259 Adoption

"Who is it!? Which one of you dared interrupt my execution! Speak up! Or your death will be even worse than the girl's!" The supreme general roared, his eyes coldly panning over the sweating, nervous crowd only for another sound to come out of it. 

"I did sir!" 

As soon as those words were uttered, their attention shifted towards one man in the crowd, wearing a blue suit with the engraving of a glowing raven, a serious look in his stern, blue bearded face as he looked up at the supreme general with no fear, a blue-haired girl to his side that at first glance, looked like an adult with what seemed like hints of tears running down her eyes. 

"Mason?! You of all people?! Why would you object?! You had just saved everyone… You witnessed first hand the horror and destruction of the battlefield and how due to this family, the shalkers gained abilities! I know you hated the Reids even before any of this happened too! I thought you would be happy to see this!?"