Chapter 14: Not A Falcon?
----Ferrum Headquarters----
Hugo Barlow, sitting on a sofa in his spacious, dark metal-themed office, stared at the young girl in the seat opposite him.
A Chinese beauty, with silver-white hair tied in half-up twisted braid with flowing waves, falling past her waist, curling at the ends with a scent of blue, that matched her silver-shaded irises perfectly. Pale, cool-toned skin with an ink blotted tattoo of the dragon that stretched from her right shoulder, her bare, visible back from the white, backless maxi dress she wore.
"What an honour! For the heir of Whites to visit just a national-level organisation like Ferrum," Hugo said as he picked up his cigar, and gestured if he could light it.
"There's no need to be on an edge. I'm not here as a representative of the whites, but a personal favour," She said. Bai Yuyan was the heir of the whites, a family in direct association with the falcon order of the Morrigan household.
Morrigans are divided into three orders. The order of head, they have five of the top hundred obsidians under their command, with the head of Morrigan being the top ten eternal.
The order of the vanguards, led by the first prince of the house of Morrigans. They're the political force of the Morrigans.
And, the order of the falcons. Led by the second prince, the youngest eternal in the history of the world. They deal with assassinations and information.
However, in the preceding year, the order of falcons has fallen weak compared to the order of vanguards. With the first prince taking advantage of the second's disappearance, the order of vanguards has expanded its influence all across the world, not just with the name but with the alliances, combining several obsidians and peak horizon families.
The situation has led the whites to fall short in power in terms of global power rankings. The order of falcons might not survive another year if the prince is not found or declared dead.
"I don't believe Ferrum is close to whites, to grant a personal favour just because their heir asked us to," Hugo Barlow said. Despite not being a global power, Ferrum itself was considered powerful because it was Hugo Barlow, one of the top hundred obsidians, leading it.