Chapter 135: Promises

Chapter 135: Promises

The entire room turned silent and shrouded in great tension. Leal was directly looking into Prince Alric's eyes with apparent hostility written all over his face.

Slowly, Prince Alric shook his head. "You have changed a lot. You used to adore me so much, My little brother." He said with such a voice filled with sadness.

Leal responded with a mocking smirk. "Fortunately, I realized that I was looking up at the wrong person. My admiration... you don't deserve any of it. Trusting you was the worst mistake that I have ever made in my life... you are nothing but a disappointment."New novel chapters are published on

"My, my." Prince Hien stood up and positioned himself between the two. "Brother, we've come here to convince them to go back home-"

"That's exactly what I'm doing, Hien!" Prince Alric said with audible irritation in his voice.

Prince Hien shook his head and tapped Prince Alric's shoulder. "Let me handle this, Brother."

Prince Alric paused for a second, then walked back. "Fine. Do whatever you want."

Prince Hien inhaled and faced Leal while releasing a sigh of relief. "This is the reason why our mother urged me to go with you, Brother. I've missed the times back then when the 2 of you were very close to each other."

Leal didn't reply and just sat back on his seat while crossing his arms.

"What we're saying is, our father and mother want you and... Cahi-"

"Her name is Kuro." Leal cut him.

Prince Hien just nodded. "Of course, of course, that's her name... what a beautiful name. Anyway, our Father and Mother want you and... Kuro to go back home." Prince Hien put both of his hands on the table. "To tell you the truth, Little brother. Due to the collapse of the barrier, as of now, we have been expecting more enemies are about to come, and they will come to take advantage of our current situation. A difficult battle is upon our great nation. Furthermore, Even if the barrier returned, it won't guarantee anything, especially knowing they have someone on their side that can easily collapse it again effortlessly. Your homeland and family need you, Leal. We need you there."

Leal leaned to the backrest and put his hand on his chin. "I see."

On the other hand, Prince Alric just nodded and kept his silence while standing near the door.

"However, don't expect me to go with you right away. I have things that I will leave behind. I need to take care of them first."

"Of course, Little brother. However, why don't you bring... Kuro with you?"

Leal slowly exhaled. A gentle smile emerged on his face as he stared out of the glass window at the corner of his office. "She's far safer here... because she's in good hands."

"I see."

***

After the meeting with Leal, the elven army rallied out of the town of Agrona towards the kingdom of Erela.

While their carriage was passing through the forest, Prince Hien's smile was apparent as he watched the road outside. On the other hand, Prince Alric was expressing no emotion on his face while slowly closing and opening his metallic black hand.

"How long will you keep your silence, Brother? Aren't you glad our little brother will finally go home now after years of being away with us?" Prince Hien asked while staring at Prince Alric's metallic arms. "Although I am a little bit sad to see that he decided to cut his hair."

However, Prince Alric just looked outside and didn't say a word.

Prince Hien slowly sighed. "You should work on the way you choose your words, Brother. You will never convince anyone with that attitude of yours."

"Just you wait, Hien. Until my purpose is finally realized..." He stared at Prince Hien with such pride on his face. "Until then, I will never stop."

Prince Hien chuckled. "I would love to see the fruit of your efforts, Brother. I really do."