Avia intensely observed the little girl because of her comment. She fell into deep thinking.
Irene, who was taken aback, couldn't help but raise her head to look at Affea. "That's not true..."
Azzy, who was also surprised, had his attention on Irene, who was panicked for a moment. He sensed the change in Irene's voice and her heartbeat spiked up for a moment.
Before that, he focused on his little sister, "Affy, what do you mean by she's lying?"
Affea innocently replied, "I don't know. I can just tell."
"Chronos?" Azzy called out to the Reaper immediately, in his mind.
The Reaper replied swiftly, "You have to wait until her awakening to find the answers."
Azzy put away his thoughts about it and focused on Irene, "Explain." His gaze turned colder on purpose, showcasing that he was displeased with her behavior.
Irene hung her head down in silence.
"Irene..." Azzy shouted. She shuddered at his shout but didn't open her mouth.
Is it because he was worried whether Blood Clan would try to take over the village during his absence in the future? Francis couldn't help but wonder.
He objected to it, almost shouting emotionally, with his scarlet aura of Blood forming a layer over his skin, "Your Majesty, while all of that is true, our clan has been loyal to the throne since our inception. There have been cases in which several warriors emerged from other clans that challenged the Garcia family's authority, and some even rebelled against the throne. But there haven't been any instances when any member of my clan did that. We are exempted from holding any duty, but we have sacrificed hundreds of elites to protect the Death Clan's honor and saved the teams from other clans countless times whenever they found themselves in trouble. Even Sasha, my promising descendant, a legendary realm Arcana Master, has lost her life because of the situation she has nothing to do with it. Yet, we never blamed you for it, and neither did we ask for any justice. Are you repaying our loyalty with the expulsion, Lord Garcia?"
Francis' emotional words literally shook the souls of the clan leaders present in the room. They could sense how Francis felt betrayed by Azzy. Of course, the majority of its part has to do with the vibrations sent by the voice itself, which didn't affect Azzy's body a bit. For some weird reason, Affea was also not affected. She was only enjoying the scene, tossing out another puff of corn in her mouth, as if she was watching a play.
Azzy kept his composure and calmly stared at Francis for a while.
Ares Silver stepped forward in support of the 8000-year-old man, "Your Majesty, we had our differences, but we have been coexisting with each other for fifty millennia. There is no need to disrupt the balance right now."
"I second that, Your Majesty," Smoke Clan leader also joined them. "Your Majesty has already brought a big change, by announcing a new clan for the ones that don't like to stick with the clan rules and for the ones that have been expelled. While it is understandable that new policies will come into notion whenever the clan head changes, too many changes right from the start will bring nothing but instability. Please think about it, Your Majesty."
Trying to pressure Azzy even more, Gredor Crescent took this opportunity to join the three of them as he could not let Francis leave the clan and let the Night Clan gain tremendous power, "Your Majesty, Blood Clan's presence in the clan has also indirectly stopped many civil wars in the past. Please think about it once again, Your Majesty."
He cast a side-long glance at the ladies, but Avia has been nonresponsive. She stood straight and was clearly not interested in joining them, while Irene was in her own world, with her head hung down.
Regardless, four of the six clan leaders were against Azzy. Gredor wondered what would Azzy do now.
However, Azzy calmly said, "Let me ask you a simple question, Clan Leaders. If I'm going to bring in another clan, a strong clan that has no blood ties with us, and give them the special benefits that Blood Clan is receiving at the moment, would you welcome the decision or not? If you are going to say Yes, okay, we will not talk about this matter anymore. If your answer is No, then, step aside and go back to your positions."