The Legendary F Rank

Chapter 115: Elder's Meeting.

Haru walked over and sat on the chair. The whole time Luiya didn't take her eyes off him. He sat there awkwardly waiting for someone to say something but her eyes were still glued to him. 

Haru was confused. He didn't do anything special to counter her plum blossom eye but she seemed to be outraged by the fact that it didn't work on him. A few seconds went by before the silence was broken by the old man that had brought Haru to this room.

"Okay. Most of you already know why I called this meeting but let's just go over it again from the beginning." He sighed and then stood up from his seat to address the thirty or so people in the room.

"We still have an issue between the three clans. Multiple incidents happened today. And I am afraid it will carry on getting worse and worse. 

This place is supposed to be a getaway from all the conflict we have out there in the universe. Or at least I want it to be seen as that.

I understand how stupid it probably sounds. A place where people come to fight is a place to avoid conflict. But the whole point of this place is to train yourself. Why do we need to hate people for training? 

But it has come to my attention that some of the people here have been involved in a plot to harm other clansmen. I am not going to name anyone but we gave the three clans the opportunity to come here out of kindness. But it is still owned by my human clan. 

Govern your clansmen well. I don't want to hear anything else about plots to harm people. If I do then I will revoke access to this place for your clans. Are there any objections?" The old man finished what he was saying to be greeted with complete silence by everyone in the room.

The silence went on for a few seconds before a few of the demon clansmen on the other side of the table began to discuss things between themselves. Finally, one of them stood up and objected to the old man's warning.

"I feel like my clan is being targeted with that statement. This is a bit unfair don't you think?" The old demon that helped the demon get through the reception stood up and said.

"And why do you feel that way? I avoided naming which clan was the one involved in this purposely. But if you feel that way lets go over what happened within your demon clan with everyone here to see if I was being unfair." The old man.

"First things first is what happened in the reception area. All clans are guilty of this but we decided to let three newcomers through to the soul tempering grounds without filling out the form we provided.

I don't particularly have an issue with this. since even I have done this before though it is a little bit unfair.

What do you suggest we do about this. I for one suggest we get rid of the personal questions about cultivation techniques. All in favour of this please raise your hands." The old man said.

One by one the people in the room all began to raise there hands after looks of confusion. 

"Good. I am glad we can finally get rid of that. So next let's get on to the main issue. 

The demon clan earlier today were involved in a plot to harm and possibly kill two people. The first victim of this plot being Maya Eun of the Elven clan. The second victim being Luo Yang of the Human clan. 

There was a dispute in the reception hall earlier today where a demon was scolded by Miss Eun for being loud. The demon then walked away in defeat but soon after he threatened to kill my friend Mr Yang here.

The situation was luckily resolved peacefully but later the demon in question went away and gathered a group of his friends and then went on to make a plot to kill Mr Yang if he was matched against one of them in the small world. 

How do you all suggest we deal with this?" The old man asked everyone in the room. There was silence as they all began to think about it.

"A demon dared to try to harm my Eun family? I suggest you let me handle it on the outside. I will see if they are brave enough to make the same threat while I go to their home." A blond-haired elven woman stood up. She seemed to look around the same age as the woman sitting next to Haru but she seemed to have a natural aura of wisdom surrounding her like she had seen many things in her lifetime.

"You know I can't let you do that. You are an elder here. If you go out and act recklessly it will reflect badly on all of us, not just you. And I don't expect the elders of the demon clan to sit idly by and watch one of their families get slaughtered. 

So I urge everyone here to put their personal feelings away and let's resolve this peacefully. The last thing we need is another war to break out because of this." The old man tried his best to make sure that every kept level headed. 

"Your right. We need to settle this peacefully. After all the root of the issue will still remain even if I do kill a few demons it won't make a difference." The woman then sat back down and tried to calm herself.

A demon woman then stood up and looked at everyone before speaking.

"I agree. We need to get to the root cause of this. And the root cause is an issue that has been within my demon clan for many years now. I believe now might just be the right time to fix it." She stated.

All of the other demon elders looked at each other in confusion at first and then they all looked back at the old demon who was the first to speak before. He seemed to get the message and then stood up.

"Seriously? You are talking about this again? I thought you would get over this. How many times do I have to tell you that it is impossible to do what you requested at our last meeting? The only person who could do it is the royal family and everyone knows how stubborn they are." The old man exclaimed in response.

"What is it? What do you suggest the demon clan do Lifa?" The old man asked the woman who was still standing.

"Well in most places demons are discriminated against because we tend to be quick to violence. But that isn't a trait we have inherited or something. It is more of a cultural problem.

We are told from birth that we have to eliminate anything that gets in our way. But it is more of a metaphor left behind by our ancestors meaning to leave our emotions out of things. 

The issue is that many of us take it as a literal instruction to kill anyone we don't like." The woman went on to explain as the other demons all remained silent. The didn't seem to disagree with here but they also didn't want to admit that she was right either.

After a long pause of silence, the old demon started to talk once again.

"I understand how you feel. A lot of us elders feel the same way as you do. But there is nothing that any of us can do about it and you know that very well." He exclaimed once more.

Haru sat awkwardly as he watched them go back and forth. Until finally the old man interrupted them.

"Enough both of you! This isn't the place to discuss the underlying issues of your clan. We are here to focus on the problem at hand. And that is that in recent years the demon clan has become more and more violent. 

I am asking you, people, because it is your clan. I know that a lot of people from the other clans would rather just suspend your clans right to enter this place until they get their attitude under control. But that in its self would bring about over issues.

And I don't want to discriminate against your whole clan because of a few bad apples. So I am leaving this up to you. Don't make me do something that I don't want to do." He stated and then waited for them to sit back down and accept their position of elders. 

"Thank you. I hope I can trust you to get this problem solved. Now let's talk about the final thing I wanted to bring up.

We have n issue with people using fights to bet money. It was originally against our rules for people to bet here but the last temple master got rid of that rule. I was thinking that we can expand on our income today. 

I want to suggest that we open a betting station. We can take a five per cent cut of whatever money is made there and it would hopefully get more people to come here even if it is just to bet.

So raise your hands if you think this is a good idea." The old man stated. 

A few discussions sparked up as he finished speaking as there were mixed feelings about the whole betting situation. But sure enough one after another, hands began to rise into the air.

"Then it is decided. Thank You all for coming here. I hope that everyone here can take the things discussed here on board." The old man announced. 

One by one all of the people present in the meeting room began to vanish into thin air one by one until only three people remained in the room. Haru, Luiya and the old man who had brought Haru into the room.