I know those eyes, i at least know what they meant, i didn't need anyone to introduce me to that man who was staring at me affectionately, one look at him and i was reminded of seeing the same emotions in my parents eyes before, there were the exact same emotions .
The man sitting in the table in front of me was none other than the father of the original Callen Loon, one of the elders of the family and the one that from Ludo words seemed to be the only person in the entire family that showed some care towards the original Callen .
His stare made me uncomfortable, i was already tensed about getting to meet him soon and it seemed that i was indeed correct with my reaction, it was so difficult to even stare in his eyes, i wasn't his son, nor i felt any obligation to fill that role, but it was just an emotional burden of him looking at me with the same emotions that my parents once looked at me with, i was now feeling both troubled and quite daunted .
I didn't respond to any of the people present and just stood there looking at them weirdly as if not identifying any of them and that was quite easy, because i truly didn't know any of them, i stood there by the stairs staring at them and they were staring back for over 3 or 4 minutes .
The man who i had identified as the family head who currently was standing up from his seat at the head of the table motioned for me to come And sit down, saying in a kind and quite the welcoming tone :
Now, now, there is no need for internal fighting among ourselves, Draks, give him a break, he had just woke up, come young Callen, join us sit whereever you wanted to sit .
He said offering me to take a seat, something was off with the smile of that Demon, it looked shiny and much welcoming, too much in fact that i was beginning to believe that all this was him just acting and that smile wasn't anything but a forced smile .
I already came up with a plan that even without getting any information from Ludo, could be quite possible for me to pull off, otherwise i will just have to gamble whether i had enough Strength and Mana that could support me fighting all the demons and monsters in Devons, at least those that will stand in my way, i had left the idea of mercilessly slaying all the Demons or even monsters there were behind me .
Right, about Mana, since this really wasn't a dream, i was finally able to understand why was i feeling much weaker than i was currently, it was the fact that i was lacking in Mana, but no more, it seems that there was something installed here that kept filtering the Mana outside making it much better and more fitted for absorption, my Mana Core is currently filled to the brim .
Filling me with enough strength to maybe kill all those guys in front of me with a one punch, it could even allow me to go to Troland, but as that guy Ludo said i doubt that i would be able to comeback, what was even worse was the fact that i currently don't even know how many days have i slept for .
I had already lost close to two days of time of the already strained period of time, the plan of returning back to Troland wasn't something i can bet on doing no more at least not in time to stop the massacre that was about to befell the capital city and the whole kingdom, i finally understood why was the castle outside of the city, was it really intentional, i wonder .
Callen,don't space out while taking with the family head, this is rude, apologize now .
The one who spoke was none other than the man who was supposedly my father, i looked at him with even more stranger look, i then turned to look behind me and kept turning left and right as if searching for the Callen they were taking to .
Then seeing no body behind me, i once again looked at them then pointed at myself and said :
" Are you taking to me .
My answer seemed to catch them off guard, two guys in particular were smiling to one another, the others all seemed to be taken back by my weird response, with the most being Callen's father, he stood up and directly appeard in front of me, but just as he was about to check me with his hands, the voice of the family head appeared and put a stop to what he was trying to do .
My father turned to look at the family head and said :
I'm trying to check on my son, what's wrong with that .
There is certainly nothing with that elder Loon, at least that would be the case if he really was your son Callen and not someone trying to impersonate him .
It seemed those words angered elder Loon even more, he began to roar at the family head who he had just asked me to respect, saying :
He is my son, i can feel it, he must have just suffered some injuries that made him start acting like this, i will check on him .
He said this and again tried to reach me, but this time a sudden pressure descend on all the people who were currently present, putting a stop to the man who was still struggling to reach me with his hands, but under the huge physical pressure, he wasn't able to make any sudden movements any more .
The voice of the family head then sounded and echoed through the hall, he said :
Until we check that he was indeed your son Callen, i would suggest you to keep your hands off him for the time being, understand .
Understood .
My father said this and when the pressure on all of us was lifted, he lowered his hand and just stared at me with a pained expression on his face, i paid that expression of his no mind, i focused more on looking at the family head, i saw that he was also staring at me with a grave look in his eyes, i can probably understand what he was saying quite clearly, just by looking at what his face currently looked like .
He most likely was stunned at the fact that i wasn't affected much by the pressure he released just now, i was affected yes, at least the demon part of me was, it felt like something a bloodline suppression or something similar, but it didn't affect me much after the second it was released, the pressure on my body was fought off, I don't understand how did that happen, but it just did, i guess .
I almost thought that i was weaker than the man in front of me but there were no way that this could be actually possible, unless the guy in front of was an Emperor which he clearly wasn't, so it made no sense why would i feel pressured, but i guess it's cool now .
" Umm, if i may ask is Callen my name ? .
Yes, Callen is your name, i'm your father, Callen, did you finally begin to remember .
Before the family head even say anything, the excited at me saying this old man in front of me almost hold my shoulders, but he decided against in the minute and just nodded his head at me in a drastic manner, but he was soon calmed down by the sudden shout of the family head saying :
Elder Loon, calm down this instant, i forbade you from talking any more nonsense .
Callen's father become mute instantly, the family head began walking towards us, the moment he came a bit more closer to me, he stopped taking any more steps, he was looking at me weirdly, then he said :
Do you remember anything from what might have happened to you two weeks ago .
I put a thinker expression on my face, then nodded my head and said :
" I remembered that i was finishing a business at the outskirts district, then i encountered something that i don't seemed to recall, then i lost my consciousness, i woke up and saw that i was in a place filled with corpses, i got out of that place and my luck had me encountering a group of humans that were coming towards here, i tried to enter the city, but didn't know how to cross the gate, so i waited to watch a little first .
" But the gates began to close, so i tried to force myself in using brute force, then i appeared here, do you guys know me .
As i said this, i made sure to keep feigning ignorance while saying every word, the family head looked at me strangely and said :
Mind if we check your Mark first ? .
" Mark !!, what Mark ? .
Loon, where's exactly the Mark on your son's body .
His Mark, if i was recalling correctly seemed to be in the back of his hands, I had already checked, it's the same Mark, he is Callen, my son .
Suddenly the guy who was called Draks before stood up and said sarcastically :
Yeah, if that was all the proof we need for you to claim be was your son, then i might go around giving Demons Marks and claim them to be my sons as well, was that what you are saying elder Loon, should we believe you just for the fact he had the same mark, i believe we need to do the ritual .
The moment he said this all the people present sucked a breath of air, i believe that i know what kind of ritual was he talking about, i actually don't know what might be the process or the results of that ritual and what kind of results could i need to get to convince them that i was indeed the Real Callen, even though i had witnessed Callen do that ritual before, i don't know what kind of results he got, but i remembered him being ridiculed for it .
Sensing that me being passive like that might give the wrong impression or confirm the suspicions they have towards me, i turned to Callen father and shamelessly said :
" I don't really remember meeting you before old man, but you seemed rich, i might be willing to get adopted by you, you are rich, right ?.
All the faces present had a frown on all their faces, then the old man Draks seemed to be really holding a grudge against the original Callen for something quite important, he said :
Him being the real Callen or not, it seemed that whoever he was, they both seem to have the same ill-mannered nature, we will still need to hand him over to king Devo, he would be the one who is to judge whether will that guy live or die .
If that reallyhappened, I adviseyou to keep a close eye on your sons .
What do you mean by that Loon, were my sons the one who tried to destroy the barrier a few days ago, family head Dorax the time limit that King Devo gave us is approaching, we need to make haste and hand him over, as to not anger the king anymore than we already did trying to save that little bas.... .
He was about to continue to swear, but i had already listened to enough of his words to be waiting for more, i in a blink of an eye appeared at the meeting table they all were seated on, Draks was the only one who currently was standing up yelling with all the breath he can muster in his lungs .
The people around me hadn't even noticed when i kicked him in his jaw with enough strength to break it, it actually didn't break much to my surprise, but i accepted him crashing into the wall as enough compensation .
After he crashed to the walls, only then did the people in the room take notice of what i just did, they all sucked a breath of cold air, trying to calm down, the first person who woke up from his shocked state, was none other than the family head Dorax, the pressure from before once again descended on the room .
But this time it was much more intense than before, so intense that the table was beginning to crack and all the people on it began to become under a huge amount of pressure, enough to force them to bow their heads down forcefully, he was also roaring at me saying :
What did you just do Callen Loon ? .
" He was cursing me for no reason and didn't you just say that I'm not, then stop calling me as such .
Family Head Dorax eyes almost bulged out of their sockets at my words, but that was the only reason to why he was so shocked, the actual reason was the fact that i was the only one in the entire hall room who can speak to him while staring at him eye to eye .
No, due to my current position on the table, he was forced to look up to me so that he can meet my eyes, other were lowering their head in fear, but the pressure he was releasing meant nothing to me .
We kept staring at each other like this for some time, i was wondering if i will have to put that guy ahead of me in his place as well, but it seems, he won't give me that chance, he broke our staring contest, coughed slightly and said in an awkward tone :
Yes, we still hadn't decide whether you were really Callen or any imposter that want to take advantage of his death and scam us, are you willing to do the ritual, so until we make sure that you are indeed Callen Loon, i hope you will refrain from doing things like this again .
He was about to say something, but the guy who was just flying towards the wall, finally regained his consciousness after he had been out for a minute, he suddenly dashed towards me, cursing at me and his body began become much stronger, i was able to tell, he was enraged and maybe a bit frustrated about what i did to him, but sadly for him, he won't be even able to seek revenge, the moment he took a step in the area that was currently under pressure, he crashed face down on the floor and once again lost his consciousness .
Yes, the pressure is still on, the family head seemed to be a pitiful person and apparently still wanting to keep himself some face,so he was still exerting his pressure on all the room as if to engrave who was the strongest in room on all of their heads .
Sorry for his sudden outburst, tell me your answer, are you willing to do the ritual or not .
" I'm .... .