shock and almost impressed Rebecca and Rose.
'He's so young and he's already thinking about the resources he'll need in the future.' Rebecca thought to herself while unconsciously raising her opinion of him.
Although impressed She easily hides it not wanted him to get a bigger head.
This Is not the only thing either, he stated that he would beat a ranked elemental beast as if it was already done. He stated that he would get a element as if fact.
'Is this insane arrogance or pure ignorance' Rebecca thought quickly to herself then came up with a decision.
"I agree with your deal, but if you fail to defeat the beast. You will be my dog of war. All you will know is how to fight and how to kill. You will rest when I say and die when I say. Do you agree to this term?" Rebecca laid out a term which any little boy no matter how arrogant would hesitate to agree to.
This is also to test his will, since to be strong she knows one needs a strong will.
Arthur however has had millenniums of experience of being a killing machine. To him it is child's play and he is a literal child.
Without hesitation he agreed.