Somebody Important

Franz stared at his little brother in utter shock. Usually Al was pretty passive-aggressive towards him so I could understand how that amount of straightforwardness would throw him off. Maybe I'd had more of an influence on Al's personality than I thought.

"Where on earth is this coming from? Of course we have the same parents. Who gave you the idea that the king isn't your father?"

Al glared at him and crossed his arms over his chest, looking surprisingly menacing. He was normally such a human puppy that I forgot how intense he used to be. Granted, that intenseness was more gloomy than scary but he still had the capacity for heightened negative emotions.

"I assume you know about the Kanta clan. Didn't you ever hear that they all inherit black hair and gray eyes? I'll ask again. Did your mother give birth to me?"