Emperor's Reckoning

Vivi had one edge of her lips twitching. (That's not a blast, that was a sneeze!).

"That's big brother Lyon!" exclaimed Zet before he ran out of the arena.

Porealus looked at the young swordsman who left the arena with his eyebrows rose.

"You can identify him by his sneeze?" muttered the noble mortal in disbelief.

The grandson and grandfather duo left the arena with the former leading the latter under the many gazes of the onlookers.

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Meanwhile, the person that brought a shocking boom to the entire city was having a runny nose. He rubbed his nose with his finger as he faced the sky with his eyes closed. The chuckles from the two women that were with him made him feel slightly irritated, but nevertheless, he wondered about it.

"That was one of the biggest sneezes I've ever done," muttered Lyon, "If my cultivation was higher, would my sneeze also... damn, I hope not."

Cecile smiled as she looked at Lyon.

The latter furrowed his eyebrows, "What?"

"Your nose is red," Cecile chuckled.

"That's normal," Lyon nodded.

"That's not normal," said Lumina. "Your sneeze could scare away a pure-blooded dragon."

"Really?" Lyon raised his eyebrows as his eyes had a hint of radiant in them. "That's amazing!"

Lumina sighed, "That's not a compliment."

"Hmm? Are you sure? Hahaha!" Lyon laughed with his hands on his waist.

(Why are you so proud of this?) thought Lumina as she sighed.

"Big brother!!"

"Crap," Lyon's mood immediately shifted before he let out a sigh. "He knew whose voice it was."

Cecile chuckled, "There is no harm in having a little brother you know."

"You think so? More like annoying," Lyon shrugged his shoulder. "There is Zet and then there is Jugen. Both of them are two peas in a pot."

"It's not bad right?" said Cecile.

"Humor me," Lyon rolled his eyes before turning around. (Huh? Why he drag his grandfather into this?).

"Young master!" shouted Tael from the distance.

(Dammn it! I guess they are really grandson and grandfather!) said Lyon inwardly as he closed his eyes with one of his brows twitching.

He put his hands on his waist as he addressed them, "What is it?"

"Hohoho!" Tael laughed as he arrived first. "Why so dejected young master? Don't you want to see more of me?"

"No," Lyon quickly replied in a cold manner. (Besides, why is your laugh different from time to time, first you go 'hahaha' then 'hohoho', then it will go back)

"Hahaha!"

(See!) Lyon's eyebrows twitched.

"Big brother!" Zet smiled, "I want to ask something."

"Hm?" Lyon raised his eyebrows. "What?"

"Have you seen a person that looks like me?" asked Zet as his eyes turned sharp.

"What?" Lyon raised his eyebrows, "Looks like you? As in your personality?"

"Perhaps! Yeah!" Zet nodded as his eyes turned radiant as if he saw a glimmer of hope.

"Perhaps? Well, there is someone that I knew that acts exactly like you," said Lyon as he squinted his eyes.

"Really?! T-Then, can you tell me where he is? What his name?"

Lyon furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at how excited Zet become. (What is this? Why are you so excited... Wait a minute... maybe if I pinned them to one another, their act would cancel out! But... it could also make it worse for me) he sighed inwardly.

"His name is Jugen," answered Lyon.

"Jugen... I see," Zet nodded. "How is he doing? What is he doing?"

"Hoho~ calm down grandson," said Tael before he looked at Lyon with a submissive glance, "Please forgive my young grandson, young master Lyon."

(There he goes again!) thought Lyon as he nervously nodded. (Did he do this on purpose or did he do this unconsciously?).

"There is no need to apologize for such a thing," Cecile chuckled. "He is not a tyrant of some sort."

"Thank you, young miss," Tael nodded with a bow.

"Why are you so interested in him?" asked Lyon. He hardly believe that he had some sort of connection with Jugen. However, the reason behind Zet's seeking over Jugen was intriguing, to say the least.

"He..." Zet closed his eyes as he took a deep breath. "My older brother, by blood."

*BRUU!

But there was no water coming out of Lyon's mouth.

He rubbed his mouth with his forearm before looking at him with disbelief within his eyes. "I would have spat my drinks if I was drinking some!"

Zet smiled wryly as he scratched the back of his head.

"Are you sure he is your older brother? That's impossible!" said Lyon as he shook his head. "Unless..."

"Unless? Wait a minute, why do you think that it's impossible?" asked Zet.

"Your father slept with a blonde elf?" asked Lyon as he raised one of his eyebrows before he muttered softly, "Nice... Classic harem story... Always the blonde elf..."

"What?" Zet and his grandfather had their eyes widened.

Cecile chuckled softly, "It seems like you two are on different lanes here."

"Clearly," added Lumina.

"What? What do you mean big brother?" asked Zet.

"Wait, is Jugen not the person you are looking for?" asked Lyon. "He is blonde."

"No, looks like we are in a misunderstanding here, the person I'm looking for has red hair like me but not as red as big sister Cecile's hair," said Zet.

"Ah... I see," nodded Lyon (That explains a lot). "Do you have any more clues?"

"I have! The lady fortune-teller said that he is living in Continent Deo? in the Phantera Kingdom," said Zet as he nodded.

"Phantera Kingdom?" Lyon raised his eyebrows. (Isn't that Luna's Kingdom?)

"Yeah! He used this big sword instead of the curved ones like mine. He also muttered your name before sleeping,"

"Ugh!" Lyon felt his goosebumps rise as he shrugged his shoulders repeatedly while the two women chuckled. "Why would he do that?!"

"I guess you have a fan on your own and it's not the opposite sex it seems, better be careful when you took a midnight stroll then," Cecile chuckled. "Selena would have loved to hear this,"