Chapter 72 - Scheming Against His Own Brother

Emmy was spot on with her guess, this was the same thing which showed them the way to escape, the same thing which made her trigger the fragments of her memory. She sat up suddenly jerking off Alex who was still thinking that Emmy was upset because of his previous feelings.

But before he could open his mouth, Emmy asked him to take out the jade and Alex did just the way she asked. Then she asked her friends to come inside the room, even Kiara and Eliza rejoiced as they were also asked to come and except for Houlson, all others came happily inside the room. However, just as Kiara entered the room and saw the item on the table, her expression changed.

Emmy could confirm her guess was correct by seeing Kiara's expression. This woman knew more about the black world but why is she hiding like a white flower, Emmy could not ponder on it anymore so she directly asked it straightforwardly to Kiara.

" Kiara, we both know why I made everyone gather here. About this artefact, it was my guess but I could see that you know better about this jade more than any of us. Kiara, it is time to come clean. Tell us about your family completely ?"

Kiara looked at her sister who also did not know the complete story of their family. Kiara slowly started to explain the past which Eliza had to translate but by the midst, Eliza could not continue as she started bawling out loud.

These two were from the once-famous Lazarian family of the core world, but after the banishment of the black powers, the Lazarian family was punished in the name of helping out another family whose general was accused of betrayal. Although their family was taken out of power, they were spared and the Lazarian family migrated to the mountains to survive.

Kiara's father was against the core powers and the conceptual attributes of the black world, so he secretly helped his friend to visit their black world and during such a time, he recognised that the other members of Lazarian family were killed one by one by the leaders of the black world. Once he managed to escape out of the black world with his family, but in order to save his friend, Kiara's father had to lose his life.

Kiara and her mother were helped out by the severely injured man and before he could return with help, the black world guards captured her mother and the little Kiara. From there onwards, their lives turned hell. Her mother was kept as a maid in the leader's mansion where she gave birth to Eliza and Kiara disguised herself as a weak child but secretly underwent vigorous training. After the death of their mother, the leaders did not find the weak child and 2-month-old girl as a threat anymore, so they left the children on their way. From that day onwards, the seven-year-old Kiara fought mercilessly to safeguard her sister from dangers. She didn't say much of her family history to even her sister.

When Eliza calmed down, Houlson also entered the room and saw Kiara as well as Eliza with puffy red eyes. Seeing the tears from Kiara's eyes, Houlson felt bad inside but he calmed down. This love interest could result in breaking his promise, so he did not dare to think about this woman anymore. 

" Houlson, please translate what Kiara has to tell, Eliza is emotionally not stable right now. "

Listening to Jordan, Houlson started to translate whatever Kiara was telling about the jade but in the midst, his eyes widened and he could no believe the things she said.

" Are you saying this piece of jade is the artefact of the supreme lord? and this was kept reserved for the black enchantress ?"

Kiara nodded and looked at Alex with a confused gaze. It was heard, before four years, a powerful witch had stolen this artefact from the core power and till this day, the leaders were frantically searching for this piece of jade everywhere. It was predicted by the Evildarian that the rightful heir would be returning soon to regain the throne.

Alex was staring at the piece of jade which had motivated him once to live and fatefully gave him the chance to meet the true love of his life. His mind was racing now, joining all the pieces of information, it was crystal clear that Lamia, his previous lover, was never a simple woman. She is not an innocent mountain girl but they had no way to confirm whether Lamia was the same powerful woman that had the guts to steal the most important artefact from the black world.

" Emmy, I can't believe all these things, the little innocent girl whom I saw in the mountain valley cannot be such a powerful person."

Watching Alex break down, Emmy straight away hugged and comforted him while others gave this couple their space.

" Alex, Lamia was not any mountain valley girl, she might have disguised herself to get close to you. I cannot state specific reasons but if she is the powerful witch as per the Evildarian's journal, then everything falls in the correct way. "

" What do you mean by the correct way, Emmy ?"

" If Lamia is a powerful witch, then after she was heartbroken by your engagement she must have travelled to meet my parents while the core powers were hunting for her. At the clifftop mansion, the war between the core powers and herself must have resulted in my parent's death. "

Alex was shocked to believe that there could be such a coincidence and the way Emmy connected the dots, everything actually is falling into correct places.

" Emmy, what you said maybe right but then what about the Agnartian sword you mentioned previously. Why should they join hands in this war?"

For a second Emmy stood silent rephrasing what Alex had asked. Yes, she remembers her father giving her the sword and asking her to avenge his family but what might be the connection between the Agnartian clan and the core power to join hands to kill the powerful woman.

Alex could feel Emmy losing her strength and he embraced her. He could only pat her back when her quiet sobs turned into an endless flow of tears.

" Alex, we have to attend the second prince's marriage tomorrow. Now everyone will be knowing my real identity so I don't need to hold back anymore. We have to find the answers as soon as possible. "

Meanwhile, Janet decided to give the Lazarian sisters a tour of their land to which the two men agreed easily. Jordan and Leon were plotting something and the poor lamb who was going to be sacrificed was curiously watching Kiara over a distance.

" Houlson, what happened to you? You were okay till yesterday but now the air around you is so fierce that even I can't come near you." 

" Nothing much Jordan, I feel to go back and fight those underlying dogs to avenge my father."

Jordan could say that this man had even started to lie but he didn't expose his friend. Then, Jordan winked at Leon who initiated a request towards his brother.

" Brother, after we achieve our goal, can I marry Eliza?"

Houlson was astonished by Leon's straightforwardness, he was happy for his brother but what about the other woman?

" Yes, you can. After we avenge our family, first reunite her sister's life and then you can marry her. I will talk with the elders. "

" Thank you so much brother, but there is a tiny problem. I don't know whether she would accept me? "

Houlson stopped walking and turned to face his brother. Even Jordan, who was on Leon's side was surprised, so this young man had real intentions to marry the young Lazarian girl, Jordan thought.

Houlson chuckled and answered, " Well in that case, during today's banquet, ask her out and talk face to face about your feelings. If you love someone, instead of hiding it, let the other person know how much feeling you have for that person."

" Thank you brother, please you also have to come for giving me moral support."

Houlson nodded and walked away from the two men. Jordan and Leon could never tell that Houlson was such a practical person, he had never been seen with a woman but knew what is best for a relationship.

" Leon, your prank might be crossing the limit, have you thought about it clearly?"

" Brother Jordan... there lies the twist, my brother started behaving strangely from my father's death. Even though we haven't seen him with any woman, there is a doll in his room that he thinks, is of his wife."

" His wife ???"

Jordan was surprised to know such a secret, it was then when Leon said that he had accidentally heard his father talking with his teenage brother about his friend and his brother's betrothal. After their father's death, his brother had returned with a doll covered in blood.

Leon remembered how his brother took care of the doll and talked to it clearly. Yes, Leon knew everything but he never asked his brother.. Today after knowing the whole story of the Lazarian sisters, he decided to matchmake the fated but separated couple.