Tyranny of Steel

Berengar was hard at work signing away documents when a knock resounded on his door. He was slightly perturbed when he heard this and immediately rejected the idea of entertaining someone.

”Not now… I ’m busy! ”

However, the voice that called out to him belonged to his wife Linde, and because of this, he immediately shifted his attitude, especially when he heard the concern in the woman ’s voice.

”Berengar, I ’d hate to bother you when you ’re busy, but this is pretty important. Do you mind opening up? ”

In response to this, Berengar sighed before getting up from his seat and walking towards the door. When he opened it, he was surprised to see that his wife was holding a crying child in her arms. Perplexed by such a strange scene, Berengar grabbed hold of the boy and tried to calm him, all while inquiring with Linde as to what had transpired.

”What happened? Why is he like this? ”

The boy did not stop crying, and instead filled Berengar ’s tunic with his tears. Linde sighed heavily as she explained what had just happened moments ago between his two sons.

”Apparently, he got into a fight with your son, Kristoffer, who called him a half-breed. Alexandros appears to be under the delusion that I am his biological mother. ”

In between his sobs, Alexandros muttered some words which Berengar could barely hear.

”It ’s not true! I ’m not a half-breed! ”

Just when he was about to scold his son for his actions, Linde revealed another interesting piece of information.