ROYAL SCANDAL (6)

"ARE YOU alright, Nero?"

"Do I look alright to you?"

Calyx, who was already used to Nero's bad temper, just laughed it off. "No, you don't," he said, putting an arm around his shoulders as they sat on the sofa. "Were you upset because of your parents' sudden appearance?"

He didn't need to ask because it was obvious that his hunch was correct.

After talking to the former emperor and Lady Roseheart, Nero walked out of the courtroom and went straight to the parlor.

Calyx followed his brother while his mother went to the other parlor room to change her clothes. After all, his mother's gown was damaged after the former emperor's attack earlier. The Empress Dowager had to dress properly to assert dominance, right?

"Why didn't you and the Empress Dowager greet Father earlier?" Nero asked with furrowed brows. "You let me face Father alone."

"Well, Father is scary," Calyx said, laughing. "Moreover, Father seems angry at me and my mother."