Chapter 227

Pierre's face contorted with rage as he hurled insults. Though he had long suspected Matthias might be his supposedly dead grandson, Alistair, the confirmation filled him with fury and hatred.

As the Lowell family's patriarch, Pierre considered himself above all others. Even though he had orchestrated Oswald's death, that was in the past. For Matthias to knowingly force him, an elder, to kneel at the Hero's Banquet was an unforgivable insult to tradition and family honor.

"That ungrateful bastard! How could the Lowell family produce such scum? Matthias is a disgrace to our bloodline!" Pierre snarled, his breathing heavy and his eyes blazing with anger.

"What does Matthias want? To avenge his parents or to force us to acknowledge his identity?" Pierre's expression twisted further. "He's nothing but a lucky survivor. What does he think he can accomplish?"

The rest of the Lowell family remained silent, not daring to utter a word.

"Matthias!" Pierre's eyes bulged, his face a mask of m