Chapter 16 - Disagreement

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Chapter 16

Disagreement

Danny reacted immediately. He grabbed a knife that stuck into a roast and threw it at Duke.

Duke dodged very narrowly while the knife drilled into the noble wooden door.

"I knew you were still alive, you murderer!" Danny shouted during the throw.

Marianne reacted next. She grabbed one of the plates and threw it at Danny.

Cecile caught the plate and threw it back. 

Sedalia pushed Marianne out of the way and the plate shattered against the wall behind them.

Dexter looked stunned at everyone involved, who seemed to have lost their minds.

Danny got on a chair with one foot in a flash, pushed himself off and jumped over the table.

He narrowly missed Duke with the other foot, who backed away and tried to classify Danny.

How did Danny know him? 

Marianne slipped elegantly under the table when Danny jumped over it and pulled the surprised Cecile's feet away.

She fell to the ground, cursing, while Marianne jumped up and was pushed to the ground directly by Dexter.

"Have you all gone crazy?" he cried, pointing to Marianne. "STAY DOWN!"

Sedalia tried to grasp the situation.

Of the three, Dexter is the most dangerous.

He had to be eliminated first.

Oh, the Inquisitor wouldn't like that at all. Behind her backs, her hands began to glow and began to charge.

In the meantime, Danny had grabbed a sword from a gun decoration on the wall and attacked Duke with it.

Marianne's hand grasped a drinking cup that had fallen from the table during the scuffle and threw it.

Danny cried out.

The chalice had caught him on the head.

"Danny!" cried Cecile.

"As sorry as I am." Dexter caught Marianne with a well-aimed punch in the head and sent her to the land of dreams.

She had just proven how dangerous an Aranasera is, even on the ground.

Duke pushed Danny to the ground. "Come to rest, boy!"

Sedalia's hands were fully charged.

But before she could use her magic against Dexter, a hand clasped hers and someone shouted, "ENOUGH!!"

Surprised, everyone looked up in the direction of Sedalia.

Behind her stood a man in old Victorian clothing and looked at everyone reproachfully.

"Is that how hospitality is reciprocated?" he asked in a hard voice.

"We didn't start, but the boy here." Duke backed away from Danny so that he could stand up.

Sedalia's hands stopped glowing and the man let go of them. 

She ran to Marianne.

"You knocked out a woman, Inquisitor. Barbarian!" She reached into her pocket and took out a small ampoule.

Smelling Salts. 

She held it under Marianne's nose, who woke up very quickly.

"What happened?" she stammered dazed.

"I'm not a barbarian. It was self-defense! She is an aranasera. Apart from that, I tried to bring peace here," Dexter said angrily.

"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I have invited you all to dinner. Everyone is free to go out here and yes into the storm! My house, my rules!"

The man walked slowly around everyone to the head of the table and sat down.

Danny pulled the knife out of the wall and put it on the table, put the sword back in the decoration and sat down.

Duke picked up the shards of the plate and the drinking cup, put it on the table and sat down as well.

Sedalia helped the dazed Marianne around the table and they both sat down next to Duke.

Dexter helped Cecile up and they both sat down as well.

All 3 sat opposite each other and at the end of the table the stranger.

He clapped his hands.

"Then enjoy it, my guests. Who knows when you'll ever eat so well again."

He smiled...