72 72- Embers and Ashes Part 2

"Big Brother, you're here?" Veritus furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "This is a first! W-what are you doing here?"

Prince Veritus gave his viewing glass to the knight beside him. He approached his older brother while scratching his head in awe.

Arterius wanted to lash out on his brother. His frustration of being ignored for the past 2 days had been eating him up. He wanted to dish out those select few words he thought along the way to the menacing light house and spat a few insults to his brother.

Unfortunately for him, the pain on his leg and the sheer effort of climbing the damned spiral steps towards the top of the four-story infrastructure distracted his thoughts. Instead, he leaned against its cold coral walls, bent over with his hands on his knees, and wheezed in exhaustion.