His four sons in the room whom treated the situation while ago like nothing but annoyance were now restraining their breath as they saw their father's face got serious.
Duke Gabriela on the other hand, also unconsciously gulped in nervous. His 'normal' friend is back! The five of them stood up straight out of fear.
'Oh, Maxine dear, why did you leave?' Duke Gabriela silently prayed for Maximus not to go too much or else, he would surely be involve.
"Duke, have mercy! Pardon my wife for she is not on her right mind!" the Count fell on his knees, begging.
"What are you saying, Frank?!" the Countess asked in anger but the Duke did not bother his self to pity the couple.
"If you knew that your wife is not on her right mind, you should not have brought her here."
Maximus threw his head on the other parents that were startled on his sudden glarng and right that moment, they knew what the Duke had in his mind.
The children's parents who were involved in the incident immediately kneeled to their knees infront of the Duke's family and pulled their children to kneel beside them even if they were not sure of the thing they were doing.
"Y-Your Grace! My daughter had commited a sin! I beg your pardon on her stead."
"Duke! M-my son is still a child, please spare our House!"
"I committed a grave sin Duke!"the maid who almost lay on the floor
They all seek forgiveness for their children when they did not even know what they were being sorry for.
'This is infuriating me.' the Duke ran his fingers on his hair in frustration inside his cold and blank facade.
As of the moment, Duke Zachrono had the highest power in the room that even the Viscount and his wife could not wield even it was their own teritorry.
Ystradgynlais couple grew their envy to the Duke as they remained silent, watching the whole scene.
They literally know Duke Zachrono could obliterate few of this County Houses in one go without any sweat and court jurisdictions.
He could destroy everyone's House existing in the Empire whatever reason he gives.
"This is a warning. Do not ever go near my daughter again. If I hear something, expect your Houses to fall after the day. As of now, 200,000 from every house golds would be enough to cover our troubles."
"But Duke! We do not have that much amount."
"If you do not have enough, then work for it unless you want a trial. I will only give you a month and I want your servants involved to be kick out and no recommendation letter will be be given to them. As for you Count Gringe, I would not let your wife pass this time. I demand a trial." that was the longest sentence that came out of the mighty Duke whose known only to be heard with 3-5 words in a meeting.
He glanced at all of them and gave them a final warning on his glares. They all bowed down their heads nervously before he turned his back.
"No letter of apology will come to you. You owe me -my daughter that apology."
"You-!" the Countess was in rage. She was about to attack the Duke's back but his husband quickly stood up and restrained her.
'This wench-!' the Count swore on his mind as he tried to pin down his wife. The Duke did not bother to look back and went out the room with his sons and Duke Gabriela.
"Throw them out." Viscount Ystradgynlais ordered his wife in whisper that made his wife's face turned sour but the latter could not do anything but to obey.
The Viscount followed the tow Dukes on going out of the room from their backs. What happened in the room was not good for his reputation from the two Dukes.
Duke Gabriela rarely go to his children's banquet while this was Duke Zachrono's first time attending and bringing his children at that.
He envy both of this men include the Archduke, mostly, Maximus Zachrono but he never wish to get in their bad side for he had known that he might perish instantly along with his whole name and title as if the House never existed if he did.
"Y-your Grace, I-I apologize for what h-happened, we all did not expect that there will be something like this." he said nervously, trying not to stutter.
He even gulped hard.
The atmosphere was eerie and it was not only the Duke who seems to be in a bad mood but also his sons.
He did not expect that Duke Zachrono would be upset regarding an incident involving his daughter.
He had known for long that he did not care for his daughter at all because he thought that the Duke did not liked a daughter because daughters were just excess baggages.
But after they showed up to the restaurant, a strange rumor was going around for the mean time and now, he dare not to question nor test it at all anymore.
Even when his sons get into the fights in the Academy, he never showed outward care for them but he only cared about their welfares and demanded to kick out his son's enemies.
He already know what the Duke would do if he did something against the Young Miss.
Again, he gulped in nervous.
The Duke pretended as if he did not heard anything and did not spare a glance back at him nor replied so the Viscount was not sure whether he also pissed the Duke or not.
He just hope the Duke would not do anything to their House because of what happened.
The banquet goes on like nothing happened.
The people who saw them going in in the sitting room were quiet about it, they know how the Duke reacts with rumors.
He was silent yet one could not expect to have a home to shelter before the day ends.