Sam finished the class a bit earlier than normal and sent the kids away. Along with them Jyon also left as usual.
But after dropping the kids off, she didn't stay there to teach them music, rather she went to Giyon directly.
Maybe only Jyon is the one who can meet Giyon any time she wants. Giyon went as far as to cancel the meeting in the middle when she was Jyon's expression.
"What happened?" She asked with concern and Jyon explained the situation.
"So, he doesn't like your presence there, you can just ignore him. Why are you feeling sad?"
"I am not sad. I am conflicted. My thoughts are a mess. I just thought that I was a bit curious about him and his past. After all, it is hard to find someone so compassionate and so cold at the same time. He is like a chameleon. He is different in every environment.
In fact, even calling him a chameleon is an understatement. Chameleon only pretends to be that color, but Sam is genuinely different in different places.
At dinner, he is just not reflecting his mood due to the stolen body, he was also reflecting on the fact that he was stuck in that awkward dinner where he thought he didn't belong.
Then I met him with the kids.
I could see that he really is genuinely caring and compassionate when teaching the kids. He enjoyed teaching and he loved the curiosity of the children when they are asking different things. His aura and his presence indicated that.
Then I remembered the painting.
The painting might be him playing the flute, but in reality, he was fighting at that time. He was in the middle of a battle and music was just a medium for that battle. I understood that when he is in a battle, he is that majestic and commanding being that even the elements that are responsible for what the world it is now, to bow before him and dance to his tune as he wanted them to.
They have absolute subservience.
Now today, he has this behavioral change. He is like the embodiment of restrained chaos that is resting in the abyss but was about to wake up.
He tried his best to control it in presence of the children and he was in that mood when he talked to me too.
I cannot understand him. I cannot wrap my head around a person. I cannot distinguish and determine his mentality.
He is like completely different souls forcefully merged into one. I thought I was understanding the existence of that person, but only after he told me did I realize that I am trying to find justification for his existence.
I wanted to believe that deep down he is just a normal person that is within the reach of my understanding and the rest of it all is something that was just there because of the circumstances he has gone through."
Giyon stayed silent for a moment.
She could understand what Jyon is saying. Sam thought that she is trying to find a justification for Sam's violence and destruction, but that is not true. Jyon is trying to find the justification, but it is a justification for his whole existence.
He was offended just for the first case, she could imagine what he would do if he really found out someone questioning his overall existence.
He might not react and do something crazy, but he would sure as hell not be friends with them.
Giyon helped Jyon calm down and sent her away.
She then asked her subordinates to get some news on what is happening on the streets and she was surprised.
The words 'Sam the Bastard' is the only thing the people are talking about. Nobody knows where the talk started from, but it has been going on for quite a while and it spread so deep that it is currently impossible for anyone to track down who started it.
She didn't understand who would do such a thing. After all, for them to do such a thing, they should be aware of Sam's presence in this place which in itself is dangerous, and for them to use a derogatory word that could rattle Sam like this.
This is a bit troublesome.
She then started asking her informants about the situation in other planets in the realm and only when she got the news that even some main cities in the other planets have this news did she feel relieved.
This means the other party doesn't know that Sam is within the city. Someone is deliberately trying to rile Sam up and it seems like this is working.
Meanwhile, back in the stray realm, Sam is also listening to the same piece of information. He also learned that his name has become synonymous with that of a bastard in other planets within the realm.
He couldn't help but feel angry, but he doesn't know who he should be angry at.
Sam looked at Grivon and asked.
"Are you sure that no one else other than Giyon and Jyon knows about my presence?"
"I am positive. No one else in the clan knows about you at all. In fact, they don't even know you, they don't focus on Sivan so there is a little chance of them knowing about you in the first place."
"If that is true, there is only one possibility left."
"What is it?"
"This is Sivan's doing."
"Sivan did this."
"Yes. He must have gotten a good chunk of my memory out. That word doesn't really sit well with me."
"What do you mean it doesn't sit well?"
"I killed ten people in the most gruesome way you could imagine because they called me a bastard and I did that in front of their masters, parents, and elders."
"How gruesome could you be?"
Grivon asked in a surprised tone. After all, killing someone just because they used a derogatory term is a bit over the top in his opinion.
Sam thought for a moment and showed the whole fight he had for the resource distribution tournament. He showed how he killed the Beast faction members one by one.
Grivon kept on flinching and in some parts, he closed his eyes, not even daring to watch.
"What is wrong with you?" He looked at Sam and asked.
"I don't like that word that is all."
Grivon noticed that Sam is not his usual self. So, he didn't want to bother him. But he also understood that it is not a good thing to let Sam be like this.
"What do you want to do now?"
"Nothing, I will be staying inside your residence within the clan. Anyway, currently, my research hit the theoretical phase.
The secret business launches in two different realms were already processed and they are going to launch it tomorrow. You can take a look at how they are proceeding. We can reach out to them by the next week and propose a business that would make them reliant on clan resources.
I already gave the specific details to your associate and if they need anything, tell them to come to me."
"Are you sure? Do you want to talk about this?"
"No. I don't need to. It would only get worse."
With those words, Sam went directly to the clan grounds and stayed in grivon's residence.
Soon, he started the guards discussing the weird publicity for these three words and he couldn't help but feel exasperated.
He couldn't keep a calm mind.
A whole city of people calling him a bastard. Even though he knew that they don't mean any ill will towards him in particular and this is all an elaborate prank, he does feel a bit frustrated nonetheless.
Maybe because he has been listening to Jyon playing for the past few days, coupled with the frustration, he felt like he should play some music which might help him relax a bit more.
But he doesn't even have a proper flute with him.
He just shook those thoughts off and immersed himself in the research for the next three days.
The businesses were launched and Sam continued with the teaching and the research without obstacles.
Luckily for him, Jyon is also not there.
He doesn't have any disturbances and even the servants were ordered by Grivon to not disturb Sam at any cost.
But soon the peace was completely disturbed. It was okay to say it was destroyed rather than disturbed.
Because Sam heard a new rumor.
A rumor that made his blood boil.
Because, he learned that there is a bard on the streets of the city, singing a song. It is a song about a bastard named Sam.
When Sam heard this, his first reaction was directly going to that guy and trying his best to kill him. But he controlled his urge and stayed put.
He didn't want to blow his cover and another three days passed like this.
Sam is waiting for Grivon to come with the final reports on the proposals they are going to make to their decoy targets, but Sam was visited with something entirely different.
