Taka couldn't believe it. 'That kid is the Maoh?'

Taka had managed to make it to the dining room before Yuri did and was currently stupefied. 'He's about the same age that I was when I started working as a servant for Lord von Bielefeld.' Taka thought. 'I didn't even get to be called one of his Aids till I was almost 21. And yet, they allowed someone as young as him to rule the country and to think that master once approved?' Taka was confused, as well as amazed at Yuri's feat.

x-x-x-x-x

Everyone was present at the table. Yuri at his usual seat, Waltorana exactly opposite to him. Taka standing a little off Waltorana's side. On his right were Greta, Lady Cheri and then Gunter. On his left were Gwendal and Lady Anissinna. Wolfram was gone for his journey along with Geika. Only Conrad was conveniently absent. Even Yozak was present, carefully hidden in the same room, though only Gwendal and Gunter knew of his presence.

Waltorana looked around, not looking very pleased, "So, where is Sir Weller?"

Yuri blushed, "Ah! Well, Conrad wanted me to apologize on his behalf. He had some important things to take care of and so he couldn't make it."

Gwendal glared, 'So, he chickened out of facing Waltorana. You can't avoid facing him forever Conrad. I really should have talked to Yuri-Heika before this and told him not to bring up his relationship with Conrad right now. Well, it's too late as it is to think about it.' Gwendal
sighed.

'Hmph, so the little whore's pet didn't have the guts to face me, huh? Probably, he let this runt take a turn and was so sore that he didn't want me to notice his limping.' Waltorana thought. "I see." he said tonelessly. "Perhaps he will have finished in time to join us for lunch."

"Yes, hopefully." Yuri replied smiling. "Let's eat."

"Now, as for the reason for my visit." Waltorana finally struck. Yuri sighed. He wasn't going to get much eating in it seems, so he left his breakfast altogether and looked at Waltorana attentively. "I heard from an informant and then confirmed it with Wolfram that you, Heika, tricked him into a switching ceremony and got him permanently married to Geika. Why did you do this? Was Wolfram not good enough for you? You could have simply annulled the engagement."

"I am deeply sorry about getting Wolfram married." Yuri started. "But I had no idea that it'd be permanent. Murata didn't tell me that." Yuri looked sheepish.

"So, you're stupid as well as a lying cheater." Waltorana enraged.

"Now, wait a minute…" Gwendal started, but was silenced by a raised palm that belonged to the Maoh.

"No, it's alright Gwendal." Yuri sighed, "You're right, I was stupid. Murata told me that he could get me out of my engagement to Wolfram with a ceremony. I knew he seemed to be hiding something, but I just went along with it anyway. It wasn't till afterward that I learned that it was a permanent arrangement with many possible side-effects that could have gone wrong. Conrad was the one to tell me about the dangers of performing the ceremony. But I never really cheated on Wolfram." Yuri said calmly.

"Oh really! Then why now? Why did you suddenly throw him away like trash? Why was he not good enough for you?" Waltorana demanded, his eyes blazing with barely suppressed fury.

Yuri knew this was going to be a long day. "I'm sorry. But our engagement was an accident."

"An accident? How does one accidently propose?"

"I had only arrived in this world and Wolfram insulted my mother, so naturally I was upset." Yuri was slowly losing his temper, his voice rising just a little. "Normally I'd have just punched him, but he had such a pretty face that I chose to slap him instead."

"Were you not instructed to retract what you did?"

"Yes, but I was angry and so I refused, not knowing what it meant. Besides, I was asked to retract without anyone explaining that my actions reflected a different meaning in this world. I never thought that slapping would mean proposing. In my world it means to show anger towards someone." Yuri was indignant.

"Then, why didn't you have it absolved after you learned of its meaning?"

"I would have." Yuri replied calmly. "But I was told that since Wolfram accepted the proposal, only he could absolve it. You must remember that he indeed absolved it once, only to later have it reinstated. I begged him to reconsider and not reinstate it, but he refused. I was told time and time again that only he could annul the engagement, but he refused. I am sorry to say this but it is not my fault." Waltorana's blood boiled at this due to sheer indignation and embarrassment. He had never expected the Maoh to be so straight-forward and open-mouthed. He thought that he'd be able to intimidate him.

"And." Yuri continued. "I didn't just throw him away like trash, as you so kindly phrased it. Murata, The Great Sage said that the only way out of my engagement was to put Wolfram together with someone else. Trust me; I did question him on 'whom.' as I hadn't wanted Wolfram to get stuck with some random person. Wolfram deserved better than that. It's not only you who cares about him." Yuri remarked, while Gwendal rejoiced mentally. If it wasn't for such a serious discussion, he'd be yelling and jumping with joy, and dancing throughout the castle wearing one of Yozak's sensual dresses and a chicken hat, he was so happy. It seemed that Yuri was finally taking revenge for all the indignation he had to suffer due to Waltorana. He was also surprised at learning that Yuri could be such a demon if he wanted to be. But then, they all were. As for the rest, Anissinna just wore a slight smile of amusement. Gunter seemed to be imitating fish. Lady Cheri was a bit amused as well. And Greta, clearly sensing that she was not supposed to speak, sat quietly and ate her breakfast, although she was a bit worried for Yuri who seemed to be defending himself and mad at Wolfram's uncle for talking to him like that. And Yozak was simply outright chuckling, though so quietly that the people sitting at the table couldn't hear him.

Noticing Greta's condition, he quietly caressed the top of her head, soothing her nerves but said nothing. Greta was grateful for that.

"So, now this is Wolfram's fault that you cheated on him and force him to marry another?"

"I never said it was all Wolfram's fault. That was, once again, your kind suggestion." Yuri smirked. He never took anybody's intrusion in his personal life kindly. And this man was flat out accusing him of destroying Wolfram. He had no right to say all this, according to Yuri. Even this man, who was so loudly talking about the accidentally forged engagement, hadn't said a word in edgewise when he'd first come to learn of the incident. As a matter of fact, it had been him who had convinced (or forced) Wolfram to go through with the engagement and not break it, when Wolfram still had doubts regarding all this. Wolfram had told him as much when he'd once, in hopes of getting Wolfram to break the betrothal, asked him whether his father's family was alright with the marriage.

Oh how much Yuri wanted to say this out loud, his eyes blazing. 'Come on, Waltorana. Just give me a reason.'

In the sidelines. 'Yes, there it was once again.' Gwendal mentally whooped, watching the interaction.

"As I said before, I never cheated on Wolfram. He'd have killed me if I ever did." That Yuri was sure of. He had no doubts that if Wolfram had ever learnt about his and Conrad's first kiss, he'd be a dead man by now, not knowing that Conrad had already told Wolfram about the kiss.

'I didn't exactly cheat on Wolfram. It was only one…okay two kisses. But still. If I say anything, there's no way Gwendal or Waltorana will ever believe that that was the one and only time we kissed, while I was still engaged to Wolfram. If I tell them now, they'll just blow their stacks.' Yuri was scheming.

"And why now you ask?" Yuri continued. "It's because I finally realized now that I was in love with someone. That's why."

"Sir Weller?" Waltorana spoke carefully.

Yuri caught the hint in his question. Conrad was a half-breed. His eyes took on an unpleasant glint.

Lady Anissinna, catching the flow of the conversation, decided that it was the best time to take Greta to her lab to play and so she vanished with her.

Lady Cheri, on the other hand, was much intrigued, after all this concerns the future of one of her sons. She wanted to ensure that they will be happy. As of right now, she wasn't much sure of Yuri's affection towards her second son. When she heard of their sudden turn in relationship, she was very pleased. However, she knew her son. It wasn't easy to truly make her Conrad happy. Yes, he always seemed to smile and be happy, but she wanted true happiness for her son and someone who could defend his honor. Although Yuri was kind, cheerful and gentle, she had her doubts whether he'd be able to stand up for Conrad when it matter the most, or will he simply crack under pressure? In spite of his title, Yuri after all, was just a kid and she wanted nothing less than best for her kids. This was the only reason that upon hearing that Waltorana was in the castle, she had decided to cancel her search-for-the-true-love-journey at the last moment. She wouldn't have wanted to miss this.

For all her doubts, however, she also knew that it had been the same Yuri who had managed to scale all of Conrad's defenses and brought a true smile on his face after a very long time, so she had faith in him. Now if Yuri could really prove himself in her eyes, then she would agree that Conrad could have no better partner than him. Therefore, she stayed, silently but seriously gauging Yuri's every reaction.

Yuri blushed but replied carefully, "Does it matter who? As far as I understand you have now the answers to all your questions. Who I love or not is none of your business."

"Yes it does when it is my nephew whose heart was broken." Waltorana replied with barely suppressed anger.

Although Yuri knew that he wasn't bound to answer him, he still felt sorry for Wolfram and Waltorana's word struck a chord within his heart, so he replied anyway. "Yes. It's Conrad." He wasn't ashamed of what he shared with Conrad, after all.

"And you still claim to never have cheated on Wolfram…." Waltorana growled. "…even though you chose to flaunt your new found freedom by going out on a date with Sir Weller, in public too, when your broken engagement was not even 24 hours old?"

"Hey! That date wasn't my doing. Wolfram and Yozak set us up." Yuri defended.

"Mmm…even so…" But he was interrupted by the Maoh.

Yuri was frustrated, but still forcing himself to remain calm, Yuri replied, "I don't understand you Lord von Bielefeld. When Wolfram has no problem with our break up, why are you being so nosy?"

Waltorana burned with indignation, but ignored the previous comment. "You did make quite the spectacle of yourselves, drawing all sorts of attention. You even kissed in public when news of your engagement had not, and still has not been officially released. That's outright low on morals, Maoh-H.e.i.k.a." Waltorana hissed through his clenched teeth.

Yuri was positively livid now. How dare he say that? It was his private life for crying out loud. There was a long silence.

The rest of the people were dumbfounded, looking at the ongoing argument with abated breath, waiting for the outcome and praying that no one should be hurt in the end…or at least no one should be seriously hurt. Waltorana was really treading on thin ice. Each of them sweat-dropped, no one was daring to even utter a noise. The silence between their speeches sat heavily at everyone's heart. Even Yozak was completely focused now. Lady Cheri opened her mouth to try and diffuse the situation but nothing came out.

"Then just yesterday." Waltorana continued as if he'd never stopped. "You stayed shacked up together all night long doing who knows what. You thought I didn't know what you're doing with that filthy half-breed who-?" Waltorana spat.

Gwendal snapped at that last comment and stood up.

"ENOUGH!"

Everyone looked shocked, including Gwendal, his mouth slacked in shock from the outburst, even though he never uttered a word.

Yuri had slammed his fist on the table top, his emotions overtaking him. How dare he even suggest something like that?

Gwendal was given no chance to retort in any manner towards Waltorana's insult towards his brother.

The moment Waltorana had indicated insult towards Conrad, Yuri had let go of all restraints. He didn't change into the Maoh mode completely but a sheen blue aura engulfed him all the same. And the moment his fist connected with the table, all of the glass articles, windows, mirrors, glass utensils and china present in the room blew and shattered to pieces. Everything made of glass turned to dust, horrifying all present there. The rest of the unbreakable items started shaking; trying to levitate in the air, while the lighter items did started hovering above their heads.

Yuri was so angry that everyone was taken by surprise. Waltorana's face had paled and he seemed like he'd pass out at any moment.

"You've said quite enough." Yuri hissed like a snake now in full Maoh form. His usual calm and generous nature was completely gone replaced by a devil, nothing less. "You said enough and I have heard enough." Yuri approached Waltorana and grabbed him by collar, raising him a little off the floor.

"You've been insulting me right from the beginning but I endured. But when you insult Conrad, you crossed the line. Now, listen to me and listen for good." Yuri spat, his eyes silted and blazing red like blood. "If I ever see or hear of you insulting Conrad again, you'll be a dead corpse before you even finish your sentence. Don't you dare think that just because you're a noble, you can get away with something like this. Do you understand?" Waltorana could do nothing but nimbly nod in fear. He was trembling like a leaf in Yuri's grasp and had urinated when Yuri straight out threatened him. His embarrassment was finally complete.

"Now get lost and don't show me your face unless you learn some manners. And hear me good. I am not bound to answer to you for anything that doesn't concern you directly and that too only over the round table conference. Don't you dare parade into my castle, demanding answers on matters of my personal interest ever again. Now GET OUT!" And he flung Waltorana out the door.

Waltorana hit the wall outside the dining hall before falling limply on the ground. Taka rushed to help his master, only to find him gazing at the ceiling with tear filled eyes so full of hatred that it seemed that they could burn just by staring at that moment. Waltorana just laid there limply for a moment before abruptly standing up and disappearing without a word.

Taka soon followed him but not without glancing one last time at the anger filled face of the Maoh. The terror he felt, while looking into those eyes, was overwhelming. But that last glance also left him with confused feelings. For what his life-long experience had shown him in those eyes was not any personal hatred or wicked feeling but overpowering love that had simply erupted in the form of anger when the person for whom that love was reserved was insulted.

In that one moment, it felt as if he had been serving the wrong man the entire time. The cruel words that his master had spoken or thought of the Maoh had not gone unnoticed by him. But what he saw in that room was quite the opposite to what his master had told him about the Maoh and his incompetence. He couldn't understand. What his master was thinking of doing? He was very confused now. He had vowed to himself that he'd always serve only his master and the Maoh. But it seemed now that his master and his king were at odds with each other. What should he do now? And an even bigger question was that where did that leave him?

x-x-x-x-x

Back at Shinou's Temple…

Shinou had found that when Murata and Wolfram were near a source of water, he could spy on them easily. So, he was currently engaged in trying to see something through the small pond in his temple so that he could pass his time by monitoring their journey and get entertained in the process. It was close to noon when he heard a ruckus outside. Curious, he walked out into the courtyard only to find Shori.

"To what do we owe the honor?" Shinou asked surprised. He hadn't expected a visit and from Shori, no less.

Shori glared at him and flat out said, "Yuri's in danger."

"Danger?" Shinou's brows creased. "What kind of danger?" 'I haven't sensed any danger.'

"I don't know. I just know he's in danger." Shori seemed frustrated.

"How could you possibly know this when you've only just arrived?" Shinou asked.

"Bob's been teaching me to meditate and during that I saw Yuri was in danger."

"I see." Shinou said thoughtfully. "Well, I'm afraid you will have to make your way to the castle by yourself as my Sage is currently on a journey with Lord von Bielefeld."

Shori blinked, "Wolfram? Why? Isn't he engaged to Yuri?"

Shinou smirked deviously. "Ah! Well you clearly need to work on your visions a little more." Shinou teased.

"What do you mean?" Shori asked irritated.

"Why, don't you know? Yuri is now dating Lord Weller. And Lord von Bielefeld is, as a matter of fact, now married to my Great Sage."

Shori jaw slacked in shock. "WHAT?"

He had never really liked Conrad. He had formed a mutual understanding with him in their desire to protect Yuri but this was going too far. No way was he letting that man have his way with his little brother. At that Shori, completely horrified, stormed out of the temple, determined to walk all the way to the castle and throttle that brown haired package of perfectness who so wickedly stole his cute innocent little Yuu-chan. Now he understood that the brown fuzzy image he saw in his vision was in fact Conrad. He was positive before but this just confirms it. He just thanked all gods that he arrived here in time. He'd kill that bastard before letting him force his innocent Yuu-chan into something he doesn't want to do.

'Oh! FINALLY…fireworks.' Shinou rejoiced. He'd defiantly be spying on them.

x-x-x-x-x

Later that morning, Conrad had come to fetch Yuri, completely oblivious of what has transpired in the dining room that morning. Yuri never told him because he hadn't wanted to worry him. He had also forbidden the others to tell him about anything that transpired. Conrad had enough worries as it is. He didn't want to trouble him any further over unnecessary matters, at least for now. Therefore, forgetting all the troublesome fights of the court, currently, they both were walking, hand-in-hand, to a nearby lake.

"It's nice and peaceful here." Yuri said.

"Yes. And it's all thanks to you Heika."

"Hmm…thank you, Sir Weller and if you, by any chance, happen to cross paths with my boyfriend somehow, let me know." Yuri tried to place a formal mask.

Conrad couldn't help but laugh, "Sorry Yuri, force of habit."

Yuri turned and smiled and said, "Well, then find a way to un-habit it. I won't have my boyfriend using formalities when there's no reason to. Especially, when we're alone." He chided his new boyfriend.

"Sorry Yuri. I'll do better in the future." He, then, leaned in and kissed the man tormenting his dreams. But somehow, he couldn't shake this feeling that Yuri was hiding something from him. He almost seemed tense. Conrad only hoped that whatever it was, it was nothing serious and that Yuri would soon tell him himself. Maybe it had something to do with Waltorana.

x-x-x-x-x

Meanwhile…

Satsuki had been thoroughly disappointed when she learnt that the Maoh had been in the dining room and she couldn't even catch a glimpse of him. It had been over a week and she is yet to see their beloved Maoh upfront and personal. She had wanted to march into the room under some pretext of serving second helpings, but she was, rather harshly, reminded by Sangria that today was supposed to be her day to hang the laundry. Satsuki could help but feel betrayed.

So pouting at the terrible memory, she was currently outside hanging the said laundry. It had been a quiet day for her so far with nothing exciting happening, quite against what other maids claimed their job to be in the Blood Pledge Castle. She was just silently sailing in the waves of her random bored thoughts when she, suddenly, heard a noise and looked over. Her eyes bulged out with shock at what she saw. A young man, sopping wet, was silently but steadily sauntering towards her. It wasn't nothing new, after all she was such a beauty with 256 pounds all the right places, the sexy men always tended to get attracted to her. She giggled at the thought. No, it wasn't anything new. But what caught her attention the most was his hair and eyes. 'Black Hair and Eyes! Oh Shinou.' her eyes glazed over. 'Is that the Maoh? No, it can't be. He's too young, a lot younger and skinner than I imagined but still he's gorgeous. But surely that's not the Maoh. Hmmm…I haven't heard of him having any children but maybe, maybe he does. Oh Shinou! I get to meet the Maoh's son.' She beamed with pleasure and quickly grabbed a towel off the clothes line and ran over to him, her huge busts jumping up and down in time with her hastily taken steps.

Somewhere in a far off location of the Blood Pledge Castle, the chandeliers started shaking unexpectedly and a random soldier sipping his coffee noticed trembles reflected in his cup at regular intervals, as if somebody was hammering the ground with an exceptionally huge and heavy hammer. 'Huh!' He thought. "What's this, an earthquake?"

x-x-x-x-x

Satsuki didn't know anything about the current Maoh. The politics just never sat well with her. It was her policy that as long as it didn't affect her, she didn't really care who the Maoh was. She had her own problems to deal with after all, so why should she unnecessarily butt into all of the business meant for the Maoh and nobles alone.

When she was young, her father was lost at sea and her mother, soon after, married a man who had wanted no part of another man's child. She was, against her will, sent to a second class boarding school. She never saw or heard from her mother again. So she had to, from an early age, start caring for herself. Obviously, as long as whatever the Maoh did didn't affect her directly or the family she later came to care for, she never really cared who the Maoh was.

But despite her rotten luck, she had gotten lucky too. Her first, and had hoped her last, job was to serve a young couple who'd had their first child when she joined and which had eventually ended up having five. When the wife died, the husband left her to raise the children. It was through helping them with their homework that she even learnt that the previous Maoh was a woman, who now had been replaced by a man. But look at her luck again, that family had fallen into bad times and she was forced to find another job. Thankfully, she'd been granted shelter in Blood Pledge Castle. But she still regarded that family as her home, just as they regarded her as a member. Strange are the workings of the fate. One was her family that abandoned her like trash, and another was that which took her as their own in spite of no true need to do so. She sighed and, finally, pushed that train of her thoughts away. She had a much more important job to do right now.

Satsuki approached and handed Shori the towel. "Here you go."

Shori took it with a raised eyebrow, staring at her huge stature, "Who are you?" He didn't ever remember seeing this fat woman here before.

"Ah, I'm sorry. I am Satsuki Aisaka. I'm a new maid here. I just started working here a week ago, Sir." Whether or not he was the Maoh, calling him Sir was a start, she thought. 'Oh! He's so handsome and sexy. Hmm…maybe I should try to seduce him…who knows what that might bring. Besides, it's not like he'd be able to or even willing to avoid the advances of such a hot sexy arm-candy like meeee….' She grinned devilishly, with a sharp glint in her eyes.

Watching her expression, Shori took a step back. He was getting some seriously dangerous vibes emanating from this ugly maid.

Just then Doria walked out, drawing their attention towards her. "Lord Shori, it's nice to see you again. I'll have clothes prepared for you shortly." Doria said, addressing to Shori.

'So, I was right. He's not the Maoh. Maybe I'm right that he is the Maoh's son. Shori, huh?' Satsuki thought scheming and putting her detective as well as seductive skills to the test.

Shori shook his head, trying to erase the image of that maid licking her lower lip in a rather seductive manner, from his mind.

'NOOO…' Shori shook his head again. 'Maybe her lips were just chapped. She couldn't really be hitting on me, right. Right?' Shori thought. "Never mind that now. Where's Yuri?" He asked Doria, edging away slightly from 'The Crazy Fat Maid.' as she liked to phrase it in his mind.

'Yuri? Oh Shinou, what luck? The Maoh has two sons? Maybe I'll even get to meet them both...and know them up close and personal.' Satsuki thought even more excited than before. A huge maniac smile bloomed onto her face, officially scaring Shori out of his wits.

"I'm sorry, Lord Shori. But Heika's not in the castle right now." Doria replied from afar.

'What?' Satsuki's dream castle came tumbling down and she seemed to fall into depression. 'So, they're talking about the Maoh?' A huge question mark seemed to hang above Satsuki's head. 'Hmm…so does that mean that this maybe is the Maoh's younger brother then, instead of being his son?' Satsuki thought. Instantly, her fallen castle rebuilt itself again in her mind realm, but with slightly different scenario this time.

Once again, a huge maniac smile bloomed onto her face and Shori became absolutely sure that she was a cracked case. 'What's with the sudden mood changes?' He thought. Satsuki was definitely making him sweat-drop and all he wanted to do was run far away from her.

Anyways, trying to ignore his discomfort at his close proximity with Satsuki, Shori tried to concentrate on his conversation with Doria. "Wh-What do you mean that he's not in the castle? Where the hell is he then?"

"I don't know. But I do know that he's with Sir Weller." This reply blew all the fuses of Shori's mind.

THAT was the LAST person Shori wanted Yuri to be with. But since Doria didn't know where Yuri was at the moment, he agreed to get changed and wait impatiently for him in his permanent room in the castle.

Of this entire situation, one thing that Shori was absolutely thankful and relieved of was that now he'll stay safe from that crazy fat maid in his room. She gave him the creeps.

x-x-x-x-x

Yuri and Conrad returned by late afternoon. And both were more than just surprised to hear that Shori had arrived. So the couple headed towards Shori's room, only to find him playing chess with Greta.

After learning that Wolfram would still remain her father after the recent incident she, although disappointed that her parents were no longer together, had learned to accept it as well as Conrad's new role in Yuri's life.

Shori looked up at the sound of knocking at his door. "Enter."

"Shori, what you doing here and how did you get here?" Yuri asked surprised.

"You don't seem too happy to see me here." Shori remarked back to Yuri, through his eyes remained fixed at Conrad with a clear warning. Conrad stiffened.

"Hey! Don't say that. I am glad you're here. I just want to know how you got here?" Yuri defended himself, unaware of the unexpected tension in the room.

"I was training with Bob." Shori replied. "But then I had a vision." And now, Shori turned his full attention towards his younger brother. "You were in danger. I begged Bob, and he agreed to send me here."

Yuri blinked. "Danger? What kind of danger?" He asked.

"I don't know. My vision only showed a devil in a white shirt or suit or something. It wasn't clear." Shori flushed in embarrassment at his incompetence.

'Mmm…' Yuri speculated. 'I wonder if he picked up on Waltorana's rage and that's what he was sensing.' Giving a brief look towards Conrad, he saw that the man was completely tense for some reason. Trying to ease his nerves, he caressed the back of his hand and flashed him a warm soothing smile, causing Conrad to relax immediately. This is a brief exchange of reassurance that didn't go unnoticed by Shori.

"Well." Yuri replied thoughtfully. "As you can see clearly, I'm more than just fine."

"You're not fine." Shori erupted and then turned to Conrad, yelling at him. "I trusted you. I trusted you to look after my little brother, not start sleeping with him."

"Hey." Yuri's face burned once again with indignation and anger. That one round with Waltorana was more than enough; he didn't want to go through with that once again and with his own older brother at that. "We're not sleeping together." Yuri defended Conrad. "We're only
dating."

"Oh really." Shori snapped at Yuri. "But somehow that doesn't make me feel any better. He's much too old for you Yuri. Why don't you understand? He's also your godfather."

Conrad winced. Yeah, that fact was at the bottom of his list of reasons of 'Why dating Yuri was a bad idea'."

"Enough Shori." Yuri said, angry once again and wanting to finish this argument once and for all. He didn't like when somebody insulted Conrad or snap at him, not to mention in front of him at that, and many people had been witnesses to that fact no more than a few hours ago at this very same castle. Even the dining hall was destroyed. Thank god that Conrad hadn't had the chance to go there yet. Yuri shuddered imagining what would Conrad's reaction would be when he finds out. Of course, Yuri couldn't keep him in the dark forever regarding Waltorana's misbehavior.

Shori was taken aback by the sudden change in his brother's attitude as was Conrad. Yuri very rarely, if ever, shouted back at his older brother. "I don't care about our age difference. I just want to be with Conrad. I love him." He said earnestly. Conrad's heart melted at that earnest confession.

Shori glared. "Love? At 16? What do you even know about love?"

Yuri snapped. "Probably more than you do, Mr. Dating Sim."

Shori paled. And then paled even more when Greta asked. "What's a dating Sim?"