The Brothers

Even the coldest of men, will thaw at the warm embrace of his own family.

274 AD

A day later

"Lark, although I've asked you this many times, but I'm still going to ask anyways"

Said seriously by a red haired man who took a deep breath and was going to ask...

"What do you want to be, when you grow up?"

"A Knight" without hesitation Lark said.

"Tsk"

"What are you clicking your tongue for?"

"Hmph, a weak naive brat like you become one of those Assho- brave and great men?"

"It's much better if you live a farmer's life you know?"

Snorted Lark's father as he sarcastically said, as he almost had a slip of a tongue.

But being obviously young, Lark didn't notice the tone of his father and even proudly said.

"Heh! what can an unemployed man such as yourself even know about being a knight?"

"Hah! joke's on you I kill them for a living when I was your age!!"

"Ptoo! kill them for a living yeah right, what are you an assassin? or something?""Dream on Old man"

Seeing the smug look of his son, irritated Lucas greatly, if he only knew the true faces of those so called knight in shining armors and that he was one of them, but soon left after seeing the corruption in the King's palace, but I can't tell him or it will destroy his childhood, but I'm pretty sure once he grows up, he will just probably just forget about such a childish dream.

"Hah! unemployed? my ass"

"I'll have you know that I'm a certified licensed 5-star professional hunter you goddamn ignorant brat"

Smugly said Lucas as he looked down at his son with one eyebrows raised as if mocking if he had any achievements to say.

"Lucas please refrain saying such vulgar words"

"And what do you mean 5-star? there's no such thing, so don't go believing your father's nonsense, Lark"

Seeing the two arguing in the backyard again, Elena interjected and pinched her lying husband's waist before he starts saying nonsense again. Like 2 years ago when Lark's father said a joke on a whim that 'you can make a boy, a girl, if you kicked him in the nuts'

and so the innocent Lark did, and almost incapacitated Dean's future, hearing the complains from Dean's parents Elena and Lucas who was sweating profusely, asked the Louis family for forgiveness.

Fortunately everything went well and the Louis family didn't take any further actions and just accepted a cattle as a compensation.

"Argh! damnit, now the two is ganging up on m-"

clok clok clok~

The sound of hooves could be heard, hearing this Lucas cautiously looked at the window, but gave a sigh of relief upon knowing it's a familiar face.

tok tok tok~

Soon the knocking sounds on a door, could be heard.

"Coming!"

Elena said as she opened the door.

There stood a man elegantly, who looked like in his late thirties, as he had round spectacle glasses that covered his blue eyes on.

The moment Elena open the door he bowed down courteously.

"Mila-cough~ miss Elena it is good to see you"

"It's good to see you too Clark"

"ooooh it's Uncle Clark!!"

Seeing his favorite uncle, Lark hurriedly pushed Elena out of the doorway and looked at his uncle.

"Do you have any presents?"

"Of course, how could I forget the presents for my favorite nephew"

"Where? where?"

Hearing his nephew's excited tone, Clark smirked.

"Well it's a bit too big so it'll have to arrive tommorrow"

"Big? is it the big bow that can even destroy the toughest armor?"

"cough~ maybe, and it's called a ballista"

Hearing his Uncle's gift, made Lark much more excited, although the smirk made him a little uncomfortable, but he knows that his uncle was always a bit of a weirdo, like his dad.

"Brother what's the occasion, why did you come here?"

"Hey, I'm still no-"

Seeing his brother, Lucas also came to the doorway and pushed his son.

"What? is it wrong to go see my brother who's been hiding and doing nothing?"

"So you're telling me I'm a coward?!?! HUH?!"

There they go again with their banter, although why do I always felt like it was real, thought Lark. Meh! I shouldn't think too much about it, birds of the same feather flocks together after all, and they're brothers too.

'A brother huh?'

'I wonder how does it feel like to have one'