4.9

Javier left the palace after that indirect… or direct love confession, which made Yunyu even more worried than he should be. He was afraid that Javier might assume the wrong thing, and it would only make the mission more difficult than it already was.

Yunyu was walking back and forth in his room, he was anxious, because he never encountered this kind of problem before. He also didn't know what would happen if the Breakmeter reached zero, and he didn't want to risk it.

[System, do you think Javier will go boom if his Breakmeter reaches zero?]

[Pupa: Perhaps.]

[Oh god, I really don't know how to maintain his Breakmeter! He is a simpleton, but his emotion fluctuates like crazy!]

[Pupa: Maybe you should use your emotion to find out the cause of Breakmeter's decrease. You have been using the world background as your logical guide repeatedly, ignoring his emotional development. You should try to learn how to study Javier's emotion, I believe it will be beneficial for you in the long run, since he is a simple, yet tricky man.]

Yunyu finally stopped worrying for a moment, he looked at Pupa who was floating in front of him with a frown, "Is that a good advice I heard just now?"

Pupa materialized in front of Yunyu and smacked his head with its body, "I always give you good advice, it's just you who keeps thinking about your virginity in every world. Please control your butt brain at least for one world."

"What the—there is no such thing as butt brain!" 

"What is an uke's biggest asset?" Pupa asked out of the blue. 

"His butt—hey!" 

"Your direct answer shows your mental capability, butt brain." 

While Pupa and Yunyu were bickering, there was a faint knock on the door, a familiar girl voice sounded from outside, "Lyon, are you free? Aunt Mariette invites us for dinner together." 

Pupa turned invisible again and Yunyu opened the door. Layla was standing outside, her face was a bit pale than the last time he saw her. She smiled at her twin brother and said, "Aunt Mariette is waiting, let's go."

[System, who is Aunt Mariette?]

[Pupa: Your father's twin sister, she is a respected Great Princess, and she has a sharp intuition, be careful.]

Lyon and Layla walked to the dining hall and saw Aunt Mariette already sitting at the dining table. She looked very similar to Layla, just older. It proved that the twin blood was dominant in this house. 

"It's been a while since our dinner together, right? Let's have a talk after dinner," Aunt Mariette said. Lyon and Layla nodded and they ate dinner in peace. Lyon noticed that this woman's eyes glanced at them often, she sighed every time she did so. Which made him slightly uncomfortable. 

After dinner, Aunt Mariette cleared her throat and said to them, "I just heard about the current troubles you two went through nowadays, as much as I want to scold both of you for your problems, but I want you two to learn from this mistake."

[What is she talking about? Does she know about me and Layla's activities every day?]

[Pupa: Not every day, but she knows plenty of things, she has many shadow guards patrolling around to watch over you two. Although, her watch has been lenient over the years, because you two are already nineteen.]

Aunt Mariette talked with Layla first, "Layla, I know that you made a mistake. And you might not be ready to confess to your parents, but what you did is really dangerous, and frankly, shameful. I want you to admit it soon, so we will find a way out for this. Your parents will return in a week after the diplomatic visit in Golden Camellia, we should not delay."

"Do not ever think about harming yourself, you are the Princess of Great Arctyr, who would be a Great Princess after me. We are stronger than this," Aunt Mariette warned. 

Layla paled when her aunt confronted her. She was tongue tied, she could only lower her head in shame. Lyon was completely baffled with Layla's behaviour, because she didn't look like this a week ago. 

Layla was still lively and noisy a week ago, then she suddenly turned silent and cautious with everyone, even with her own twin brother. 

"You should know that we all love you, as long as you admit it, we will protect you," Aunt Mariette said to Layla. Layla nodded once and muttered a low thanks.

Then, Aunt Mariette shifted her attention to Lyon, "Lyon, you are already a grown man. A grown man knows how to decide. A grown man will not try to hide under the pretence of being tough and mean only to get the attention of someone you love."

Yunyu felt that Aunt Mariette knew exactly what was happening behind the door, which made Yunyu a little uncomfortable;

[She is definitely talking about Lyon's cowardness to confess.]

[Pupa: She urges you to confess soon or you will be going in a circle forever.]

"Go meet him and say it, he is too simple for your complicated feeling," Aunt Mariette said with a small smile on her face. 

Both Lyon and Layla were stumped after dinner with Aunt Mariettte. She had left after dinner for another small party, but her advice left them at loss. For the first time, it seemed that Layla and Lyon had different secrets they needed to deal with. 

They walked on the corridor side by side, but they were silent. Layla had something in her mind, but she didn't know how to explain it to Lyon. 

Her twin brother was her other half, she always shared everything with Lyon, until she stumbled upon this problem. Maybe it was her rash decision, but she wanted to find comfort. At least, she wanted her twin brother to know. She knew well that her brother would always support him through thick and thin.

Meanwhile, Lyon walked straight, he had thought about it. It was true that he had been in a circle with his feelings for years. He didn't want to hurt his and Javier's feelings by being a coward.

[System, Lyon never hide anything from Layla except his feelings for Javier, right?]

[Pupa: Correct.]

[Then, I guess this is the best time to confess, I think, Lyon's character setting will allow this after Aunt Mariette's words hit him.]

Lyon and Layla had decided that they would at least confess to their twin brother/sister. They turned their heads at each other, and said at the same time, "I want to confess."

They were baffled by their unintended unison. It seemed that, even though they faced different problems, both of them bore the same pain. Layla said, "You are the older brother, you first."

Lyon took a deep breath. He never hide anything from Layla, and he shouldn't hide this either. He didn't want to be the one who was holding the unrequited love forever. Lyon finally opened his mouth and confessed to his twin sister;

"Layla, I love Javier Di Arlingdon. I've loved him for years, and I will confess my feelings for him."