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    ONLY MY FAMILY IS WORTHY, NARRATOR "Mmmnn!" Maxwell screamed as he watched his fathers head roll across the ground.


    It happened so fast, so mercilessly.


    Blood still pumped from the severed arteries, painting the grotesque scene red over the grass.


    Acollective gasp of shock filled the air.


    The elemental girl fainted again from the sheer horror.


    "Ss, I told you to control yourself, love," Sigrid huffed internally.


    "You promised we''d get back to the cabin quickly.


    Your father is busy with your mother.


    This was taking too long." She didnt know whether tough or cry at her mates madness.


    "The entire Regents family is now imprisoned and exiled from the pce.


    They will no longer hold any authority," Ss added, his gaze locked on Maxwell, who was kneeling, choking on his sobs over his fathers lifeless body.


    Sigrid lifted the restriction on his mouth, but she instantly regretted it.


    "We are descendants of your family! How could you do this to the man who always idolized you?!" Maxwell forgot his fear, consumed by grief.


    "You are nothing to me.


    You''ve lived a lie for millennia.


    Your blood doesnt run in my veins, and you only used my name to climb to ---- the top." Ss shattered the myth of the so-called royal family.


    The first leader of the elemental people, now trapped within the barrier and lost on what to do next, had been Sss uncle He and his wife had spread tales of the incredible elemental who saved them, wielding power that defied the heavens and the Goddess herself.


    They proimed themselves rulers, and because they were rted to Ss, they were epted.


    That was how the so-called royal family came to be.


    The first official Regent of the Realm had been none other than Drusis son.


    The very same one Sigrid had saved.


    The one Ss had healed from his infected magic, granting him the chance to live.


    "The first Regent was the son of a De La Croix witch and an elemental.


    My uncles never told the full truth.


    They adopted him." The soldiers exchanged stunned nces.


    The nearest guests who overheard immediately began whispering, spreading the revtion.


    "No, this cant be! You cant deny us as your family!" Maxwells every word sent a fresh wave of agony through his torn lips.


    His chest felt even worse, tight with anguish.


    His mother was dead.


    His father was gone.


    And worst of all, he had no pedigree.


    after seeing what a miserable murderer you are, if anyone has the right to im the Regents position right now, its that woman standing right there," Sigrid said, pointing at Katherine.