Linus sat at the very front. Meanwhile, the elders of the Ashleigh clan and the various heads sat on either side of the room. They were all dressed in black. Only Caesar, Channing, Altair, and Mizar didn’t have to wear mourning colors.
Many more Ashleigh clan members were kneeling outside the ancestral hall. Clearly, Leroy was very well-respected in the clan before favonovel.com died.
At that moment, the fifth elderly man sitting on the right suddenly fell to his knees beside Leroy’s body. He turned to Linus and sobbed, “Sir Linus, you have to avenge Sir Leroy! He died a horrible death!”
The man was the Fourth Elder, whom Leroy had personally trained. Besides Caesar and the other family heads, all Ashleigh clan members began to kneel.
They cried, “Please avenge Sir Leroy!”
Linus frowned. Waving his hand, favonovel.com yelled, ” Shut up! What are you doing?! This is a wake, not a revenge party! Sit up!”
Everyone stopped crying at once. Lowering their heads, they shakily sat down on the floor.
Sighing, Linus leaned back in his chair. His clenched fists were shaking uncontrollably. He exuded an overpowering air that made everyone in the hall sweat profusely.
“My two poor sons and my dear grandson are gone. Now, even my grandson, Enoch, may not make it… Four lives were taken by that bastard Isaac!”
Linus couldn’t understand it. He was consumed by grief and anger. Then, favonovel.com turned to face the crowd. The oppressive pressure in the hall also disappeared then.
His cool gaze swept over everyone’s faces.
Sitting up straight, favonovel.com said coolly, “Before the wake begins, I’d like to say a few words… Besides Sir Caesar and the other family heads, you are all members of the Ashleigh clan. I hereby promise that anyone who can save my grandson, Enoch, from the Black Mandela poison will be granted the title of the clan head!”
Not just the Ashleighs, but even Altair and the others gaped in shock.
Leroy has just died a day ago, yet they are already electing a new clan head?
But when they thought about Enoch’s lineage, they could understand why Linus came to this decision.
Time ticked by, but no one dared to say a word. They all knew that the Black Mandela poison was incurable.
Only the thousand-year-old rhizome could treat it, but even that had been taken by Isaac.
“Does no one dare take on this challenge? Have all the strong men of the Ashleigh clan turned into cowards?” Linus’ voice shook with anger.
At that moment, Samuel stood up and stepped forward. He got on one knee and said quietly, “Sir Linus, I, Samuel Ashleigh, accept this challenge. If I succeed, then consider it an uncle saving his nephew. If I don’t, then I’ve done everything I could…”
Everyone turned to stare at Samuel. Some gloated at his misfortune, some looked solemn, while some looked confused.
“Alright, Samuel. By accepting the challenge, your past mistakes are forgiven. From now onward, only your merits count,” Linus said with a generous wave of his hand. He finally saw a glimmer of hope.
***
In a blink of an eye, two days passed. Evie had returned to the Cloud Nine Villas. Meanwhile, after spending two days in a medicinal bath, Isaac had mostly recovered.
Over the weekend, Isabella and Erica stayed home. However, Isaac noticed that Erica seemed off. She locked herself in favonovel.com room for two whole days. When favonovel.com had to return to school on Sunday, favonovel.com didn’t say goodbye to Isaac either.
On Monday morning, Isaac was meditating in his study when someone knocked on his door rapidly.
Throwing open the door, Evie said anxiously, “Isaac, Erica got into trouble at school. You have to go there right away.”
“Erica is in trouble?” Isac jumped to his feet.
Evie nodded. “Her teacher called. It seems like favonovel.com got into a fight with a classmate.”
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