"Do you know the consequences of doing that?" Fraic said with a tone that seemed to breed anger as his eyes narrowed in on Adam.
The atmosphere around the auction hall seemed to crackle with silent warnings as the guest were becoming increasingly alarmed as each moment passed.
They didn't know what would happen or what they should do, but they knew that at the very moment all of them should stay quiet. They stayed quiet looking at the exchange of words that would change the whole fate of both houses.
Adam even under the pressure of someone of higher ranking than him didn't show any fear nor hesitation. He mostly didn't care and the stakes were too high while the thing he was waiting so much for was right in front of him so he held on.
He promised himself no matter what happens in here he would held on so he answered the question with no fear and instead with slight excitement.
"Ahhh... Will the consequences be so dire that I might not even be able to imagine it?" Adam asked but his questions were not answered as Fraic looked at him with dark eyes.
"Okay, so I guess that would mean no more favors from the Great Friggart House, then?"
The guests were gob smacked and didn't know whether to look with admiration at the man's bravery or shame him because of it.
But they knew one thing, This man, This new family was something interesting.
Fraic ever in his angry moment remained silent for a while before he showed a row of teeth as his face morphed into an angry smile, "How funny... Unfortunately the answer was not even close."
Adam faked a look false shame as he said, "Oh!... then I'm sorry, that I won't be able to figure it out. But it was very good to have this talk with you, sir."
Adam said and tried to end the conversation but he was stopped, "Wait!" He knew that was supposed to happen so he just gave a sigh before saying, "Yes?".
"Did I gave you the permission to end this conversation?" Fraic asked as anger oozed his voice.
This time even Adam became angry, "I am sorry if I offended you before Mr. Friggart, But I am not under your service or in your gratitude for you to speak to me like that!"
The crowd gasped as they looked at this new turn of events, which made the people in the back row gossip more and more about the idiocy of Adam while the front row families saw this as an interesting show and their curiosity about this new family only seemed to grow.
"Who the fck you think you are to tell me about having an effect on my family?"
"I am the House Master of the Friggart Great House, I AM NOT SCARED OF A AUCTION HOUSE AND I WON'T BE BULLIED INTO LISTENING TO YOUR WORDS."
Fraic seemed to have lost his mind as his words were becoming more and more perverse. Which was understood by the families in the auction hall as most had trouble breathing.
The families on front row had no fear on their face as they knew on that exact moment that Fraic would lose no matter happens.
Nigel took no care for his words as a voice appeared in the earplug he had worn, "Should we come in yet?"
"No, wait a moment."
William on the other hand was also quiet and no fear was on his or Delmar's face but it was on everybody else's face in that room. William took a close look at Fraic and seemed to thought of his words and asked, "He's out right?"
Delmar nodded, "Yeah"
Adam was about to hold on to his blade to see that he had none at the moment and cursed before slightly reinforcing his mana for the most optimal killing accuracy.
But the next words changed that, "Adam don't confront him in combat, If he attacks just use your powers to defend yourself and don't worry about the people beside you." Came the words of William from the earplugs.
Adam who was about to kill the guy was confused as he asked, "Why? He is clearly out of his mind?"
"Precisely because of that. No need to make a enemy out of everyone when he is doing it all by himself. And anyway the guy is not going to be a problem anymore."
Adam nodded as he withdrew most of his mana.
Seeing that made Fraic satisfied as thought that Adam was scared of him. So he tried to make use of that.
"Now you die, fool"