Well, saying the situation was awkward would be an understatement. But all three were silently munching on their food that Clara had cooked. Either Clara or Leor cooked, and Clara was better at cooking than Leor. But sometimes, Leor beat her in taste, like last night.
To dispel the awkward silence, certified yapper started yapping again "You know Leo King Edward is more favorable toward Vintis scum than his people just because we are now allied...allied I don't think so it's just because they are followers of Goddess Valoria and he is too, don't you think this is Blaphemerous...praise the lady of stars Aethira she is the only real God, we should revolt against the King and we have a great chance in winning since the majority in the Thornfield empire follows The goddess of stars."
"You know James if someone overhears you they will immediately report you to the army treating you as a dangerous rebel and you will end up drowning us with you." said Leor after some silence. 'His brother's racist and treasonous remarks are definitely dangerous and are now under such high alert because of the Queen's death.
The Thornfield Empire was one of three Great empires in history with armies consisting of more than four million soldiers each and as how naive The Queen sounds she was actually a war maniac who conquered half of the Eldrithe Empire, one of the Great Empires that should be our equal in weapons and army just because a group of rebel soldiers of Eldrithe empire attacked a small fort, of course, that rebel group was completely wiped out with some great damage on Eldrithe and Thornfield as well but it was not that great only one lost were commoners and soldiers who killed each other.
After the Queen was confronted about all the losses from ministers and Nobles just over a small, useless fort she said "It is not about revenge or winning it's about sending a message that Thornfield is not to be messed with"
While the Vintis Empire just watched from the sidelines but it was rumored that the rebels were actually funded by Vintis and ordered to attack the Fort for more funds. If this was true then they did a good one and made both their rivals weaker at the same time without losing anything and now Thornfeild was forced to sign a treaty with them while they also gained some benefits from Elderithe Empire in return for helping negotiate taking back some of the territories that the Queen conquered after her death with her husband.'
Leor obviously researched everything deeply from different newspapers and his classes since he wanted to rise in the military in the future and these political ploys also intrigued him very much.
"Leo's absolutely right Jamie you know yesterday our neighbor Mr Kanye was captured by officials just for having thoughts similar to you, that king is trying to build his power with absolute power you should keep that scum out of your tongue and be more cautious" Clara advised with a serious tone.
Leor was looking at them shifting his gaze between both of them wondering with a strange look as if trying to figure out who was more idiotic between both his siblings.
"Well you're right Clara I will be more cautious from now on." James said like he was a leader of a terrorist organization, shamelessly avoiding Leor's look.
Now it was time for both of them to leave, they both went together for one purpose to bargain the price for the ride on the carriage, they even wanted Leor to go with them like always but he said his classes were later today so he had more time and they reluctantly left wondering if Leor was slowly going mad due to last night strangeness and that dotting and painful tackle in morning.
"I am finally alone, let's get started then." Leor said with a poker face.
'First I need to know my special ability' "Alright teach me, Cyrus"
Cyrus agreed and now Leor was sitting in a meditating position while Aether core glowed brightly like about to explode
"So it's not complicated to awaken the ability just focus every part of your life force, your body parts, your everything at your Aether core, you don't exist just your Aether core, you don't have eyes, no face, no looks, no heart, no brain, no attachments."
Leor followed every bit of instructions properly until he felt burning pain from the inside out, the pain was like his insides were on fire but it was not as bad as turning into insects while alive so Leor tanked up the pain with a crazy smile.
And like this 40 minutes passed and Cyrus's excited voice sounded "Now tell me what is your deepest desire"
Leor now calm said " uhh…My deepest desire…..its to live a normal and happy life with my siblings and maybe a wife and….children."
The pain intensified now it was worse than turning into insects and Leor was like he was about to die.
"Idiot don't bullshit me...a normal life….why do you actually want to join the military?…why are you lying?" Cyrus's angry voice suddenly sounded.
Leor was screaming in pain and started thinking about what he just heard and shouted so loudly that it would wake a dead man up
"I want it because I want excitement….I want to risk my life daily…It should depend on me if I can survive….I don't want a wife or kids…..I would rather die than live the same day all my life….I need something interesting…I want to gamble my life daily…..I don't like university because of this exact reason….I can't say this to anyone they will weird out from me….I tried….I do want to protect my only loved ones….and don't want to make them sad at my death but…please I desperately need to escape from this cycle…..this hell where nothing changes….where everything is the same….please God" Now Leor was covered in tears crying quietly.
"That's right," said Cyrus proudly
Suddenly all the pain was gone, and Leor slowly opened his eyes
"My Kairo's name is...Umbric"
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To be continued