'And there is nothing more dangerous in this world, in any world, than someone calm, clear and angry. If I still need someone to calm my anger down,
then I surely need a scapegoat who enrages me.'
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It really pained Rumi to see Storm stopping at the mention of Juno's name.
Storm turned around and stared at the girl in front of her, he regarded her slowly.
"You are not Juno," he said in anger. Juno hair wasn't black, it was blue and it's very rare, so rare to see it.
"I am not Juno, I am her sister. Remember the night you wanted to leave Ashland and I came to meet you that night before you left? The girl who had given you something precious to her for you to keep it in remembrance of me, do you remember?"
Recognition flashes before his eyes. "Rumi," he said in surprise and when Rumi tried to walk closer to him again and wanted to hug him, "Don't, I don't like it." Storm's harsh voice stopped her
Hurt flashes in Rumi's eyes but she tries to hide it, succeeding and the voice of Gwen fills the air.
"He is not a fan of hugs Rumi," Gwen said with a taunting smile as she was quick to see Rumi's hurtful expression.
"What happened Storm? You've changed, you have become colder and you didn't even recognize me."
"Life happens and things change. I'm kinda busy now Rumi so I will pay you a visit soon, I still remember the way to your father's house. We will talk when we see, alright," he said leaving Rumi and not waiting for her to say anything, heading towards the meeting room.
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Meeting Room:
Empress Rose, Warlord Marcus, Prince Morgan and his younger brother, Prince Fred were in the meeting room together with the King of the three Kingdoms.
"He is back," Empress Rose said to no one, she was seen pacing around. The three Kings under Ashland looked unconcerned about the Empress worries, they were sitting in their chairs. "I didn't even know he would be back, I thought he had forgotten Ashland existed." she added.
"That's none of our business Empress Rose, now that your husband is properly buried, it's time for you to hand over the throne to me," The King of Altamon said to her. "Whether your late husband illegitimate son is here is also none of my business. It's a shame none of the late Emperor children has his gift before he died. I hope that once I become the Emperor I will be blessed by the gods to have the gift passed down to any of my children,your children do not find any favors in the eyes of the gods." he added proudly.
"You talk too much my King," Prince Morgan said. "You can not sit on that throne as long as I am alive."
Thee King of Altamon laughed as if what Morgan said was a big joke. "Did you hear yourself child? I am more older and experienced than you, how old are you once again? Look, if you don't want to make your mother cry again soon, don't cross my path or else you're going to die in my hands."
"Don't threaten my son in front of me. Have you suddenly lost your respect for the Empress of Ashland?" Empress Rose snapped angrily.
The King of Altamon opens his mouth to fire back at her but the door to the meeting room opens and Storm walks in with Gwen who shuts the door behind her. His brothers were standing outside the door.
"I heard everything," Storm began, very pleased to have all their attention. "First of all I will be the one sitting on the throne, not you," he said, pointing at the King of Altamon. "Or you," he pointed at Morgan. "And secondly, your title as Kings will be taken away from you. From now henceforth, we no longer have any three Kingdoms under Ashland, every Kingdoms we have before will now be called Ashland." he added, facing the three Kings and smiling at their shocked faces.
"On whose authority do you have to tell us what to do?" The King of Altamon demanded.
"I know you won't believe me so I brought this letter written by my dear father before his death," Storm said and Gwen gave him the letter she had carried that tied around her waist securely. Storm gave the letter to the king of Altamon who read it aloud to others hearings:
When I am gone, my son Storm will become the next Emperor. Unlike his brothers, he has my gift.
The royal seal was seen underneath the writing which makes it real. And besides, it was the handwriting of the late Emperor.
"Impossible, I can't allow you to rule this great kingdom. Even though the late Emperor had signed on it with the Royal seal, a boy whose mother is a whore can't rule Ashland. I will not allow it." The King of Altamon told Storm in an angry voice.
"You are a nobody, you are an illegitimate child and so that alone has made you lose the throne. At least Morgan and Fred are legitimate children but not you, they are the only ones who have the right to talk to us, not you. You better go back to the hole you crawl out from," the King of Puli said. "Devil's child." he added.
Neither the King of Altamon and Puli were expecting the hot tearing slap on their cheeks from Storm. Almost all their teeth fell off as blood came out from their mouth. They were in severe pain.
Storm faced the King of Gala kingdom and they both stared at each other, after a minute, Storm slapped that one also, though not as the last two, but his five fingers print were showing on his cheek.
"But I didn't say anything Emperor Storm," the King of Gala kingdom cried out in pain.
"That was why I slapped you," Storm said. "I just used 1% of my strength on your cheeks, if I had used my 100% strength, believe me your heads would have reached your kingdoms by now, separately. You might have seen big devils in your life but today you're meeting with the king of devils called Storm and forget humans, even devils themselves come to me asking for shelter."