Kallen looked at the ball at his feet-no, the head-and for an instant, he actually felt an urge to raise his foot and trap it. In the end, though, he restrained himself.
He was not frightened by the scene before him. He simply found it astonishing.
Struggles within these powerful families often proved bloody and cruel. He had long been mentally prepared for that; it was hardly unforeseeable. But an opening like this made Kallen very curious about how things would develop next.
With an opening note that high, how would you keep singing?
Ophelia lowered her head to look at her brother's head, took a deep breath, and said nothing.
She had never been particularly close to her three brothers. After reaching adulthood, they basically never saw one another outside family celebrations. Besides, Dante's earlier words had made her somewhat worried that Kallen might misunderstand her.
When she had first arrived in Vien, she had talked with Kallen in the car about Luo Jin's Secret Diary. Ordinary people read that book for a glimpse of the extravagance and absurdity of true high society, but to her, reading it was like reading realist literature.
Clan Leader Vina looked at his son's head, then at his younger brother.
"Taufman!"
Taufman completely ignored his elder brother's fury. Instead, he rested his gaze on Kallen, as though waiting for his response.
Kallen said, "There's no way I could refuse such a sincere apology."
But Taufman shook his head. "He just said himself that his head guard betrayed him. That suggests he very likely knew nothing about it. Those four assassins disguised as attendants were very weak. I heard in the report that one even killed himself with poison, but who hasn't heard of the Order God Church's 'Awakening Art'?
"Using four mediocre assassins,