Chapter 316: The discord
"Mother!" Screamed a small child as he got yanked from his mother’s safe embrace. Anyone could see that he had only recently taken his Beastman form with his inexperienced walking on two legs paired with no wings to support. He was an innocent cub clueless of his current predicament. He knew nothing. But the crowd was different. They were grown beastmen, they knew better. Realized that it was cruel to treat cubs and females so brutally, but did nothing to stop it.
For they were afraid of the consequences that they would come to face if they did something now. The entirety of Elder Edgar’s kin were dragged along the tribe by their king’s elite guards. Personally trained under Lord Nathan to be worthy of guarding the king. The latter was disbanded quite unceremoniously once Alice declared them traitors together with their commander. They had no time to fight against the new power and were quickly locked up in the dungeons.
It seemed like they took it the hard way. As soon as the King gained consciousness and learned of Alice’s despicable acts, he promptly dispatched his guards to capture her as well as her entire family. With their king’s impulsive nature and well-known anger, there would not be any trial for this family. No mercy would be provided. And no matter who tried to stop it, they would be dealt with.
Yet despite their fear, some male beastmen protested, "You cannot treat Females like this!"
"Yes, no matter their crimes, it is not right to drag females and cubs like this"
"We are innocent! Alice was the one who did wrong" Said one of Alice’s relatives.
All of these shouts and murmurs came out of the crowd until one of the guards stepped forward, "Then where is Alice? You know she did wrong and yet you are shielding her from us"
"We are doing nothing of that sort!" Screamed a female from Alice’s family, "We don’t know where that bitch is!" It was frustrating getting burned for the sin they had not committed.
One of Alice’s sisters agreed with the former, "That stupid wench and her stupid revenge! My brother died ages ago but that bitch refuses to let it go. Now she has doomed our entire family"
"Please let us go!" The screams grew louder, "The king cannot do this, it is not right!"
"Stop shouting, female!" the guard snapped back, "We are trying our best to hold back, don’t test us" he anger spiked exponentially as he continued, "Do you know what we and our commander went through because of your sister!? You should be thankful that we are only seeking justice and not revenge"
The sister groaned in distress, "Do you really think Alice would care if something happens to us!? You have to understand! That bitch does not consider us as her family. In her head, she and Noel sired by her father are the only ones that matter. We are nothing to her!"