Life of the Heir

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

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"He is just a boy!"

"He couldn't kill his own family."

"The first-born son of the Tomioka Family, the heir to the Northern Territory as well as the estate." A voice thundered through the room. "He has the ability to do if he wishes"

"Bishop, this is not fair."

"How can a small boy wield such weaponry!"

"Do not be fooled, your Bishop!"

"He is a Tomioka!"

"And he is a child!"

I stood in front of a big-wide room.

Quietly, I did not bother to talk nor look at the other nobles shouting at each other.

It was an altar...

I am being punished.

Because I killed my family, they say.

My hand clenched in anger; I lowered my head no show no emotions.

"Let His Majesty decide what to do!"

"We shouldn't meddle with this! He is the heir!" I could hear some of the pity voices.

Whispers and judgements.

Yet I did not speak.

I did not defend myself,

"Viscount Kamado, you could not possibly believe that this child is innocent"

"I do..." I heard the Viscount.

Viscount Tanjuro Kamado. The master of the Kamado House, a companion of my father in the battlefield.

I looked at him with no expression.

He stood in front just like the other noblemen, with his wife... Kie Kamado, the viscountess who's also a companion of my mother.

My mother would gradually tell me that they are allies.

Friends.

And neighbors.

"Here now..." I heard the bishop spoke.

All of them bowed with respect and honor.

He is the Bishop of the Capital, the center of all Lands.

One of the highest, next to the Royal Family...

Yet I stayed standing up, raising my head up high.

"Do not bow to anyone, Giyu."

I can hear my father's words, coldly ringing through my ears.

"Especially to those who do you wrong."

"Bow only... and only to the King."

I stood and look at him directly to his eyes.

It was pretensions. His eyes. His smile.

"We do not need the King to decide for the child."

"Whether he had killed his family." He emphasized and then looked at me with different eyes. "or not..."

My fist clenched yet I stayed there, looking at him with no emotions.