Chapter 394 – Accuse Who? Us?
"Now, answer it," Cassius said, his tone leaving absolutely no room for anyone to weasel around his words.
The law of the Badur Kingdom was unambiguous, and refusing to honor it meant an even greater risk for the Museum of Legends itself.
The strange creature, glaring at him, knew that. The Council knew that. Everyone in the Museum understood that Cassius had just placed a sharp, lethal blade against the Museum's throat.
There was no way out of it.
There was one more thing to weigh in all this, even though Cassius hadn't said it outright, the Hoods were the Desdemona family's in-laws.
Which meant refusing this law would carry even steeper consequences than they'd already assumed.
Taking all of that in, the strange creature was completely stunned. In the span of a few seconds, the situation had flipped in a way it never thought possible.
'This accursed boy!' it hissed inwardly, body shaking with anger and unstable power.
