There were seven people present here; well, six men and one head. They were Richard, Fárbuati, Mimir, Merlin, a muscular man with a red beard and a hood covering his head, an old man whose face greatly resembled that of a dragon, and me.
Each one of them was sitting on a wood throne, and behind each one there was a drawing representing the elements.
I was led by Richard to a throne that had three symbols: an ice crystal, a drop of water, and a screaming wind. They represented ice, water and wind respectively. Richard sat on a throne beside me which had a dark night on it.
When he saw us sit, Merlin said, "Richard..."
"He is a Lord as well, Merlin," replied Richard calmly, which seemed to have worked on the old wizard.
"I don't understand why I am obliged to do something like this," said the man with the red beard. "Especially if the meeting contains HIM!"
When he said 'HIM', his voice went loud and dangerous. The one he was pointing at was none other than my senior brother Fárbuati.
"Listen, brainless oaf," said Fárbuati, "you are answering to the calls of the Lord of Chaos, so yes you are obliged to be in the meeting. And if you want to stop coming, I can help you by taking your title away from you."
Red Beard growled towards the big guy and was about to say something when Richard snapped, "Enough!"
Instantly, the two didn't dare to even say a single word. "Since this is your first time in the meetings of the Lords, I will make the introductions.
"Gentlemen, this is Orion Fistore, the Lord of Water, Wind, and Ice. Orion, this is Thor, the Lord of Thunder and the son of Odin," he pointed at Red Beard, "and this is Sart, the Lord of Earth. You two may get along, since both of you are dragons."
Sart seemed surprised about the fact that I am a dragon, and he said, "Which kind?"
"Ice dragon," I replied.
"Oh I see. Well, I am an Earth dragon, and although our clans don't get along, I still respect the fact that you are a Lord."
"I don't actually have any connections to the Dragon Clan. I became a dragon due to a transformation, not because I have the bloodline of a dragon."
He narrowed his eyes and nodded, but refraining to add something else. Richard continued on, "You already know Mimir, Lord of Knowledge, Fárbuati, Lord of Chaos -obviously the Chaos element, not the title-, and Merlin, Lord of Magic. I am the Lord of Night. Now that the introductions have been made, let the meeting begin.
"I am sure that you are currently wondering why I have summoned you here. Fárbuati and Mimir already know about it, but I will say what happened.
"Orion was, and still, on a quest to find all the pieces of Pangu's axe, and to revive the soul of Pangu."
"Ymir," said Thor, "his name is Ymir!"
"Thank you, great-grandson, but I prefer to go by my Chinese name," said Pangu.
Thor looked more shocked than ever and immediately stood up and kneeled on one knee, "Thor Odinson offers greetings to the ancestor!"
From the connection between me and Pangu, I can feel that he was actually very pleased to see an arrogant fool kneeling for him. Why a fool? Because no one would do such a thing, and I have heard how Thor would do things arrogantly and rashly.
"I prefer the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of you," I said.
"How dare...!" but once again interrupted by Richard, who was on the verge of exploding.
"Enough! All of you, shut up!"
He took a deep breath and said, "About an hour ago, he was in Isle of Prisons, where the most powerful piece was. He had an unknown accident that caused the connection between his true self and clone to disperse and rendered him unconscious.
"However, while fighting with the guardian, Fárbuati, he unexpectedly produced a flame that was far more powerful than any flame, even more powerful than Surt's fire. For someone who cultivates ice to produce flame... isn't quite real. Something must have intervened with his body. Now, children, what are your opinions?"
Red Beard, I mean Thor, stood up and said, "Perhaps he had hidden it from the start, or it was a chance occurrence."
"That is no chance occurrence," said Sart. "Haven't you been listening? The Lord of Chaos said that he had an unknown accident. Obviously the two are connected."
"That is a possibility," said Merlin, "although cultivating opposite is rare, it is not an impossibility. Richard himself cultivated all of the four elements. Considering that Orion is a clone of Richard, it might be because of that."
"Mimir?" said Richard, "What do you sense with your eyes?"
"Ah finally, my turn has finally come," said the head. "Hmm... There's a strong aura of fire, but that isn't Orion's. Yes, he can cultivate the laws of fire, although that would require many years. That fire is another person's fire. It is a fire of rage and has burned countless of people in... Eh? What happened? I just forgot which place!"
I wasn't surprised, because I currently knew who's fire was that, but no matter what I tried, I couldn't say the name. All I could say was, "S!"
And that was the part when all eyes turned to me. "What did you say?" asked Richard with narrowed eyes.
"I feel like I know who's fire is it, but all I can remember is the letter S," I replied.
"Who are the people that controlled fire across the years that started with S?" asked Thor.
"Surt, Set, Emperor Sun..." Mimir started listing all the names but no name could make me remember the correct one.
I shook my head as they looked at me once more.