66 Eve before the storm 2 (1/2)
The unity of the kingdom could not endure the test of time and fractured into 3 bodies of power; The Royal faction consisting of those loyal to the crown, the Four Great Family alliance which includes all the corrupted nobles, and lastly, the Neutral faction that consist of nobles who could not choose a side and adapted a wait and see. They were the fence sitters.
The Four Great Family alliance had always been keeping watch over the Royal Faction's movements.
The moment Duke Ignis mobilised his men, the spies watching over their mansion were alerted of their movements. They immediately started relaying the information back to their families.
Albert Grey excluded, the other 3 heads of the four great families gathered for a quick meeting.
”Is the Duke finally making a move on us?” Marquis Gregory Weld initiated with an important question.
The situation wasn't clear to him as few spies were planted in Upper North District. That area was managed by the Esmond family.
”Not exactly. They seem to be heading to the Lower West District.” Marquis Rae Esmond replied.
”Any recent news from the Lower West District?”
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Marquis Rae shook his head. ”That is Albert's territory. He should most clear about the situation there.”
”Why did he not come? The Greys have been quiet in recent years...” Marquis Gregory stroked his chin in thought.
”Indeed. They seem to be up to something.” Marquis Rae nodded in agreement.
To he honest, the Grey did not deserve to sit on the same position as them unless their ancestor also breakthrough and become a peak-level existence.
”The main problem is the Duke is heading to the Grey's territory. They will most likely clash. Do we help him or not?”
”Let him suffer some losses. We can help after and gain some benefits from him. He can only blame himself for being sneaky and not sharing whatever it is his trying to hide from us.”
”I agree.” Marquis Rae agreed with Gregory's opinion.
They did not want to clash with the Duke's forces unless had their fathers with them, whom both reached the 9th step. The Duke household had monopoly of the firearm production. It would not be a surprised if their men were all equipped with firearms.
The Acker family was one of the fewer noble families headed by a woman. Luella had been silent up until this point. She was a cold and proud woman of few words.
If not for the emergency meeting, she would deigned to attend the meeting. Her daughter, Audrey was of similar character and never interacted with the offsprings of the other three great families. All men seem to be their enemy.
”Agreed.” Marquise Luella nodded coldly.
Luella was in her 40s but her beauty shows no signs of ageing like her coldness had frozen her youthful appearance.
However no men dares to have designs on her. She was a widow shortly after she had conceived Audrey. Similar cases had happen to all the previous heads of the Acker family throughout history. One would be an idiot if they could not even guess what was going on.
Both marquises were tempted by her beauty but neither of them think they were tired of living. They were both very ambitious people.
”Very well, we shall return and ready our forces. when Albert comes pleading to us, we set out at once.”
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”Fair enough.”
The debt of gratitude the Greene family owe Leon was something that couldn't be measured.
What might not have been much effort for Leon was like sending coal in winter for them. Healing Leon's wounds would not be enough to repay the kindness he had given them.
Robert placed his hand on Leon's chest and began to channel wood elements into his body.
Wood element had the best healing properties towards organic lifeforms.
Due his mummified bandaging, Leon's wounds could not be seen under it, but he was able to feel them closing up at a noticeable speed.
The results were astonishing. Much better better than the pills he had on hand. Within minutes, his wounds have fully healed. Only scars were seen after he removed the bandages.
”Thank you.”
”Don't mention it.” Robert waived, while secretly astounded by his own ability.
It was the first time he had use his ability to heal someone else. Heck, it was the first time a member of the Greene family even healed someone other than themselves. They had been using their ability wrongly this whole time!