The Demon's Bride

The Lords' Meeting, Solution And Consequence-I

"Good afternoon, Lord Ian, Lord Lewis, and Lord Ethan." The two men greeted. One looked older than the rest, having a grayish hair and a large round stomach and the other man had a tall big body with a heroic expression with a fine pair of silver eye. The first one was the Lord of Runalia, Norton Sicht and the latter one was the Lord of Downbridge, Xavier Lnyx. Lord Norton seemed to dislike mythical beings like any other citizens in his land but his eyes held a particularly deeper discontent at Ian. He glance at Ian with an arrogant face but dared not do anything.

Lewis turned his head and returned back with a gentle smile. Ian also smiled but if one differ it with Lewis, they would know how mischievous he was.

"Good afternoon to you two, Lord Norton and Lord Xavier." Lewis wished back and Ian returned their greeting with only a nod from his head and the ineffably somewhat ridiculing smile.

Xavier wasn't the type to hold a smile on his fierce face thus he only faintly nod at Lewis's and Ian's greeting.

Norton crossed his arm, smirking as he replied. "You're quite early today, Lord Ian I thought you would be leisurely taking your time to arrive at the meeting. Since you hold the largest power here, I'm sure no one would reprimand you for your behavior and no one in this room is able to tell you of the rules you broke off. So why with the sudden diligence?"

Ian was quiet used to other people's over politeness thus hearing Norton's remarks, he chuckled amusedly. Yet the people who heard his chuckle felt as thought chill running through their bone. His laughing certainly never mean or lead to anything good. Even Norton had lost his smile from his eerie chuckling. He turned up his eyes, pulling both corner of his lips and spoke lazily. "Do you mean I'm controlling the rules here? Lord Norton, please be careful of what may come out from your mouth. Because such a word could lead to a deeper consequence."

The other three Lords rebuked his words in their heart, "Didn't you once said that you are the rule?" Yet no one could say it aloud especially with the Church who held the most power was here. Norton in particular after Ian's warning couldn't reproach anything nor push the matter. If the Church took his words of inclining into a particular Lord as an offense, he would only receive demerits and backlash from his own words. Offending the Church for Norton currently is something very undiserable as the Land he rule is in a very grave moment.

Thus as though a cat got to his tongue, the human man Norton quieted down and finally shut his mouth for good. Seeing his obedience Ian chuckled again and straighten himself to open the room where the meeting were held. Lewis spoke a little with Ethan and Xavier of the topic they would be discussing inside the room. While Norton clicked his tongue and cracked his jaw in irritation before following the rest to enter the room.

Inside the room, Ruhan, Kyle and Oliver controlled the meeting along with the other few heads of the Church. Alex who was sitting on the far corner of the room saw Ian sitting at the middle of the rectangular table with a lopsided smile hinting his mischievous act and shook his head faintly. Almost twenty years passed when he knew Ian yet his smiling face full of untamed mischievousness still didn't change. This time around he could only faintly hope that Ian wouldn't make a trouble in the middle of the meeting. Although his wish had never come true, Alex still wished a little.

Ruhan opened the meeting with formal greetings and came up to the topic of the meeting smoothly.

"The attacks of the dark sorcerers had started from a few month ago. The attack started from the Ilian Town and till now approximately four town in Runalia have been destroyed. Currently the dark sorcerers launch sudden attacks to different towns."

The others heard the matters with a stern face. Lewis tapped his fingers on the side of the table and raised a question. "So the attacks are sudden? Do they leave a pattern on their attacks?"