Chapter 12 - Killing Intent II

When Deros had finally realized what was happening, he clenched his fist hard enough to make himself bleed.

I had to remind him that he has to control his anger in public, but honestly, I wasn't feeling much better at all. The disgusting wrench is trying to force my beloved daughter into a situation where she can't say no.

The fact that he had forced her hand would have angered a few people, but no one saw it, and the fact that Aroura didn't move her hand made everyone think that she had expected to dance with him.

"After this dance, may I ask for your hand in marriage When you become of age?"

James Fleming is a handsome young man who stood 5ft 9 at the age of 15. He had dark brown hair that was kept healthy and trimmed. He was 3 years away from being in the marriage age group, but that didn't stop him from being engaged beforehand.

When Aroura was about to refuse, Laura chimed in and stated "Oh my, they are so cute together. they would make an excellent couple" which was received by a few nods from other nobles and mostly glares of envy from the majority.

As Deros was getting ready to rip that boy's head off his body, James said "so, do you not move your hand away a-". James' voice went high-pitched before choking on his own words. His voice completely disappeared and his face turned pale before he stumbled backward and fell on his a*s and sweating like crazy.

James was not the only one who had turned pale. To be exact, everyone had turned pale when the area was shrouded in a feeling of dread.

The babies started crying, and the adults who weren't mages or warriors started shaking, yet even those who had witnessed hundreds of battles couldn't help but step back unconsciously.

I quickly looked away from the confused Aroura and started at my husband with a shaken appearance. Every hair on my body was standing up from the sheer concentration of this exuded aura, yet what I saw on my husband's face didn't help my case. My husband, a magic warrior with countless battles of experience and the one I thought was responsible for this situation looked startled. I could feel his grip loosen and his hand reaching for the sheathed blade of his hip.

My instincts of a mage had taken over long before I could think and I already had my want in my hand, ready to cast at a moment's notice. I quickly searched the area for the killing intent when I found it to be coming from the baby's area.

My Brain was way ahead of my body and it already had thought of the worst-case scenario as the most likely, until I saw it.

It was Pandora, no one had realized other than me so far, but the scene was utterly terrifying.

The killing intent was being aimed at James directly, the reason for everyone else being startled was due to the fact no one had expected someone able to emit such killing intent to be within the party.

Pandora's eyes were brimming with mana, creating a golden hue around her eyes which flickered with an intensity only equaled by the Killing Intent in the area, yet, that was not all.

All the Elemental energies in the area reacted accordingly, causing a huge influx of all kinds of elements, uncontrollably being forcibly grouped and sent towards James.

I might not be able to see the mana particles in the air, but god damn did I feel them. Every single one of them was brimming with the same rage as its caster, closing the distance with its enemy within a few seconds before completely dispersing.

The killing intent subsided and the elements in the air were quickly sent back into the air as if they had never moved. The feeling of imminent death had made most of those with weak will lose control over their bladders and when it subsided, all the nobles were left with was the feeling of extreme shame.

The butlers seemed to be the only ones not affected much, since they were all standing on guard looking around continuously failing to locate the threat.

Suddenly, the tuned-out cries of babies had finally reached the parent's ears and among them was Pandora.

'Was I hallucinating because of the sudden feeling or did I actually see Pandora do what I think she did?' was my first thought before getting rid of all my thoughts the moment I heard her cry.

Thankfully, Aroura seemed to be much faster than me, taking advantage of the situation to both leave James who had lost control of his bladder, and also take care of the probably scared Pandora.

It had been the first time in so long that I had heard her cry which made me disregard what I saw in an instant as I was going crazy.

'What the f*ck am i thinking? How the fuck would a a baby barely 8 months old emit a amount of Killing intent larger than most mages and warriors can emit even when they are in their late 30s?'

Before I was able to walk towards the two sisters, a small yet firm hand grabbed me. "was that you or deros?" asked Elaina which I promptly responded, "i am as confused as you are and i have no f*cking idea what happened. I'm going to be getting home now thank you" before getting rid of her grip and running towards Aroura.

Right before I left, I heard a faint "what the f*ck was that" from Deros which everyone heard since no one seemed to believe that it wasn't him who had emitted the killing intent

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Atlas'/ Pandora's POV

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'Fuck me sideways what the f*ck did i just do' was my first thought after I realized how startled everyone was.

A few minutes earlier, I had watched Aroura almost get forced into an engagement she didn't want, which promptly pissed me off to an extent that I'm pretty sure I just emitted a large amount of killing intent.

At that moment, I saw every elementary particle in my line of vision freeze for a split second before grouping up and shooting straight towards the a*shole.

For the last 8 months of my life I had been living in the luxury of my own home without seeing anyone other than my own family, yet today I was instantly reminded why I resent these humans so much.

Well, the only thing I realized from this experience is that I was wrong about mages, they can't see particles in the air, only sense them. This is because at that moment I think all the mages and warriors in the area would have realized that it was me who caused the ruckus and would have promptly lunged at me.

At that moment I also saw two things. One was that my soul flame erupted with such force that it could be felt by others, while secondly, every other soul flame reacted to the sudden burst differently.

While some immediately shrunk and dimmed as if they were trying to hide their presence, some life forces like my mothers simply flickered for a second, and ones like the butler's flames expanded outwards in almost a challenging flicker.

One thing was for certain though, holy sh*t do I need to focus on controlling my emotions since I might not be so lucky as to have an audience of dumbasses without a single shred of bravery or diligence.