Chapter 310: A Fit of Rage and Hysteria
Back at the Convel Society, Nathan was already hard at work trying his best not to let the Society slip out of his grasp before he was ready to abdicate. Already, he had put out more fires than he could count, and yet a few more still managed to pop out and ruin his mood every once in a while. And of course, one of these many fires was the Emergency Meeting that the Elders had told him to come and attend.
"This better not be what I think it’s about..."
Taking a small breath, Nathan’s thought briefly went to Raine and whatever it was she was doing out there. Hopefully, she was having a far better time than he would have trying to placate these stubborn Elders. He could already see it: them trying to bicker and insist on him doing what was best for the Convel Society as a whole. And while he indeed wanted that to happen, he also still put Raine’s well-being at the top of his priority.
’Time to face the music,’ he inwardly thought.
Opening the door, Nathan exerted his aura out to everybody present as he strode forth. Immediately, any sort of casual banter inside the King’s Hall silenced themselves, his sheer presence keeping their mouths shut until he stood in front of his usual chair. Turning around, he quietly sat down, a perpetual scowl on his face as he stared at the Elders in front of him.
"Well? Let’s start this emergency meeting," Nathan declared.
His words seemed to permeate the room as silence reigned. Before long, however, one of the Elders began bickering again. Then they became two. Then the whole room exploded into chatter once more as the Elders seemed to be fighting amongst themselves.
"Enough!" Nathan bellowed out, forcing the room to fall into silence once more. "What is this meeting even about? Surely it isn’t just to force me to listen to you all bicker about nonsense."
As if on cue, one of the Elders spoke up, a scowl on the old man’s face as he began. "This Emergency Meeting is caused by your own actions, King Nathan! Your marriage to the Princess of the Moon Clan will cause nothing but instability to this group!"