At the easternmost tip of the Wondering Archipelago World lay the Han Empire, and further north-eastern on the Han Empire's coast was the Xue prefecture, with the Lin Manor at its center.
Inside the castle of the Lin Manor in a room, a beautiful lady was breast-feeding the newly born apple of her eyes.
"My lady, the first young master, has arrived half an hour ago, and he has requested your permission to enter the room." A maid reported courteously from outside the door while kneeling on the floor.
"Oh, Yimin is here…. What are you waiting for? Let him get here immediately." Xuan Xuan announced as she smiled.
Following this, she caressed Donghai Lin, who was drinking milk, and she said lovingly, "My little one, your big brother has traveled several lands, rivers, and mountains and arrived here just to meet you. Yes, he's our hero."
'Oh, my brother is here.' Donghai Lin thought, and he stopped drinking her milk.
It didn't take a minute as the door of the room creaked and a beautiful chubby young boy nearly the age of five bolted inside and shouted cheerfully, "Mother, I'm here to see my little brother!"
Donghai Lin looked at the panting boy curiously and saw that his face was flush because of excitement and there was a silver sword mark on his forehead.
"Yi er, it must exhaust you from the long journey." Xuan Xuan said while looking at the chubby boy with adoration.
"You're wrong, mother. After hearing the news, I rode with my master on his beast to get there. I didn't even break a sweat coming here. So no worry." Lin Yimin said, reaching out his chubby hand, and he poked the baby's face and said chuckling, "So… soft and cute!"
"Yi Er, want to hold your little brother?" Xuan Xuan, the mother asked as she lifted Donghai Lin gently from the bed.
Lin Yimin nodded as he was all smiles and took the baby from her mother's hand.
Just at that instance, Donghai Lin realized something, and he activated his lotus Spatial Ring and released a mass of half a tonne.
But the chubby boy didn't even flinch a bit as he carried the baby with a weight of over half a tonne and he said as he suggested, "Ma, this guy is healthy. Mind if I check his body with my ocular skill?"
'No!' Donghai Lin screamed in his head while looking at the sweet and naïve-looking chubby face of his brother.
"Okay, go on. He's your little brother, anyway." Xuan Xuan responded.
The chubby boy muttered softly, "My Heavenly Dual Pupil, activate!" In the next instant, Bobby saw his eyes change as his black pupil transformed into two pupils; a silver and a crimson.
"Little brother, let me check out your level of talent." Lin Yimin, the chubby boy, said and looked into Donghai Lin's eyes.
At that moment, Donghai Lin felt an invisible seraphic presence was boring into his eyes but he didn't feel pain at all and he also felt that under his brother's eyes if this went on then all the secrets in his body-slash-soul would be revealed. But he didn't know how to block it.
Under the microscope view of his double pupils, and all-seeing eyes, Lin Yimin saw a beautiful bird that resembled a pheasant with a five-colored plumage, covered with crimson flame resting just under the camouflage of black pupils in both the baby's eyes.
Lin Yimin, the chubby boy, further magnified his vision, zooming at the body of the bird. But, the next instant, the bird glanced at him.
Chirp!
The red bird chirped shrilly, chiming just inside Lin Yimin's head and blocking his vision from further prying into Donghai Lin's eyes.
'Oh, that bird just refrained me from scanning my baby brother's eyes. Um, I've seen that bird in a bestial record encyclopedia before. That's… that's… the legendary Vermillion bird! Ha ha ha ha. Just great! So, my baby brother has a Vermillion bird soul protecting him…. Now I can be at rest. And I must keep this secret from everyone. Otherwise, those greedy people will come making trouble to steal it… Like how they keep coming at me to steal my naturally born Heavenly Dual Pupils eyes*.' Lin Yimin pondered as he smiled and frowned from time to time.
On seeing the chubby boy's expression changing from a smile to a frown, Xuan Xuan asked worriedly, "Yi Er, what's it? Is something wrong with your baby brother's body?"
"You're overthinking it, ma. There is nothing wrong with the body of my little brother." Lin Yimin responded, and he further added with a cute smile. "Instead, it's a piece of great news. For the time being, I'm keeping this a secret to myself… And ma, don't let anyone check my little brother's body from now onward? Otherwise, some bad people will make his life difficult for him."
"Da–Ge! Aiyayaya...yee!" Donghai Lin cooed as he raised his hands and touched his big brother's chubby face. And he wondered in his head, 'He's a good brother.'
"Ahh, did you just misheard him?!" Lin Yimin exclaimed in delight. "Did you hear that, ma? He just called me Da Ge*!" Then he roared.
Xuan Xuan nodded her head in agreement and joined him as she burst into a peal of hearty laughter.
After chatting merrily for several minutes, Lin Yimin asked, "Does he have a name yet?"
"Not yet."
"Then I'll give him a good one."
The chubby boy pondered while supporting his chin over his hand. Then he said, "Um-um….um… Dong- Donghai. Yes, I named him Donghai*."
He further added, while gesturing his chubby hands elegantly in the air. "Like the eastern sea, I want him to be someone who has a stable, calm, home-loving, detail-oriented, obedient, trustworthy, logical, active, organized, responsible, traditional, organized, self-disciplined, steady, logical, practical, helpful and reliable upbringing. Therefore, I named him today, Donghai!"
"Donghai, Lin Donghai! Hmm, it sounds pretty good." Xuan Xuan said, calling his name to the baby.
'Phew! Even though my name and surname are reversed from my previous life, I can still live with that. Whether or not it is a coincidence. Thank you, Da Ge*! I owe you a big one for this.' Donghai Lin thought in his head.