Miles away from country C, at the Royal palace, there was a commotion as they were unable to convince the royal king who was adamant about doing what he wanted without listening to anyone.
In the last years, he used to listen to his wife and children but since he received the death news of his son and his beloved woman, he seemed to change to be a complete person. He didn’t want to even take his medicine claiming that he wanted to reunite with them. This caused the royal palace to be in uproar and fear that they had to make sure that they had someone stationed there every time so that he couldn’t do anything foolish.
“Father, why don’t you think of us too? Aren’t we your kids?” the fourth prince said as tears flowed down but the king didn’t look at him.
“Who said that I don’t think of all of you? There is something that your brothers are hiding from me and it pains me! I never thought that when you all grow up, you will grow distant from me and that you will always keep hiding things from me,” the king said All the princes lowered their heads not daring to look at their old man’s eyes as they knew that if he saw their face and detected anything, they would be in trouble as they would have to explain what was happening and they knew that they couldn’t.
The first royal prince had told the other brothers about Gustavo and Yadira’s presence and they all vowed to protect the identities till they got rid of the enemies.
“Yes, Dad, we are hiding something from you,” the third prince said as he looked at his father deep in his eyes while the other two were shocked as they wondered what the latter was up to.
“What are you trying to do you asshole!” the fourth prince said angrily as he smacked his brother’s head hoping that he would stop what he wanted to say but all he got in return was a glare from the guy and also his father and knew it was because of the word he had uttered.
“Oh? It seems that you guys are hiding something from me, huh? And now that your brother has opened his mouth wanting to speak, you want him not to mention anything?” the king said as he controlled his emotions as he didn’t want to work up and get worse.
He was more afraid of what his son wanted to tell him than his illness and he didn’t want to miss what he wanted.
“You can go on my son. Just leave these good-for-nothing brothers of yours,” the king said as he threw the other two princes a disdainful look making them speechless while the third prince turned around and apologized to them but his eyes.
The first royal prince closed his eyes while he took a deep breath hoping that the guys knew what he was going to say or do. However, he wasn’t so worried as he knew that the latter wasn’t going to tell their father that Ernest was still alive or that he had two other children with Celestine.
“Go on,” the king said as he looked at his hesitant third son and couldn’t help but be anxious feeling that there was something that wasn’t good news that had happened.
However, he shook his head not agreeing as he thought what would be worse than his beloved son’s and lovers’ death. He didn’t worry much when he thought of that as all of them were present even his queen.
“Just say it and stop worrying your father!” the queen said angrily as she looked at his son who nodded his head at her.
“Dad, Aunt Celestine's death was caused by the same people who caused Ernest’s death,” the third prince said stunning everyone even his brothers as they wondered what the guy was up to.
“What? But how could that happen? Ernest's identity was a mystery that not many people knew about,” The king said not believing what he was hearing.
“Dad, I am telling the truth. That year when an aunt gave birth to her brother, the organization was after her and she was afraid that they might kidnap him and use him to force her to submit thus he called you to make you aware. However, she wasn’t lucky as all in all, she ended up being part of that organization but to make sure that she didn’t get from their clutches, they poisoned her. When Aunt ran away from the organization years back, she was already poisoned and was unable to decipher the antidote. She later died but it is believed that she ran away with something that the organization wanted that she had just completed making. I don’t know how they found out about Ernest's identity. They initially wanted to kidnap him but when they heard that he was also the second prince of the royal kingdom, they panicked as they were afraid that he would come back and tell them about their deeds thus they opted to kill him. We found out but we have been planning on how to revenge our brother. Dad, I am sorry but this is what we have been hiding from you. Please forgive us,” the third royal prince said as he bowed down and his other brothers followed.
Although they didn’t know what he was trying to do, they knew that they had to follow his lead.
“How are the revenge preparations going on?” the king asked after some time of silence but he didn’t ask them to stand up as he was angry at them.
“We just found out that aunt’s organization that she founded, the Dragons have deployed people to go find the terrorists that have been giving that organization who killed their heir and leader power and connections. The other countries around them have joined forces as they knew they had to get rid of the terrorists before they reached their countries since the terrorists have been a nightmare to the countries. Father, I ask that you may give me a troop of soldiers to lead them and go join them in the fight. That way, we will be one step away from revenging Ernest as if the terrorists end, the organization wouldn’t have the power to threaten us with,” the third royal prince said shocking them once more.
The two other princes eventually understood that the guy was afraid that Gustavo might not make it alone and wanted to join in the fight. They didn’t say anything as they approved of it.
“Good! Do as you wish! I will also be flying to country C and you know better than to stop me! I will be taking the fourth prince with me if you guys are worried about me. Tas the crowned prince, it is your work to protect and lead the kingdom when I am aware. However, since you are not king yet, you will be helping your mother as she is the queen. I will be back in no time,” the king said as he looked at his first son the at his family with a cold gaze threatening anyone to say anything preventing him.
“Okay, my king. We, as your family wish you a safe journey,” the queen said as she bowed and the princes didn’t say anything if their mother had already sided with the king.
They could only hope that the man wouldn’t meet up with Ernest or Rhiannon but thinking the fourth prince would be going, they felt reassured as he would prevent them from meeting.