The lightning arrow shot at a crazy speed that would be impossible for any normal person to dodge, but not Silva.
He didn't even need to use flash step to dodge it, he used his normal speed and dodged the attack.
The attack blew the entire wall, even the formations that were drawn into the house could not stop the force of the attack.
Silva took the opening after Terron cast the spell, he used flash step, attaining a teleport-like speed and arrived before his father.
He swung diagonally from down to up, his father did his best to react in time, covering his palms in thick lightning, and using his hands to parry the attack.
He was able to deflect the attack, but the force sent him stumbling backward.
"I see you are not called a great mage for nothing, your battle sense is very good, but I doubt it will be able to defeat me," Silva said.
His father didn't respond, he had acknowledged that Silva was a threat, a very strong one, he couldn't speak like an elder or father at this point, he had to concentrate and win.
But even that seemed to be far away, because he could tell that the difference in strength was great, even speed, and Silva was yet to even use magic at all.
"How? How did you get this strong in such a short time?" Terron decided to ask, he couldn't hold himself back from asking.
"You want to know? Well, I'm just that talented, the reason you didn't see it back then was because my body wasn't strong enough to hold my talent, hehe," Silva said.
"If that's so, then it wasn't my fault, how could I know that you would bloom late?" Terron said.
Silva frowned when he heard that, he gripped his axe, and his body vanished and appeared behind his father.
"You are making it worse, you old bastard," Silva said, he swung the broad side of his axe, slamming it into his father and sending his father into the wall.
After that, Silva stopped, he put away the axe, and picked up a seat, he sat down and faced his father who was getting up.
All this time, no one had come into the room, and that was because Silva had done something before he entered, he sealed off the room with a dark spell, and no one could get close to a hundred meters of the room.
Now he undid the seal and the running sound of the knights and guards could be heard headed this way.
They barged into the room, holding their swords and spears, with a blonde man leading them as captain.
Immediately they assessed what was happening, they all surrounded Silva and pointed their weapons at him.
The captain came closer and drew his sword.
"Don't move, you have caused havoc in the house of the Duke, your penalty shall be death," the guard said in a righteous tone.
"Are you dumb?" Silva asked. The guard got enraged and decided to attack.
"Stop it, Damien!" Silva's mother ordered. The captain stopped mid-air and immediately sheathed his sword.
"All of you leave now," she said. All the guards bowed their heads and left the dining hall.
After the guards left, the place became quiet, even his mother watched to see what would happen next.
"Duke Terron, or father, whatever you choose. I have cleared off my beef with you for now, I don't need your name or anything else, I just wanted to meet my mother and say hi to my siblings.
Now I can leave, and we don't have to see each other again," Silva said.
"Hahahahahaha," Terron laughed as he got up from the ground.
"I may have lost this fight, boy, but I don't plan to lose the war. No matter how strong you are, you can't defeat the whole kingdom.
The moment you entered here and declared that you were my son, you already made things hard for yourself.
I'll tell the whole kingdom that you were my son that went missing, and now you have been found. I'll make you bear the name of Terron and become the pillar that lifts me higher," Terron said shamelessly.
Silva could already tell what game his father was playing, and his father was actually going to win.
Silva didn't have the connection and influence that his father had yet. Even though he was rich, he couldn't buy the connections his father had.
Even if he went and spread the truth of what happened thirteen years ago, no one would believe him over his father.
But Silva was not one to go down easily, he had ways to make sure his father didn't spill the lies.
But as he was about to use this method, the system came online with a notification.
[A special message from the goddess has been delivered.]
[Silva, there are things only those of status can accomplish.]
That was the entire message, but it didn't take all his brains to understand that she was telling him to agree to carry his father's name.
And as usual, Silva simply obeyed the goddess, she was the only person his dragon pride didn't fight against.
"Fine, do what you want, but let me inform you ahead of time, I'll be making sure that I use your name and status to the max, regardless of what happens," Silva said and stood up.
He turned around, and to his surprise, his mother had basically leaped at him with her arms open, she caught him in a bear hug.
"It's been so long since I wanted to do this, so, so long," she said and started crying.
Silva hugged her back, they stayed that way for some time before she let go.
"You'll have to tell me everything tonight, I'll have a room ready for you," she said and left the room, she pulled Sage to help her.
Silva looked at his brother and his father.
"I don't plan to take over this house, and I also don't plan on forgiving you. I understand why you did what you did to protect your name, but there is no way I'll forgive you," Silva said and left the room.
Today had been quite eventful for Silva, now how would he move forward?