Chapter 221 - Marry...Marry?

While Ashton was having a warm welcome, Harris was having a heard time at the Palace ad the people he wanted to avoid were already there to get him.

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"Harris!" A rough and harsh voice commended which made Harris's skin to crawl up and as he looked at who that person was, he couldn't help but feel disappointed.

"Father?" He said in a low voice while bowing towards him.

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"So you remember, that I am your father then do you not remember where your home is? Why did you come to the palace instead of heading towards the Willson Mansion?" The Duke said angrily as he was furious for him not telling about this arrival.

"...I wanted to spend sometime at the palace before coming to the mansion." He replied as he raised his head to face him.

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"But Harris that doesn't explain as to why...you never sent any letter to us? We are your parents--"

"I was extremely busy with studies and on top of that we had to everything on our own so I never got the time to write a letter...to anyone." He said a little aggressively as he looked at the person whose voice just made his blood rise to his head.

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With a cunning face and foxy eyes and that glossy face caked with makeup as always stood there Jessica who was now his so called step mother and the Duchness.

And what was even more irritating was the person who was holding into her.

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"Brother Harris!" Marry the adopted father of Jessica around the age 15 who was a carbon copy of Jessica not by looks but the aura she gave out said as she clinged onto Harris shoulders.

"Leave my hand." 

"No, if I let go of you...you will leave...too." She said with a sad face as she looked at him and suddenly his ears pricked up.

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"Too?...what do you mean by too?" He asked aggressively while glaring at her which made her scared and she ended up in tears.

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"Harris, Don't be so harsh! Look she ended up crying!" The Duke scolded him while Jessica hugged her to calm her down.

"...Father, where is sister?" Ashton who didn't give a Damm about Marry said as he looked at Harris for answer. And the silence that was there for 3 seconds gave him enough of a answer.

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"You all are..." He said while turning around to leave the room.

"Where are you going now?" 

"To find my sister." Harris said as he looked at Marry who was looking at him with her purple eyes and a smirk which irritated the shit out of him.

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"Your sister is doing fine on her own, you don't need to go and meet her. For now just go home with us." The Duke who didn't really seemed to care about her which made Harris go completely insane.

"Yes, you are right. I should at home...but the place where you belong is just a house, and wherever my sister is where my home is." Saying that he hurriedly left the room leaving behind them in that room all alone.

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"Harris!" Alan and Alfred who were waiting for him outside called him but with the frustration and anger he couldn't hear them.

"Whats with him? Can he not hear us?" 

"Let him be...he must have a lot on his mind...let's go father must be waiting for us." 

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Saying that both of them went towards the dining hall, which was as extraordinary as always.

With golden chains and silver cutlery on the table, and delicious food items which called for their attention.

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"Why are you two standing there like fools?" The emperor sipping his luxurious wine said as he smiled at their sloopy looks.

"Father you must have missed us a lot, I can see your dark circles even form this distance." Alfred said as he crossed bith if this arms as the emperor chocked.

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*Cough* "What are you taking about? Dark circles? Huh, this are the reward, a sign of my hard work while both the Princes were not here. This is soemthing I should be proud off and soon you two will be too." He said with a smirk which looked as handsome and charming as it did back in his 20s.

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"Yes, Yes as expected of the most beautiful person of our solar empire." Alan said as he took his seat beside the left side of the emperor while Alfred at the right side.

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"Anyway, keeping the jokes apart how have you two been? Well expect for the fact that you are too hungry..." He said as he looked at how hurriedly they were eating and the happiness they had on their faces.

"Oh, sorry..." Both of them said as they were quite embarrassed by their own actions.

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"No, Don't be sorry. I understand your situation, trust me I was once like that too."

"Really?" 

"Yeah, when I was at the Royal Academy. Everything was top notch but the food was just...you know, it came to a point I wanted to quit the academy just for the food." The emperor said as he remembered some of the painful memories of his youth.

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"Then why didn't you do anything to change it? You were the only crown Prince weren't you?" Alfred asked as he looked at his father with a little mad expression.

"I tried too....but your grandfather was a strict person and he believed to become strong one must go through hardships...although I couldn't understand what realtion it had with the food..."

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"So he let it be as it is?" Alfred asked as he looked at Alan who was having his food silently.

"Sadly yes..."

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"Then what if we tell you to change it? Would you accept it or reject it?" Alan asked as he looked at him.

"Although I have gone through it...and I know you must have it worse but I think it should be as it is. Maybe then the High class kids would understand how lucky they are to have such delicious food for which others die for. You know it's more like a life lesson." He said as he smiled while both the Princes looked at Evan other.

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"If you say so...then we can't help it..but father what's going with the Willson family?" Alan asked in a serious tone.

"They came here looking for Harris, didn't they?" Alfred said as he looked at Alan who seemed dead serious while The emperor seemed a bit nervous.

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"The Willson family isn't like us Alfred." 

"...I know that, and now that you say it...there is no way the whole family would come to take harris back...espically the new duchness. Father, are you hiding something from us?" Alfred asked but Theodore didn't say anything.

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Alan looked at Alfred and nodded his head slightly, taking it as a signal. Alfred started working his sharp mind to get though Theodore.

He observed his actions and with a smirk he asked him in a cool way.

"Father, the new young lady of the Willson family is very pretty right?" He said and the spoon slipped through his fingers.

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"I got it right didn't I? They were here for something related that new lady right." Alfred said as he felt proud of himself for guessing right.

"Yeah, right...you were really trained well. *cough* They weren't really aware about your return today, only after the academy informed me they decided to wait for Harris here." Theodore said as he wiped his mouth with a tissue while both the Princes kept looking at him.

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"Okay, okay, I will tell you the real reason...but Don't get mad!" He said as his gaze went form Alan to Alfred which gave Alfred quite a creep.

"Why? Why are you looking at me? Shouldn't it be about him--why?" Alfred said in a confused tone.

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"Alfred, they were here to give the new lady hand to yours, in short they were here to forward a engagement between you too." Theodore said and Alfred froze right at spot while Alan smiled.

"Alfred? Alfred?" Alan said as he moved his hands before his face.

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"Father...what did you tell them as a reply? You didn't say yes did you?" Alfred asked as he looked at him.

"I didn't clearly rejet them..but I didn't accept them either. You know things aren't easy espically when it's the Willson family. So, for now all you can do is, meet her and spend soem time with her-"

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"But father!" 

"Alfred I'm not forcing you. But still she is a lady being directly rejected would hurt her pride too and who knows you might actually fall for her?" He said as he shrugged and Alfred heart went dead right then.

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"If you say so..then I will try too..." 

"(But for love...*closes his eyes*....I can't...)" Alfred thought as he looked at the red wine, Theodore poured into his glass.

"Then both if you rest well." 

"Yes, you too father." 

With that they bid goodnight to each other after a warm reunion.