Chapter 217: 217 – The Paragon Restriction
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Telamon felt the immortal energy of Taliyah lock him in place, he was completely powerless against it and it only allowed for him to speak but nothing else.
"Telamon oh Telamon," Lirian said his name with a joyful smile, but his words were mixed in with killing intent that was extremely frightening.
"Tell me have you eaten yet?" Lirian asked again, it was the third time that he repeated the same question, but this time his tone was very excited.
"Boy don't do this here, it will tarnish the empire's name," Telamon said through gritted teeth, he knew that it was over for him, but he had to save the reputation of the empire, he was certain that there wasn't much proof about his crimes, but even the small ones were damaging to the empires reputation.
"Do not make me repeat my question for a fourth time," Lirian said in an irritated tone not paying any heed to Telamon's plea.
Telamon didn't know what him eating had to do with anything, but he gritted his teeth and answered, "No!" he said with a shake of his head.
Lirian nodded his head in satisfaction and went to a table to grab a large clear jug of water, he turned it over emptying its contents onto the ground then placed it over his mouth while pressing his stomach with the other hand.
All the nobles suddenly turned their heads away in disgust and some of them involuntarily gagged as they watched Lirian spewing out all the food he had eaten since arriving.
They watched from the corners of their eye, with a mixture of wanting to see and not wanting to see what Lirian was going to do next.
That transparent jug, was completely disgusting to look at, it had chunks of half eaten food, saliva and bile in it.
They watched as Lirian offloaded it into the jug and walked over to Telamon, "They say that you should feed an animal before you slaughter it," Lirian said while wiping his mouth with his sleeve.
"This is for Edith," Lirian said loud enough for everyone to hear as he shoved the jug in Telamon's face and poured the puke into his mouth while blocking Telamon's nose.
Telamon tried to resist but he couldn't move at all and once Lirian blocked his nose it became impossible for him not to suck in bits of the puke as he gulped for air.
"Drink it all!" Lirian scolded as the puke spluttered all over and some even messed on his clothes, "Or else I'll make up another serving and I'll add my piss to it," Lirian's voice was ice cold and everyone could feel the hate in his tone, that was not the anger that someone feels towards someone they are jealous of they have a small grudge against.
The nobles were all old monsters, who had experienced a few things especially the family leaders who had all once been candidates, they understood that anger and hate, at one point or another they had all felt varying scales of that emotion.
And from Lirian's tone it was evident that he had lost something or someone very precious to him, that's when they all recalled him saying that this was for Edith.
The name rung bells in the heads of the nobles and soon all their eyes fell not on Lirian but Lord Callum Eden, they all knew that he was Edith's father by blood.
A sense of unease filled Lord Callum as he looked between Lirian and Telamon, "Young Lirian what did you mean by those words?" he asked with concern but he didn't jump to conclusions right away.
"What do you think I mean," Lirian said with self-reproach in his voice, "Edith is dead, curtesy of Telamon," as he spoke he push the jug with even more force and force fed it to Telamon, this time Telamon excepted the humiliation not resisting, puke was bad but piss would be worse.
Lord Callum took a deep breath while looking at Lirian intently looking for any trace of a lie, but he could see nothing of the sort, "How?" he asked in a calm voice, but everyone could hear the anger in his voice.
Lord Callum was one to obey the rules always, the rules said not to get close to his children until they matured, he knew the reason so he obeyed it without question.
He was a candidate himself once, he knew how easy it was for a candidate to die so he made all the more effort to keep himself away from Edith.
He could accept her death if she made a blunder during an expedition, or if she succumbed to the trial of candidate's, that would be her own fault, he could accept it.
But if someone had assassinated her, targeted her specifically it was an entirely different story, since he became the Lord of Eden he had only two children that he was certain had the potential to surpass himself.
One of them was Ilma but she had just returned home as a corpse a little over a month ago, and the other who seemed even more exceptional was Edith yet now he found out that both of them had died one after the other, it was not just a blow to him, it was a blow to his people.
He felt that he was the most fortunate man alive to have two children with the same woman who were so exceptional, their existences should have been the hope of the Eden family, but now it was something to morn.
"She sacrificed herself, to save me, from a zealot that was sent to kill me by Telamon," Lirian said slowly, and a tremor was evident in his voice as he spoke, it was also filled with guilt, the guilt he felt was almost tangible to the nobles, it hung on Lirian's shoulders like mountains.
But just as Lirian finished speaking a ridiculing laugh echoed from the crowd, all eye's turned to look at the source, it was Lord Draco.
"A member of the paragon families creating zealots," he spat coldly at Lirian with a ridiculing tone, "We all know that it's impossible, you know what Callum the way I see it the boy killed your daughter and fabricated this lie to get your support,"
"But the stupid fellow didn't do his homework properly, as we all know it's impossible for the paragon family members to act against the interests of the empire, and killing a candidate goes against the interests of the empire especially promising ones,"
"The paragon restriction would have taken effect, and as for creating a zealot it's just as impossible, without the means to completely control a zealot there is no way of guarantying that they won't betray the empire,"
"The paragon restriction will make it impossible for any member of the paragon families to have a zealot under their command," Lord Draco said to the crowd with certainty, and his words were in fact completely true.
Many of the nobles nodded their heads along, it's not like it was a secret they were just caught up by Lirian's emotions and weren't thinking clearly, but now that the words were said it was clear that Lirian was lying about the zealot.
Clap. Clap. Clap.
The nobles turned to see Lirian clapping with a delightful smile, "Beautifully said, in fact marvellously said, I was afraid that I'd have waste my breath explaining it to everyone, but you've taken care of it but not just that you put it so simply that even a child could understand it,"
"I see why Efrideet keeps you as her loyal dog, its because your bark can be surprisingly helpful Lord Draco," Lirian said with a cunning smile as he revealed Lord Draco's identity as one of Efrideet's dogs.
There were many people with friendly ties to Efrideet through out the empire, it was only natural that she would have a handful of allies here that would report things back to her, and it wasn't like there was anything wrong with that, Efrideet was a member of the empire and a very influential one at that.
Even if the empress knew that they were allied with Efrideet it wasn't like she could punish them, doing so would be the same as saying that Efrideet was an enemy of the empire, and that would be enough to spark a civil war due to how great her influence was.
But Efrideet always needed people who were allied with her but that weren't known to be allied with her, it made it easier for her to collect intel, and the same reigned true for any noble who had a rival in power.
Lirian had set up his feedback loop during the first meeting of the candidates four years ago, as long as someone was watching it he could gather what they were saying and doing which is how he learned of Lord Draco's identity, and it wasn't just him there many others that he discovered.
Lord Draco had left an impression on Lirian because he was the first lord of a super world that Lirian discovered was on Efrideet's side and he was very loyal to her, or rather he was one of those that thought more with his dick pursuing Efrideet and serving her to satiate his lust.
As Draco watched the footage he called Efrideet with extreme joy and sent her the footage of Lirian, Lirian didn't see much after that, since the footage didn't work in the presence of diviners, prophets, oracles and seers, a little safety measure that Lirian tied into the feedback loop.
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Telamon felt the immortal energy of Taliyah lock him in place, he was completely powerless against it and it only allowed for him to speak but nothing else.
"Telamon oh Telamon," Lirian said his name with a joyful smile, but his words were mixed in with killing intent that was extremely frightening.
"Tell me have you eaten yet?" Lirian asked again, it was the third time that he repeated the same question, but this time his tone was very excited.
"Boy don't do this here, it will tarnish the empire's name," Telamon said through gritted teeth, he knew that it was over for him, but he had to save the reputation of the empire, he was certain that there wasn't much proof about his crimes, but even the small ones were damaging to the empires reputation.
"Do not make me repeat my question for a fourth time," Lirian said in an irritated tone not paying any heed to Telamon's plea.
Telamon didn't know what him eating had to do with anything, but he gritted his teeth and answered, "No!" he said with a shake of his head.
Lirian nodded his head in satisfaction and went to a table to grab a large clear jug of water, he turned it over emptying its contents onto the ground then placed it over his mouth while pressing his stomach with the other hand.
All the nobles suddenly turned their heads away in disgust and some of them involuntarily gagged as they watched Lirian spewing out all the food he had eaten since arriving.
They watched from the corners of their eye, with a mixture of wanting to see and not wanting to see what Lirian was going to do next.
That transparent jug, was completely disgusting to look at, it had chunks of half eaten food, saliva and bile in it.
They watched as Lirian offloaded it into the jug and walked over to Telamon, "They say that you should feed an animal before you slaughter it," Lirian said while wiping his mouth with his sleeve.
"This is for Edith," Lirian said loud enough for everyone to hear as he shoved the jug in Telamon's face and poured the puke into his mouth while blocking Telamon's nose.
Telamon tried to resist but he couldn't move at all and once Lirian blocked his nose it became impossible for him not to suck in bits of the puke as he gulped for air.
"Drink it all!" Lirian scolded as the puke spluttered all over and some even messed on his clothes, "Or else I'll make up another serving and I'll add my piss to it," Lirian's voice was ice cold and everyone could feel the hate in his tone, that was not the anger that someone feels towards someone they are jealous of they have a small grudge against.
The nobles were all old monsters, who had experienced a few things especially the family leaders who had all once been candidates, they understood that anger and hate, at one point or another they had all felt varying scales of that emotion.
And from Lirian's tone it was evident that he had lost something or someone very precious to him, that's when they all recalled him saying that this was for Edith.
The name rung bells in the heads of the nobles and soon all their eyes fell not on Lirian but Lord Callum Eden, they all knew that he was Edith's father by blood.
A sense of unease filled Lord Callum as he looked between Lirian and Telamon, "Young Lirian what did you mean by those words?" he asked with concern but he didn't jump to conclusions right away.
"What do you think I mean," Lirian said with self-reproach in his voice, "Edith is dead, curtesy of Telamon," as he spoke he push the jug with even more force and force fed it to Telamon, this time Telamon excepted the humiliation not resisting, puke was bad but piss would be worse.
Lord Callum took a deep breath while looking at Lirian intently looking for any trace of a lie, but he could see nothing of the sort, "How?" he asked in a calm voice, but everyone could hear the anger in his voice.
Lord Callum was one to obey the rules always, the rules said not to get close to his children until they matured, he knew the reason so he obeyed it without question.
He was a candidate himself once, he knew how easy it was for a candidate to die so he made all the more effort to keep himself away from Edith.
He could accept her death if she made a blunder during an expedition, or if she succumbed to the trial of candidate's, that would be her own fault, he could accept it.
But if someone had assassinated her, targeted her specifically it was an entirely different story, since he became the Lord of Eden he had only two children that he was certain had the potential to surpass himself.
One of them was Ilma but she had just returned home as a corpse a little over a month ago, and the other who seemed even more exceptional was Edith yet now he found out that both of them had died one after the other, it was not just a blow to him, it was a blow to his people.
He felt that he was the most fortunate man alive to have two children with the same woman who were so exceptional, their existences should have been the hope of the Eden family, but now it was something to morn.
"She sacrificed herself, to save me, from a zealot that was sent to kill me by Telamon," Lirian said slowly, and a tremor was evident in his voice as he spoke, it was also filled with guilt, the guilt he felt was almost tangible to the nobles, it hung on Lirian's shoulders like mountains.
But just as Lirian finished speaking a ridiculing laugh echoed from the crowd, all eye's turned to look at the source, it was Lord Draco.
"A member of the paragon families creating zealots," he spat coldly at Lirian with a ridiculing tone, "We all know that it's impossible, you know what Callum the way I see it the boy killed your daughter and fabricated this lie to get your support,"
"But the stupid fellow didn't do his homework properly, as we all know it's impossible for the paragon family members to act against the interests of the empire, and killing a candidate goes against the interests of the empire especially promising ones,"
"The paragon restriction would have taken effect, and as for creating a zealot it's just as impossible, without the means to completely control a zealot there is no way of guarantying that they won't betray the empire,"
"The paragon restriction will make it impossible for any member of the paragon families to have a zealot under their command," Lord Draco said to the crowd with certainty, and his words were in fact completely true.
Many of the nobles nodded their heads along, it's not like it was a secret they were just caught up by Lirian's emotions and weren't thinking clearly, but now that the words were said it was clear that Lirian was lying about the zealot.
Clap. Clap. Clap.
The nobles turned to see Lirian clapping with a delightful smile, "Beautifully said, in fact marvellously said, I was afraid that I'd have waste my breath explaining it to everyone, but you've taken care of it but not just that you put it so simply that even a child could understand it,"
"I see why Efrideet keeps you as her loyal dog, its because your bark can be surprisingly helpful Lord Draco," Lirian said with a cunning smile as he revealed Lord Draco's identity as one of Efrideet's dogs.
There were many people with friendly ties to Efrideet through out the empire, it was only natural that she would have a handful of allies here that would report things back to her, and it wasn't like there was anything wrong with that, Efrideet was a member of the empire and a very influential one at that.
Even if the empress knew that they were allied with Efrideet it wasn't like she could punish them, doing so would be the same as saying that Efrideet was an enemy of the empire, and that would be enough to spark a civil war due to how great her influence was.
But Efrideet always needed people who were allied with her but that weren't known to be allied with her, it made it easier for her to collect intel, and the same reigned true for any noble who had a rival in power.
Lirian had set up his feedback loop during the first meeting of the candidates four years ago, as long as someone was watching it he could gather what they were saying and doing which is how he learned of Lord Draco's identity, and it wasn't just him there many others that he discovered.
Lord Draco had left an impression on Lirian because he was the first lord of a super world that Lirian discovered was on Efrideet's side and he was very loyal to her, or rather he was one of those that thought more with his dick pursuing Efrideet and serving her to satiate his lust.
As Draco watched the footage he called Efrideet with extreme joy and sent her the footage of Lirian, Lirian didn't see much after that, since the footage didn't work in the presence of diviners, prophets, oracles and seers, a little safety measure that Lirian tied into the feedback loop.
Telamon felt the immortal energy of Taliyah lock him in place, he was completely powerless against it and it only allowed for him to speak but nothing else. "Telamon oh Telamon," Lirian said his name with a joyful smile, but his words were mixed in with killing intent that was extremely frightening. "Tell me have you eaten yet?" Lirian asked again, it was the third time that he repeated the same question, but this time his tone was very excited. "Boy don't do this here, it will tarnish the empire's name," Telamon said through gritted teeth, he knew that it was over for him, but he had to save the reputation of the empire, he was certain that there wasn't much proof about his crimes, but even the small ones were damaging to the empires reputation. "Do not make me repeat my question for a fourth time," Lirian said in an irritated tone not paying any heed to Telamon's plea. Telamon didn't know what him eating had to do with anything, but he gritted his teeth and answered, "No!" he said with a shake of his head. Lirian nodded his head in satisfaction and went to a table to grab a large clear jug of water, he turned it over emptying its contents onto the ground then placed it over his mouth while pressing his stomach with the other hand. All the nobles suddenly turned their heads away in disgust and some of them involuntarily gagged as they watched Lirian spewing out all the food he had eaten since arriving. They watched from the corners of their eye, with a mixture of wanting to see and not wanting to see what Lirian was going to do next. That transparent jug, was completely disgusting to look at, it had chunks of half eaten food, saliva and bile in it. They watched as Lirian offloaded it into the jug and walked over to Telamon, "They say that you should feed an animal before you slaughter it," Lirian said while wiping his mouth with his sleeve. "This is for Edith," Lirian said loud enough for everyone to hear as he shoved the jug in Telamon's face and poured the puke into his mouth while blocking Telamon's nose. Telamon tried to resist but he couldn't move at all and once Lirian blocked his nose it became impossible for him not to suck in bits of the puke as he gulped for air. "Drink it all!" Lirian scolded as the puke spluttered all over and some even messed on his clothes, "Or else I'll make up another serving and I'll add my piss to it," Lirian's voice was ice cold and everyone could feel the hate in his tone, that was not the anger that someone feels towards someone they are jealous of they have a small grudge against. The nobles were all old monsters, who had experienced a few things especially the family leaders who had all once been candidates, they understood that anger and hate, at one point or another they had all felt varying scales of that emotion. And from Lirian's tone it was evident that he had lost something or someone very precious to him, that's when they all recalled him saying that this was for Edith. The name rung bells in the heads of the nobles and soon all their eyes fell not on Lirian but Lord Callum Eden, they all knew that he was Edith's father by blood. A sense of unease filled Lord Callum as he looked between Lirian and Telamon, "Young Lirian what did you mean by those words?" he asked with concern but he didn't jump to conclusions right away. "What do you think I mean," Lirian said with self-reproach in his voice, "Edith is dead, curtesy of Telamon," as he spoke he push the jug with even more force and force fed it to Telamon, this time Telamon excepted the humiliation not resisting, puke was bad but piss would be worse. Lord Callum took a deep breath while looking at Lirian intently looking for any trace of a lie, but he could see nothing of the sort, "How?" he asked in a calm voice, but everyone could hear the anger in his voice. Lord Callum was one to obey the rules always, the rules said not to get close to his children until they matured, he knew the reason so he obeyed it without question. He was a candidate himself once, he knew how easy it was for a candidate to die so he made all the more effort to keep himself away from Edith. He could accept her death if she made a blunder during an expedition, or if she succumbed to the trial of candidate's, that would be her own fault, he could accept it. But if someone had assassinated her, targeted her specifically it was an entirely different story, since he became the Lord of Eden he had only two children that he was certain had the potential to surpass himself. One of them was Ilma but she had just returned home as a corpse a little over a month ago, and the other who seemed even more exceptional was Edith yet now he found out that both of them had died one after the other, it was not just a blow to him, it was a blow to his people. He felt that he was the most fortunate man alive to have two children with the same woman who were so exceptional, their existences should have been the hope of the Eden family, but now it was something to morn. "She sacrificed herself, to save me, from a zealot that was sent to kill me by Telamon," Lirian said slowly, and a tremor was evident in his voice as he spoke, it was also filled with guilt, the guilt he felt was almost tangible to the nobles, it hung on Lirian's shoulders like mountains. But just as Lirian finished speaking a ridiculing laugh echoed from the crowd, all eye's turned to look at the source, it was Lord Draco. "A member of the paragon families creating zealots," he spat coldly at Lirian with a ridiculing tone, "We all know that it's impossible, you know what Callum the way I see it the boy killed your daughter and fabricated this lie to get your support," "But the stupid fellow didn't do his homework properly, as we all know it's impossible for the paragon family members to act against the interests of the empire, and killing a candidate goes against the interests of the empire especially promising ones," "The paragon restriction would have taken effect, and as for creating a zealot it's just as impossible, without the means to completely control a zealot there is no way of guarantying that they won't betray the empire," "The paragon restriction will make it impossible for any member of the paragon families to have a zealot under their command," Lord Draco said to the crowd with certainty, and his words were in fact completely true. Many of the nobles nodded their heads along, it's not like it was a secret they were just caught up by Lirian's emotions and weren't thinking clearly, but now that the words were said it was clear that Lirian was lying about the zealot. Clap. Clap. Clap. The nobles turned to see Lirian clapping with a delightful smile, "Beautifully said, in fact marvellously said, I was afraid that I'd have waste my breath explaining it to everyone, but you've taken care of it but not just that you put it so simply that even a child could understand it," "I see why Efrideet keeps you as her loyal dog, its because your bark can be surprisingly helpful Lord Draco," Lirian said with a cunning smile as he revealed Lord Draco's identity as one of Efrideet's dogs. There were many people with friendly ties to Efrideet through out the empire, it was only natural that she would have a handful of allies here that would report things back to her, and it wasn't like there was anything wrong with that, Efrideet was a member of the empire and a very influential one at that. Even if the empress knew that they were allied with Efrideet it wasn't like she could punish them, doing so would be the same as saying that Efrideet was an enemy of the empire, and that would be enough to spark a civil war due to how great her influence was. But Efrideet always needed people who were allied with her but that weren't known to be allied with her, it made it easier for her to collect intel, and the same reigned true for any noble who had a rival in power. Lirian had set up his feedback loop during the first meeting of the candidates four years ago, as long as someone was watching it he could gather what they were saying and doing which is how he learned of Lord Draco's identity, and it wasn't just him there many others that he discovered. Lord Draco had left an impression on Lirian because he was the first lord of a super world that Lirian discovered was on Efrideet's side and he was very loyal to her, or rather he was one of those that thought more with his dick pursuing Efrideet and serving her to satiate his lust. As Draco watched the footage he called Efrideet with extreme joy and sent her the footage of Lirian, Lirian didn't see much after that, since the footage didn't work in the presence of diviners, prophets, oracles and seers, a little safety measure that Lirian tied into the feedback loop.
