LIAM's POV
"Throughout the years that I lived, I only met Liam's parents a few times already," Yui said.
"My parents?" I asked.
"Well you wouldn't know about that since aunt Serenity and uncle Lukas did not tell anyone about my secrets, and I know it's rude to open a conversation about the things that we talked about, but to inform you, your mother told me that I will be her soon to be daughter-in-law… Do you have any idea why she told me that?" she asked. The royalties looked at each other while her knights together with Ayumi were shocked.
I'm surprised to know that mom told her about that.
"I think we should move out of the room?" Ayumi said, everyone nodded and left the two of us inside.
"So? Do you have any idea?" she asked me confusedly.
"I-I don't know… m-maybe she's just j-joking," I said. The heck?! Why am I stuttering?
"Why are you stuttering? You're not sick, aren't you?" She asked me, but I did not look directly into her eyes… In other words, I avoided her gaze.
"By the way… Auntie Serenity never jokes about something so serious as the marriage of her sons and daughter," she said. She really does know my parents, but…
"S-Sometimes… s-she's just joking around, s-so don't take her word seriously," I told her.
"Should I ask brother Louis about aunt Serenity's words?"
"NO!" I shouted, then stood up. She looked shocked.
"Why? He's your brother, so I can ask him… and why did you shout?" she said.
"I-I'm sorry… i-its just that, elder b-brother Louis is currently monitoring Stephen, right? T-that's why w-we can't bother him," I told her, still stuttering. She stopped talking for a few seconds, then she stood up and went to the railings of her window, together with her gun. She fired a flare onto the sky, again, but it is in a different shade red color.
"What's up with that flare?" I asked her.
"That's an emergency flare, and a way to call him," she said.
"Who's 'him'?" I asked her, but she did not answer.
Wait… don't tell me that she called for my brother?... I'm doomed.
"I told you that you don't have to disturb him," I said. Before she could even answer, someone barged in.
"What's the matter! Did something happen?! Where is the intruder? Did that person hurt you?" my brother shouted, but where are the others? And why is he so full of sweat?
"Hahahahahah," Yui laughed. I looked at her confusedly and then looked at my brother who can now kill anyone with his dark aura.
"It's not funny, your highness," he said with a crossed arms and deadly aura.
"Haha… I-I'm sorry… hahaha… I did not tell you to run from the infirmary to my office… why are you in such a hurry?" she said while trying to stop her laughter. She's right… but didn't she just flared an emergency flare to call my brother? But I don't care, she looks beautiful when she smiles… wait, what?
"Why did you fire a flare that calls for me and you flare an "emergency" one? Is there something wrong? Where are your knights? And why is my little brother the only one in your office?" he asked, simultaneously.
"I called you because of your mothers' words which is about the "daughter-in-law" thingy. Liam told me that she's just joking, but I know aunt Serenity, she's not joking whenever it is related to her sons and daughter… It's not that I'm saying that he lied… I just can't think of a way on why aunt Serenity would lie to me," she said. I looked at my brother and I saw him smirking while looking at me, I looked at him that pertains to "Don't tell her", he smirked more.
I'll curse him if he says anything.
"Is that it?" he said.
"Yes," Yui replied.
Brother laughed.
"Yui… mom's just joking… don't take it too seriously and don't ever think about what she said… just focus on what you have to do or what you need to finish today because a request from our parents or the parents of the royalties in PU wanted to meet the empress of the "soon to be" known empire in the world," brother said.
"Why? And when did they send us a letter?" Yui asked.
"Just a while ago, and they wrote on the letter that they'll be here on days 17 to 19," he said.
"What?!!" Yui shouted.
"Why? Don't tell me you're still going out on that day?" brother said casually. What? Going where? Well, it reminds me of that time where she's always absent everytime that the days of 17, 18, and 19 are coming.
I'm curious on where she's going that even her brother doesn't know, or maybe he knew but never spill the beans.
"I can't skip… It's scheduled, not only by me, but also by that person," she said.
Who is that person that she's talking about?
"Is it related to Charles?" brother Louis asks her.
The heck? It's been a few years since that man died, so why? She said that it is not an accident, but she should have given her underlings the order to investigate that incident. Does she love that man so much that she can exchange it to her life?
"No, it's not," she replied.
"But…"
"I'll take your brother with me, ok?" she said, cutting my brothers' words.
"But you should be responsible for your position as the empress of this empire… you WILL meet the EMPRESSES and EMPERORS of the other empires," brother Louis said.
"Prince Louis Park!" Yui shouted and at the same time, she slammed her hand on the table. I sighed.
"Brother… listen to her… I know that mom, dad, aunties and uncles can understand her reasons… also, why not let them stay here for a week?" I said.
They stayed silent for a few minutes, but answered in the end.
"Fine, I'll take care of our parents and your friends' parents, but make sure that she'll be back here immediately," brother replied.
"By the way, how's Stephen?" she asks.
YUI's POV
"Fine, I'll take care of our parents and your friends' parents, but make sure that she'll be back here immediately," brother Louis replied.
"By the way, how's Stephen?" I asked.
"He's still recovering," he replied.
"Make sure that he'll fully recover... I'll order someone to inform everyone that he is not allowed to train and do anything that he usually does until he's fully recovered," I said.
"Don't worry, I'll look after him and I will also be here for a few weeks because your sister Lea will give birth within this month," he said.
"I'll call the others," Liam said, but before he could get out of the room, Ialready talked.
"No need, I'll call them for us, and brother Louis, I'm sorry for making you worry and making you run from the infirmary to my office," I said, then I stood up and bowed down.
"Raise your head, your highness… I'm just a prince and that indicates that my position is not higher than yours," he said. I raised my head and looked at him.
"But, you're older than me, so treat that as a sign of respect," I told him. He nodded.
"I'll go back to the infirmary to check Stephen's situation… I'll do the honor of calling the others," he said, then he went out of the room.
I sat down on the sofa and leaned on its back rest, then I rang the bell and ordered the maid to get a cup of tea.
"Why don't you sit back, Liam?" I ask him because he's still standing.
"I'm waiting for your command since this is not our empire," he said, then he sat on the sofa beside mine.
"Why are you always going missing every time that the day 17 to 19 came?" I asked her.