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 As the higher-ups grovel, the guards wondered if they should walk away. They just could not handle the awkwardness and second-hand cringe anymore.

 "My Lord. Can you ... like ... stop the groveling? It's embarrassing." one of the guards managed to say. What he got was more groveling, with even words of having children being born just now. Even when it was known the City Lord's wife is not pregnant, nor did the man have any wife while the Council Members' wives already past the age to give birth.

 The boy, having enough, let out a sigh. He touch the metal bar, crumbling it despite the metal made off Magic resistant metal. His Mana shifted, growing ever larger, surpassing many powerful Mages any of the guards had met. Even the oldest and strongest Mages they ever seen before.

 At that moment, the guards realized the reason for the panic, and why the City Lord and Council Members went straight to groveling for mercy.