Volume 6 Chapter 9: There Are Stages?!


    <span style="text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-weight:400">Volume 6 Chapter 9: There Are Stages?!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I hate all of you," Cadmus muttered as they were now at the door. Despite groaning andining, he couldn''t hide his curiosity either. Right now, the five adults peeked from the door. It was still the same situation; Alfia and the others kneeled while Keith smiled.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Is he going to do anything?" Aidiun muttered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"He''s charging up."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Huh?!" He''s going to fire magic at them?! Was he that mad?!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"This is clearly a stage 3 Keith," Cadmus muttered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Wait, what?" You have stages for this?


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I will tell you this: there are clear signs of which stage Keith is in." Cadmus pushed up those nonexistent sses like he was an expert.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You make it sound like he''s a monster," Diana scoffed.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Hey, you said you wanted to know. So I''m telling you now. Or do you not want some wise knowledge from this legendary dragon?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." They turned to Sohma. Should we trust this dragon''s words?


    <span style="font-weight:400">"He''s not wrong." Unexpectedly, Sohma sighed in agreement. The number of times Cadmus made Keith angry made him experience. The dragon knew what not to do in front of this child.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Please tell us, oh Guru," Nephele bowed to this man.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Good!" Cadmus was happy as he looked back at the scene, "This is an obvious sign of stage 3 anger. See that smile on his face? Whenever he has that calm smile, it''s usually 3 or lower."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I see!" Nephele started to jot down notes.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Where did you get a notepad?


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Unless there''s a vein on his forehead, it hasn''t reached stage 4," Cadmus added.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Understood." "Also, these fools let him marinate."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Huh?"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Never let Keith hold in that anger. The punishment will only get worse whenever he''s silent like that." Cadmus stated.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"...They have been like this for 20 minutes." Nephele gasped.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Oh, they''re dead." 20 minutes? That was enough time for Keith to think up as many punishments as possible!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Grandpa Cadmus, you know I have ears, right?" Before Cadmus could exin more, Keith called out. He was within earshot to hear everything.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Cadmus''s proud expression dropped.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Don''t mind us; please continue on, Great Keith!" Cadmus gave a big smile as he hid behind the wall.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." This principal was trying to kill us! Alfia and the others were really going to die. They heard everything Cadmus said; they could tell. Cadmus''s words made Keith angrier!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Now then," Keith finally spoke, "Will anyone exin why the kitchen was like that?" He continued to have a smile. However, for the others, they were scared out of their wits. That was not the usual kind smile he had.


    <span style="font-weight:400">That smile was that of a devil! It was so scary. The auraing off of him was something no one dared to mess with.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Herrick raised his hand. He didn''t dare talk unless Keith allowed him. All the hair on his body was telling him not to interrupt.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Go ahead," Keith gestured.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Me and Alfia had a fight. And by ident, she fired magic."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"By ident?" Keith''s smile became even more narrow.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"EEEEP!" Arlo was so scared that he quickly hid behind Gabriel. Although that smile wasn''t directed at him, it was more than enough. He didn''t dare make eye contact with Keith.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Not unless he wanted to die!


    <span style="font-weight:400">And Herrick, who got the smile, shook!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"So let me summarize. You fired magic inside, and because of that, the ind has a chunk of it missing? And the windows shattered?" Keith recounted with a calm voice. But it was anything but calm! Everyone could feel it was about to explode any second.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"...Yes," This time, it was Alfia who answered.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"I see," Keith nodded, "Now then, how should I punish you all." A sound came from his hand; a kitchen knife was tossed in the air. That made everyone gulp.


    <span style="font-weight:400">When did the kitchen knife appear? They were so focused on Keith''s face to notice the hands.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Deadly. That knife was in the hands of a monster. What made it worse was no one could tell how much they were screwed.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Welp, they''re done." Cadmus dered. It was not an understatement.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"They would need a miracle to solve all of this."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Nephele, Diana," Keith called out the two great spirits.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yes!" The two great spirits were a little shocked and uneasy. They didn''t think Keith would call them out. And they were afraid. Was he going to punish the two as well?!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"The two of you have been working hard for quite some time. I think it''s time for you guys to take a break." Keith smiled.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Eh?" We''re getting a reward? Does that mean,


    <span style="font-weight:400">"All of you guys shall work on cleaning every nook and cranny of this mansion for the next week."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"What?!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"And I don''t want to hear any backtalk. If it''s not spotless when I get home, you guys won''t eat anything for a month."


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Everyone gulped. Heck, even the adults gulped from that! That was like a death sentence being thrown at them.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Now hop to. You need to start right now." Keith pped his hands together, and the mops came out. He had extra cleaning materials ready.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." The others didn''t know what to say.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"They''re only getting that?" Cadmus blinked.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Also," One word from Keith caused everyone to jolt.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Grandpa Cadmus,"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"Yes!" Why am I getting called out?! I did nothing!


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Keith didn''t say anything. The only thing he did was give him a 5-second smile before walking to his room.


    <span style="font-weight:400">"..." Cadmus looked at the rest, "What does that mean?!"


    <span style="font-weight:400">"You got lucky, that''s what."