Chapter 171 The strength of a family
Esong challenged Adler with his piercing gaze, why was the older brother of his wife so possessive of her and everything to do with her? In his opinion Adler needed a life of his own because Scarlet seemed to make up seventy percent of his.
"Need I remind you that the law gives me authorization to protect my spouse from all harm?"
"By what, tearing our family apart?" Dorian stepped in, very unhappy with the turn of events. "My daughter is not leaving her family to live alone in the capital."
"It seems like you do not understand how things in this family work." Beord huddled closer to Adler and Carolyn.
Esong smirked and chortled, were they ganging up on him? He smiled in disbelief when even the shy Fey and little Gregor joined in.
The Su siblings lined up, forming a human wall in front of Esong.
"My sister said this to me once, the strength of a family like that of an army lies in their loyalty to each other." Carolyn boldly looked at Esong and went on to say, "I am loyal to my sister, no matter how angry I have been with her. Or how many times I told Adler to just send her to the red planet I never would have gone through with it, I had many opportunities to harm her if I wanted to but I never did. I have known her far longer than you, loved her longer, protected her and cared for her more than you. I will take exception to your words because of who you are to her and because they prove your sincerity in the marriage but do not ever try to get between us. Whether or not I have forgiven her is not for you to decide." She looked back at Markay and added, "Either one of you, and for your information, my sister and I played a game of snakes and ladders two days ago in the privacy of her office. We talked and we laughed together, something we have not done in years. We are both finding our way back to what we used to be slowly. The two of you should understand that this family stands together no matter what, we never abandon another Su or the partner of a Su unless they do something completely heinous like deliberately attempt to maim, kill or successfully take the life of a family member. If you are going to be part of our family then you should board this loyalty flight because it's for life. If not, stay out of anything to do with our family."
Carolyn didn't care if she came off as rude, Esong Wu started it first by saying such rubbish to her. How dare he try to ship her off and order her to stay away from her own sister? He had only been here for a few months but she had been with Scarlet since she was just a baby.
Esong grunted and rose up, "Hey Markay, follow me." He ordered in a stern voice. "Don't dally little brother, you know me well."
Esong could not understand why he was unnaturally angry with the Su's. In his mind, he asked himself why they acted like a pirate gang. One could not leave if they joined one, it was a membership for life. If you attempted to leave, your fellow pirates would kill you out of the irrational fear that you would reveal their secrets. Was this a family or a gang? As Scarlet's husband, he could take her away from here if he wished. What would they do if he did? However much he didn't understand them, their weird closeness made him question the relationships in his own family. He had a brother who spoke to him mostly when he had questions about mechas and combat. He had a sister that he only spoke to once or twice a month when he desired an update on the finances or the well being of their parents.
He had a mother that sought to control him like he controlled his mecha and a father that was mostly indifferent to everything. His grandparents were clearly the most sane people in the family. Esong was not sure if he could classify himself as sane when he desired to put as much a distance between himself and his family all twelve months of the year. He preferred a bloodied battle field to facing his mother and father.
What did the poor Su's do right in comparison to the wealthy Wu's? It was often said in their society that the happiness index was lowest among the mediocre and poor of them. Technically the Su's were mediocre but they seemed to be happy.
He stopped in an empty training room in the castle where he trained Scarlet's guards every morning. He removed his shirt, exposed his bare chest and looked at Markay who was nervously playing with his fingers.
"Pick up a weapon."
In the room we're all sorts of weapons, from swords and knives to axes and hooks.
"Brother, we don't have to do this, you even took off your shirt. What if I accidentally slice you open?" Markay put his teeth on top in an attempt to make a cheeky smile.
"My wife gave me that shirt and I don't want her to ask questions when it's ripped and I have to make up a lie because I don't want her to know that I broke all the teeth in her sister's boyfriend's mouth. If you won't pick up a weapon then I guess we are going to do this old school." Esong leaped on Markay smoothly like a tiger that had finally caught its prey. In that one leap, he broke Markay's left arm.
"That's one." He said poker-faced. ๐ฏ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐๐ท๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐.๐ธโด๐
"Brother!!!" Markay cradled his broken arm with a pained smile on his face. "One arm is enough, hmmm, I am really sorry."
He was still talking when Esong approached him slowly with an unreadable expression on his face. "Let me think about it." He smiled.
For a few seconds Markay thought he had escaped narrowly when felt his right knee crack, a sharp pain made him wail and he fell down.
"Do you know how I found her?" Esong put a hand on Markay's head and asked. "Or did you not get a glimpse of her when I was carrying her into that bedroom before the med bed was brought over? Well since you called her a villain that means as a her husband I should be the bigger villain and teach you a small lesson. She is my child's mother after all, it will not be just if I don't avenge her."
Markay's eyes widened as he started to tremble in fear when he felt waves of Esong's mental strength touching his mind. He knew about Esong's most special skill, the one where he would lock you inside of your own nightmares in your head. While he did this, he would pry your deepest secrets from your mouth and you would give them out because you are desperate to get out of that nightmare. If he left you in that condition for too long, you would go permanently insane. It was a secret known to only a few but there was a wide spread rumor that if Esong got a hold of you on a battle field, it was better to choose death. It was why enemy forces that failed to escape an assault led by him chose to commit suicide rather than be captured.
"What do you say Markay?" Esong chuckled villainously, "Should I take a trip inside of your head?"