Chapter :-112 Awaken My Brothers! (Part-2)
"So you are saying that this young lad here is Henrik; who was mauled to death by those insufferable dogs whom Mikael exterminated years ago?…."
"I think Elijah, that our dear Freya has started doing drugs!…"
Niklaus being Niklaus didn't believe for a second that the person sitting across him was his beloved brother who was supposedly killed by wolves.
Even after the memory transfer and combined efforts of Freya and Rebekah to convince him otherwise didn't seem to work. He was dead set on believing that the memories were all fake and illusions and that his sisters were currently under some kind of spell.
Usually, in these kinds of situation, Niklaus would immediately choose to assault the person in question and force him to admit the truth but he was totally restrained by Rebekah's [Force] who knew him too well for his own good.
She didn't want Niklaus to attack Henrik, she knew perfectly well that under Henrik calm and cold demeanour was a chained beast who held great hatred towards them due to Henrik being imprisoned whereas they got to roam freely.
She didn't want the matter to unnecessarily escalate but when she glanced at Henrik, her worries seemed to be unfounded as he still had a patient expression on his face.
Henrik had to spend millennium watching his siblings, he was well aware of their personality and knew that he had to be patient with Niklaus who had trust issues.
"Come on Rebekah! You would restrain your own brother…." Niklaus tried to break free from the invisible power holding him down.
Seeing Niklaus trying to guilt his way out of his restraints, Rebekah sneered before replying to his words.
"I am just stopping you from doing something you would surely regret later!…."
Seeing his sister adamantly stopping him from closing in on the young man sitting across him, Niklaus could feel irritation spark within his mind.
"Why are you stopping me! You trust this stranger more than your own elder brothers!…" Niklaus raised his voice, trying to stuff some sense into Rebekah's mind but Rebekah returned his words with a barrage of her own.
"He is not a stranger!!! He is my brother!!! Our brother!!!…" Rebekah didn't back down and matched Niklaus's volume with her own.
"Ohh come on!!! Elijah, please impart some sense to our sister who is clearly confused between who is her kin and who is her enemy!" Niklaus turned towards his older brother who had been silent all this time.
"..... I think that they are saying the truth…" The oldest brother of them all replied in a 'certain' tone.
"Wha—" Elijah interrupted his brother mid-speech and gave a few main points of his belief.
"I am sure that you have already scanned through all the memories we received from our 'said' brother. I didn't find any inconsistency within the memories, so either 'he' had worked extremely hard to review 4-millennium worth memories and remove every little inconsistency or what 'he' is saying, what our sisters are saying is a simple truth. I personally believe that latter to be the case."
The argument presented by Elijah was on point and direct, proving his capabilities as a master strategist second only to Niklaus himself, though the latter sometimes give into emotions.
"What Elijah is saying is the truth! I have spent a millennium with Henrik whereas Rebekah herself has joined us 600 years ago! Do you believe that someone as powerful as me in [Witchcraft] would be fooled by illusions!?" Freya backed Elijah's reasoning and added more points.
"Sure…., the situation may seem a little impossible but our little brother is far stronger than anything we have ever seen!…."
"He destroyed [Inadu] and saved Hope!…."
"He protected your souls from the [Spirits]!…."
"He escaped into a new dimension with us to protect us from the [Spirits]!…."
"He built an entire nation! Heaven for our family!….."
"Here the Mikaelson are treated like kings and queens; similar to the way we were treated 'there'!…."
"But the difference is!….."
"Here our family is 'Respected and Adored!' Rather than being 'Feared and Hated!'…."
"Here people treat us like Gods! Rather than treating us like Monsters!…."
"He built our family from 'Nothing' to the 'Greatest and Most respected family in the World', rather than being the 'Most hated and Feared family in the World'….."
"We have thousands of people under our command who willingly serve us and aren't compelled into doing so!…"
"You deny all the reality! All the evidence and witnesses in front of your eyes! Let me tell you this Nik, you can go and ask anyone in the world about our family and you will get the same answer over and over again!…." Freya was totally riled up as she felt angry at Nik for undermining all that Henrik had done for the family.
Years of hard work, dedication, commitment, blood and sweat was given into making the Mikaelson family have such esteemed status within the world and it was all wholly due to Henrik and no one else.
Freya's outburst silenced Niklaus as he didn't have anything to counter her, the memories he received had all the proof required to validate all that Freya had just stated.
Elijah understood this fact, thus he chose to remain quiet and observe his little brother while thinking to himself.
ᒥ....If all of this is really the truth then we really have a lot to apologize for to Henrik. He wasn't supposed to carry such a burden over his shoulders! No, he should have had a happy life! The spirits ruined it for all of us!….ᒧ
Elijah turned his eyes towards Niklaus who was stunned speechless after Freya's outburst.
ᒥ....Niklaus knows that Freya and Rebekah are indeed saying the truth and the young man sitting across us, quietly is indeed our little Henrik, but he doesn't want to accept the fact that he left his most loved little brother to rot in a [World Prison] while he indulged in all kinds of douchebaggery.…ᒧ
He narrowed his eyes at Niklaus's frozen face.
ᒥ....He doesn't want to accept that he not only caused Henrik to die but also allowed his soul to be trapped inside the hellish prison of millenniums….ᒧ
Freya looking towards the silent Niklaus was about to continue with her words but a soft voice interrupted her.
"Ok enough of fighting!…."
"But Henr—"
"No more fighting sister! This is my family. I found it all on my own. It's little, and broken, but still good. Yeah. Still good….."