Chapter 225 - Cyrus To The Rescue

Ch-224 

"JAMES! WHERE IS MY WEAPON?!" Lia shout sounded in the whole of Benjamin's mansion scaring everyone. Even the lizards on the wall got scared and hid behind the things. 

"MADAME! HERE!" James said as he gave forwarded her weapon*cough* its feather duster. 

Lia snatched the feather duster to beat Henry. 

Meanwhile… 

Henry panicked when he heard his mother asking James to get the feather duster. Suddenly, a brilliant idea came to his genius brain. He looked apologetically at Esther, Esther felt confused at his behavior. But she kept quiet. 

"Oh My God! Esther! What happened?" he shouted. And just like that, he diverted the attention of his mother along with the whole family. He took that as a chance and slipped from his mother's hold. 

But poor him! The stunt he pulled earlier was wrong. 

"You brat! Come here! Are you cursing your sister on her marriage day? Why do I have a stupid son like you?" Lia started running behind him with her weapon. When Henry didn't stop. She pulled the carpet under his feet making him fall on his butt. 

"Ouch! My Butt…" Henry winced in pain as he fell. Due to his pain, he forgot that he needed to run from his mother. 

Lia ran quickly with her feather duster and started hitting his back. 

"Ouch! Mom! I am sorry! Ahh… Ahh… Mom! Have some mercy!" Henry begged her. But Lia didn't stop. 

"Mom… Leave him. At least for me," Esther asked. She couldn't bear to see his pained face. 

[Sobs~~ I am so touched. Only my sister loves me. I have to treat her well in the future. ] he thought. 

Tears streamed out of his eyes as he looked at her. 

Sobs~~ His sister is grown up now. 

Now… She has to take care of her innocent brother. 

Esther rolled her eyes at his brother mentally. Dammit! She helped him out of pity but he was here trying to take advantage of her. 

"You stay out of this!" Lia's harsh voice brought Esther out of her thoughts while it brought the grievance to Henry. 

"Mom! I am your son!" Henry used his final card. 

"So what?!" she said as she hit his back a few more times. 

"My Dear Empress Dowager… Please have some mercy on me. Please…" By now Henry threw his pride out of the window and held her legs like a pitiful dog. 

"Mom, leave him. Only for once," Cyrus asked as he couldn't see Esther's sad face. 

"Fine! Only for this time!" Lia said angrily. 

"James," She called the butler. 

"My Lady," he called out. 

"Keep this safe. I will need It in the future," Lia said as she handed the feather duster to him like a precious thing. 

Lia went into the kitchen to clean up. Cyrus helped Henry to get up. "God… She beat me hard this time," He said as he groaned in pain.

"Let's go out, and sit on the stone bench," Cyrus said. 

When they both came out of the door. Henry checked whether there was anyone or not. When he realized there was none, he walked normally. 

"If I don't like it paining,  my move would come after me again," he said with a smile. 

"You and Esther are lucky to have a family like this," Cyrus said as he saw the sky. They both walked to the stone bench. 

"I heard the previous head of your family was strict?" Henry asked. 

"My mom, she didn't like Esther four years back. If she liked it, I would have come here and asked for her hand. And My father does whatever he likes. But they both don't say a word against my sister. But she wasn't at home four years ago. So… I have to watch the woman marry someone other than me. 

"By the time, My sister returned and got to know about Esther, She tried to come here and wanted to kidnap her. So that she could force her to marry me. But she stopped that from doing so for my sake. Just like how Esther sees you as a father, my sister is my mother. She became my mother, she made food for me despite the number of maids we had. She taught me education despite the number of teachers our family hired. She is a lot older than me. If not for her, maybe I would become a heartless person. When I got married finally today, I couldn't tell her," Cyrus said as he felt regret and guilt eating him up. 

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Meanwhile…. 

"Clan Master, see my brother is feeling sad for not being able to talk about his marriage to me. Can I go there once?" Shakti begged her Clan Master. 

"Nope… Not now. You have to go after they consummate their marriage. You can meet your sister-in-law and him at a time," The Clan Master said. 

"Master…." Shakti was about to act cute but was cut off by her master. 

"Don't act cute. If you have time to act cute. Cultivate further or get married. He is fifteen hundred years younger than you, but he has a son and a wife. What about you?" he nagged her like a broken recorder. 

"Master… I have to check on the kingdom issues. I am taking my leave," she said and ran away. 

"Silly Child, your destiny will reach you soon. It's time for you to meet him. This time… he is a king, not a slave. His love for you is stronger than anything in this world," he muttered, forgetting that the walls had ears. 

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"So… You love your sister?" Henry asked. 

"She is not a sister but a mother to me," Cyrus said as he smiled. 

"Why can't you let her know?" Henry asked. 

"She is in a faraway place. There in the stars…" He said as he pointed to the sky. 

"I am sorry," Henry apologized. 

"I mean… she said whenever she misses me she asks me to look into the sky.. She is in a faraway place where one cannot reach her with the phone," Cyrus said, clearing his assumptions.