213: IN THE MIDDLE OF HEATED ARGUMENT

IN THE MIDDLE OF HEATED ARGUMENT

Lou really didn't know the reason why Cane played dumb. It could be said he was the first person, who instigated the enmity between Cane and Alan, though the two of them were not in a good term to begin with, but his interference only muddied the water. 2

On the other hand, princess Osana also stayed silence. This was her first encountered with Cane after he became a grown up adult, since the last time she saw him, he was only a boy in his teenage year.

"You are still asking!?" Alan was furious.

"I ask because I truly don't understand," Cane replied and this was the first time for him to acknowledge the existence of the crown prince.

"Look! Father!" Alan pointed his finger at Cane, just like a little boy, who telltale about other to their parent, which didn't please the king at all to see the way he carried himself, yet the crown prince couldn't care less about his image at this moment. "He wanted to deny the crime!"

"Collect yourself and sit down, crown prince!" King Aeon chided, which made Alan calmed down a little bit and sat down. He then directed his eyes at Cane, observed him closely. The last time, he lost his chance to get the mines, right now he would make up for what he lost at that time. "Explain yourself."

Cane smirked coldly inside. He didn't expect the king would be so impatient to get to this point. The king was open for persuasion, since there was something that he wanted from Cane and that was why the decree mentioned about punishment for Ethan, not a final verdict of death sentence, because he knew Cane would haggle his way to save his gamma.

"The crown prince has provoked my gamma, which caused him to lose his temper, but there was no imminent danger befell upon the crown prince. It was only a brawl."

Alan's jaw dropped, he didn't believe how Cane put it into that perspective! He almost died and Ethan was akin to a monster thirsted for blood! He was on the verge of dying, but he said it was only a brawl!?

If Alan was smart enough, he should expect that from Cane, since the king said a decade of slavery was only a bad experience, thus him was being beaten up was only a simple brawl. Unfortunately, he was not that bright.

"It is exaggerated to punish a mere brawl between two grown up adult, with a death sentence. My gamma is still young, thus he has a hot temper." He highlighted the age difference between them.

"I almost died!" Alan roared angrily, he stood up from his seat again.

"How can you almost die, crown prince?" Cane tilted his head, as if he didn't understand with what he was saying, which annoyed Alan even more. "There were my personal guard and my luna's personal guard at that time, also countless warriors from Moon Dew pack. You were safe. Your advisor was there as well. He could vouch that they were not alone. A lot of people were there, right Sir Maleen?"

Corry was startled when he was put under the spotlight, but he couldn't lie. "Yes, there were many people there, but your gamma beat up the crown prince…"

"They were brawling, of course someone must have gotten beaten up," Cane replied lightly.

King Aeon finally interjected before his son could humiliate himself even more, because he could see what kind of game that Cane was playing and this stupid son of his played right in his hand.

Cane intentionally provoked Alan, so he lost his temper, thus the council could see how incompetent the crown prince was to carry himself in such situation. He failed to remain calm under the pressure.

"Sit down!" King Aeon growled at Alan, which made him clamped his mouth and sat down again, like a petulant child. "So, you admit your gamma had harmed the crown?" he cut straight to the point, because Alan failed to focus on the focal point in this matter.

Cane was silence for a while before he admitted it. "Yes." He couldn't deny that if the king put it in that way.

"Guard! Take gamma Ethan away! I will give his punishment tomorrow!" That was how it should be done! Alan shouldn't have gone roundabout in Cane's games and argued with him in the first place!

King Aeon looked satisfied, but before the guards could take the gamma away, Cane apparently had not yet done.

"What about the insult that the crown prince threw at my gamma? Shouldn't he deserve punishment too, especially after the insult that he threw at me."

"When did I insult you, you mutt!" Alan roared angrily, but what he said only proved Cane's point.

Cane smirked, but he had done provoking the crown prince, as he got down to the business with the king. "Not only that, alpha Derick in the north said there are strange activities from the monsters in his pack and the sorcerer there found out the remnants of the Asturi stem, they said the substance could aggravate the monsters."

King Aeon's eyes flickered with surprise when he heard that. He didn't know they manage to find the remnants of the Asturi stem, since he didn't get any report from his spy about it.

But, of course, he didn't get any information about it, because Cane was only bluffing, yet seeing the king subtle reaction, he was sure now.

However, beside him, slightly standing behind, Iris caught something weird from Cane's hand, there was a dark wisp came from his palm and if you were not standing close enough, you wouldn't notice this.

Iris looked around silently, but no one noticed this, because all of their attention was on the argument between Cane and the king.

Iris was not sure what dark wisp was that, but she felt ominous feeling about it, thus out of instinct, she clasped her hand with his, which made Cane stopped talking and looked at her.

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