The Founder's POV

Chapter 3: Troubles

Let me ask a question: What happens when the heir of a royal family screams?

The answer is simple.

Dozens of soldiers rushed into the room and surrounded everything in less than a second. The soldiers wore full metal armor and wielded giant swords, some of which could reach the length of my entire body.

One of them stepped forward and grabbed my hand in extreme panic. It seemed as if his heart would stop at any moment.

"M-my Lord, what did you do?" Well, although the wound on my hand was healing rapidly, a large portion of the cut was still exposed. In addition to the scene of the table and everything around it covered in blood, and then that scalpel that was also stained with blood...

I can already imagine tomorrow's rumors. Well, they won't be rumors since they're true...

"It's just an accident; calm down, won't you?" I still didn't understand what was happening, and this old man had already started chattering nonstop, so my anger was understandable.

"S-sorry, I just got worried about you, My Lord!" The old man apologized. Based on my memory, he was a loyal man to my father, who had isolated himself from the world for ten years due to a particular injury.

Alfred took care of the former Cassian as a mission from Maximus StarHold, the family's leader and Cassian StarHold's father.

One of the soldiers came up from the side and spoke condescendingly without trying to hide the contempt in his voice.

"I'm sorry, sir, but we must take you for an examination immediately.

"Before I could respond, the guard continued:

"It's an order from Lady Loana."

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Ten years ago, when Maximus StarHold was severely injured and forced to isolate himself from the world, the Family Council took the responsibility to rule the West. Maximus had two wives. You can see the cliched plot already, right?

Loana is the first wife. She gave birth to Sera StarHold. Three years later, Maximus married another woman named Rose, who was already pregnant by him. One day, Rose gave birth to Cassian StarHold, but unfortunately, she died during childbirth, or perhaps because of a trick by Loana. Who knows?

The next day, Loana gave birth to Darian StarHold. Although his resemblance to Cassian was almost non-existent, everyone considered them twins. The only difference was Cassian's gray eyes and Darian's blue eyes. The plot is too cliche to continue; anyone who isn't brain-dead should know what happened next.

Cassian was diagnosed with a <Mana Curse>, so he won't be able to use mana for the rest of his life, and he didn't awaken the family Legacy skill even when he passed 15. Things were going so well for Darien.

His big sister was female, the council did not accept her as an heir, and his older brother was a garbage. However, only a year ago, when both reached the age of sixteen, Cassian finally awakened and became the official heir to the family since he was older than Darian.

The mother and son made ruining Cassian's life a mission and prevented him from using the power in his hand as the heir to the family because he was brain-dead. A middle-aged man grabbed my left hand and examined it for the tenth time.

"How is this possible?! How is this possible?!" He has said the exact words over a hundred times since I started counting.

"Can I leave now that I'm feeling well? I'm very sleepy..."

The doctor's head slowly fell back, then he sighed and took out a potion from a nearby safe.

"It's okay for you to go back to sleep, sir. Please drink this potion to avoid any accidents."