Life of the Overpowered Lord

As Balin stepped into the Great Hall, his feeling of foreboding started to make his senses scream at him to 'RUN'. He had a feeling that any wrong step would be the death of himself and his son. He shot a scathing glare towards Dalin and bowed his head to Thor.

"Greeting to the clan head." He said solemnly before turning towards Gaia, "Greetings to the Mistress of the clan."

"Raise your head Balin." Spoke Gaia.

"Thank you Mistress."

"Balin, I have to ask who is the richest in the clan as of today?" Thor asked with a stern look on his face.

"Lord that would be you and your son Bjorn Thorson who amassed a fortune after slaying the Great Red Wolf 25 years ago. Due to the strength of the creature as well as the sale of its hide and other pieces of its body young master acquired the payment from all of the godly clans considering it was a scourge across all lands." Balin spoke instantly proving this was something he always watched.

"Oh, is that so, hmm. So tell me then why is your son threatening clan members saying that you are the richest in the clan?" Thor didn't beat around any bushes after hearing Balin's reply. To be honest he knew that it wasn't Balin's fault that his son was an arrogant fool. Thor himself had seen Balin trying to reign in his son. 

"What?!? My lord there has to be some mistake I ha-" Balin quickly began to try and defend himself from what his lord was saying. He could never say anything like that, he is extremely loyal to the clan that took him in and gave his son and him a place to live after losing his wife all those years ago.

Thor raised his hand to silence Balin's quick reply.

"Balin do you know who the man is that is holding that young lady's waist?" Thor asked with his face now showing no expression.

"Answering my lord, if I am not mistaken to assume so he should be your youngest son who has been on his journey for the last 23 years." Balin spoke very respectfully completely fearing for his life at this point. He could tell that the woman and young man had an extraordinary relationship. His son had begged him to convince his friend, Ashlaine's father, to sign a contract for an arranged marriage to her because he had been obsessed with her since seeing her when she returned to the clan all of those years ago.

"WHAT!?!? NO THAT CAN'T BE TRUE FATHER HE HAS TO BE JUST SOME STUPI-"

*SMACK*

"Shut up your fool and do not raise your voice in front of the lord and his family!" Balin quickly slapped Dalin fast and hard enough to knock the weak man to the ground. Turning towards Thor Balin knelt on the ground and slammed his head into the marble hard enough to draw blood on his forehead.

"My lord, please forgive my son for whatever he has done. He is foolish and incompetent. He knows nothing of the world because I have sheltered him so much. He is all I have left of my late wife. Please have mercy on him."

"Balin, you know I respect you and that is the reason I let you move into the clan after your wife died in the beast wave. I also remember specifically telling you not to shelter that boy! I told you he needed worldly experience to temper himself after losing his mother! Look how he has turned out now that you have sheltered him." Thor spoke calmly but his voice held an unquestionable edge to it. Before Balin could offer his apologies again Thor spoke once again," Balin, your son has mocked and tried to defame my son because of that young lady there. He has even gone as far to use your name as a threat to my son. Not only is Bjorn my youngest son, He has also just returned today after being gone for 23 years. Tell me Balin what do you think I do in this situation?"

Balin for his part didn't move from where he was. Dalin having been slapped to the ground by his father for the first time in his life was quite dazed. He slowly sat up while listening to his father and Thor speaking. He looked towards Ashlaine and that bastard and found that they had finally separated much to Dalin's delight. As if the heavy atmosphere wasn't enough to dissuade Dalin he spoke again.

"Yes, Ashlaine come to me and leave that stupid bastard. It was your father that gave you to me so you have to obey me. Hehe Hahah hahahahahah." Dalin's voice matched his delusions at this point. Disgusting and totally unjustified.

Balin hearing his son speak again was seething with anger. When he heard what Dalin had said to Ashlaine he was ready to jump up and smack his son again. This time though someone beat him to it.

*THWACK* 

Dalin's body flew through the air and smashed into the wall of the hall. His form crumpled and broken stuck part of the way into the wall exposing just how much strength he had been hit with. Everyone turned to see that is was Bjorn who had just hit Dalin so hard. With a stern face he turned to Ashlaine and spoke.

"Are you truly and happily engaged to that fool?"

It was a simple question, but it bore down on Ashlaine heavily due to a few reasons. Firstly, her father had signed the contract but that was without her knowledge or else she would have objected. Secondly, her father owed a small fortune to Balin for helping paying for the enormous bills from the healers from her mother being sick for years. On top of that he had given her father money to gamble with and sunk them farther into debt with Balin.

Balin has always been a good man, the one thing in her eyes he has done wrong was forcing her father into the contract over his debt to Balin. She knew that it had to have been Dalin pestering his father that pushed this whole situation. Before she could get lost in thought to long she looked at Bjorn and replied to his question.