"In the end, I decided to secretly contact the person closest to Sister Rune, her husband, Brother Aragorn.
At first, Brother Aragorn, of course, dismissed my words, not believing in me and of course, even I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw what I saw and desperately wanted to believe that it was a misunderstanding. That was also the part reason why I contacted Brother Aragorn.
To convince him, I even signed a contract."
"A contract?"
Oberon narrowed his eyes.
"A Contract stating that if my doubts regarding Sister Rune being involved with Falconkin were baseless, I would relinquish my rights to become the successor and would support Sister Rune with everything I have."
Felix replied and everyone in the Rune gasped again.
Signing a Contract…
Again, anything involving Ancestral Order was done with absolute cautiousness and planning. Signing a Contract was a very big deal…
Especially when the conditions were to give up on the right to become the next City Lord.
"You seemed quite sure that Rune was involved with the Falconkin." Oberon narrowed his eyes as he commented.
"I was not.
I honestly hoped that I was wrong."
Felix replied.
"Do you not wish to inherit my position?" Oberon questioned with a curious look on his face.
"This was something far more important than the little infighting going on inside our family, Father.
And honestly, deep down, I always believed that Sister Rune was the better contender and deserved to be the next City Lord."
Felix replied, then, his expression changed.
"However, soon, my thoughts changed."
Oberon and all the Clan representatives focused on Felix, waiting for him to continue, and Felix continued,
"With me signing the contract, Brother Aragorn decided to help me. There was nothing for him to lose, after all. He trusted Sister Rune, just like me.
I told him to keep this a secret from Rune and he agreed.
Behind her back, Aragorn decided to look around Sister Rune's room, and to his and my horror, he found something.
Letters.
Letters exchanged with Skythorn Falcon City, dating back to 1500 years. Sister Rune, she… she was involved with Skythorn Falcon City for more than 1500 years."
Felix spoke and the clan leaders couldn't believe what they were hearing.
Especially the clan leaders who supported Rune, they all glanced at Aragorn, however, seeing him standing there while clenching his fists and clenched jaw as if he was trying to contain his anger and hide how hurt he was, the clan leaders realized that everything Felix said was true.
They all knew it.
This was the man who gave away most of his life working for his wife, gathering political power in her stead, doing everything he could for her. He was the most devoted man who loved his wife with everything he had.
If this man was just standing still with that expression on his face while someone was talking about how his wife betrayed the City,
Then it was definitely true…
Complicated expressions appeared on the Clan Leaders' faces.
To think Lady Rune would do something like this…
They were all confused and couldn't understand why she did that, however, for now, they decided to listen to the complete story.
"When Brother Aragorn found these letters, he was horrified.
He contacted me urgently, however, instead of meeting me inside the City Manner, where he thought he might get caught by Sister Rune, he called me to a secluded location that Sister Rune wouldn't know about. Seeing how he was acting, I understood the urgency of the situation and the two of us decided to meet in a secluded location.
That was our mistake.
It turned out that Sister Rune didn't just keep these letters without any form of protection, these letters were 'marked'.
Sister Rune made it so that whenever the letters were moved, she would be alerted and would be able to find the letters' current location.
She found us in a secluded location and attacked us.
Obviously, Sister Rune was stronger than us. The two of us didn't stand a chance against her. I even burned my Life Force to try and deal with her, but as expected of Sister Rune, she still held on.
In the end, I was forced to use my trump card, the Devouring Maw, an 11-Star Artifact, a poison that continuously Devours Flesh. With me burning my Life Force and the 11 Star Artifact, I finally managed to kill Sister Rune.
I wanted to capture her alive, however, that was just impossible. Sister Rune was too strong.
In the end, the only thing left was her ring and,
This was what I found inside her ring,"
Felix spoke as he took out a Silver colored Box with a Falcon Carved on it. It was an artifact.
When Oberon's eyes fell on the artifact, his expression changed.
He waved his hand, and the artifact moved on its own and moved towards Oberon, He observed it carefully, and then, he clenched his fists in anger.
"Rune…"
He muttered.
Rage was clear in his eyes.
Seeing him acting like that, even Felix was taken aback.
All this while he was telling his story, even when he said that Rune was dead, or how Aragorn found letters sent by the Falconkin, or that he used his Life Force in the battle against Rune, other than raising his eyebrow or narrowing his eyes, Oberon never showed any different expression.
Now, however, he was growling in rage the moment he saw this artifact.
'Was this the reason you told me to show it to him rather than just passing Rune's ring to him?' Felix questioned inwardly.
Soon, however, he shook his head and decided to continue,
He walked towards the Oberon and passed Rune's ring to him,
"This is Sister Rune's ring, I have placed all the letters we found inside it."
He spoke.
Oberon took the ring, however, he already seemed out of it as soon as his eyes fell on the Artifact.
Just as he was about to declare Rune as the traitor of the City,
A voice was heard,
"So the reason you killed me and disposed of my body by burning your own Life Force, was because I betrayed the City and joined hands with Skythorn Falcon City, huh?
It is indeed a reasonable reason."
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