" What do you mean he isn't my biological brother? "

My tone was low but stern with cold eyes ,at this point I hardly care of the people in front of me whether they are emperor , princess or whatever .

....

It was such a peaceful day until this evening.

I'm Sara , Sara Smith. A 16yr old girl living with her brother 2 and half yrs older than her.

Our parents died last year in a get together where all my relatives were present, me and my brother left early from the function because I was having exam next day and brother accompanied me home .

Not long after reaching home we got a call that the ceiling of the reception hall collapsed causing us not only loosing our parents but also our relatives. We were shocked , that feeling was devasting . There were so many questions, what now ? What do we do ?. But we didn't go to orphanage as my brother was almost an adult .

He started taking offline classes of highschool students along with his college . I helped as much as I could too . I mostly earned through scholarships related to biology subject , that's my favourite subject and probably the one I score highest in . I also started taking orders of cakes and cookies from neighbourhood and my friends in college. We sold the antics , showpieces and unwanted things from our house. It was overall good. We managed to earn decent to eat three times a day and buy our favourite things .

It was all going smoothly we even started saving and had a decent amount ,we were planning to visit the neighbouring country Arithes. I always wanted to see how a monarchy works.

( This world has some countries which are republic while the others are monarchy . Most of the monarchies have special powers which only royalty and nobles can use. They say in ancient times the whole world was one , but eventually got divided into large groups of two the one which could use magic and the other which couldn't and further led in different countries . I live in a republic country. Even though the people in republic countries can't use magic they are really developed in technology and weapons . Also the monarchy doesn't allow commoners to use technology as they are very strict when it comes to preserving culture and traditions. More info about countries will be given in further chapters . )

I was also quite excited for the trip to Arithes.

As I said things were going smoothly , I always thought me and brother would be there for each other until very last . But that's what I thought, reality was quite cruel .

It was evening , I was waiting for my brother to return. Actually I just came from college myself . I cleaned up and started doing chores .

" He is quite late today he usually comes home till 5: 00, it's already 5:30 now "

Bell rang . There he is . I opened the door.

" What took you so long---"

It wasn't my brother , there were two people wearing a robe on their head , one was a young man and beside him was a girl probably a bit younger than him both had exactly same red eyes and black hair .

" Umm.. excuse me , how can I help you ?"

" Can we come in ? The things we're going to discuss are quite long " said the girl while smiling gently.

I let them in . They got seated . For some reason their presence brings some kind of pressure . As if their aura is suppressing me . They removed their robes and I ....I just couldn't believe my eyes. Magic ? This was my first time seeing it . Their black hair turned into white and their red eyes turned into light green . Hold on , light green ? Isn't that symbol of royalty in Arithes empire.

Damn it . What in the world is royalty doing in our country , and why the hell at my house ?

I took a deep breath , I wasn't type of person who would panick easily but I started feeling a bit uneasy . As this was a bit too much, I tried to maintain my straight face .

But it looks like the young man noticed dispite my efforts of trying to hide my emotions.

" Let me introduce myself , I'm the 37th ruler of Arithes Empire, Aiden Ari and this next to me is my younger sister Amira Ari . " Said the young man or should I say emperor, with a cold face.

"It's nice to meet you "said the princess with the gentle smile .

Wait a sec ....who are u now ?, i knew it were royalty but theses are the top bosses. I was expecting them to be some sort of relatives of theirs ..... To think a emperor would come at my house... I can't think of a solid reason. Are my cookies that famous ?, probably not.

And also ,are they really siblings ? They are so odd, one's cold and one hasn't stopped smiling since she came.

" I ... I can't think of a reason for y'all to be here though, I'm just a commoner there's no way your highness has any thing to discuss with someone like me .... Maybe you're at wrong house..."

That's the only thing I can come up with , they probably mistook our house for someone else's.

"You're Sara Smith ,right ?

Holy crap they know my name ?! Why? It just gets more complicated.

" I ... Yeah , how does your highness know that?"

" There's a lot to discuss but first have a seat. The story or u can say there's some important information I'm gonna give you about your brother "

I got seated , but why the hell was I standing ?, it's my house! And her telling me to sit makes it look as if I'm the guest , damn it ! And how did Kai (my brother )got involved ?

....

"What do you mean he is not my brother?"

I asked sternly.

The emperor continued

" Do you know the incident that occurred in our country 18 yrs ago ?"

" I have a faint idea , there was a attack on royal family of Arithes in which late emperor died but the crown prince (current emperor) and other family members were saved thanks to the intelligent concubine ( 2nd wife of late emperor) she managed to save others in family even though she was pregnant. But after that incident she died while giving birth and the 3rd prince was raised inside the walls of castle , he never came out , the reason is unknown though . "