CHAPTER 524: FAMILY AFFAIRS

Even though she is already far away enough from Aeryon, she could feel an energy coursing through her body.

And this energy is not pleasant.

It invades her without permission.

And even though he force that she now has cut through the energy, just like Aeryon she did not master this method.

She cuts, but she still miss a lot.

And this one that escapes, attacks her.

Never retreating, always forward.

This is the kind of energy that Aeryon had unleashed with his body, supplemented by his will and desire

Hence, a simple palm attack turns mysterious, mystical and terrifying.

It is like fire devouring her from the inside.

A fire that would not stop,. No matter how she cut it in her heart this fire keeps burning and burning

She regulates her breath and the energy inside her body cut through this heat.

It burns, but she cut the burns. Ten thousand swords in the heart could eve cut a raging fire.

The sword in her heart cut through this fire. And her face turns pale her hands trembles and her eyes feel heavy and stinging.

The fire touches certain channel of energy that causes pain in specific areas all over her body.

Ayera landed on the other side of this pavilion.

As for the pavilion over the water, the pillars is cracking in all direction.

One more blow and this entire pavilion would crumble into pieces

This time the sound of this battle travels far away and even alarmed the guard outside this pavilion.

Aeryon look at the leader of his hidden guard and he said

"This is my family matter. Prevent them from entering this area. And do not say anything about this matter to anyone else"

Aeryon said all of this calmly but one could hear the unquestionable tone in his voice.

The leader of the hidden guard look at the pavilion, look at the water, look at the crater and he nodded

The Kan is even stronger than him.

And with the strength the Kan had shown, he believe that the Kan could protect himself

But that is not the reason why he would follow this order.

After all, even if the Kan is confident of his strength, he should not leave the target of his protection.

This is what Mayeux had told him countless of time

Mayeux had told him that the Kan is stubborn and sometimes is reckless.

Even if the Kan is successful in ninety-nine battle, one failure is enough to doom his kingdom.

He should not always risk his life in the battlefield if he could help it. So, Mayeux reminded him that the Kan always have high confidence in himself and usually he is right

But what Mayeux worries that even if the Kan is right almost all the time, one wrong decision could destroy all that he wanted to build

But now the Kan ordered him to go.

He should not listened if he goes by the order of Mayeux

But he thinks of something and then he accept the order of the Kan

Because...Is it just an order or is it a test?

This leader of the hidden guard has great debt of gratitude toward Mayeux.

The Kan trusted him not because he trusted him. The Kan trusted Mayeux and in turn trusted him

But if his action shows that he is more loyal to Mayeux order than the Kan, what if this create a rift between the Kan and Lord Mayeux?

He is not like most warriors. The reason he became the leader of this six men is not because he is the strongest. It is because he is the most wise among them

He is not blind to political matters. Everyone said that the Kan and the advisor have relationship that is akin to sworn brothers

But the human heart is the most unfathomable and he did not dare to bet.

He wanted to repay Mayeux not harm him.

Maybe this is a test by the Kan to see how loyal he really is.

Or maybe, the Kan simply don’t want people to see the ugliness of his family affairs. After all, it is quite rare in the Steppe, to see a wife killing his husband.

He could only think of it like this.

The leader of the hidden guard gesture with his hand and these seven people jump out from the area of the pavilion to make sure the people outside would not come inside

Aeryon now stand seven feet way from Ayera. He had already landed after he uses that attack.

He landed and did not attack

As for Ayera, she just finished expelling that heat from her body and look at Aeryon with wariness

The seven guards flew above Ayera as they rush to the entrance.

The wind blows, the grass sways, the sound of the wind is the only noise between them.

"You still want to help me?" Ayera ask.

She looks at his eyes.

They are seven feet apart.

In this distance they could still look at each other clearly even though the dust sis still rising up toward the sky

The sun is there on top of the sky, the shine illuminated the area even through the shade but the heat of the sun is not as powerful in this area of the south

Instead, there is a coldness mixed with the heat.

The winds from the north drove toward the south, brings the chills of winters and neutralize the heat of the sun

For a moment Aeryon did not say anything.

Nor did he answer her question.

Instead, he seems to be thinking of something

But this was only for a moment. A moment to think, a moment to take a breath and then he refocused back his priorities

Then he look back at Ayera and shakes his head

"this is our family matter. There is no need for so many eyes to see and ears to hear"

"I understand why" he said with a sigh

Yes, even though Aeryon did not say it that much, he is protecting Ayera.

He said all of this because he wanted her to know, that he could still protect her and he intend to protect her

This is his sincerity

He did not break the oath of marriage. He is not unfair to her. And he did not abuse her

If the tribe knows Ayera tries to kill her husband, even if Aeryon wanted to save her, he would surely be objected all around.

No, objected is the best-case scenario. Even if the elders are sympathetic, they would ask for a death sentence.

Life is cheap. And the nobles of this world life is heavy.

But that is also relative. Ayera the wife of the Kan.....her life is heavy. Ayera the traitor of the Kan, an evil wife.....that life is light

Certain situation made certain life heavy and certain life light

But Aeryon never intended to kill Ayera. Or use the power of the clan and tribe to sentence her to death

If he wanted to kill her, he could have done it a long time ago. When she supply information about this tribe to her tribe, he could have sentenced her to death at that time

Hell, he did not even have to have a real reason. As long as he wanted to all kinds of reason could be found.

The reason Ayera did not die, is because from the very beginning Aeryon had never intended to kill her.

He always wanted Ayera to integrate into the tribe willingly.

And this would not help for Ayera to integrate with the tribe. This woman should be the mother of his kingdom

Men like him could have many stains in his history. But a woman like Ayera should not have that many stains. Even a few stains could kill her

Woman is this era is like dandelion. A strong gust could blow them away

And he is also thinking about the future.

This matter did not have to become big. He still have the ability to cover this up. This is his tribe. His hand could cover up the heavens of the lower south

Both of them did not move.

But the reason they did not move is different.

Ayera did not move because she fears Aeryon would once again thrust out his palm.

And for now, she is deducing Aeryon method trying to think of a way to counter or dodge that palm.

At the same time, she is dispelling that hot energy from her body.

That hot energy is now travelling from her chest to her feet and that energy is dispelled to the ground. And the ground she is stepping on is now being heated like a fire was set upon it

Scorching bit by bit, the grass turns from green to black before it turns to ash

And what about Aeryon?

Aeryon put both of his hand behind his back and he stand there straight

It seems like everything is under control

But only he knows how much that two palm strikes cost him.

His stamina is cut by half.