Finally, after a few minutes had passed, Clover stopped teasing his sisters anymore. Releasing his grip on the twins. Clover let them escape.
As if they had been given a new lease in life, Arya and Verna hurriedly escaped from the treacherous claws of their big brother, Clover, like he was some heinous fiend.
Staring at Clover with grievance and reproach, the twins stared away from him with about two meters between them lest he attack them once again.
Laughing awkwardly, clover used his palm to ruffle his golden hair as he tried to brush off the awkward atmosphere in the garden. Clover knew that he might have overdone it with his teasing a little, so he was afraid to look his sisters in the eye.
Humph!
Seeing Clover like this, Arya snorted in an unladylike fashion that was very unlike the image she was always trying to portray to others as being a mature lady.
Standing in the very large hammock with arms akimbo, Arya pointed a slender finger at Clover's nose and said reproachfully.
"Bad big brother, you're not allowed to do that to me and Verna anymore, you hear me. We are no longer kids that you can kiss and cuddle anyhow you want anymore. Verna and I are already more than one hundred years old so you can't keep treating us like little kids, you hear me."
Arya said all this with fire in her eyes. It looked like there was a lot more she wanted to say to her big brother and, in fact, there was. Arya currently had a belly full of words that she wanted to say to clover about how he was always treating her and her little sisters like children.
When Clover heard this, although he did not say anything outwards, turning his head to the side, Clover whispered a few words under his breath.
"Look at you, just barely a hundred years, and you're already feeling like you've grown up. How should all those who are already passed a thousand years feel then?"
Catching a few of Clover's words, Arya glared at him as she demanded, "Hmm... what was that you said? Speak up. I didn't quite hear you clearly!"
Facing Arya's stare, clover felt a solemn threat and a sense of foreboding that told him should he dare voice his words out loud again, he would be in for serious trouble.
Not wanting to antagonize his cute and precious little sister anymore, Clover immediately admitted defeat.
"I said, I will not do it again my dear sister, so don't worry." Clover said with an ingratiating smile on his face.
He was smile was so disgustingly perverse as he completely succumbed to his little sister's power.
"That's better." Arya was satisfied.
On the side, Verna looked at her siblings anxiously. she was afraid that a fight was going to start between the two of them.
Seeing as her brother and sister were not going to start fighting, Verna was relieved, and she quickly rushed to ease the atmosphere.
"Now, now, big brother has already promised not to bully us anymore, so sister, don't make things hard for him anymore. As for you, big brother..."
Verna turned to clover and said imploringly, "Hurry up, quickly apologize to big sister."
"Humph!" Arya turned her head away from clover.
"She said, "Who wants him to apologize? So long as he agrees not to do that anymore, I will forgive him just this once."
Hearing this, Clover was very moved inside.
'Indeed, his little sister was still the most considerate!' Clover thought.
Even if Arya was clearly annoyed with him right now, she still did not forget to save some dignity for Clover, as her big brother who had raised her throughout her life.
How could Clover not love such a little sister?
Clover was so moved that he almost rushed up to give Arya a kiss and cuddle her, but seeing the vicious look that Arya shot him, Clover wisely refrained from doing so.
Finally, peace returned to the little garden.
As the silence stretched onward for a few seconds suddenly, Clover remembered something.
Turning to his sister, who was discussing something in a low voice, Clover immediately called them and asked, "Arya, Verna, why did you two wake me up? Did you need something from me?"
It was at this point that Arya and Verna remembered that they had initially been looking for clover because of a very important reason.
They had forgotten this after being teased by Clover right now. Embarrassed at how they had forgotten their mission because they were enjoying their big brother's attention and love, the two of them blushed slightly and started to cough awkwardly.
Cough, cough, cough...
Arya and Verna suddenly went into a coughing fit, shocking Clover very much.
Thinking that something was wrong with them and that they had fallen sick, Clover hurriedly made his way towards them as he wanted to examine them.
Seeing this, Arya, who had the most violent temper among them, panicked and hurriedly swung her arm, slamming it straight into Clover's approaching face.
Not controlling her strength very well, Clover was sent flying until he hit the large tree that the hammock was tied to on one end.
Clover: "..."
Caught off guard and not knowing what had happened that had prompted such a response from Arya, Clover sat by the large tree in a daze as unicorns danced around his head.
The power behind Arya's slap was very powerful. For a girl with her very small and petite build like Arya, she sure packed a mean punch.
Although Arya's slap was not strong enough to harm clover at all and despite the fact that he had been caught off guard so he could not defend himself in time, to be able to send Clover flying like that, Arya's slap would have been enough to slap a full-grown human mortal warrior to death.
That was how powerful Arya's slap was. and this was only a casual strike that had been made in haste. One could only imagine how powerful an attack from Arya would be if she were being serious. One should know that the siblings, Clover, Arya, and Verna were not any ordinary living beings.
They were actually Immortals!!!
In this universe that the siblings currently existed in that was divided into multiple layers of upper and lower realms, immortality was a concept that was accepted by everybody. Everybody agreed that it was possible to be immortal, especially those that were in the upper realms. Living beings that inhabited the upper realms knew for a fact that immortality was real.
What does it mean to be immortal?
It means to never die, to never grow old. To always be alive and exist till the end of time itself.
This is what it meant to be immortal!
In the universe, there was no race that is born immortal and it was something that could only be achieved after training bitterly for thousands of years. For most races, the closest that they could get to immortality was having a very long lifespan. But except for a few long-lived races, most living beings in the universe would never get to enjoy a long everlasting life without serious training. Only by increasing their own powers could a race or species get close to true immortality.
Of course, being immortal didn't mean that you couldn't be killed. That is why, even in the pursuit of immortality, it is not guaranteed that one would truly become immortal and get to enjoy everlasting life.
Fortunately, like all things, there are no absolutes in the universe.
In this boundless universe, there was only one clan that is known to be born truly immortal right from birth.
This clan is known as the Universe Immortal clan and it is the only clan that is made up entirely of true immortal right from birth. This means that as soon as a baby is born in the universe immortal clan, they can enjoy an everlasting life that will never come to an end unless they were killed by other circumstances.
This Immortal clan was one of the most powerful races in the universe and nobody dared to slight them at all. Although the members of this race were few, they were all very powerful, and with a lifetime to hone their strengths, the might that the Immortal clan possessed was enough t terrify all the forces in the universe.
Clover, Arya, and Verna were members of the Universe Immortal clan, which means that they were true immortals who had everlasting life. That was why even when Arya had said she was a hundred years old, it had not mattered to her at all and even her big brother Clover felt that she and her sister Verna were still children to him.
After all, what was one hundred years when you had everlasting life.
In fact, Clover himself was actually still a child, according to the Immortal clan's standards.
Clover was only a little more than two hundred years himself, so at most he would be considered a teenager to the other immortals in his clan.
The everlasting life of the Universe Immortal clan is not the only unique aspect that they had. There was one other thing about the immortal clan that was different from every other race in the universe. That was the unique power system that set them apart from the rest of the races in the universe.
This power system was one that was inherent to the Immortal clan. It is also one of the reasons why the immortal clan was feared widely in the entire universe.
Clover shook his head to get out of his dazed state, then he looked towards Arya, who avoided meeting his eyes due to guilt. Speechless, Clover could only stand up from the ground before making his way back to his original position.Seeing as her big brother was making his way towards her with an expressionless look on his face, Arya started to panic.Taking a few steps back before stopping, Arya tried to muster up her courage as she said to Clover."What do you think you're doing, big brother? Are you going to hit me?" Arya's voice trembled as she asked this, but Clover did not answer. Instead, he continued walking silently towards her.Now, Arya had a trace of fear in her heart and she was reminded that although her big brother was very caring and doted on her and Verna a lot, he could be unreasonably strict at times.Remembering those times, Arya tried to stand her ground."Don't go too far, big brother. You can't hit me because of this,
The Universe Immortal Clan originated from a very special upper realm known simply as {The Observatory}. This upper realm is special due to a number of reasons.One of these reasons is that compared to other upper realms in the boundless universe, the size of the observatory is unbelievably small.The various realms in the universe are like small pocket universes themselves that are scattered throughout the main universe. These small pocket universes, otherwise known as realms, contain everything that the main universe has, with only a few differences. These differences are mainly in the predominant elements of law that make up the realm.Most of the time, the thing that differentiates one realm from another is exactly the kind of law element that is predominant in that realm. It could be that it is the law element of fire that takes precedence. In such a realm, there would be many natural beings and treasures that are born with a great affinity to the element o
Clover reminisced as he was escorted into the main hall.One hundred years...It had been one hundred years since Clover had lost his parents on that fateful day. But to Clover, it was like it had happened yesterday.Throughout these hundred years, Clover had been focused on raising his sisters, as that was the only way he could numb himself from the pain.It was the only thing that could distract Clover from having thoughts of revenge.Clover did not hate his clansmen for exiling him or for labeling him with the title of a traitor who had caused the deaths of his parents.As far as Clover was concerned, this title was very apt and completely justified. The only person Clover blamed for his parent's death was himself... that and the ghouls who had attacked them on that day.Still, although Clover felt responsible for his parents' death, it was not to the extent that he wished to die or something like that. The only thing clover felt w
Inside the [Break Room], Clover was standing right in the middle of a narrow circular platform. Much like the witness stand in a courtroom, the circular platform was placed at the center of the entire grand hall. Surrounding it were high stands arranged in concentric circles, with the inner stands being lower than the outer ones.The [Break Room] was the place where all trials in the Universe Immortal Clan were held. There not many times where the [Break Room] had the chance to be used in the past. Because of how small the Universe Immortal Clan was and how few members there were in the clan, all the Universe Immortals were very tightly united.There were not many cases that were serious enough to deserve a trial in the [Break Room]. Clover's trial was the first in more than a thousand years.For such a serious case concerning the number one treasure of the Universe Immortal Clan, it was natural that it would be held in the [Break Room].On normal days, t
Clover was facing trial before the eyes of every living being in The Observatory.Before thousands of universe immortals and countless other living creatures that inhabit The Observatory, Clover was going to be sentenced.In a corner of the observatory, on a small modified asteroid, Clover's sisters, Arya and Verna looked up at the sky towards their big brother who was standing trial and they could not help but sob.Today, when they had woken Clover up and told him that he was asked to go to the lighthouse, the sisters at that time already had a feeling this was what was going to happen.Ever since the sisters, Arya, and Verna were old enough to understand a little of how the world worked, they had already understood that their brother who had taken care of them and loved them in the place of their parents was basically a convicted felon waiting for his sentence to be passed out.Throughout their childhood, the sisters had had to deal with others l
The trial continued...The elder immortal who had been speaking finally reached the final point of his speech. He immediately started to announce Clover's sentence."In consideration of various events leading to the loss of the Obelisk and the deaths of Casimir and Pricilla Newell, Clover Newell has been pardoned and would be exempted from having his soul and life force extracted from him.""But... although Clover Newell has been pardoned, a crime cannot go unpunished. In order to atone for his crimes, Clover Newell will hereby be exiled from this realm never to step foot inside ever again until such a time comes when he is able to find and retrieve the obelisk and return it to its rightful place.""This is the final verdict and it will become effective immediately starting down."Following those words, the large bronze bell... Big Ben... rang loudly once more.Once again, the entire observatory was thrown into an uproar.Every living
"Big sis Ursula... what are you doing here?""What did you mean by what you said?"Why are you preventing us from going to save big brother?"Verna immediately shot off a torrent of questions at the lady who had appeared in the garden.This lady had a head full of golden hair that flowed beautifully like a clear stream down a brook. Her face was angular and had sharp contours that were usually found in a man giving her a handsome and valiant look.Her eyes were a clear blue, and they sparkled like stars, much like how the sister's eyes did.This lady looked to be in her late teens and although her face was not cold, there was a certain dignified aura about her that gave her a confident look. Standing at the entrance of the garden, this lady exuded a comfortable feeling that would make one relax at the mere sight of her.Unfortunately, the sisters were not in the right mood to relax. Their big brother had just been given an unfair sent
Verna collected the letter from Ursula, and both she and Arya read it together. At the first glance, the twins were able to confirm that it was indeed their big brother Clover who had written this letter.The handwriting on the letter was definitely his own, and there were no signs of forgery. Aside from that, the twins were also able to recognize the specific coded words that one three of them used when communicating with each other.These coded words had been developed using a specific series of weirdly sounding words that the sisters uttered when they had still been babies. At first, it had only been a prank that Clover had come up with to tease his sisters, but in the end; it developed into a secret code the siblings used to communicate in secret.There was nobody other than the three of them who should be aware of what these weird words meant. Others would simply take it as words of endearment the siblings used to show their love, much like how a boy may ca