49 Reason of the muscular man (1/2)

After the muscular woman asked this question, her little brother continued to wail.

Tears streamed out of his eyes like there is an unending gush of water.

It seemed like that the muscular man reverted to his childhood as he grabbed the sleeve of his big sister in a manner that reminded Fraser of children who wailed at the side of their mothers when something unfair in their eyes happened to them.

After a few sentences containing ”unfair”, ”mean and evil Fraser” and ”punish him” the muscular man finally started to reveal the information to his big sister:

”Well, this meanie said to me that if I give only one pile of corpses to Fraser, then he will give me candy.”

At that sentence, Frasers frowned like he never frowned before.

'Is he kidding me? Because of Candy?'

That reason took Fraser completely by surprise.

He thought that the reason would be greed, the suppression of an uprising apprentice, the wish of Elizabeth, Elise, Adrian or Nicholas, the standard procedure for new apprentices or any other reason with a positive result for the muscular man or his big sister.

But candy?

'Does he want to kid me? The reason why the muscular man cheated me off my pile of corpses is because of candy?'

With a twitch in his eyes, Fraser watched how the muscular man continued to cry in the embrace of his big sister.

The people in the room resumed their actions, yet their eyes were clearly looking at the drama which unfolded in the group of the muscular woman.

”Which meanie? Tell your big sister about this ”meanie” and everything will be alright.” replied the muscular woman in a soothing voice towards her little brother.

Lifting his remaining arm, the muscular man pointed with his finger towards an apprentice in the same group.

Every figure followed the finger of the little brother which pointed towards a concealed apprentice.

”Hoh? Do you dare to betray me? Who offers more than my group?” with a slightly surprised voice the muscular woman stared at the concealed figure.

Without even saying anything the concealed figure left the group and slowly walked towards a certain direction.

Fraser followed the concealed figure with his eyes, who ended up standing next to an apprentice known to him:

Emium.

The white masked apprentice sat there in a relaxed manner while the concealed figure took the stance of an attendant.

A loud gnashing sound of teeth colliding could be heard from the muscular woman.

It was clear that with the accelerated breathing rhythm and the fact that the face of the muscular woman turned into an unhealthy shade of red, a confrontation between Emium and the muscular woman couldn't be avoided.

A short moment of silence and tension appeared in the room.

Even Fraser couldn't deny the fact that he felt like the muscular woman would erupt in anger and attack Emium.

However, everything, the silence, and the tension, disappeared the moment a slender hand patted the shoulder of the muscular woman.

”Vira, stop it.” said a calm voice which had the effect of a soothing bath.

”He is not someone we can fight with. The betrayal is harsh. But we have to move on.”

At the first part, the speaker looked towards Emium, at the latter part, the speaker glanced at everyone from the muscular woman group.