True King's Ecstasy

"Big brother? You two have a brother?" Julie questioned with her heart tickling with sensation to know, who this brother is, and why these two are admiring him so much.

Aiko sat across from Velian's pretend fiance Julie, trying her best to contain her excitement as she talked about her beloved big brother.

"Velian is the best big brother in the world," She gushed, a dreamy expression on her face.

"He's always been there for me and our family, through thick and thin. I don't know what I'd do without him."

Julie smiled politely, nodding along to Aiko's words. She had no idea who this bog brother was, but she didn't want to be rude to the young girl sitting in front of her.

"He sounds like a wonderful brother," She said. "You're lucky to have him."

Aiko's eyes shone with adoration.

"I know, right? He's so smart and kind and handsome. And he's always looking out for me. I don't think I could ever repay him for everything he's done for me."

"He's the reason why we can stay in a nice place like this,"

Julie couldn't help but feel a twinge of envy at the way Aiko spoke about Velian.

She remembered that she also had someone like that in her life, someone who loved and cared for her so deeply. But she pushed those thoughts aside and focused on the conversation at hand.

She wanted to say her brother was the best one, but instead of arguing like a child, she decided to go along with Aiko's words.

"So, how did you and Velian become so close?"

Aiko grinned, her cheeks flushing slightly.

"Well, we've always been close. But when our parents decided to take control of the village, he really stepped up and took care of us. He's been like a father and a brother to me all rolled into one. I don't know how I could have made it through without him."

"And-" Aiko paused for a minute with her face looking even redder than before.

"I'm going to be his wife soon," She said in a happy tone, but Julie felt like she heard this absurd story before but she still couldn't how someone can love their own siblings.

Aiko didn't stop talking as she continued looking at Julie's face,

"He is a great person and already has so many great women by his side, but I will be his last wife, I won't let anyone else enter our family," Aiko said with her jealousy flaring up toward Julie, but Aiko knew Julie didn't even know her true identity so she decided to be not hostile with her.

Julie's heart went out to Aiko, and she wished she could do something to ease the young girl's pain.

"I'm so sorry for that, I hope you can find a solution to that," she said softly.

Aiko's expression softened, and she smiled gratefully.

"Thank you. It's been tough, but Velian has been my rock through it all. I don't know what I'd do without him."

As Aiko continued to gush about Velian, the pretend fiance couldn't help but wonder what he was really like. From the way Aiko talked about him, he sounded like an incredible person. She made a mental note to find this brother and ask why he was trying to marry her own sister.

*Sigh

'What's wrong with everyone? Trying to have relationships with their own siblings, I don't understand'

She was thinking about that silver-haired handsome man, to who she was currently engaged.

At the time she didn't know that Aiko's brother, was the same person she was thinking about right now.

Who had taken on the role of a protective sibling for both Aiko and Akiyo.

But for now, Aiko continued to simp over her big brother, blissfully unaware of the confusion and amusement she was causing.

"Akiyo will do anything to help him, he's someone who wouldn't give up even if we want to, I won't say this in front of him, but I'm proud to have him as a brother," Aiko said and got up from her seat and looked at Julie one last time.

"I'm going back, if you can stay here until he wakes up, and don't try anything suspicious again," Waving her hands at Julie, Aiko left them and looked at what was going to happen from afar.

"I better make sure this girl won't fall for Veli," She had great miscalculation at that time.

She thought Julie would gal for Velian, but she didn't know something unexpected was going to happen to their relationship.

After a few minutes, Akiyo woke up feeling the heaviness of muscles and wondered why he wasn't in the bed like usual days,

*Tsk

"As I expected, she only cares about big brother, damn it, can't she even do me a little favour?" Muttering bad things about his sister, Akiyo got up only to see another unknown girl looking at him with interest.

"She didn't forget about you, I promised to stay here so she went back to her work," Taking her eyes out of her book, Julie muttered while interestedly looking at Akiyo.

"Uhhhhh! Who are you?" Confused about this strange girl, Akiyo questioned but at the same time, her face looked somewhat familiar to him.

"It's nice to meet you, Akiyo, my name is Julie Rapi-" She just paused for a moment, and thought about not telling her real name.

"My name is Julie, just Julie," She said with a smile.

"Ohh~ nice to meet you, since you met my sister, I hope you know about my name," He then realised that this girl helped when he fainted on the ground looking at his unbuttoned shirt.

"I'm really grateful miss Julie, You are a kind lady to help me when I was helpless," Akiyo meant what he said, as he had some cases in which most of the people in the castle considered his training to be stupid.

"I think your goal is a noble one, so I don't mind helping you, I really like how you dedicate yourself, something like that is impossible for a girl like me," Julie said with an awkward smile remembering her past.

But Akiyo quickly startled her with his swords and looked her in the eyes.

"That's not true, you're a beautiful and strong girl, you helped me when all the other servants ignored me telling me that my training is useless," He touched her shoulder and said while looking into her eyes.