Chapter 367: Place Of Pride
In the Knights Hall of Isegart, Kir stood before what remained of the Valrian Order as eight Knight Elders shouted him down the moment he stopped speaking.
"Out of the question!" "We don’t need your help, demon!" "It’s a trick! The moment we let them in, they’ll kill everyone that remains!" The five old men shouted while two out of the three old women elected to frown down at Kir. The last one slept.
Eight heads without a leader meant that it was a while before the room calmed, and Kir waited behind the small pulpit placed before them, trying to control the agitation he felt from the tips of his horns down to his tail.
Aside from the nine leaders, Rena stood at Kir’s elbow and the rest of the room was filled with Knights, city guards, and prominent city-state citizens.
None of them seemed enthusiastic about his proposal to have demons helping to rebuild the city. Nor did they seem to appreciate the lengths he’d gone through with Char to ensure that discipline would be strictly handled if the city agreed.
Kir raised a single hand for silence, but it took a citizen standing and issuing out a single, thunderously loud clap for him to receive it. He looked to find a balding human standing with a stern but respectful look on his face. The man motioned for him to proceed before sitting.
"That was uncalled for, Julian," one of the Knight Elder women said, before the attention of the room turned back to Kir.
"Elders," Kir began anew. "I did not have to come before you offering peace, and with everything that is happening in the world, I must act quickly." He sighed. "And so this is the last time I will make this offer -"
"Go back to your own kind, cannibal!" a voice from the crowd shouted.
"Ee do not want it," Elder Ahern, an old elf with hair of silver stood. He was the only elder in armor, which rattled a bit from the effort of his standing. "Isegart will rebuild itself. As it always has, and always will. Until the day Valria returns in glory."
The judicial pulpit behind which Kir stood shattered under his hands as his emotions got away from him. "I am trying to do what is right!" he shouted. "And if you can’t put aside your prejudice, then so be it. Freeze for all I care."