One and Only
106 - Stepbrother.

Inside the Royal Palace's workroom, the King chatted together with the Royal Academy's Master named Dean while sitting on the sofa.

"Maybe my question will sound a little presumptuous. But what about His Majesty all this time?" ask Dean

"I'm always good, just always busy with work that keeps coming and piling up every day. And Yuna too. However, you don't have to be too formal with me just call me by saying my name" explained the King

"I could not dare to mention the name of His Majesty. By the way, His Highness the Crown Prince was very similar to you as a child, Your Majesty the King," Dean said

"Yes, you are a teacher at the Royal Academy and must have met my son in person because you taught him. However, even though here was the Royal Palace, the rules remained the same. Wherever students must respect their teacher, not the other way around. So, just call my son by his nickname. Just like the way you were supposed to call me," said the King

"Well, I always lost to you, Evan ." Dean said

"I wonder, how did you judge Arsha during her time as a student at the Royal Academy?" ask the King

"Murid Arsha has only been in school for the past month, but it seems that his good character is also always trying to be a good example for other friends, maybe because he wanted to be a good role model as the Crown Prince. His understanding was quick too. It's very similar to you, " Dean said

"I rarely teach or even accompany Arsha to study because it is too busy taking care of work. I feel jealous of you, brother," said the King

"Why do you feel jealous of me? Not only his face, Arsha is also similar to your character. It proves that Arsha is trying to follow you. He loved his Father and King. You should feel happy and proud. It should be me who feels jealous because as an Uncle I never even saw my nephew grow up this far" Dean said

"You're right. However, you don't need to be envious because you can at least watch him grow up while studying at school. If you're jealous of the growth of a child, why don't you just get married so you can have a child with your own partner?" ask the King

"I'm just getting back to living a previously chaotic life that can't want a married life, I'm worried that I can't support my family properly and properly" Dean replied

"It might have been like that before. However, you already have a good job as a teacher of the Royal Academy, so now you can already think about and start making other plans in your life" said the King

"Your words may have a point. However, is no one angry with my arrival like this here today?" ask Dean

"I am the King here, while I welcome your arrival openly, then who dares to be angry or even forbid? What do you mean, the previous King and Queen? Father and mother are now living in the village in the neighboring country quietly, both of them have also handed over all the work related to the Kingdom to me and Yuna," replied the King

"I believe that happened in the past, father and mother were forced to do so to suppress the negative views of the people. In their hearts they must also consider Brother as a victim, their hearts must be injured when doing so because they already consider Brother as their own child," continued the King

"Without you even explaining it, I have been able to understand this problem for a long time. Everything that happened in the past was indeed my mother's fault who inappropriately wanted me to become the Crown Prince who could then rule the throne. Already so, the way that my mother did instead of competing well actually even made evil plans and even rebellion. With all the rotten plans that my mother made, it was appropriate for me and my mother to be given severe punishment" Dean said

"Even if I am only a victim of my mother who has controlled me like a puppet, I do not refuse and do not even try to prevent everything is indeed worthy of the punishment. Lucky only punishment in the form of exile for 5 years, with the punishment was also the King and Queen before was very kind. However, unlike me, my mother could not accept punishment until her life ended very badly" Dean continued

Thus, by making Dean who is his biological son as a puppet, the concubine planned many things in order to hold power in the future. The concubine wanted Dean to be elected Crown Prince in the end and take the throne as King, even as the rebellion was part of her plan. However, all of his rotten plans are revealed until the Concubine and Dean are sentenced.

This includes treason which is a major crime to have to receive severe punishment in accordance with existing laws and regulations. What else is the news of the betrayal of the two has been known to the common people who want to have both executed with the harshest sentence. Even so, given the long-standing relationship between the Concubine and the Royal Family, the blood relationship between the Dean and the King, King and Queen also imposes a slightly lighter sentence. After all, if the decree of the King and Queen had been established, then no one would be able to oppose it.

Not as it should be, if it commits a crime of treason, it must be executed. However, the punishment inflicted on the Concubine and Dean was only in the form of exile for 5 years. Even so, the Concubine who still did not accept all the decisions considered the punishment of exile to be the same as the absence of a chance to live. So after the sentence was decided for him, he actually killed himself by banging his head on prison bars very hard.

Until finally, the concubine was buried dishonorably without the family name written on her tombstone and the location of her funeral was far from the settlement in exchange for the punishment that should be received by her. In the end, Dean only served a solitary sentence. It happened about a few years before Evan's marriage to Yuna.

Dean had been in exile for even more than 5 years and now he has reappeared in the Royal City by becoming a teacher of the Royal Academy after serving his sentence with sufficient time. Even today back to the Royal Palace to meet the King (current or current) who is a brother alias stepbrother.

"It was all just a past incident, there was no need to discuss it anymore. Brother only needs to look ahead and most importantly Brother is also always fine" said the King

"You're right, Evan," Dean said

"Areally there a need for what Brother to come here? It's impossible to just want to see me, right?" ask the King

"I really just want to see and to see firsthand your news. Actually, if I may, I would like to ask. On the first day that Disciple Arsha came to the Royal Academy, I also saw a woman with him. She wears a veil and looks like Queen Yuna. But I know she is not the Queen. So, who is he?" ask Dean back

"So I saw it too, apparently. She is a sister-in-law, her name is Yura. Yuna's sister and twin sister" replied the King

"So, apparently .." said Dean

Hearing other people talk about Yura is able to make Arvan who had been staying in the room to continue taking care of the work to be unfocused to drop some files like the wrong person fad.

"It seems like I shouldn't be here until I keep hearing you two talk. Then I'll go outside. Excuse me," said Arvan

"You don't have to go outside, sit with us like you used to. We talked together," said the King

The relationship between the three was very good. Evan, Dean, and Arvan. Not just as a friend, but as a brother.

Finally, Arvan accepted the King's invitation to sit down with him and Dean. The three talked to each other together.