That was harsh.
I looked at my father, whose face didn't change since the start of this conversation. As stoic and unmoving as before, he looked at me as if he was looking at anomaly in the system.
"Your brother, an inspiring swordsman, has already broken the current record at the academy of Newmore – being the fastest ranker. Your sister, who is a magician, already has moved on to the tri-circles, her spellcasting as fast as the wind. You on the other hand…"
I sigh mentally.
I know where this is going.
"Have done little to show that you are birth of Silver. Preferring to rot in your room and drink all day like a bum who just lost all his money to gambling," The father's voice didn't rise, but his tone became sharper, "Spending your days on brothels with women who have inserted who knows how much penis into themselves. Caring little of your talents, wasting resources provided to you to cultivate your prowess. And worst, embarrassing the family name by accumulating a reputation of being a deadbeat."
My father sighs.
"The family blood contains many innate talents, it is impossible to stay weak as a Silver, to do so is to put in effort. In simple terms, you choose to live like this, Roland. For some reason I cannot fathom."
"What went wrong boy?"
I stayed quiet.
Processing the harsh words just thrown at me… well not me per say, but my predecessor. The original Roland Silver, the deadbeat noble of the Silver lineage. A familiar name for a geek like me.
Let me explain.
Roland Silver is the minor antagonist of a webnovel called "Incursion." A dark-fantasy style novel dealing with demons, tragedy, and so much edge it could make Edward Scissorhands drool. The main protagonist, named Ahab, is a vengeful guy whose sole purpose in life is to destroy so called "Evil Aristocrat" for their atrocities of the lower class – him and his family being victims. Roland Silver checked all the criteria of Ahab's checklist of a scumbag, making Roland the first antagonist of the novel, the first stepping stone to be exact.
And for good reason.
Roland is anything the Aristocrat despises and condemned.
Indulgent and hedonistic.
Neglectful.
Deadbeat
And a scum bag.
Roland is the trope of the "young master" who thinks the world bent for their whims, and who will be the punching bag of the main protagonist and the side character.
"Nothing to say? Sigh, I expected much."
My father, Enosh, took a breath and sat down.
"By all means, I am justified to exile and outright deprived you of our family name. But I am not that cruel and foolish. Roland, I do not what caused your slothful behavior, back then you were such a passionate boy. But, having you remain here is a mockery and a display of neglectful side in my part, a weakness stranger to the Silver principles…"
"So,
I will offer you an ultimatum."