Warlock of War: My Ares System

Chapter 116 Meeting Of Roses (3)

Let's see how he reacts…

"You mother fucker," I heard him mutter, but it seemed he did have some form of maturity as he didn't fight back, even though nobody else was around.

But, if he did throw a few punches, I was probably just going to retaliate a bit… just a bit.

After walking through the long and seemingly endless halls, we finally ran into another group of assistants, but their arrogant posture and walk already told me they didn't want to get involved with me.

"Hey, you're looking good. Pink hair fits you," I said in a non-taunting manner, but they didn't even give me a glance, so I shrugged it off before continuing down the hall.

It wasn't long before we met the group I had wanted to meet: The Wony Assistants.

"Hey, how's it going?" I spoke up first, and just like I had thought, Bella didn't recognize me.

First of all, I had classed up, which removed tons of the light lavender in my hair, then I had gained some mass, and of course, puberty made my voice deeper.

Though, I couldn't grow any facial hair for some reason.

"Thank you for ending that argument. I was worried this place was going to fall to bloodshed," Orme spoke up, and I elbowed him in the side as he sounded like he was about to try and stroke their ego or something.

"Oh, it was no problem. I expected this to happen… hahahaha,"

Bella laughed a bit awkwardly, and the man next to her was… I assumed that was the first in line for the inheritance. Most likely the next head as well.

"It seems you're friendlier than most people here. Why don't we get to know each other?" Orme suggested while sticking out his hand.

I could see the two look up and down from the hand and Orme, and just as Bella was about to go shake his hand, the young man beside her grabbed his hand.

He unleashed some kind of skill that caused Orme to flinch in pain, so I just grabbed his wrist with my own power in order to make him stop.

"Don't cross the line," I muttered.

"There was never a line to cross here," He responded, and eventually, he gave in and just clicked his tongue.

He's strong… much stronger than me.

I then shook Bella's hand, expecting no reaction, but it seems she realized something as once we went to unhinge our grip, she suddenly tightened it again.

"Excuse me… what's wrong?" I asked.

"O-Oh, I just felt like you were familiar… I just have this past which I'm really ashamed of, and I guess I got what I deserve. There is somebody I need to bow down to and apologize to before I can become a stronger person,"

Oh, wow… She really did change.

"Okay, well, I don't think you need to keep holding my hand then. Your grip is pretty tight," I said, and she panicked a bit before letting go.

"My bad, I'm just really tense,"

I stared at her for a bit as she blushed underneath her mask in embarrassment, making Orme seemingly fall for her.

…Damn… She's going to make me feel bad for doing what I did before. Though, if she is the enemy… hmmmmm… I won't show remorse.

"I hope we can be allies in the future," I said before patting her shoulder and walking past, mulling over a few things.

The Wony family has a large set of assets and connections, which would be nice to have, but the problem is that they're enemies to the Bonebloom family.

In fact, they're on the complete opposite side of this family stand, meaning I would either have to make them an ally somehow or… completely destroy them.

"Don't cross the line," I heard the young man say as he turned around to meet my eyes.

I just smirked underneath my mask before continuing down the hall, pondering over the best option and all the outcomes possible.

…

"Geez, is it finally done?" I muttered as we got a call to come back to the main hall, and once we had arrived, the air was a bit lighter than before.

It seems they managed to settle some things, and with the discussed rewards and outcomes of having an alliance, it seems they were happy… but I wasn't.

Fuck… This wasn't how it was supposed to go. They were supposed to hate each other… Arghhhhh… They're making me work so much harder than needed.

Essentially, since the leaders were all "buddy-buddy" now, I had to make sure their children hated each other.

Maybe even some of the adults within the family because that would help speed up the process.

Soon, we all left the throne room and went to a large arena with absolutely nobody in it.

The dirt oval in the center was as long and wide as a football field, but the air that had overcome the group soon shifted.

Finally, we moved on to the last part of the meeting: "light sparring."

We all moved to some separate rooms in order to prepare ourselves for the dirty fighting that was about to take place, and something I didn't expect was,

BAM

The head of the Bonebloom family punched a hole straight through the wall of our resting room, and his seething rage molded into a bloodlust that tried to eat away at us.

"Father, what's wrong?" Orme asked, and through the man's gritted teeth, he muttered,

"That damn Wony family head is too arrogant. Thinking he could control us with just his overwhelming power… He's too soft as well. We must get rid of him,"

"Then… would you like me to dispose of his kin?" I asked, and the man snapped his head towards me, a malicious smile fazing onto his face.

"Do what you think is necessary," He replied, and I just gave him a polite bow before saying,

"Yes, sir. I won't disappoint you," I replied before going to check out the arena.