“Good morning, Perseus,” Eris greeted, walking down the stairs just as he was setting the table.Sherry and Lexi were by her side, and Lexi was red with embarrassment. Looking at them, he could tell they had already teased her about acting like a kid.“Good morning,” he breathed out a response.After Iris had asked him the question, she had disappeared, saying she would be back when he was done cooking.“Morning,” Sherry chimed, hurrying down the stairs faster than the rest. “Lexi was alright when we woke up this morning. She was watching us sleep with a confused look on her face.”“She had no idea why she had her hair in two braids and was holding a teddy bear and a lollipop,” Eris stated.Sherry leaned in to peck Perseus on the cheek, stunning him and sat down as if nothing had happened. “Thanks for making breakfast.”Perseus touched his cheek, a faint blush creeping up. “Umm...sure.”“I should have woken up and made breakfast,” Eris implied. “It must have been a bother.”“It was no
“I’m heading out,” he announced, walking past the three ladies who were still eating in the dining room.They were still eating after he had bathed and dressed. What slow eaters they were! It was probably because they were talking.“Where are you headed?” Sherry asked, her head snapping towards his direction.He glanced back at her, his hand in his pocket. Her eyes widened when she took a good look at his face. His hair was pulled back, showing his forehead and the earrings in his ears.Blush slowly crept to her face. He looked more handsome with his hair up. She shook her head repeatedly, snapping out of her thoughts.He gave her a questioning look before answering. “A tournament.”“What tournament?” Eris questioned. “Are you a player?”Perseus shook his head. “It is a chess tournament and I am part of the audience, but the best chess player in the country invited me.”“You mean Gold Herald?” Sherry asked, pretending to gag. “That brat always acts like he wants us to worship the groun
“I was only telling the truth,” Sherry yelled, bracing herself for what was next to come.Just as Eris was getting to Sherry, Lexi moved swiftly, catching Eris halfway. “How could she say it like that?” Eris demanded. “And she said it in a way that made me agree to it!”Perseus only watched them go back and forth arguing without interfering. He was still recovering from the words that they shot at him.Unromantic, romance illiterate, someone who can’t tell if a girl likes him, one who has the bad luck of his dates being kidnapped, and the worst of them all was them calling him gay.[Host, aren’t you going to stop them and at least pick one?]“I can’t pick,” Perseus replied.Iris frowned at him. [You can’t what?]“If you ask me to pick out of them all, I can’t pick.” [What do you mean by that?] Iris demanded. [You just have to pick one and stop this fight from happening.][Come on, tell me which one you like the most.]Perseus blinks rapidly before running his hand in his hair. “I do
[I can’t do anything to help, host,] Iris blurted out. [That is your punishment for heading to the chess tournament first.][You have to take care of it yourself. Goodbye.]With that, Iris was out of sight. She completely left him to his fate.Sherry repeated her question.Perseus glanced down at her. “If we keep on wasting time, we are going to be late for the tournament.”Sherry’s lips parted to respond, but Perseus had already sped out of the house, leaving them behind.*****The drive to the venue was filled with Sherry’s excited chatter, Eris' quiet grumbles, and Lexi’s silent anticipation. Walking into the venue, Sherry clutched Perseus' arm, beaming with smiles. Eris' frown was even more pronounced, while Lexi maintained Eris' pace behind Perseus and Sherry.“You both are weird,” Eris mumbled to Lexi. “How can you both be okay with it? Sharing one guy…”She hadn’t finished what she was saying when Lexi hurried over to Perseus and held his other arm. “Great,” she scoffed.Sherr
Perseus sped to the stage. He couldn’t let Zeppelin tell the world that they were related. That was more like putting his life at risk. The people that were after him must be watching now.He used his speed to the maximum and knocked the mic out of Zeppelin’s hand. “Don’t make the mistake of revealing yourself as my brother,” he mumbled.He returned to his position just as he had said that. It happened so fast that no one had time to react and understand what happened. Even the ladies with him had confused looks on their faces.Zeppelin spun around immediately. Although Perseus had returned to his seat, Zeppelin found no one there. He knew he had heard Perseus’ voice, and there was no mistaking that the mic had been knocked out of his hand.He was going to ask Perseus about it later.‘Wasn’t he holding the mic a few seconds ago?’‘How did it get to the floor?’‘I didn’t see it roll.’‘The camera must have captured something.’Lexi peered at Perseus. What she saw was the same as what s
The members of the game were checked to ensure they had no devices, and Hill and Tem stepped into the middle of the stage. The rest of the contestants sat on the left side of the stage. They were far away from the current players about to begin.Zeppelin and Gold were seated on the same sofa. Gold was glaring at Zeppelin, who acted like he didn’t realize it.“The game between Hill and Tem will begin now,” the voice announced. “Let’s go!”In a few minutes, the game began, and Perseus watched closely, paying attention to the mistakes made. If it had been in the past, he would have gotten bored already, but now that he knew how the game worked, he was able to watch and understand. However, the game didn’t look interesting to him or let him guess who would win.He already knew who would win between the two. Hill had made a mistake at the beginning, and that mistake was going to make him lose the game. And true to Perseus' insight, Hill lost the game and was sent off the stage while Tem s
[Nam Otis, a celebrity. He is a musician with tons of fans. His fans are here, and you are still the center of attention even though he is here.]Perseus wasn’t expecting him to be a celebrity; he thought that was just the way Nam dressed. ‘I don’t know him because I don’t follow any music. I can’t remember the last time I listened to one.’[I know. You were always working like a fool.]‘Hey!’“The game is starting in two minutes,” the booming voice announced. “Nam Otis, this is not a concert for you to flash your smile. There is still one guy here who is quite handsome—more handsome than you.” The man let out a chuckle.Nam tossed his hair back and grinned before taking the mic from a man who was holding it out for him.“I know there is someone more handsome than I am,” Nam said.Just a sentence from him made the girls squeal even louder. He raised his arm and pointed at Perseus.“Do you mean that Perseus is more handsome than I am?” Nam questioned.Perseus and Nam’s pictures appeare
“The game is starting soon,” the voice boomed, announcing, “the game between our famous second-best player Zep and the other player, Jim.”While the others cheered and squealed in excitement, Perseus' eyes were glued to the panel in front of him. What he saw there shocked him so much that he couldn’t utter a single word.How could that have happened? How was it even possible?As if noticing his shock, Iris floated towards the panel and stared at it. Her jaw also dropped in astonishment, as she hadn’t been able to read Zeppelin and knew nothing about him.The panel read:[Name: Zeppelin Damon.][Race: Human.][Combat Skill: Boxing and Taekwondo.][Level of Danger Impact (How dangerous he is): 899.][Interest Rate: 200/200.][Amount of Love: 150/200.][Hatred: 100/500.][Strength: 175/200.][Fear: Hurting his brother he had just found without having a choice.][He is a puppet of the Maximilian family, who are enemies of the Damons, more like a doll that should be controlled.][He has sc