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Everyone looked at Lucious. Speechless.

Lucho was too stunned to speak. Elizabeth wants to faint.

"Brother, stop giving me all the credit! Father, I only suggested some ideas but brother completed the whole plan. He is still the one who devised" Lucious protested.

"But I won't complete it without your cute ideas, I even want to include your name to the people who contributed to the victory. If you just not threatened to ignore me I would even ask the previous Emperor to also give you a reward and I-"

"Rold Athelstan! Stop this nonsense and explain yourself" Lucho cutted off his son.

"Father let me explain it" Aiden stepped forward.

"Let us all relax and calm ourselves" This time Osiris took over and motioned his servants to prepare them a more accommodating room for everyone.

Now, everyone is seated accordingly. Luscious seated beside Osiris, his parents and Theo are on both sides while his brothers are placed further.

"Aiden Athelstan, can you explain clearly what really happened at the time of the war? Can you prove that Rold Athelstan is really worthy of the title the previous Father Emperor gave him?" Osiris started, while moving the plate of sweetened snack towards Lucious.

"Yes, your majesty," Aiden responded respectfully.

"Truth to be told, Rold is just exaggerating, though I can't deny that our brother, Lucious did contribute something in that strategic plan that made our country victorious "

At the time of the war. Lucious is still in his early teens when Rold was summoned in the war in order to give assistance. Having a close relationship to his youngest brother, Rold was so restless that Lucious might forget him when he came back so he kept on sending letters every other day that it even filled up.

It became problematic that his parents even thought that he was slacking and the commander at that time became suspicious and even personally checked the letters he was sending which he regrets after because it was just full of Rold being too concerned about lucious. After that, Rold became famous having a brother complex in the whole barracks thus "lulu" became a little too famous among the soldiers at that time.

At the end the sending of letters was still limited, forcibly. Thus Rold's letter became too lengthy that even Lucious became lazy reading but they still continued communicating.

"Aren't there people who check the soldiers' letters before sending them?" Elizabeth asked.

"There are mother but because of brother's "too lengthy" letters that just full of "about lulu" I think they just skip it also at that time and Brother Rold having an extremely brother complex even got in the enemies camp so they also overlooked it and thought that it was just a useless letter so no one knew that Brother is telling lulu everything that happened in the war" Aiden explained.

"d-do you even read all of that?" Theo can't but whisper at Lucious.

"just .. skim through it"

he didn't read it all Lucho, Elizabeth, Theo and Osiris all thought.

Through those letter exchanges between brothers, unknown to all Rold is already explaining his strategic plan where Lucious became interested and suggested some impish ideas. Such as poop traps, poisonous snake sea, millions of Rats spreading diseases in enemy camps, throwing bee hives and even bullfrogs were not spared.

Of Course those disgusting ideas were not approved at first, but becoming an acting commander during a war due to the fact that the commander at that time died made it easy for Rold to command all. But that's what made Rold become more renowned. It was a magnificent plan with a streak of disgust.

Being an animal lover and having his white mouse confiscated by his parents, Lucious, who is full of displeasure, suggested to his brother "why not catch millions of rats and make it invade the enemies camp to spread disease" in order to release his resentment.

Rold followed it, the enemy's camp was infested by disease. Some died, many were too sick to fight and even their stock food was not spared.

These "suggestions" Rold thought continued but this became either a game or stress reliever by Lucious.

"Brother make a trap of poop it will make your enemies ashamed because they will thought that they rather die bloody than die in poop suffocation"

"Brother, mother scolds me for having a snake saying that snakes are useless just eating, crawling and sleeping. Brother catch a millions of poisonous snake and make them attack your enemy so I can prove to mother that they are useful"

"Brother I saw a bullfrog and caught it. I showed it to my mother but she screamed at me and fainted. Brother use it to scare your enemies, give them a salmonella hahaha"

"Brother Niel was stinged by a bee. He now has fat lips haha. Brother throw some bee hives at your enemies it will their face bloated and have a fat lips like Neil It'll be funny"

blah blah blah

and so the bloody war happened, with a little aid from Lucious Athelstan.

"No wonder that the war at that time was a little ... childish" Lucho can't help but mutter

Theo can't help but laugh with tears

Even the Emperor, Osiris, was chuckling.

This made Lucious, and his parents blush in shame.

"Emperor, please spare us. It might look like our sons just made the war a plaything but believe us that we still hold it as a very important event. Rold is just too ... I ... " Lucho can no longer defend his children and just look down.

"Lucho Athelstan, raise your head. Rold still deserves the title that my Father Emperor bestows upon him. It was still a magnificent strategic plan and that war is still worth writing about in our Country's history."

"Your majesty can lulu be also included?" Rold asked excitedly.

"NO" Lucious and his parents said in unison.

Brother please, just shut your mouth.

"Do you want your name to be mentioned?" Osiris asked Lucious.

"Please don't" Lucioys responded, still blushing in shame.

Osiris just smiled and lightly scratched Lucious' bottom chin with his finger.

After solving the minor problem about who contributed to the war, many things were resolved and some had a little admiration towards the Athelstan siblings.

Theo looked at Athelstan siblings in a whole lot of different light, he just thought that they were really gifted. On the other hand he can't help but think about the belief that a person can't really have it all because the Athelstan siblings are still too bizarre.

Lucho and Elizabeth were still stressed about this matter.

Rold was even more proud.

Osiris thinks that Lucious is even cuter now.

"Then I would still asked Rold Athelstan permission to aid me in my country's problem"

"Prince Theo, It would be my honor to help save the comrade of our country but our Brother could only be wed once and it would be my regret of my life if I would not be here to witness it."

"Then let's just postpone it" Luscious nonchalantly suggested while drinking tea.

All of the people slowly looked at Osiris who suddenly froze and coldly let out a disapproval.

If he postponed their wedding further Luscious might really think of a plan to escape. After knowing how peculiar but clever Lucious thought, Osiris was even more eager to be wed.

"Then just make the wedding immediate" Theo suggested

"No" Athelstan said in unison.

Theo was taken aback.

The three older siblings were smacked by their mother due to their disrespect towards the royal guest. They apologized and Theo just gestured that it was okay and it just amused him how similar the siblings are.

Lucious was glared at but he just avoided it and just moved closer to the Emperor to dodge the scolding glare. Osiris took it as an opportunity to hold Lucious closer but it made Lucious flinch and move further.

Osiris is disappointed.

"Your majesty, Apologies about my son Rold rudeness, I may want him to go with Prince Theo but it would just make my son become useless if he goes with his mind elsewhere. I suggest that if we hold a double wedding it may make my son's worries go away. " Lucho suggested.

What?! you want me to be bind twice?! Ahhh what for? first for my body and second for my soul? What if till death our soul would still be bound? How about my afterlife journey? Roaming with a stone face person behind my back.

If lulu and I wedded twice it would surely be written in history as an unforgettable wedding between us. Our love would be remembered for many generations. It may change Lulu's mind perspective towards me.

" Granted "

" Denied "

Osiris and Lucious said in unison. They looked at each other.

" A double wedding is the only solution in today's problem, we should do it" Osiris explained calmly.

"Then why not move the wedding further, isn't it more convenient? less hustle, more effort and most granded." and more time

" Why move it further if we can move it in advance. The earlier, the more convenient. " and earlier the wedding night.

Lucious is angry. We can't be married

Osiris is upset. We need to be married.

And thus the remaining people who are not talking all looked at the main source of the problem. Rold Athelstan who just smiled awkwardly.

"Why don't we all calm down and talk again tomorrow" Rold suggested.