Saying this, Kevin looked at Genia and said, "We have talked enough now. Finish your food first; otherwise, it is getting cold."
After listening to Kevin, Genia first finished her food, but her mind was planning which person she should stay away from and which one she should not.
As soon as the meal was over, Kevin ordered all the servants to come back and pick up the empty utensils. He was about to leave Genia with her when one of his men told him, "Third Prince, has the Second Prince come to see you?"
Hearing the mention of James, Kevin sensed danger and told a maid, "You take Genia through the back door and drop her at her home."
Upon receiving Kevin's order, the maid said to Genia, "Miss, come with me. I will drop you home."
Hearing the maid's words, Genia nodded and glanced at Kevin. Then she left with the maid. However, he couldn't understand why Kevin, upon hearing the Second Prince's name, had ordered him out the back door. Was the Second Prince so powerful, or was he a threat?
When Kevin saw Genia going out, he breathed a sigh of relief and went to meet James at the place where James was waiting for him.
Kevin knew for sure that James had come to see him for some reason. His friend's condition was also due to a previous altercation with James's man.
As long as their mothers were alive, everything went well. Despite being stepbrothers, they lived in love. However, as time passed, fights started happening between the four of them and seeing this, their mother tried to make them understand, but they did not listen to any of them.
Then one day, his eldest brother's mother passed away. But with her death, the bodies of the remaining three mothers gradually weakened and eventually died as well.
After her death, everything changed. Brothers who had previously lived together in love now lived like enemies.
His eldest brother Rexon, who was always smiling and who loved his four younger brothers, now looked at them as enemies and had become the most feared leader of the Black Tiger Clan.
His second brother, Alex, who had always joked with them, had become withdrawn. And his third brother, James, who had been the most innocent, had started plotting against others.
Sometimes he used to think that if all his four mothers were alive, the situation between them would not have been so bad today.
However, nothing could be done now to make everything go back to the way it was before. Seeing their growing rivalry, their father divided the Black Tiger Clan into four equal parts, and none of them was allowed to enter each other's territory. None of them even met each other. Even if he met them, there would be a fight between them.
Thinking about everything, Kevin entered the room where James was already sitting.
As soon as James looked at Kevin, he did not see any girl with him. Actually, he had come to meet Kevin only so that he could see the girl who had come with Kevin. But Kevin hadn't brought anyone with him. He said to Kevin, "It's nice to meet you, my little brother."
" What are you here for?"
Kevin asked his brother directly. He knew he must have come with a purpose.
Hearing Kevin's question, James replied, "I thought, why not apologise to you for the last clash between our men? That's why I came here to see you. By the way, I don't see the girl you brought with you to the Black Tiger Clan. Where is she?"
After listening to James, Kevin now understood why his brother had come to meet him. The news of bringing Genia with him to the Black Tiger Clan must have reached James, and he must have come here to see how she looks. Instead of answering James, he asked him, "Why do you want to know about that girl?"
" I wanted to see if that girl was from the Rabbit Clan?"
James knew that Kevin wouldn't tell him anything directly about the girl. So he made up the excuse of the girl who had been brought from the Rabbit Clan.
" Rabbit Clan?"
Kevin didn't know anything about the Rabbit Clan. So he looked at James in surprise. He couldn't understand why James was talking about the Rabbit Clan.
Seeing the surprise on Kevin's face, James realised that Kevin did not know anything about this, and his cunning mind started working on a new trick. He said to Kevin, "You don't know that our elder brother ordered a girl from the Rabbit Clan to be sent to him so that she could give birth to an heir for him. Now you know that his appearance makes any girl afraid to get close to him. But that girl also managed to knock the men carrying her unconscious and run away. So I thought I should first make sure that the girl who came with you is not the one our elder brother is looking for."
Hearing James's words, Kevin replied calmly, "No, the girl who came with me is from the monkey clan, and she is quite ugly as well. I brought him to the clan so she could treat my friend who was attacked by your men."
With that, he glared at James. He knew full well that James was trying to trap him. However, he wasn't about to fall into his trap.
Hearing the name of Monkey Clan, James lost all interest in the girl whom Kevin had brought with him. But then he remembered what his man had told him: the girl had very beautiful eyes. He asked, "If that is so, then why did you cover that girl's face?"
" That girl's face is so ugly that it would scare anyone. Even I was terrified when I saw her face. So I asked her to tie a scarf over her face because if my friend had seen her face, he would have died just by looking at her face."
Kevin wasn't going to be fooled by James's words, so he only told him half the story.
After listening to everything Kevin had to say, James didn't get what he wanted. So he said, "I suddenly remembered something. So I'm leaving now."
With that, he turned to leave. However, he thought to himself, "I know that girl is from the Monkey Clan, or maybe Kevin knows that, but our older brother doesn't know that."
At this thought, James smiled and left.
Kevin, who was watching James leave, had a sad look on his face. His most innocent brother had now become cunning, but if anyone was most to blame, it was his friend, the leader of the White Tiger Clan.
Kevin knew very well that the leader of the White Tiger Clan had instigated the fight between them, and he was the one who kept instigating the enmity between them. However, he never found any evidence against him to prove to everyone that he was their enemy and not their friend.
But Kevi knew it wasn't that easy, so he went back inside.
On returning home, Genia first went to the back of the house. Looking at the place, Genia said to herself, "I clearly remember there was a waterfall here last night, but where did it disappear in the morning? I'm sure it wasn't just an illusion. There really was a waterfall here. But how can I convince Raghav of this?"
" I believe you. There was a waterfall here last night."
Hearing the sound, Genia suddenly became frightened and turned in the direction from which it had come. Her eyes fell on a man sitting on the wall of the house.
Genia asked him, "Who are you? And what are you doing here?"
Hearing Genia's question, Alex, who was sitting on the wall, jumped down from the wall. He had come back to this house yesterday to gather information about the girl who was bathing in the waterfall.
However, upon arriving, he noticed that the girl was looking at the place, questioning herself. Furthermore, the waterfall that had been there last night had also disappeared.
When Genia saw the man jumping down from the wall, she asked him, "Who are you? And what are you doing here?"
Genia thought that this man was a robber and had come to rob the house. So when she saw that man coming towards her, she said to him, "Look, don't come near me, otherwise I will make noise and gather everyone..."
However, before she could complete her sentence, Alex put his hand on her mouth and pushed her against the wall. At this time, both of them were so close to each other that they could hear their heartbeats.
When Alex saw Genia's eyes, he got lost in them, but he did not see Genia's face because Genia had not yet removed the cloth tied around her mouth.
"I will remove my hand from your mouth, but don't scream. If you scream, I will kill you."
Alex realised that he had come to learn about the girl and was falling for her gaze. So, he said this to scare her.
When Genia heard this, she simply nodded. She didn't want to die. Moreover, the people of this world were beasts. She couldn't escape them anyway.
Seeing Genia nod, Alex gently removed his hand from her mouth. He didn't want Kevin to know about his arrival at his place.
Genia took a deep breath as Kevin removed his hand. She had never been so close to a man before, and it made her heart race. She took a deep breath to calm herself.
Then Genia asked him, "Who are you and what are you doing here? Why do you believe me so much?"
Hearing Genia's question, Alex introduced himself to her, "My name is Alex, and I am the First Prince of this Black Tiger Clan. And I believe you so much because I myself come to this place every night to see that waterfall."
Hearing Alex's words, Genia looked at him in surprise and thought to herself, "First Prince...every night."
Then she shouted, "This means that it was you who screamed in pain last night."