Chapter 296
"So, to find her, I traced her back to Island Genesis . But there, I never expected to see Leo and Su Na . Then I fought the enemy but somehow was overtaken . I'm ashamed of myself . " Yu Sha explained guiltily .
Yu Ping's eyes narrowed as he connected the dots .
"So, you didn't meet her? What was she like?"
"She had the ability to control ice and I didn't see her . When I woke up, I was restricted with a binding spell . Every time I attempted to use my ability, the spell activated and burned my organs and body . In the process, the bracelet was lost . "
Yu Ping's eyes widened instantly and he jolted from the seat, reaching his hand out to her head . "You lost the bracelet? How are you feeling? Do you feel ill anywhere? How's your head?"
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Yu Sha slapped Yu Ping's hand away . "Chill out . I'm fine . " She paused and felt something wasn't right . Why was he panicking about a lost bracelet? Everyone seemed to make big deal out of it . There must be something she didn't know about the bracelet? Her voice serious, she asked, "It was not a simple bracelet? Isn't it?"
Surprised, he thought his parents told her when she went home . Did they opt out? He averted his eyes thinking of what to say .
"YU PING!" She shouted . "Hiding the truth from me will never help me . "
"What did mom and dad tell you when you went home?" He asked . He knew what it felt like to be kept in the dark himself . If he was her, he would want to know to .
She remembered, they told her briefly about her mother's side of the family and the destiny that could befall on her brother . As per her parents' wish, they do not wish for him to know yet . She had to keep it from him . Yu Sha couldn't tell her . In the end, she said they didn't tell her much . She quickly turned the question around . "Tell me, what is so special about the bracelet?"
Yu Ping pondered for a moment . "I'll tell you but don't let mom and dad know . If they didn't tell you, they simply wish for you to live as ordinary as possible . I wish to grant them this and put their mind at ease . "
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"Mm . . . " She nodded .
"According to what I knew, the bracelet was to seal off your nightmares . "
"Dreams? Why? It's just dreams . "
"Well, when you were little, you often wake up crying, had panic attacks, and talked gibberish of things from your nightmares . You were often dazed off into space even during the day and felt sad . After one night, you lost your eye sight for a few days from a nightmare . Worried, grandma and dad sealed off your dreams along with the memories of those dreams using the bracelet as a limiter . The seal lasted about one decade and each time it was being used on the same person, the affect weakened . Your condition improved significantly after the sealing . You smiled more, laughed more . We feel like we had you back . When your nightmare memories were re-sealed for the second time was when I found out the truth behind the bracelet . "
Yu Sha listened intently . She remembered the few dreams she dreamt about . Indeed, the feelings from those dreams strongly affected her some times after waking up . These were new news to her . It made sense why her father asked her weird questions . He wanted to know how her mental state was .
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"Yu Sha, we wanted the best for you . If you remained oblivious to all these, we would keep it away from you forever to protect the smile on your face . "
Tears swelled in her eyes . She had not seen her little brother looked so grown and responsible . When she thought of the fate of the world that hovered upon him, she too, wish she could help carry those burdens for him . He was born into duties to lead a nation in the shadow, forever stayed in the dark . Every single life had to be meticulously calculated into action . Sacrificing one innocent live for the sake of saving 10 lives, how cruel is that?
"Yu Sha, we can't choose our parents, but they can choose how to raise us . They love and protected us in their own weird way . Every time when someone called Yu Sha, they hoped that it'll remind you to live freely as you possibly can, not chained by the invisible weight of your past . Every time when someone called Yu Ping, they hoped that it'll remind me to live independently not bounded by duty and obligation . "
Yu Sha felt surprised of his reasons . Did he know his fate? "You . . . " She wanted to ask .
Yu Ping quickly added, "I'm just assuming based on my observation . Knowing dad, one can easily guess the intention and reasoning behind why he named us like this . "
"Whao . . . You are a genius . " She knew why her grandpa wanted Yu Ping to run the country from the shadow . He can solve the entire puzzle just from observing .
"Hmph . . I am my parents' son after all . " He soon noticed he got derailed off topic . "Ahem . . . my point is that, we should live our lives just as they wished for us to . Don't be angry with them because they hide certain things from us . In their own way, it was how they knew to protect us . "
Yu Sha felt touch by his moving speech . Her eyes sparkled, tears flowed down, and she cried of mixed emotions as she praised . "Are you my little brother? Why do you suddenly sound like an older brother? You've grown so much overnight!"
Yu Ping cringed seeing her ugly cries . He pushed the tissue box to her and ordered, "Wipe off that ugly snot of yours . "
She complied and proceeded to wipe her tears and blow her nose .
"Yu Sha, if you don't like that man, then don't . I don't believe he can make you happy . Life of royals aren't as glamorous . I believe our mom and dad share the same opinion as me . "