THE DESTINY OF THE SUN AND THE MOON
CHAPTER 40 - THE STORM IS COMING SOON

Castor stared at the pile of paper on his desk with a face that looked so tired. The appearance of his pale face and black eye bags in both eyes which is evidence that he did not rest well lately.

Preparation for his Nineteen-year Birthday Party is indeed handled fully by the Mother, Empress Ivona because she knows her eldest son is busy with his work as Crown Prince. Ivona was afraid that her son would long fall ill from being too busy with his work so she took over the job of preparing for Castor's Nineteen-year Birthday Party.

Not to mention, now he had to deal with the nobles who were constantly pressuring him to immediately have a fiancee to fill the position of Crown Princess, last year when he was a debutante the royals were increasingly vigorous I introduced Castor to their daughters or their female relatives who were the same age as Castor and obviously their only goal, one, the position of Crown Princess.

Hundreds of letters from the nobles about the submission of applications were already piled up in a large box in the corner of his study. Castor himself never read the letter because besides being lazy he was also very busy to read it.

"Dam... Actually what the hell was done by the Old Man" Granted Castor.

True, he was really very angry with the Emperor aka his father because of the jobs that should be a lot of this is the work of the Emperor. However, Duke Curt, an aide to the Emperor, said this was also an exercise for Castor, the future Emperor.

'Just say that he wants to be with his mistress, damn it!!!!!!!' Castor continues in the heart. His own hands were already itching to burn all these piles of paper

"Hayooooo's... Who thought of burning these papers" said a man in front of him.

Castor glanced back at the man who looked about the same age as him, "You're trying to help or make fun of me"

The man chuckled, "Your face says that you want to burn all these piles of papers, Your Majesty"

Castor let out a tired sigh, "You're not helping at all, Dereck"

The man was Dereck Gavino Sirius, the son of Marquess Sirius appointed as adjutant of Crown Prince Castor. The same age as Castor, only a few months older than the Crown Prince. He was a handsome man with blond hair and emerald green eyes, growing tall and well-built. He himself is famous for his hospitality among the social world of nobles and is the most sought after man by noble women number two (because the number one is Castor). If you are familiar with it, he is someone who is easy going and also a little ignorant.

Of course, Castor was the one who most often fell victim to the prank that the future Marquess Sirius had.

If Blaze has Arthur as his best friend, Castor has Dereck who is also his best friend since childhood who is now his adjutant.

"And Your Majesty, why have you never taken the time to read the letters that are already piled up in the corner of the room?" Ask Dereck.

"Lazy" replied Castor briefly who was still focused on the document in his hand.

Dereck sighed, "If your nature like this continues, you'll never get married you know?"

Dereck grinned, "Not yet hehe. No girl has caught my attention yet"

"So much as I am" Castor said.

"Yeah.... You know, it's hard to find a girl who's really sincere with us, not just from looks and possessions. I'm looking for a girl who can accept me for who I am" said Dereck, who started taking some documents to do his job and helped Castor face-to-face.

"I still haven't thought of anything like that. In addition to my work, I also wanted to find a way for Vivi to survive the tumble ritual, the time I had was only six years away. I don't want my brother to be the result of that obscure ritual" Castor said.

"The obscure rituals that have been performed by this Empire since it was established" Timpal Dereck.

Dereck himself stared at Castor with concern. He did know about Castor's efforts to find a way to free his sister from the ritual offering to the Sun God (which Dereck said was also very silly because he clearly did not believe in the ritual because he thinks how could the Sun God want such a collision?). He knew Castor's feelings clearly because he himself had a younger sister who was only two years different from him. Her dearly beloved younger sister who is now busy studying at the Imperial Academy to the point that the girl is rarely seen in social life. Even Castor, his best friend, has never met Dereck's sister.

But a few days ago, he was told by his family that his younger brother would graduate in three weeks because his younger brother was already qualified to graduate from the Imperial Academy. Well... Dereck had indeed planned to welcome his only sister.

"Then what about your plan to ask for three more weeks of leave?" Ask Castor suddenly.

"Ohhh! Ja. My adorable little sister is three weeks away from graduating. I did want to take a leave to welcome him back to the mansion" Dereck replied with an enthusiasm.

"I heard he skipped class huh, like you used to?" Ask Castor again.

"Really! I graduated when I was sixteen and now my sister graduated when I was seventeen. My sister herself intends to join the Imperial Witch in light of her powerful magical talent" Dereck replied in such a proud tone.

Yep, yeah, Dereck did graduate about three years ago or rather when he was sixteen and he was directly appointed by the Emperor directly as Adjutant to the Crown Prince because in addition to Dereck who was a friend of Castor since childhood, Dereck is also the best graduate in political law lessons that clearly helped Castor in the future.

While Castor himself so remember about Vivi. Her sister is also very talented in magic like her other sister, Blaze. Although it is very rare to meet them because the work is so piled up like this, Castor clearly participated in observing the development of these two sisters who increased drastically.

Castor himself also watched secretly his other brother, Helios, who had begun to move suspiciously. As Castor expected, Helios was persuaded by Duke Curt who used his daughter to compete for the throne. Obviously it makes Castor angry at Duke Curt who has poisoned his sister's mind but for now he must gather evidence to bring down his father's aide and also resuscitate Helios who has been blinded by his love for Duke Curt's daughter, Bella Aelesha Curt.

Not to mention the matter about Dad and his mistress who were seen starting to blatantly show their closeness, this really made Castor feel a very bad premonition in the near future.

Castor sighed, he was now trying to weather the storms that would come to his family. For the sake of Mother and her three sisters, she would willingly do anything to keep them all from this storm that would soon come into their lives.