"Let's go back… I know that aunt Yasmine might kill me if we go back there a little longer," he said. I giggled, then wrapped my right arm around his left arm. We started walking until we got back to the dining hall.
"What the hell?!" brother Yuuto and Yuuma shouted when we entered the dining hall. Brother Yuuto pulled me away from Liam while Yuuma pulled Liam away from me.
"Why did you do that?" I asked.
"You're not allowed to be near him," brother Yuuto said.
"Why? As far as I know, I own my life, so I have the right to make my own decisions," I said.
"Yes, but~" Yuuma said, but I cut his words.
"Sister Lea will be here soon… It's past lunchtime and she knew what would happen once she skipped her meals," I said. I saw Stephen sneaking out of the dinning hall.
"STEPHEN!!" I shouted. He's still not yet explaining to me why on earth did he went on that mission and made sister Lea worried.
"Y-Yes?" he said.
"Explain," I said. He looked at me nervously and sweated a lot.
"What am I going to explain, aunt?" he nervously asked me.
"You want me to punish you using my own way or you're going to explain why you took that mission and how did you know about that?" I said while showing my cold expression.
"A-Aunt Yui… I… I s-sneak~" he said.
"You what?! I told you that that is improper! You want me to teach you proper etiquette again?" I shouted. Stephen hides behind Brother Louis who is also sweating. I think he knew that Stephen took that mission.
I emitted a dark aura, but I'm still myself. I'm still conscious and I still know what I'm doing.
"You knew that he sneaked into my office, right brother Louis?" I coldly said.
"Y-Your h-highness~" he said.
"Yui, can you calm down first? We only brought one of that potion for you to calm down," uncle Lukas said.
"Let her, dad… If big brother Louis knew that Stephen sneaked into Yui's office, then he would be able to stop him, but unfortunately, Stephen got hurt because of that private mission," Liam said.
"You're not going to defend us?!" brother Louis said.
"Why should I? You deserve it anyway," Liam said.
"Stephen in count of 3, we will run towards the window," brother Louis wisphered, but I heard it.
"ELEMENTAL FOUR!" I shouted and there, Fire, Air, Water, and Earth revealed themselves.
"Your orders, your highness?" Fire said.
"Block the windows and don't let these two princes escape from this room," I said.
"Understood, your highness," they replied.
"Y-Yui… can you please forgive us, just this once?" brother Louis said.
"Why should I?" I said while evilly smirking.
"A-Aunt Yui… I… I s-still w-want to s-see m-my l-l-little s-sister…. P-please h-h-have mercy o-on me," Stephen said.
"Hmm," I said, then I started to punch them. They dodge every punch that I'm giving to them, but I can still hit them no matter how hard they dodge my punches and kicks.
"Okay, that's enough," I said after giving them enough bruises. Brother Louis has a bruise on his face, arms, and lengs, I think he also has a bruise on his chest and other parts of his body that are covered due to his clothes. Same goes for Stephen, but I did not ruin his gorgeous face.
"Hahahahahaha this is the first time that I saw brother Louis in that state," brother Gian said while still laughing so hard.
"Hahahah you're right… we can't even give him a bruise on his face even if we wanted to do that, but Yui managed to give him a bruise on his precious face!" brother Yuuto said, laughing.
"Oh my! What happened here?" someone said. That someone is none other than sister Lea.
"Hello, sister Lea," I casually said.
"Did you do this?" she said.
"Yup," I proudly said.
"You little… You're the empress of this empire and not a simple knight anymore! Also, we told you to wear your dress whenever you're here," she said.
"And I told you that I don't want to wear those dresses… we are in the modern era now, wearing those kind of clothes are out-of-date already, also I punched and kicked them because your son sneaked to my office while big brother Louis did not even bother to stop Stephen from taking that dangerous mission," I said.
"Oh… They do deserve those bruises, but still you're going to meet the other empire's emperors and empresses with those clothes?" sister Lea said.
"Stop arguing with me, sister Lea… also, you should eat now… we will go to cruciatu palace… I think that dark guy is inside that palace already," I said.
"Who're you going to torture this time? It'd be my honor to torture them," she said.
"I'm not going to let you be the one to torture them… eat your meal then rest for today…. Don't worry about us," I said.
"Who will torture them if it is not me? You can't use the torturing materials because you don't want them to be hurt by you… big brother Louis doesn't want to use those torturing materials too, and the previous empress is not here anymore, so who will it be?" she asked.
"Liam," I said. She looked shocked.
"Liam? You mean, he will do the torturing process?" she asked.
"Why?" I asked.
"Dear, are you sure? Your hostage might not be alive after being tortured," aunt Serenity said.
"I don't care, but if he tells us who is his boss, then I'll gladly let him go," I said.
"You mean, you'll set him free?" they asked except for Liam who is casually sitting on a chair.
"I mean… I'll put him in the dungeon, not in the cruciatu palace," I said.
"Your highness, the spy is inside the Cruciatu Palace now," Rui said. Where's Ayumi?
"Okay… who's coming with us?" I asked.
"Me!" Stephen shouted.
"Me too," Brother Louis said.
"Me three," Brother Yuuto said.
"Me four," Yuuma said.
"Me five," Brother Gian said.
"Me six," Axel said.
"Me seven," Jason said.
"We will too," Father Zane said.
"We will stay here with your sister Lea," aunt Serenity said.
"So do we," papa, mama, uncle Sam, and uncle Kayden said.
"We will also go with you," aunt Jian-Ae and aunt Savannah said. I nodded, then I told them to follow me and Rui.
While walking, I went near Liam. I'm about to whisper something to him, but brother Yuuto and Yuuma stayed in the middle of us.
"Brother Gian… can you please get these two brothers of mine out of my face? I'm starting to get annoyed with their actions," I said. Brother Gian giggled then pulled the two of them.
"Gian?! / brother Gian?!" both of them shouted.
"Axel and Jason, kindly help my brother, please?" I said. They nodded, then helped brother Gian so that brother Yuuto and Yuuma would not interfere again.
"Is there something that you want to talk to me about, my empress?" he asked.
"It's about the cruciatu palace," I said.
"Why? Is there something wrong?" he said then he slightly lifted his elbow. I wrapped my left arm around his right arm.
"Nothing's wrong, it's just that… cruciatu palace is a place where you will see and smell the blood. I'm ordering them to clean that place, but the scent and the aura of that place is unpleasant," I said.
"Don't worry… remember that I'm a tyrant when it deals with our positions," he said.
"I know, but~" I said.
"I said don't worry… also, I'd like to know why you build a palace just for torturing materials and for torturing other people?" he asked.
"Cruciatu Palace was built a long time ago… that place is actually a palace for the empresses who made a sin… one day, the third emperor's empress found the torturing materials at the storage of that palace where we hid our torturing materials… she tortured herself… After a few days, the emperor got news that the empress died due to the torturing materials that they hid there for a very long time… but the truth is that she was alive… when the emperor married another woman, that woman was also given a few days of prohibition in that palace… that empress was tortured by the third emperor's wife and she said that every empresses that will be sent there will be tortured until they died… the third emperor then heard the news that his previous wife is still alive, but when they went to cruciatu palace, they saw both the previous and the current empresses who are in the floor without a life… After that, the butler saw a letter, the letter tells everything that those two empresses experienced and the truth that the emperor did not even bother to ask them nor to investigate… After knowing the truth and reading the letter, the third emperor proclaimed that the cruciatu palace will only be used if the sinner did a great sin to be tortured and that no royalties will be sent to the cruciatu palace ever again," I said.
"What is the truth and what is written inside that letter which made him do a proclamation?" Liam asked. I felt a lot of eyes looking at me so I looked at them and I saw my brothers, Axel and Jason who are also listening to us.
Glad to know that Brother Yuuto and Yuuma calmed down now.
"So?" they asked in unison.