Upon their arrival, all the people of the Layla Palace are busy taking care of their own businesses. All of them are preparing for some sort of expedition. When their arrival was announced, Lara said to his son with a worried expression, "THANK GOD, YOU ARE SAFE! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL THIS TIME!?"
A moment later, Prince Lucas arrived with the same expression as his wife. He grabbed Heracles' hands while he said, "Where have you been!? All of us have been worried sick searching for you these past few days! Don't you know the immensity of your status!?"
It was the first time that Prince Lucas got angry at his son. Still, Heracles understood the mistakes of his action, so he immediately apologized to his parents.
"I am sorry, Father, Mother! After I learned about the attack to my master, I was filled with anger. The system gave me a quest that would cost me my Sword Vulcan system upon failure, so I did not hesitate on going there. I got stronger in the process and it enable me to become stronger to be of help to everyone!" Heracles said with an apologetic expression.
At that moment, Leonard kneeled in front of the prince and princess of the domain. He said with a sincere expression, "Please forgive the prince, Suns of the Domain! I can accept all the punishment on his behalf if that's needed!"
Upon hearing his personal knight, Heracles immediately said to his parents, "No! Sir Leonard is not at fault here! I will take responsibilities for all of my actions!" 'My son grew up without me knowing it. I wonder what he experienced on his first journey outside of our jurisdiction!' Prince Lucas thought to himself.
"All punishments and rewards will be given according to your actions. For now, tell us everything that happened on your journey inside the palace!" said Prince Lucas in an imposing manner.
'This is my first time seeing my father like this. Well, this is the first time I went against his will, so I understand. I better tell him everything truthfully!' Heracles thought to himself at that moment.
As soon as they arrived at the inner part of the palace, Heracles did not hesitate to disclose everything that had happened on his journey. He did not hide anything because he knew his parents would only do things for his goodness. Heracles managed to tell his parents everything in one hour.
As soon as he finished his story, Princess Lara hugged him as tightly as she could. She said to him with a comforting voice, "You must be feeling bad right now, my sweet son. Sorry, I can't be there when you had to experience all those things at your young age!"
As his wife comfort his son, Prince Lucas only thought to himself, 'He really experienced a lot in that journey. I can't believe he learned to kill other people at his tender age. All those powerful skills will become his strength as well as his burden for the rest of his life. I can only hope that he does not grow heartless like my father and first brother did!'
To satisfy his curiousness, Prince Lucas asked his son, "What is the Mythical-tier skill that you got, son? I can help you control if it isn't new in my ears."
Heracles was hesitant at first to answer because he knew that infamy of the skill. Still, he chose to trust his kindhearted father. He said in response, "The Mythical-tier skill that I got is known as the Blood Overseer skill, Father."
Upon hearing his answer, both of his parents were shocked beyond belief. 'They had the same reaction as Sir Leonard did the other day,' Heracles thought to himself at that moment.
After composing himself, Prince Lucas said to his young son, "Here's what you are going to do. That skill is something you must not easily use, okay? You have to use the blood of others when you want to use that skill, so only use it on a battlefield where the battle can't be easily overturned for your side's favor."
"I understand, Father," Heracles could only say in response to his father. At that moment, Prince Lucas said to Lara and Heracles, "Okay, the two of you can go ahead to the palace. I need to finish some important business myself. I will follow you inside as soon as I could!"
Princess Lara and Prince Heracles did not question that Second Prince. As they walked together, Princess Lara said to the young prince, "You must be famished! Let me prepare some of your favorite foods, so that you could rest right after. As you wait, take a bath to clean yourself!" "I will do as you say, Mom!" said Heracles with a smile.
'The prince is back in his usual mood. I am glad that he was not that consumed with stress because of all the things he had to do in order to finish his quest,' Leonard thought to himself as he watched Heracles and his mother go to the Layla Palace.
As soon as they went away, Prince Lucas commanded to Leonard, "Leonard, invite my third brother at once! We need to talk about all the information you just gained from that Triton Organization!"
"I will do as you command, Sun of the Domain!" said Leonard before doing the second prince's command.
As Leonard rushed to uphold his command, Prince Lucas thought to himself, 'Only HE can hire some random organization to harm someone related to me! I have no evidence right now! I can only ask for my third brother's help to investigate this! If everything is as I thought, then, it is probably time to start everything!'
Meanwhile, after taking a bath, Heracles immediately rushed toward the dining room to dine in with his family. "I am hungry!" he shouted as he rushed toward his seat.
At the next moment, Lara came alongside the servers of the palace to bring the foods. "Here are the foods I know you will like, my sweet son. Eat your fill!" said Lara with a smile.
Upon seeing his mother, Heracles said with a smile, "Thank you for the foods, Mom!"