Chapter 350: Helping Hand (1/2)

”Who is this Sara to you, brother anyway? You keep talking about him…” Sitting on Aiden's left, Lily asked. A moment later, as if realization hit her, her face brightened up, a wide-stretched smile curving it upwards. ”Oooooh! Could she be your… your girlf-”

”No! She is an important friend to me, to us!”

Seeing how nervously his brother responded to the question, Lily only giggled with delight, not pushing on the topic any further.

Luckily, before anything further could be said, the door to the room slowly creaked open, and Sara walked in. As soon as she closed the door behind herself, she pulled down the hood, unveiling her purple tinges for the first time for Lily to see.

”Sorry for the wait everyone.” She spoke, walking with large strides towards Aiden's right.

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She grabbed an empty seat and placed it on the youth's right, taking her place and looking as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

She coughed lightly grabbing the attention of the room, before turning towards Aiden, and voicing her question.

”So, now that we are all here… Aiden, could you explain what the current situation is? You guys still haven't told me anything, just asked for me to come.” Her face revealed worry and concern as she leaned closer to the golden-eyed, black-haired boy. ”What is the problem, what could have happened to rile you up to such an extent?”

Even Lily left her cheeky smile behind and focused all of her attention on her brother. She could also clearly feel that something wasn't right, he was way too agitated. Even though he showcased a calm outlook overall in their fight, he could see the hurry in his eyes. He was keen to finish up this farce as fast as possible so they could get to this point as soon as possible.

When she turned to look at the prince and his sister, they were also acting similarly. They were keen to get to whatever was weighing their hearts and minds down.

”Yeah, brother… Tell me what happened? We are all here, I can even call Granny and Master back. Sam and Biggy are also with them, we are all here to help you, no matter what troubles you are facing!”

The stern look on Aiden's face eased up a bit after hearing his sister's reassuring words. Yes, his family, his real family wasn't those of the ancient past, nor those in that other life. The ones who raised him in this life were Granny, Master, and his beloved, elder sister, Lily!

He reached out, placing his left hand over hers, as he spoke with a gentle smile donning over his face.

”Thank you, big sis! I know I can count on you…” He winked as he added another sentence with a slightly cheekier tone. ”After all, you did promise to protect your brother, right?”

Lily giggled at Aiden's words, nodding at him.

”Of course! We are all ready to help you. You just need to say the word!” As if reminded by something, her face lit up, as she added with a rising excitement leading her tone of voice.

”Oh, oh! You wouldn't believe how much we all grow! Sam, Biggy, and I have worked really hard you know!”

”I never doubted that.” Aiden returned a smile to her sister, before turning his attention back to the room.

He forced his usual stoic cool outlook as he addressed everybody in the room.