Emperor's Reckoning

An aroma of fresh jasmine slowly seeped through Lyon's nose as he noticed a lit candle on top of the desk in front of him and the fire would sway to the right every time the figure turned the page of the book she was reading. There were so many questions inside Lyon's head but he decided to hold it in for a bit, waiting for the figure to noticed his presence.

*thump

The fire swayed to the left as she closed her book and the waiter beside her immediately cleaned up her desk and put the book away inside the bookcase behind her chair. With a wave of her hand, both waiters bowed and leave the room.

"I also never thought to see you again under this circumstances, looks like karma is a thing after all," said the figure with a wicked smile. She was none other than the woman Lyon met inside the bar, Naeya, the supposedly Reka's 'sister'.

(So she already noticed my presence but still read the book, what a sly woman) thought Lyon. "What can I say, it is fate that brought us together, maybe we used to be husband and wife hahaha, you never know," said Lyon jokingly.

(Bro, you only met her two times! And the first time she almost died!) thought Jugen as he saw his shameless big brother.

Naeya was speechless seeing his response, so many people she had dealt with but this was the first time she saw someone like this. (This man is on a different league of shameless) thought Naeya as she decided to brush of Lyon's joke.

"I see you are not with your girlfriends this time, you know I could kill you for what you did last time right? Mind you, I'm not as weak as the elder you killed." said the woman with a menacing glare. Her killing intent was not hidden as it enveloped Lyon like a coat.

However, Lyon seemed to not feel a thing as he said with a sly smile, "Well, would you dare to?"

Naeya slowly retracted her killing intent until it was nonexistent. "You are right, I can't risk the destruction of my clan for my personal feud, however, I still don't get it, how come a powerful woman like that would fall for you?"

This question also piqued Jugen's interest. He knew Lyon was powerful but Ryona was on a whole other level. What was his secret?

"That is for me to know, I think, we should talk about the consequences of killing inside your restaurant rather than about me, " said Lyon with a wink.

*blush

There was a tinge of redness on her cheek as she realized she was prying over personal information.

"Y-y-you are right, we should talk about that," said Naeya with a visible nervousness.

*ehem

Naeya cleared her throat before she said, "The consequences of killing someone inside Snake Den restaurant differs depending on who the individual killed or do the killing."

"So depending on someone's status the consequences might not be as severed as the crime they committed?" asked Lyon.

"Yes, and you are a smart person, so I think you already know why," said Naeya.

Lyon only responded with a smile.

The prosperity of something in this world was how strong you are or how strong your backings are. Since the Snake Den restaurant had Mist Clan as their backing, they could handle some matters with justice in their mind. But if they were to offend someone stronger than them, a war could be ignited. Although Mist Clan was a strong clan, they are not the strongest in Deo.

Lyon was never a justice-seeking warrior or a hero seeking for fame. He would do whatever he wanted and enjoy his life. So this kind of matter didn't bother him at all. Wherever it is, it's always survival for the fittest, only the strong survived and if being strong was the only option of enjoying life then he would be the strongest of them all.

"Well what kind of status do I have now?" asked Lyon.

With a deep breath she let out a sigh, "You are by far the trickiest case I've ever faced, first of all, the man you killed was the last son of the Kafrin clan, moreover, you killed him in front of his founder. You could say you ended the Kafrin bloodline directly."

"Hm? Couldn't his father just made another one?" asked Lyon.

"He can't, none of them can't. It was because of the Kafrin clan's scripture that they could only have one child every generation," said Naeya while shaking her head.

"The things men would exchange for power," sighed Jugen.

"What's done is done, he is dead, Scarlet even sucked out his soul, you might call it a true death," said Lyon.

"On the other hand, Master favored you, even a blind person could see that. Especially after you could obtain Scarlet when no one else could. You have the talent but you are not yet mature in terms of cultivation. Although you could overcome someone on a higher realm than yours, that's because you never fight a true expert."

"The founder of the Kafrin clan is a strong man, and he would come here sooner or later to seek his revenge. With the last of his family line dead, I think they already stop caring of offending the Mist Clan. But don't worry, since you destroyed his astral figure, he would still be recuperating but he would surely send someone to bring you down to him."

"So the punishment for you is this," said Naeya with a serious look before continuing, "Don't let any harm befall Snake Den until you settle the feud between you and the Kafrin clan, also don't die."

"We will not support you on this battle to avoid casualties, even though we are stronger than them, we couldn't win unscathed, and it would be troublesome if Master were to be sick or injured within this time," said Naeya.

"Don't worry, I'm a responsible man since that was the punishment then so be it.. If they want to settle the feud with blood, then Scarlet would be more than happy to kiss them."