Chapter 210 A Disgrace
Although the two usually conflicted, Sarah's face darkened when she saw Isolde's bruised and battered face.
As Harris family members, they naturally stood united in the face of major adversity.
Isolde didn't expect Ethan and Sarah to come help her at this critical moment, her eyes slightly surprised.
"Are you okay?" Sarah quickly stepped forward and helped Isolde up from the ground.
"Why are you guys here? Did Grandpa send you?" Isolde stared at Sarah with a complicated expression, asking.
"Don't let outsiders laugh at us. I know what you're thinking; if you want revenge, you can only rely on Ethan now! Even Grandpa won't do anything to them!" While checking Isolde's injuries, Sarah reminded her.
Seeing that she only had some scrapes and needed time to recover, Sarah sighed in relief.
Although she didn't want to admit it, Isolde knew Sarah was right. Today's humiliation was all because of Ethan. If she tried to regain her dignity, it was better to rely on Ethan rather than the Harris family.
"You got beaten up like this. Where's your fiancé Virgil? Why didn't you call him to help you?" Ethan looked at Isolde's sorry state, both amused and annoyed.
"Enough- this isn't the time for internal strife. Let's deal with these annoying guys first!" Before the furious Isolde could reply, Sarah glared at Ethan from the side.
She thought, 'Now was not the time for internal conflicts, lest we become laughingstocks.'
"I'm in this state because of what you did today. He hit me, so you must help me get payback!" Suppressing her anger, Isolde pointed at Lucian in the distance and huffed at Ethan.
"Since you suffered because of me, I'll help you settle this!" Ethan nodded with a wry smile, not bothering to argue. Then, he looked at the Ashford family members.
"What do you want, Ethan? Are you declaring war on us? I warn you; you'd better know your place and not overestimate yourself!" Lucian didn't expect Ethan's sudden arrival. Seeing Ethan's gaze, he felt a pang of guilt.
At this moment, he could only invoke the Ashford family, hoping to make Ethan hesitate.
"Can you even represent the Ashfords?" Ethan asked Lucian with a smile.
"I'm one of their members; I warn you not to mess around! If you dare touch me, you'll be making an enemy of the Ashford family!" Facing Ethan, Lucian was genuinely scared. Ethan's smiling eyes strongly dominated him, making him retreat a bit.
"Making an enemy of the Ashfords? You think too highly of yourself and your family! My name should already be on the Wilson and Ashford family's blocklists, right? I'm not even afraid of the Wilsons, so why would I be afraid of the so-called Ashford family? Or do you think your bones are harder than Kenny's? You dare to touch a Harris family member!" Ethan sneered, mocking Lucian without a care
"Magnus, what do we do now? Ethan even defeated Kenny. If he goes crazy, we're done for!" Lucian could only look helplessly at Magnus.
In terms of status, Magnus was second only to Kenny and was the Ashford family apprentices' support.
He was secretly annoyed upon hearing this. He wished to avoid Ethan, but Lucian's words had exposed him.
Sure enough, Ethan's gaze then shifted to him, his smile widening.
"Ethan, this is between the Ashford and Harris family; nothing to do with you! Since you're not part of the Harris family, you should stay out of this!" Though annoyed, Magnus had no choice but to step forward in front of the Ashford family members.
To his credit, he was smart enough to try reasoning first, framing the incident as a minor scuffle between the younger generation of the two families in hopes Ethan would stay out of it.
"Ethan is Sarah's boyfriend, so he counts as part of the Harris family!" Hearing this, Isolde was the first to object. She was counting on Ethan to help her out; there was no way she'd let the Ashfords exclude him with just a few words.
"That's nonsense. Ethan is clearly with Chloe, so how could he be Sarah's boyfriend?" Lucian immediately panicked when hearing this.
He realized that he needed to disrupt Ethan's connection to the incident to reduce the chances of him taking action against them.
Isolde was speechless at Lucian's rebuttal. She couldn't explain this and looked over at Sarah.
"Who I choose as my boyfriend is none of your business. The Ashford family sure likes to meddle!" Sarah, however, was completely unfazed as she sneered at Lucian disdainfully.
"Why do I get the feeling you're all afraid of me?" Ethan asked the Ashford family members with a look of contempt.
They were actually afraid of him.
After the commotion at the engagement party earlier that day, how many of the apprentices could honestly say they weren't scared of Ethan?
He had defeated all the top fighters of the three major families, and Kenny was still lying unconscious in the hospital. Nobody would believe them if they said they weren't afraid.
"Ethan, we have no intention of provoking you; what happened earlier was Lucian's impulsiveness. I'll have him apologize to Isolde, and we can put this matter to rest. How about that?"
Taking a deep breath, Magnus surprisingly used a negotiating tone with Ethan.
Although he didn't answer Ethan's question directly, his attitude clearly revealed the answer.
"Alright! I won't press the issue further, nor do I have the time to mess around with you. If Lucian's apology can satisfy Isolde, I won't trouble you any further." Ethan agreed immediately.
Lucian's face changed instantly. He didn't expect Magnus to sell him out so readily at this critical moment. This clearly meant he'd have to apologize to Ethan, which also meant he was in for a rough time today.
"Apologize? Do you think a simple apology is enough for hitting me?" Isolde sneered. She didn’t expect Ethan's few words to scare the Ashford family so much, but she wasn't going to let such a good revenge chance slip away.
"Magnus, should we call Uncle? He'll definitely help us!" In his desperation, Lucian could only think of Dorian.
"Fool! If you want to face the consequences of breaking the rules, do it alone; don't drag us into it! Apologize immediately and make sure Isolde is satisfied!" Magnus's face darkened, scolding Lucian harshly. He pondered, 'If Dorian stepped in tonight, everyone present would face severe repercussions.'
"That's right, you caused this mess. Why should we suffer for it?"
"We didn't lay a hand on Miss Harris. You deal with your actions!"
"Mr. Dorian is busy taking care of Kenny right now, so he has no time for our issues."
The other Ashford family apprentices quickly changed their tune, completely isolating Lucian. They caused trouble with Lucian just moments ago, but now they betrayed him.
Lucian was dumbfounded. He couldn't believe he'd be betrayed so easily because of Ethan.
"Disgraceful! You've brought shame to the Ashford family!" At that moment, a stern voice suddenly echoed among them. A middle-aged man, leading a group of people, was walking quickly toward them.
"Dad?!" Magnus had a shocked look as he saw the newcomer. It was none other than Ignatius, Doria's younger brother and the Ashford family's second-in-command!