32 Counterargument

"Excellent idea Roger.

Surely, my daughter Sofie will be delighted.

She saw Mr. Atomsk at the entrance of the palace and it seems that it was love at first sight...

I guess it's an ideal solution for everyone"

…

[Good counterattack

Trying to tie me to his faction with his daughter

However, I think you've made another small mistake that will take your toll]

Then Sarah quite angry, but trying to suppress her fury, said sarcastically.

"Well, it seems that the second in command of the family has a part-time matchmaker job.

You will plan the marriages of all the young people in the family...

Or is it just a fixation that you have with me and those around me?"

With those words, there was silence.

The tension in the air was more than obvious.

It was an uncomfortable silence.

The calm before the storm

[If looks could kill ...

Sarah right now could kill even Alucard from Hellsing

Fuck

I've never been good with silences...

Please, someone speak now]

However, at that moment when Lorenz, Sarah's father set out to intervene in the conversation...

Lauren countered.

"I'm sorry, I think I overreached in my duties

However, all I do and try to do is look for the future of the family

Moreover, what kind of father doesn't want his daughter to marry a good husband?"

The atmosphere relaxed a little, but everyone was on alert.

It was obvious that Lauren had stepped back a little in her speech.

Not to surrender, but to attack again with more force.

"However, I think we are ignoring what Atomsk wants

In addition, what is the best for him...

What do you think, Atomsk?"

At that moment, all eyes turned to Atomsk, waiting for his answer.

Sarah and Atomsk immediately understood what Lauren's intentions were.

Take advantage of the fact that he was a small and inexperienced child to manipulate him, making him choose what he wanted...

However, neither Sarah nor Atomsk felt pressured...

Since Atomsk wasn't a normal child.

…

[Hehehe, you will regret your own words]

…

"I want to be Sarah's little brother" Atomsk said, feigning innocence and tenderness.

Sarah seeing how Atomsk was acting almost laughed

"I understand that you cherish for Sarah and want to be her brother, but…

It's something that goes against the rules of the family ... which could cause problems for everyone, even Sarah

If you marry a girl from the family, you would officially be a member of the Vermillon family like Sarah and you could live with Sarah as a family too.

My daughter for example is a beautiful, kind and intelligent girl and it seems that she likes you a lot

You would not only be part of the family, you would also have a nice wife

Would you like to marry her?" Said Lauren, trying to be nice.

"I'm sorry, but I don't want to get married" Atomsk replied, continuing his childish performance

Due to Atomsk's blunt answer, some elders began to change their temperament and expression.

[Perfect

I was looking for that reaction

Keep falling more to the bottom of my trap]

Then the Elder named Roger, the same one who proposed the idea of marrying Atomsk with Lauren's daughter said

"Do not you like Sofie maybe?

Sofie is ..."

However, before Roger could continue with his sentence Atomsk answered him.

"I do not think I can like someone I have not even seen

In addition, I think I'm too young to get married

Moreover, I want to marry someone that I really love and not for interest.

It's one of the things I promised my grandfather ... before he died. "Atomsk said with his performance, adding drama.

[Thanks again to you imaginary deceased grandfather

You have saved the day again]

With that performance, Atomsk caused the elders to measure their words more and change their way of acting...

They had to be a little more sensitive when dealing with him.

Lorenz, who had been letting the conversation go on, intervened.

"I think we're going too fast

Marriage is not something that should be taken lightly

Less at such an early age"

With the words of Lorenz, the whole room understood that Atomsk should not be forced to marry at this moment.

Everyone understood the opinion that the leader of the family had regarding marriage...

This is a red line couldn't be easily crossed...

However, Lauren quickly understood how to proceed with his plan without skipping that red line

"Certainly brother, we are rushing a lot.

What if we postpone the idea of marriage until both graduate from the imperial academy?

We could promise them, so during that time they would get to know each other better, in this way it would not be a marriage for interest.

However, do not worry, if as soon as you graduate from the academy, love has not emerged, the agreement can always be broken.

How about?"

The whole room relaxed, certainly this was a solution that could settle the problem for the time being.

He wouldn't be adopted or married in the family immediately, but there would be a contract that would bind him to the family for more than a decade... Especially his faction

They had gained time, either to execute their plans during that period or to acquire Atomsk ... And he would try to get him to accept by all means.

Everyone wanted Atomsk to join the family immediately.

They didn't think of anything else...

Even those who supported Sarah's faction only wanted to settle the matter quickly

Although those who crowded Sarah wanted to protest ... they didn't find a good reason to protest.

Lauren was right, there was no better match than her daughter in the whole family for Atomsk.

Even Sarah felt cold sweat on her body, despite knowing that by Atomsk's face, he still had an ace up his sleeve

[Good plan Lauren

This not only prevents Sarah from adopting me

You also put me inside your faction...

However, you have lost, precisely because of your greed]

…

"I'm sorry, but I still want to be Sarah's brother" Atomsk said, feigning childish stubbornness.

The elders despaired ... everyone thought they had made it clear that the adoption goes against the rules of the family ... so they believed that Atomsk would never bring it up again.

"Atomsk, we are sorry, but that Sarah adopts you goes against the laws of the family, and luckily or unfortunately we must comply with the rules" Said Roger trying to reason with

Then Atomsk, with a childish and somewhat mocking tone said...

"I'm sorry, but I don't understand ..."

Roger, believing that Atomsk still did not understand the reason why that was not possible so, he tried to explain it to him.

"Atomsk, the reason you cannot be adopted is because ..."

However, Atomsk interrupted him.

"I did not mean that ... I meant that I do not understand why you insist so much on me getting married" said Atomsk with an over-accented thoughtful face...

The elders interpreted that phrase as that Atomsk was an uneducated, who did not understand the situation in which he was.

That comforted them, that way it would be easier to control him and make sure it served the purposes of the Vermillon family more easily ... but they could not be more wrong.

"I don't understand why you insist so much on a commoner marrying a nobleman of the Vermillon family ... Was not that supposed to be forbidden and that all the rules had to be obeyed?" Atomsk said with an accusatory laugh…

With that question, the whole room was silent.

Those of Lauren's faction were speechless; they did not know what to answer.

Throughout the session, they had denied the adoption with the excuse that it was something that went against the rules ... simply because it did not suit them.

However, they had also been proposing Atomsk's marriage to Lauren's daughter, which is also against the rules, being they who have always said that this rule should always be respected.... simply because it benefits them greatly.

While the elders of Sarah's faction, Sarah and Lorenz himself...

Because they did not support that outdated rule, and they were too focused on finding other candidates to marry Atomsk

They hadn't noticed about this contradiction

…

They had greatly underestimated Atomsk, it was not an innocent and ignorant child ... he was a cunning little imp.

Meanwhile, Sarah's faction was delighted and surprised by Atomsk intelligence

Especially Lorenz, who was beginning to see in Atomsk an opportunity to eliminate or modify the rigid rules of his family ... rules that made him suffer in the past.

Sarah, on the other hand, was not surprised, she knew that her little brother was capable of reversing the situation in some way ... but even though she knew it ... it did not make her less happy or surprised.

Atomsk had achieved in this debate that they themselves dug their own grave and that little by little they got themselves inside.

[HAHAHA

If there is something that I hate, either in this life or the previous one

It's hypocrisy and hypocrites

Oh god, I love to point out how hypocritical they are

I love to see how they have to swallow their own words

I love seeing how they eat the same shit that they have screwed up

It's so so fun and comforting

HAHAHA

GAME OVER sons of bitches]

…

No one from Lauren's faction dared to speak because they didn't know what to answer to re-dominate the situation ... or at least not sink deeper into their own grave.

No one from Sarah's faction spoke, since they expected Lauren's faction to make a mistake to take advantage...

However, someone had to break that silence.

Moreover, the question that Atomsk asked was directed at Lauren's faction ... they had to answer.

Roger, who looked like the representative after Lauren... spoke

"Atomsk ... the two ... the two cases are different, the one that adopts you..."

However, Atomsk did not let him continue.

"I'm sorry, but I don't see what the difference is, both are two rules that forbid people of certain characteristics from joining the family ...

Why one rule can be skipped and the other cannot? What is the reason for this?

Besides, I understood that you strongly opposed the fact that the nobles of the family married plebeians.

I find everything very strange "Atomsk said sarcastically as he watched the faces of the Lauren faction ...

Which were pale ... and furious.

Furious with Atomsk.

Furious with Sarah

Furious with themselves, for letting themselves be cornered in that way.

A 9-year-old boy had just won them on his own game with their own words.