88 The Meeting pt. 1

Lukas's purple eyes went to him, "Oh? So this is the captain of the knights? You have quick reflexes, not bad."

"Nathan put down your sword." His Majesty ordered.

"Calm down Nathan," Ezekiel seconded.

He was confused as to why they are both letting this man do this but heeded their orders nonetheless. Nathan's eyes trained on the arrogant duke who didn't even try to fix himself at all and continued slouching on the chair.

His Majesty saw Nathan's inquiring eyes and smiled.

"This is Lukas, the new duke of Agera," Kael, the Emperor, stated.

He knows that, and if so, he is still one of the Emperor's subjects. Hence, this act of him is preposterous.

"He is also sort of my big brother," Ezekiel added.

"Heh. I was never your brother," Lukas interjects.

"That's why I said sort of… You still have not changed, I see," Ezekiel replied and shook his head lightly.

Lukas glanced at Ezekiel, "What's there to change?"