Adonis opened his eyes, and the person he heard opened his carriage door. It was non-other than Head Butler Greyson. He had met him 5 days ago but did not focus on his appearance. But right now, Adonis saw that Greyson looked the same as he did 8 years ago.

Everyone in the carriages exited them. When they were moving in the Palace’s direction, Greyson felt Adonis’s curious eyes on him, which made Greyson slightly uncomfortable, and he asked with formality.

“Your Grace Adonis, Would you like to ask me something?”

When Greyson said those words, everyone from House Macarius also got curious about what Adonis would ask. Then, he questioned Greyson without any hesitation.

“May I ask the reason why you look the same even after 8 years? It is like you have not aged since.”

Greyson thought that he understood Adonis’s curiosity. So he lowered his head and put his right hand on his heart and answered him while smiling.

“Your Grace, It is because I am also a distant relative from the House of Odysseus.”

Adonis did not understand what Greyson meant by that, so he had a confused look on his face. To understand him clearly, Adonis asked him further.

“I do not understand what you mean by that? How you being related to House of Odysseus makes you look the same as 8 years ago?”

Greyson now knew that Adonis did not understand the power of the House of Odysseus’s blood. So he explained to him in detail.

“Your Grace, It seems like no one has informed you that someone with the blood of House of Odysseus can live more than 100 years.”

All those near him, including his family, already knew this. But when Adonis heard this, he was astonished. No one had told him about these things, or instead, he was too lazy to understand them. He thought in his subconscious.

“That would explain why he looks the same as 8 years ago even though he is 75 years old.”

As they walked closer to the Palace, Tears started falling from Adonis’s eyes. It was because he had returned here after 8 years, and now he remembered his past painful life and his parents’ death.

When everyone around Adonis saw this, they thought they understood the reason for his tears. So they said nothing to him.

Finally, When they entered the Palace Hall, they were greeted by the Queen and trumpets and drums’ sounds.

“I Welcome House Macarius to the Palace of the Elders!”

The Members of House Macarius become delighted with the welcome of the Queen. Adonis becomes delighted after seeing Queen Meda, so he runs towards her and hugs her waist with his arms. Because he only is as long as her waist.

“Aunt! I have missed you so much. Why did you not visit this year, too, with uncle?”

Queen Meda carries Adonis in her arms and, with kindness, answers him.

“I have missed you too. But there was too much work so I could not visit. I apologize for making not being able to meet you. So tell me, how are you, nephew, or should I say, son-in-law?”

When Adonis hears this, his cheeks become red, and his parents start laughing, seeing this. Grand Duke Phiteus comes closer to them and, with a joyous expression, says to the Queen.

“Hahaha! Sister-in-law always says the funniest things.”

Queen Medea puts back Adonis on the ground and says with attention.

“Now, let us go meet the King in the Throne Room.”

When they hear this, they start walking towards the Throne Room.

Meanwhile, in the Palace Hall, a servent becomes confused about something he just heard, so he tries to ask another servent near him.

“Hey! Do you know why His Grace Adonis calls Her Majesty Queen Medea his aunt even though they are not related at all?”

When the other servant hears this, he looks at him like he can not believe that he asked such a question.

“You are a servant at the Royal Palace. You should already know of this. Are you trying to joke with me by saying this, or are you saying that you really don’t know of this?”

The servent immediately replied without hesitation.

“Yes! I really do not know. I just arrived from my village 2 weeks ago, so this is a mystery to me.”

The other servent took a deep breath and calmly replied to him.

“Very Well! I shall tell you the reason.”

After this, the other servent starting explaining the reason why Adonis calls Queen Medea his aunt.

“When Grand Duke Lycaon Simon ruthlessly killed Brianus, Feran Winstone went to the Throne room with his brothers and insulted his father King Winstone while making a pledge of brotherhood among themselves.”

“Because of the pain of his son’s death and insults by his other son, his heart became weak, and he fell ill. He remained ill for 6 years until at the age of 102 even though he still looked young because of Zeus’s blood, but he was very pale, and he started showing signs of his death nearing.”

“After the death of his brother Prince Feran had become the new crown prince by default. Now that his father was close to his death, he needed to search for a crown princess.”

“Thus, From all the branches of the House of Odysseus came the young females. Their ages ranged from 15 to 19 years old. They came to meet with the crown prince so that a new crown princess could be chosen.”

“Among them was Medea Barbatus 15 years old from House of Barbatus and her maid Elpis Potitus 12 years old from House of Potitus. House of Barbatus was a duke family that ruled 1 of the 4 parts of the west of the Azlek Kingdom under the rule of House of Drakos.”

“House of Barbatus was a rich duchy which ruled directly 2 earls, 4 counts, 1 baron. They also ruled the house of Potitus, and because the baron and the duke were friends, they would meet each other often, and they would bring their daughters with them.”

“Because of this, Medea and Elpis became friends, and their friendship grew so close that they started to regard each other as sisters. Sister Medea was 3 years older than Elpis, So she started to be called older sister by Elpis.”

“So, when she took part in the participation to become the crown princess, Elpis came to support as her maid.”

“But when Elpis and Hector saw each other for the first time, they immediately fell in love at first sight. So, after Medea and Feran found about this. They started to help them in their relationship.”

“But little did they knew that when they were helping them, their feeling for each other grew too. After 2 months of Elpis and Hector meeting each other, Hector proposed to Elpis, and she accepted it. Thus they were engaged.”

“When Medea and Feran saw this, they were happy and sad at the same time. Yet they did not know the reason for their own sadness. But Elpis and Hector knew. So they tricked them into confronting each in the evening if the same day.”

“First, Medea expressed her feeling, and then Feran expressed his. After this, Feran proposed to Medea with confidence, and Medea was shocked by this, but she smiled and accepted this proposal making them engaged.”

“As it was a tradition among high ranking nobles that those engaged will go on dates and will not be intimate for 6 years. It was a show of respect for Hera to bless them together. After that, they will finally be married.”

The servent was amazed by the other servent’s knowledge but was also confused, so he tried to ask the other servent.

“It is amazing and all, but I only wanted to know why His Grace Adonis called Queen Medea his Aunt. I already know about everything else.”

When the other servant heard this, he became embarrassed and immediately tried to silence the servent.

“Shut up! Let me do my work now!”

After hearing this, the servent became silent.

When Queen Medea, Adonis, and his family members entered the Throne Room, they saw the king sitting on the throne and his two children standing around him on both sides. Royal Magician Daedalus was also standing silent in the right corner.

When the king saw them, he lifted his arms and started walking towards them. He was smiling and looked very joyous when he said this.

“Welcome, Brother, Sister, Nephew, and Niece! It is great to see you all again. I apologize for not being able to visit this year. I had some problems to deal with. But let us forget that. Now that nephew is here. Let the ceremony begin.”

“Daughter come forward and Nephew you too. It is time for you both to exchange rings.”

Both of them were blushing as they were coming closer. Adonis always had a crush on her, but he never talked about it because he was a timid person. But right now, it was like his dreams were coming true, and he had found everything he had desired. So he said in his thoughts.

“Thank You, god Hades for fulfilling my wishes.”

- To Be Continued