The Three Clans Council.
With the three great families keeping one another in check and occasionally coming to blows in the villages, ...
Council meetings generally concerned major events in Kjerag.
The last person to convene one had been Olav, the previous leader of the Silverash Family.
Through his friendships with nobles from Victoria and other countries, he had recognized the importance of change. He proposed various reforms before the Council, but they also stirred the other families' concerns.
Adhering to a traditional way of life had kept Kjerag stable for long years. No one was certain whether Kjerag should truly take that step forward.
But before that question could be answered, ...
Olav, the leader of the Silverash Family, and his wife Elizabeth died in a sudden traffic accident.
Now, their son, the current head of the Silverash Family, had convened the Three Clans Council once again.
Old grudges and new grievances, right and wrong-this pioneer of a new era would hash them all out with the other clans at the meeting.
But before heading to the Council, he needed to see someone.
Outside the gates of the Silverash estate, someone who looked like a smaller "Enciodes" stood waiting in the wind and snow.
The Forte man named Matterhorn stood beside her with an umbrella. Seeing the group arrive, he stepped forward.
But the person beside him moved faster. She was Encia, the youngest sister of the Silverash Family.
SilverAsh stopped in his tracks.
The harmony their family had once enjoyed had ended when Enya became the Saintess. Perhaps because of his shame, he had never been able to be honest with his two sisters.
He gradually came home less often, while Enya rarely spoke with either of them because of her position.
Her brother and sister might each