Black Online

Aizen watched as Nero and Raon talked.

’It looks like the old bastard likes him. That is good. It should be about time to do the announcement.’

He looked at the wristwatch.

"Son, it is about time to address the guests that have come here for your party."

Hearing his father, Fang Raon looked at him briefly, felt strange about what his father said, but agreed to go along with it.

"If you don’t mind..."

He turned back to Nero, and he just chuckled and waved his hand, "Go ahead."

They started heading for the stage, and when they walked away, everyone at the table turned to Juniper.

"He is your husband, whether you like it or not. If you disrespect him one more time, either he will discipline you or I will."

Ronin said angrily.

"...I only said the truth. He is ugly."

She said with a pout.

Because of her position as young princess of Rain Family, she had always been surrounded by very handsome people.

Especially now that she was an actress. Thus, she had a twisted understanding of beauty.

Fang Raon wasn’t ugly. But he wasn’t as handsome as the actors. Rain Region was also famous for having extremely beautiful people.

At that moment, Ronin backhanded her across the face—smack!—and her head snapped to the side.

There was now a bright red mark on her cheek, and she touched her cheek with tears in her eyes, and just touching the cheek was painful.

"Ronin."

Nero said with a sigh.

With his Read, he was able to see that the backhand was witnessed by several other families.

They weren’t looking over to their table, as they wanted to keep it a secret, but they couldn’t hide Nero’s gaze.

It was a bad look to have an inner family feud in front of all these big families. It dented their family reputation.

"Tch!"

Ronin crossed his arms and looked over at the stage, where every guest was also looking over at.

Tap~ Szzz~

On the stage, Aizen tapped the microphone and was able to attract everyone’s attention over to him.

Next to him, Fang Raon stood with his arms behind his back, and he tried to look calm, but he felt uncomfortable being stared at by nearly a hundred people.

However.

It was something he needed to get used to.

"Thank you all for coming to my son’s return party. As some of you know, he has been away for a while, combating a deadly illness that threatened to take his life.

"With excellent medical care that I provided for him, he was able to restore himself back to his full health and return home to us stronger than ever before."

Aizen said with a smile.

Clap~ clap~ The guests clapped.

They took a long look at Fang Raon, as they now realized that the party was actually for him.

"With you all gathered here, we are also pleased to announce that my son, Raon, is also wedding the beautiful princess of the Rain Family, Juniper."

Aizen said with a smile and pointed his hand over at the Rain Family’s table, and the guests clapped loudly.

Nero nodded his head at the guests, and other family members also smiled, except Juniper, who was still crying because of the pain.

’What?!’

Fang Raon’s eyes shook.

He kept his mouth shut, but his teeth were grinding against each other, and his fingers dug into the palms of his hands.

"...That’s a good union. The Rain Family and the Fang Family are both part of the Big Families, and with this wedding, they will become even stronger."

"...Fang Family can extend their operations to Rain Region, and Rain Family can also finally get a proper foothold into Smog Region’s market, which they’ve been struggling with."

The guests talked among themselves.

Aizen turned around to him, patted his shoulder, and leaned close to whisper into his ear.

"Don’t make a scene. This is good for you and our family. We can talk more after this party is over, get it?"

"...Okay, Father."

Fang Raon said through his gritted teeth.

"WHAT THE FUCK?!"

At that moment, Anna’s scream frightened the guests, and she jumped to her feet with a face so full of anger.

She was in the middle of eating cake when she heard of it, and she didn’t even care that she had frosting on her face.

’...Fuck.’

Aizen waved his hand and commanded the servants to take Anna away before she made a scene, but it was too late.

She grabbed the cake with her hand and hurled it at Aizen, but he nonchalantly dodged it with a cold look on his face.

"BASTARD! CUNT! EUNUCH! SHITHEAD!"

She kept screaming obscenities while the servants forcefully dragged her out of the Great Hall, and even when she was gone, she didn’t stop.

And her voice could still be heard echoing through the halls.

The guests awkwardly kept eating their food and drinking their wine, trying to keep a straight face.

"It looks like it has already been decided. He’ll be the head of the family."

Raizen said as he enjoyed the cake, and next to him, Raikou was holding a wine cup with a trembling hand.

"Aren’t you angry, brother? This piece of shit shouldn’t be the head of the family. It should’ve been you or me!"

Raikou said angrily.

"What’s the point? Being the head of the family is a lot of work. It is a lot of responsibility and a huge burden. Every mistake can have dire consequences.

"You’ll never have a break from the stress and pressure.

"We, on the other hand, can keep doing whatever we want. I was worried that Father might try to force that heavy burden on me."

Raizen said with a smile and kept eating the cake that was now tasting much sweeter than before.

’That has always been your problem, brother. You lack ambition. You might be satisfied with a simple life, but I am not.

’I am destined for greatness.’

Raikou thought angrily.

He wasn’t going to give up this easily, and then he looked over at Rain Family’s table and felt even angrier after seeing Juniper.

She was stunningly beautiful, and for Raon to be able to marry such a woman made him burn with envy and rage.

’I should’ve been the one marrying her. This party should’ve been for me. I should be the new heir!’