As Greisa listened to Dill Buck's account through the Communication Stone, veins bulged on his forehead, and bloodshot streaks appeared in his golden eyes.
Everyone had a line that could not be crossed.
The same held true for a family made up of those individuals.
In fact, a family's boundaries could be even stricter.
Because...
The other members of the family were watching.
That was especially true of the Golden Lion Family.
And the "prophecy" that the Witch Kleibel had made about the Golden Lion Family was precisely such a boundary-turning a "curse" into a "prophecy" was undoubtedly an act of self-deception.
But that did not mean anyone could trample all over it.
Outsiders could not.
Members of the family certainly could not!
"Uncle Barro, you're really asking to die!"
Greisa muttered under his breath.
To the Old Lion's eldest son, Barro Hamlet had not only crossed the family's forbidden line concerning its "inability to produce a king," but had also crossed his personal line.
From the very first day he had begun helping the Old Lion manage the Inner Bay, Greisa had considered the title of grand duke and the entire Inner Bay his own possessions.
Now someone actually wanted to lay hands on what rightfully belonged to him, and even intended to use the family's "prophecy" to do it.
As far as Greisa was concerned, that was truly asking to die.
The Old Lion's eldest son immediately moved to issue an order.
But with the words on the tip of his tongue, he frowned and quickly calmed down.
Of course the Old Lion's eldest son knew what his Uncle Barro was like.
Ambitious, but lacking cunning.
Hot-tempered, with no sense of when to advance or retreat.
Yet when trouble arose, he was all bluster and no backbone.
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