Forced Transmigration
16 - Power and Compassion

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Laveron and Ivew's steps came to a standstill as soon as they saw Duke Flowerlax standing in front of the door with his cold gaze. Lolita who was behind him also fell silent and exclaimed stifledly. The man with silver hair entered the room with an aura that made the atmosphere heavy.

Veister's cat inched backwards and hid behind Lolita's feet. Laveron and Ivew bowed respectfully conveying a respectful greeting to the ruler in front of them. The duke's blood-red eyes looked at them haughtily and then a slanted smile looked at Ivew who was still looking down on him.

Lolita who saw that clenched her hands and lowered her head greeted the man in front of her. Duke Flowerlax just glanced at Lolita and walked towards Ivew who was still in Laveron's embrace. Both of his hands held the shoulders of the emerald-eyed girl in front of him with a smile that was again present on his cold face. Laveron who was beside Ivew glanced at the duke who was still loyal with his smile.

“You are aware it turns out. Where are you going?”

Duke's voice sounded cold as his hands began to clutch at Ivew's shoulders, the emerald-eyed girl grimaced slightly and tried to maintain her polite demeanor.

“Greetings, Mr. Duke. We're going home kare-"

“Why? Wouldn't it be better if you rest here. There are many things I want to know from yesterday's attack.”

Laveron was speechless as Duke Flowerlax interrupted his words. The young man's navy bead glanced at Ivew, who kept a calm face and glanced at Lolita who was also silent. Ivew clenched his hands as the Duke's grip on his shoulders grew stronger, the girl's forehead slightly furrowed trying to keep her calm so that the figure in front of her did not press on her easily.

“You can come back tomorrow. Before returning home you meet me in my workspace!” duke Flowerlax's orders patted Ivew on the shoulder and walked out of the room glancing at Lolita.

The door of the room was closed and Ivew sighed and grimaced a little holding onto his hot, pained shoulders. Laveron who noticed that immediately brought Ivew back to the edge of the bed. Lolita immediately looked at Ivew's two shoulders with a slight reveal of the girl's collar.

The girl's pomegranate bead widened when it found traces of redness on Ivew's shoulder. Ivew's emerald bead silently glanced at the reddish marks on his shoulders. Laveron who was standing behind Lolita fell silent and clenched his hands, not expecting that the duke would use the threat to keep them quiet in his mansion.

“He used his power to the newly awakened person?! And threaten?! The man!”

Lolita's anger lurched with a glint visible on her pomegranate eyes. Ivew calmed the girl in front of him by gently rubbing Lolita's tightly clenched hands. His memories began to search for information about the character of Duke Flowerlax. The Flowerlax family was a ruling family in the city of Osgord and belonged to the respected nobility in the empire.

Duke Ekan Flowerlax is the current leader of the duke's family who has a daughter named Lolita Flowerlax. In the novel The Way of Destiny, Ekan Flowerlax is told with a cold and power-hungry character. A leader who is willing to do anything for power. In fact, make a challenge for her own biological daughter. Making Lolita Flowerlax as a tool that fights on the battlefield so that she is more respected. In fact, the relationship between father and son is very bad evidenced from Lolita who never called Duke as father.

“It's okay, Young Miss. I'm fine maybe master duke can't control his strength when holding my shoulder earlier,” said Ivew to attract the attention of Lolita who was filled with anger.

The pomegranate-eyed girl fell silent and immediately left the room. Before the guest room door closed again Lolita softly apologized for what happened to Ivew. Laveron glanced at Ivew as the door of the room closed, the navy-eyed young man sat down beside the younger brother and stroked his jet-black mane back.

Ivew glanced at the smiling Laveron beside her. The affection Laveron showed him made the girl's heart warm. The fear and worry of meeting with the duke was a little lost changed into drowsiness that made his eyelids heavy.

“Whatever happens brother will always be next to you, Ivew.”

Laveron's voice sounded resolute and filled with confidence as his hands continued to caress the jet black mane of Ivew that was beginning to enter the dreamland. The emerald-eyed girl woke up as someone shook her body. Ivew's eyelids open and meet Veister's vision. The young man smiled as he saw Ivew open his eyes and help the girl sit down.

“What's up, Veister?” Ivew asked glanced around the room.

Ivew's bead glanced out the window, staring at the daytime sky filled with several flying birds. Ivew's attention turned back to Veister as his eyes caught a brownish silver light coming out of Veister's hand towards both of his shoulders. A cold sensation flowed down both of his shoulders and as the fingers of his hands touched the reddish marks that were previously on his shoulders the pain disappeared.

Ivew smiled and thanked Veister who also smiled in front of him. Veister explained what happened during Ivew's sleep, starting from Laveron who was at the military headquarters and will return later in the afternoon, he said, Lolita is in Leister's newly awakened room and Duke Ekan Flowerlax is asking to meet with him the next morning. Ivew nodded and let himself relax to be a guest of Flowerlax's ‘honor’ and prepare himself for tomorrow.

The next morning the two Mirabeth brothers stood at the front door of the duke's study. Ivew clasped tightly onto Laveron's burly hand that was behind the black robe of his military uniform. The young man's navy bead glanced at Lolita and Leister who were still wrapped in bandages standing not far from them and just kept quiet.

The young man smiled and nodded politely at the two Flowerlax young nobles who were accompanying them. Kstaria, who was standing guard at the door, opened the door, letting the two Mirabeth brothers in. Lolita clenched her hands tightly and led Leister closer to the front of the duke's den so that they could hear the conversation inside the room.

Laveron and Ivew again bought a respectful greeting to the Duke who had been waiting for them in front of his desk. Duke Ekan Flowerlax smiled and greeted the two with a warm smile. His blood-red eye beads looked at the two Mirabeth brothers and looked at the old Ivew with a slanted smile on his face.

“Ivew Mirabeth's. How about you join the expedition to the next black forest?”

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