Looking at the situation where Cain and Fenix, who seemed to be serious about his apology, the head butler was confused and immediately acted cautiously as he thought about the worst-case scenario that might happen if he handled it poorly. Discover stories at empire
"Your Excellency, there's no need to apologize. It was all just a misunderstanding."
The butler said, bowing slightly before approaching Cain to help him stand. From his earlier interaction with Fenix, he surmised that Cain was the one in charge.
"Glad we cleared that up," Cain replied, scratching the back of his head with an awkward smile.
"Hahaha, let's put this misunderstanding behind us and move forward as friends." The head butler laughed and looked at the young master of the Flarehart family.
"Alen, you're about the same age as this young master. It would be good for you two to get to know each other better."
"But, they…" Alen wanted to find an excuse as he wanted to teach them a lesson but immediately shut his mouth when he saw the head butler's serious gaze directed at him.
He was also confused why the head butler was acting like that towards them.
"Please forgive Alen. He may come off as rude sometimes, but deep down, he's just a little spoiled." The head butler said with a kind smile.
"It's okay, you don't need to be so polite since we're friends now." Cain waved his hand.
"Alen, come and apologize. This young master must come from at least a first-rate force, just like you." The head butler hinted at Alen so that he wouldn't be too arrogant as Cain also had the background of at least the first-rate force.
The head butler thought so because after looking at the traces that happened here, the butler noticed deep claw marks on the ground where the lion had been, he deduced that the lion was thrown away.
Considering that the lion had reached Low-level Dominator Rank and Fenix wore a treasure of King Rank to hide his rank, he was certain that Fenix was a strong awakener who had reached Peak-level Dominator Rank or even might have reached Low-level King Rank like him.
Therefore he was 100% sure that Cain and Fenix were at least from the first-rate force or even from one of the top forces.
That's why the head butler immediately acted polite before, because if Cain and Fenix were from the top force as he thought of the worst-case scenario, then it would really bring a lot of trouble not only to Alen but the entire family.
When Alen heard it, he immediately came back to his senses since he had just been consumed by his ego and hadn't thought of that possibility before.
He thought that even though Fenix was a strong awakener and even stronger than his servant, this place was his territory since his family was the strongest family after the Royal Family.
Previously, he was consumed by his own ego because there were two unknown people who didn't take his words seriously, his only thought at that time was he wanted to at least teach them a lesson, as this was the first time that strangers looked down on him.
Subsequently, Alen ordered the middle-aged man to hurry there as he wanted to make things right since he was the one who started this.
Alen stepped forward, forcing a smile as he extended his hand. "My friend, I'm truly sorry for my earlier behavior. It was a misunderstanding."
"It's okay, I don't mind it." Cain waved his hand as if he really didn't mind about the incident that just happened.
When Cain shook hands with Alen, he introduced himself with a smile, "I'm Cain, and I'm from a faraway place. This is my guardian, Fenix."
"Nice to meet you, Cain. I'm Alen Flarehart from the Flarehart Family in the Velmara Kingdom." Alen introduced himself proudly as he mentioned the details, even though Cain had already known it.
Cain's smile widened as he patted Alen's shoulder, "Oh, are you really from the Flarehart Family?"
Alen was taken aback when he heard the strange question that Cain asked, even though it was obvious that Cain knew it.
Though he still answered Cain's question, he was also confused about what Cain had up his sleeve by asking such an obvious question.
"Of co…"
Boom!
Before Alen could answer it properly, Cain's left hand immediately grabbed his neck, and his head was immediately on the ground before he even knew it.
"So what if you're from the Flarehart family!?" Cain shouted after he smashed Alen's head on the ground because he had endured enough.
He even activated his bloodline power to the second tail to triple his stats as he wanted to overwhelm Alen completely and teach him a lesson.
"Does that give you the right to act so arrogantly, expecting everyone to clear the way for you? Even if this is your territory, does that justify your actions earlier?"
Boom!
Cain smashed his head again after he let out his thoughts that pissed him off and ordered Fenix.
"Fenix, if these two dare to make a move, smash their heads into the ground too."
"Yes, My Lord." Fenix replied gleefully, cracking his knuckles since he couldn't wait to experience smashing someone's head on the ground too.
Fenix even thought that his lord was such a coward because he knew that everyone here was nothing to him and he didn't need to be afraid, but still acting like a coward, which honestly disappointed him.
However, his opinion about Cain being a coward was immediately shattered by this incident.
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Everyone was stunned with the sudden, unexpected move that Cain suddenly did out of nowhere.
Even Alen, who had his head smashed on the ground twice, could only remain silent as he was really confused with the situation he was in.
The head butler was the first person to realize what had just happened and immediately became angry.
"You! Who are you and why are you doing this? Do you intend to go against the entire Flarehart Family?" The butler shouted as he pointed his trembling finger at Cain.
When Fenix saw that the butler had pointed his finger at Cain, he immediately made a move as he appeared beside the butler and smashed his head on the ground like Cain did with Alen.
This scene had left everyone dumbfounded, especially for Alen's servant and the guards who were watching it from afar.
Because they knew that the butler of the Flarehart Family was a genuine Low-level King Rank Awakener.
Even the butler himself was extremely shocked that he didn't expect the big guy to be much stronger than him, to the point that he couldn't even react, even though he was a well-known assassin who specialized in speed.
"What are you doing?! I didn't make a move. I only pointed my finger!"
The butler immediately complained as he remembered that Cain ordered Fenix to smash his head if he ever made a move, but he just pointed his finger out of anger!
Cain raised an eyebrow at Fenix. "He claims he didn't make a move. Is that true?"
"Hehe." Fenix chuckled mischievously and made an excuse. "But My Lord, pointing a finger is still making a move, isn't it?"
"Fair enough." Cain nodded his head innocently.
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The absurdity of the situation left everyone speechless.