Eventually, the whipping came to an end, the sobbing of the two sibling becoming the only sound in the hall. His expression did not soften one bit as he deposited the two of them in front of himself and glared at them.
"Will you cause trouble again?" he asked toughly.
Lucitian glared back but didn't dare speak out, so he just nodded his head roughly. Meanwhile, Lucitera pitifully lowered her head and nodded weakly, evoking a sense of pity in one's heart.
However, Draco's eyebrows twitched with annoyance. "Scram! How stupid to you think your father is to fall for such a show?! When I was out there causing trouble, you weren't even born!"
Flinching after getting caught redhanded, the two teens immediately displayed casual expression, all former scenes of their tearful suffering gone. It was as if the scene from before had simply been a hallucination, because the change thereafter was too sudden and complete.
