My Destiny To Be Loved By The Villains[part 1 Complete ]

Chapter 66: Stormy First Family Meeting (2)

༺ Stormy First Family Meeting (2) ༻

Despite the intensity of the ongoing rivalry between Margrave Kendride's household and Duke Tristan's household, it was not as deeply-rooted as one might think.

To be more precise, before Kraut and Gideon became the heads of their respective households, the two families were merely engaged in subtle power struggles to determine who was the Empire's foremost major noble, with no actual feud to speak of.

However...

After these two took over as family heads in recent times, many assessed that the relationship between the two households had crossed an irreversible threshold.

And this fact was clearly evident within the office of Baron Campbell.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Everyone silently endured this tense atmosphere.

If killing intent could exist in a material form and cause some sort of phenomenon, it wouldn't have been odd for this small office to explode and fly to the stratosphere.

"So."

The first one to break the silence was Kraut.

"Why is this shitty dweeb here?"

Gideon's face contorted.

For someone who rarely showed any change in expression, this was incredibly unprecedented.

And his subsequent actions emphasized this.

"...There's no reason for me to respond to a bastard no different from a barbarian."

Unexpectedly, Duke Tristan's statement seemed to openly mock the Margrave. Kraut's face also contorted in an instant.

"...Now, why don't we take it easy, Dweeb?"

However, instead of exploding in anger, Kraut lowered his voice.

"If it was up to me, I would rip your limbs apart and I'm sure you'd like to chop off my head. But this is not the right place."

Brawling in Baron Campbell's peaceful territory was not what he wanted.

After all, he was not inclined to cause harm to innocent people; Especially not against a competent noble who managed his territory extremely well.

'...This guy is still calm even in the midst of all this.'

Seeing Dowd expressionlessly watching the surroundings, he couldn't help but chuckle in disbelief.

The young man was utterly composed, even in the midst of such a heated exchange.

There was no way that he wasn't aware that Duke Tristan and himself, two of the most prestigious nobles of the Empire, had gathered just because of him.

"If we fight, this entire territory will be annihilated. I'm sure you're aware of that as well."

"..."

Duke Tristan remained silent as he faced Kraut.

For Kraut, he could not help but be inwardly surprised at such a reaction.

'This fucker is actually agreeing with me?'

Normally, even while knowing it was a valid point, they would have continued to exchange veiled threats with gritted teeth. Everyone in the Empire knew that Kraut and Gideon were openly hostile enough to engage in such mutual displays of animosity.