My Father, the Emperor didn't move from his seat. He was just smiling as he saw me. My brothers, however, rushed to me, my twins being the first to reach me.
"Lia! Sit with me!" Leo enthusiastically said.
"No. She will sit with me." lean said as it was a written rule.
"She sat between the two of you the last time we had breakfast altogether." the ever serious Lucius said.
He is just two years older than us but he's very mature. Sometimes he can be mistaken as the eldest. He's very smart, mature and so S e r i o u s. He's only 11 years old now but the way he thinks is as if he's 21. Yes his mind is like of a mature person, for Lady Blanche raised him responsibly.
"I think Lia already took turn in sitting with us, being the eldest, I say, she sits with me." My ever Charming big brother, Lissander, said. Everybody protested of course.
"That's kinda unfair of you, don't you think? We all know you're the 'OLDEST' here, brother. But please, don't use that card on us to sit with Lia." Lorcan said with a poker face, earning a gasp from Lissander and Laughter from us. Lissander looked really offended by Lorcan's choice of words.
"LORCAN MARLEY! Are you saying I'm old?!" he asked while dramatically holding his chest. Lean and Leo couldn't stop laughing at our brothers, which I always find adorable.
"Well, you said so yourself that you are the 'Eldest', that makes you the 'Oldest', brother. So, Lorcan choice of words suited just right." Liam said.
Lorcan didn't said a thing so Liam answered for him, holding his laughter. Liam and Lorcan has always been close to each other, so they really know each other well. Liam is 12 years old while Lorcan is 10. Yep, Lorcan is only 10 years old. But just like Lucius, he have a matured mind. Lucius is more like business smart at his age, Father gave him a small business to run, and its doing really good. He also helps with our Countries economy. While Lorcan is more on the strategy-to-defend-the-country smart. He always plays chess alone to sharpen his mind on defense and we can always see him looking at our country's map. On such a young age, he is working with our knights to strengthen the country's security. Lucius and Lorcan are always struggling, and when they do, we just let them be, for we can't comprehend the argument between the two. Ugh! smart people, but they are the sweetest. well, all of my brothers are.
"Oh, go ride a horse, Liam!" Lissander jokingly said to Liam which made us all burst into the laughter that we're surpressing. For my brother Liam, is quite good in archery and horseback riding but Leslie pulled a prank on him that made him fall. Liam just glared at our brother Leslie who was near rolling down the floor from laughing.
"Oh shut up, Leslie. Your laugh sounds like an abomination." Liam said.
But Leslie just laughed even more.
"Is that how you saw me when you fell from the horse?! An abomination?" he said while laughing real hard with tears in his eyes.
Leslie likes pulling pranks on anyone, but he's not just all fun, he's good in swordfighting and in combat, but its a mystery how Lucius and him became close when they are the total opposite of each other. Liam and Leslie are of the same age, they are both 12 years old, but they are not twins, Nope. They have different mothers. Well, all of us does, except for me and my twins. Lissander, the crown prince, has a different mother. Though his mother is not the Empress, he is the first born, the son of a Royal concubine, and the royal Prince next to the throne. We don't mind though, for we all know that Lissander would make a great Emperor one day, I thought as i was looking at my brother Lissander, who's jokingly reprimanding Lorcan on what he said earlier. He's holding his chest again, DRAMATICALLY, again. Lissander is such a drama King. Leslie and Liam are still arguing on the side.
Leslie holding his stomach, still laughing, while Liam is near to explode in anger. Liam is such a short temper guy. Lean and Lucius are on the other side, Lean seemed to be challenging Lucius over something. How do I know? it's the look on his face. he's obviously challenging Lucius to do something. Lucius face is like he's debating whether he will fall on Lean's trickery or not. I looked at Leo who's suddenly held my hand with a grinning face.
"Leo...?" I asked
He just grinned widely and gently pulled me.
I was about to take a step when someone cleared his throat. We all stilled and turned our heads to that person. We all looked at our father who was sitting casually, looking at us like we're his great entertainment. He Leaned at the table, put his elbow then clasp his hands together, as if he was praying. Then his golden eyes sharpen like daggers pointed at us. We froze in our places even more.
"It seems like you all are having fun that you forgot about my very presence in this hall."
he said nonchalantly.
I saw Lissander gulped and tensed. Cause he knew very well that in that room where we all are present, if something happened, even if its not his fault, he will be the one to take responsibility for it. He was ready to speak when our father held his hand up and stood to walk towards me. He held my hand and slowly pull me to the table.
"I am the OLDEST here and I will use the senior card to sit with my only daughter, Lia~" he said while smiling as he lead me to a chair next to him. Everybody groaned in disapproval but my father just smiled brightly even more, like he just thought of an idea.
"You all crowded her earlier, so i would like to ask some space for our dearest Lia. Therefore the seat next to Lia shall be empty." He was smiling as he was saying it.
"But.." my brothers were about to say something when my father smiled threateningly.
"Yes?" he asked, still smiling.
When he's being like this, we know better than to argue with him. My brother just frowned, shoulders down. Looking like lost puppies. They are all so adorable. And so we started eating. My brothers who looked like lost puppies earlier, lighten up when they saw the foods being served. My father made sure to serve our favorites. Our Father might be strict and unapproachable, cold looking and looks like he was hard to talk to but he loves all of us equally and he would always shows his affection towards us.
While eating, I looked at my brothers who's happily munching their foods, gone were the lost puppy looks. Food really make everyone happy. They were all talking while eating, laughing and some jokes and Father just stares at us with a big smile on his face. This moment right here, this, with my brothers and my beloved Father. This makes me the Happiest princess in all the Empire. I smiled so brightly just by thinking of it. Oh how I love this family so much.