“I won’t let you!”

The moment I uttered those words, I became the centre of everyone’s attention. They all sighed, turned to my father and continued to pressure him as if nothing happened. I know it’s because I’m a ‘child’ and they are ‘adults’. The voice of a child cannot easily reach an adult. When I was going to speak out once more, Haref jumped in and locked my neck, he looked at me, perplexed. He roared quietly in annoyance, “what the h.e.l.l are you doing?!”. I looked at his foot, I figured it’s best if I decreased my defiance, “they’re going to do something to my younger brother!”, something horrendous. Nigel, who was beside me, looked at meekly. I believe the to-be Dukes know what’s going on but they’re just used to it, as if there are any child who are average around here.

“We can’t do anything Gilbert”, Haref said in a low voice, “the conclusion of this matter is beyond our powers, it’s something…gigantic, the power of darkness is not to be trifled with, you’ve just experienced it haven’t you? You even said it was scary.” I was scared of you…honestly, your hands, feet and face are way scarier than my adorable lil’ bro!

“This matter…let our fathers take care of it, Gil”, Nigel looked at the floor. “what Haref has said, the power of darkness is too scary, it’s too great, the child’s not even a year old…”

I became silent.

In reality, if I don’t want to go into the BL route like the incest route or the 3P route, the easiest way is to just turn a blind eye to this and let the story run its course, let Ca.s.s Bedivere go down each guy’s routes, that way the routes will cease to exist and I’ll be able to enjoy a pleasant while laughing at my psychotic fujoshi younger sister…

If I would just close my eyes.

If I just think it’s just a ‘game’.

If I just do that, then…I won’t have to be afraid of anything.

But that kind of thing…

“I can’t accept it!”

That child was finally born, that child was finally born as my younger brother. He was finally born to me, who’s not yet had time to talk with him, to laugh together, do we have to say farewell to each other before he can even say my name?

That kind of thing, I can’t accept it! I once had a younger sister, although she was a psychotic fujoshi lil’s sis, who makes me worry endlessly but I never felt lonely because she was there, she’s given me numerous headaches but so what?  Being alone is too unbearably lonely. He was born to be with me so, I won’t let go of him so easily!

“Gil…”, Nigel called me softly, it seemed like he wanted to say something but couldn’t utter it out loud. While I wasn’t paying Haref attention, he started to squint his rainbow coloured eyes, I looked back at him. Eventually, Mr popular sighed… “Do whatever you want…”. he said before clutching my hand and charged towards the adults, who stood still, and Haref said in a low voice, “you’re such an idiot”.

I broke into a smile. I only wanted courage from my friends at first, but him dragging me along… I understand now why Haref’s route is so popular…

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“Father”, Haref’s voice wasn’t high nor low when he called his own father, the only difference between me and Haref, who’s got high af stats is that when he spoke, everyone paid attention to him and waited for him to start speaking…I cried. Duke Lancelot looked at his son, then, when he looked at me, it seemed like he figured out why we were there. “In regards to this matter, we have come to a conclusion…this child…”, his voice cold.

“If this child has to be gotten rid of…”, Haref interrupted him before Duke Lancelot could finish his sentence, “how about the Prince of darkness, why has he not be gotten rid of?” Those Dukes who were listening to this, their eyebrow twitched, they knew that there’s even a wider gap between the statuses of a Royalty and a Duke, even more than a Duke’s and a Marquis’.

“About that…”

“Father, you have always said, as a member of the knights of the round table we must be fair…because, in addition to being a ‘Duke’, we are also a ‘knight’…”, Haref’s rainbow coloured eyes were still, “if the prince was able to survive then for what reason can another human, who has the same powers, have no ways of survival? Is it because he is not a prince? If it is like that then...what is the righteousness we uphold?“.

Good…

Great!!

Impressive!!!

I wanted to applaud Mr number-one-in-popularity! I’m sorry I used to bad mouth your barbaric ways and sharp tongue! All the Dukes who heard this speech went silent, they were at loss, Duke Lancelot taught his child this, he can’t take his own words back, my eyes started to sparkle. Now that you’ve mentioned it, I could recall that in my generation, there are two people with the power of darkness: the prince and my younger brother. I turned to Haref with my sparkling eyes, when we walked here, I couldn’t figure out what to do, my initial plan was that I was going to kneel and throw a tantrum. I turned to the Dukes around me again before looking at my father’s direction, who’s got as heavy a heart as everyone else. I could see, a decision was being made in his eyes but it disappeared in a blink.

“In actuality…”, Duke Gawain stepped in, “the reason why the prince has not been executed yet was because his power was sealed…”

“Then this time…”, I haven’t even finished and Duke Bors was already shaking his head, “sealing a power is not so easy and after the power has been successfully sealed, there will be a tremendous loss… such a loss, us, Dukes can’t risk it unlike the royal family”.

What is it then?! He’s only been giving us such vague information, a bit here a bit there, even if I were to have the brain of a fully grown adult, I’m still baffled! If you want to say something just spit it out, stop saying it little by little to make others curious, such a bait!

“A dangerous technique?”, Haref, who was beside me, scrunched his brows together, “how dangerous?”. Duke Lancelot’s eyebrows became heavier, he turned to face Duke Bedivere, who’s been quiet for a while, and turned back to look at me, “the main house hold’s power may change hands…” I don’t know whether this is true or not since Ca.s.s Bedivere was still able to hop around and enjoy his life in the game but when I turned to face father, who’s been forever silent…it’s probably true.

“What technique?”, I asked curiously and asked another question before anyone could b.u.t.t in, “what kind of technique can be used to seal my brother’s power and what would be lost?”. Duke Lancelot was heavy-hearted at this point, he turned to Duke Bedivere several times and finally, father, whose mouth has been zipped up for a while, decided to say something, “the technique which was used by Queen Camalia to seal prince Salsa El was to use up the youngest prince’s power as a seal…” My brows twitched…isn’t it usually the mother who gives up her power for her child, how come it’s a mother who made her youngest child give up his power for another child instead?

“What…does that mean?”, Haref glanced at me before glancing another time at my father, good thing Haref’s here, I can just be the in the background while he asks whatever I want to know! My father looked at me miserably, “the conditions to seal a human being is that the person must be a blood relative, the same blood, a father cannot do it because he does not have the mother’s blood and mother cannot do it because she does not have the father’s blood…”, he phrased it in such a long sentence, could’ve just said we must be siblings…

“Secondly…the process of sealing requires all of the body’s powers…”, my father looked motionlessly at me, “that means, after the sealing ceremony is over…from someone who’s able to use magic, you’ll become someone who’s unable to use magic completely. ”

Two, from someone who’s got a bit of use to completely useless, a sc.r.a.p.

“And…finally”, his hands which were embracing Ca.s.s Bedivere began to shake, “…that person will not be able to have an heir, they will become sterile.”

Ohhhh…..

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Three, if you’re not infertile then…hmmm, yeah, you might not be able to get it up.

“This…”, Haref eyes were wide in shock, he glanced at me and pressed his lips together, “this is too much”.

…..Would love to say I also think so.

“Do you want to know what this means?”, father smiled bitterly, he looked at me, his eyes filled with conflicting emotions, “son, you will lose everything as a man along with your status as a Duke…you will never be able to become one.”

“…”

“I did not want to tell you because you are the future Duke Bedivere…we can afford to lose Ca.s.s Bedivere but we can’t afford to lose Gilbert Bedivere”, father casted his gaze downwards, even after all this, he has not shed a single tear. Haref was silent, I knew he was thinking the same thing as my father. Haref is someone who repeatedly tells himself, he’s not a child, he must always take into account his status as a future Duke. No one uttered anything, not even I, even though the solution’s in front of my face.

“I understand that is how life should be…for a Duke”, I smiled, “apart from aiding the King, a Duke must also act as a n.o.ble and a knight. Additionally, a Duke must provide an heir. I understand why father has been silent but if I may ask you one and only one question…”

“…”

“As a ‘father’, would you want to lose Ca.s.s Bedivere?”

“…No…” A single tear rolled down his face, this made me smile. “As a father, you have no desire to lose any of your children and for me, an elder brother, do you think I would want to lose my younger brother?”, I smile, the answer is obvious!

“If all of my power could be traded for my younger bother’s life…no matter how many times you ask me, I will always be willing!”

Between a bride who I haven’t met yet and a cute younger brother, there’s no way your big bro will leave you hanging!

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