He pulled over the tall young man beside him. "This is my son, Jin—"
"Why introduce your fool of a son? Think I won't scold you in front of him?"
"Heh heh..."
Jin could barely contain his delight at seeing the father who ruled their household get scolded by the Old Housemaster just as he scolded Jin.
The Old Housemaster looked as if he couldn't bear to watch, but he still went after the man as he had years ago. "You Amorias should've stayed put in the Southlands. What did you come back here for?"
The Clan Chief of the Amoria Family turned serious. "We had no choice but to leave. But if there's hope, who wouldn't want to return? Wasn't the Benitez Family also—"
At the mention of the Benitez Family, who had met with disaster on the road, they fell silent together.
The Old Housemaster snorted. "Little Annan has already sent people to investigate. Whoever dared attack a King of the North must not be spared!"
"The Amoria Family will help too."
The Kings of the North were in decline. If they failed to unite now, in a few hundred years they would exist only in bards' tales and Magic Films.
"That's still not enough. Annan needs help. Your Family should move to Free City too."
"Well..." The Clan Chief of the Amoria Family hesitated.
Of the six kings present, three besides Reeves were on Annan's side, and two of those had already joined Free City.
If he joined as well, Annan would have effectively absorbed half the Kings of the North... something that had never happened in history.
"What about the Diatra Family?" It was too important a decision for the Amoria Clan Chief to make on the spot.
The Old Housemaster had expected the Amoria lad