"Tonight, you'll kneel right here."
"At daybreak, get the hell out. All of you."
With that, Raymond turned and left the hall.
The Blonde Woman glanced at the four children lying on the floor. Her heart ached for them. She took out several bottles of magic potion and handed them to their spouses to treat their wounds, then followed her husband out of the hall.
After Raymond and his wife left, everyone except the four tending to the injured knelt in silence.
"Second Sister, how do you feel?" the blond young man asked his sister beside him through gritted teeth.
"How do you think I feel, besides pain?"
Stung by her retort, the blond young man gave an awkward smile. Ever since he had taken two lovers and fathered several children with them, his second sister had wanted little to do with him.
The Gold Low-tier female knight lay on the floor while her husband treated her wounds. "This is the first time I've seen Father so angry. He beat us because we failed to raise the younger generation properly."
"If an ordinary family has children and leaves them to their own devices, they might not cause much trouble. For our family, it's another matter."
"You have the most children, so there's the greatest chance one of yours will cause trouble. If it happens again, I doubt Father will use an iron rod on you next time. He'll come at you with a blade."
The blond young man looked thoroughly embarrassed.
Of the five siblings, he did have the most children. Besides the three he had with his wife, he had five more with his two lovers.
When his family discovered he had been keeping lovers, his father-in-law had nearly beaten him to death. His wife had gone back to