In Uther City, within Gladiya Palace, in Thunder Hall, sat one elder after another of the Augustus family, their faces heavy with shadows, casting an oppressive atmosphere in the hall, as if one had plunged into deep waters, struggling to breathe.
"Absurd, ridiculous, laughable! What right do they have to make such unreasonable demands of us!"
"Have those people forgotten whose land they're standing on?"
"The blood of our Augustus ancestors flows across that land, and they gained it without any cost, yet now they want even more!"
Resentment, anxiety, dissatisfaction, rage, or perhaps gravity—all these emotions filled the eyes that finally rested at the end of the conference table, on a monarch crowned in majesty.
This was the current Family Head of the Augustus family, known for his unmatched strength and power. Yet, the eyes of many elders looked upon him with mistrust and caution.
