Protagonist? Antagonist? I Reject Both

Panic surged within Rey, his thoughts spiraling into a frenzy of paranoia.

He wondered if he had somehow angered Leon without realizing it? Or was Leon going to go over remnants of the families until everyone was dead?

Despite the turmoil raging within him, Rey forced himself to maintain a facade of calm.

He couldn't afford to show weakness, not in front of Leon. But beneath the composed exterior, his heart pounded with dread, his hands trembling ever so slightly.

"Did you not hear me, or are you deaf?"

"HUHH!"

A deep silence prevailed for a moment.

Rey's heart almost skipped a beat when his nephew spoke like that, making him wonder if he had heard something wrong.

His heart lurched in his chest, a cold shiver running down his spine as he struggled to comprehend the meaning behind Leon's ominous command.

Shaking his head with an embarrassed smile, Rey scratched his head and muttered.

"Haha! Are you kidding me? Is this supposed to be a joke? Leon, it's not good to joke around with your uncle."

He expected Leon to laugh or say that this was a joke, but contrary to his expectations...

"Does my face look like I am joking?"

The surroundings stirred by Leon's words.

Gwen stared at her brother with wide-open eyes and swallowed her saliva while Lia just face-palmed commenting silently.

"....This kid's temper is acting up again."

Irina just kept mum but she glanced at Leon's expression from the corner of her eye.

It would be wrong to say that she didn't know her son's nature. After getting back to her previous self and recollecting all her memories, a minor skirmish like this didn't surprise her at all.

Her son might be silly, cute, and sweet but all of this is on the outside and only to the family members.

To the enemy, he was a ruthless cold-blooded adversary that bite at the slightest grievances. As long as he felt that the enemy posed danger, he would strike back one way or another.

It also made her remember the famous incident where children were being kidnapped and sold as slaves, to which he complained to save them. But this was a big task, and they didn't want to interfere or step in to disrupt the other side as various families were involved in it.

So, to force them to act, during kindergarten class, he knocked out the bodyguards with sleeping drugs and escaped, getting himself kidnapped.

And worst of all, he left a message along with a tracking device that he swallowed.

It was a messy and chaotic situation.

Finding no way out, Rey gritted his teeth and shouted, "Leon, I am your eldest uncle. You have already killed your grandfather and father. So, it should be enough to quench your anger. If you kill me, the Befort family will collapse."

"I am the only Martial Emperor alive in the family, and my brothers below aren't even Martial Kings."

Hearing his blabberings, Leon put his elbow on his thigh and rested his chin on the back of his palm.

"Do you think I care?"

"Do you think I give a shit whether you are my uncle or the Befort family disappears…If you think of me as your nephew then where were you when I was kicked out?"

Rey swallowed his saliva and his back became drenched in cold.

"I…."

"Let's leave that."

Leon waved his hand and asked another question.

"Why did you attack Sophia?"

"I will rip that foul flesh of yours if you don't answer and keep spouting nonsense."

Leon exerted pressure but just as he released his aura, a suffocating pain struck his cheek, making his vision blurry.

'Shit! This heart isn't suitable at all.'

Leon immediately stopped exerting more pressure.

His face still maintained an indifferent expression but Irina and Lia's perception was quite high and they noticed a small curl in his lips along with a twitch of his brows resulting from momentary pain.

Rey, finding no way out, gripped his sweaty hands and answered, "I was ordered by Father to help Seph get rid of her."

"Believe me, I have no intention of harming her. I had a friendly relationship with her. However, I was forced to take this step for the mutual benefit of the family."

"For family…Huh!"Leon rubbed his chin with a contemplating look."For your family, you can do anything, right?"

Rey's brows furrowed for a moment, and thinking that the matter was going to be solved, "Yes, I will do everything for my family."

"Great!"Leon clapped.

"Then you should understand me after all she is going to be my family and my future wife. In that case, just leave your hands."

However, before Rey could react, two bewildered screams echoed beside Leon.

"What…"

"For real."

Gwen directly grabbed Leon and nudged him, "When did this happen? I can't accept this."

"You have to. There is no option."

"But…."Gwen shut her lips with a pout on getting Leon's glare and then turned towards Irina for help who just averted the gaze.

Ignoring the two, Leon asked, "Are you going to do it…"

"I…I…"

Rey's speech stuttered, a sense of uneasiness and dreariness washed over him. His legs started to rumble and his mind started working to get out of this place.

But just then…..

PFTTT!

"Hahahahha!"

"Sorry uncle, I am kidding…This is a joke, you can leave…"

Rey's eyes widened, and his dead heart started beating again. Without waiting for further words, Rey turned back to leave.

"I will leave now. See you…"

Like a gust, Rey ran away closing the door behind with a whirlwind of thoughts.

The moment Rey's figure disappeared, the smile plastered on Leon's face disappeared.

'Terpas…I want you to follow and observe every movement. Monitor his contacts with others and see if he wants to let this go or create trouble so that we can just nip everything.'

[Yes, My Liege, but what about this stupid humans.]

'Dead….Since he wanted to kill Sophia he should die. Moreover, that bastard is more sinister than he looks.'

"TSK!"

Leon hadn't even finished his speech, when he heard a grumble and saw the white-haired lady clicking her tongue.

"You got no chills right…"

Leon just smiled bitterly, unable to mutter anything.

'This old hag knows everything.'

Lia's expression turned cold almost like spitting venom as if she knew Leon's thoughts.

'Shit! I need to escape."

"Why…. what did he do now?"Irina asked in confusion but instead of answering, Leon got up from his seat.

"I have got something to take care of…"Leon looked at Lia.

"I want Grandpa and you to be here after I come back."

"We will….Now go and have fun."Lia waves her hand nonchalantly

Leon paused a bit and then under Irina and Gwen's confused gaze, he disappeared with a step.

SWOOSH!

"AAAHHH!"

"Where did he disappear now?"

"Did someone attack him?"

Lia began to massage her head looking at two girls.

SIGH!

'This boy always leaves a mess behind.'

.......

Mind break upcoming

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