Their mother Alia would always try to diate things between the father and son, but their conflicts never seed to stop.
Though Alicia didn’t understand the entire situation, still... she had once heard it was sothing related to being the heir of House Frost.
Brother Kael was the heir, and father wanted him to train earlier than the rest, so that he would beco capable enough of leading the house.
Once Alicia had even seen her brother begin to train when father had scolded him for the first ti, but... that was the only ti she had seen him train.
After that, Brother Kael had begun to fight back whenever father scolded him, and that only went on to intensify their conflicts.
Though mother always told her that the situation would soon resolve on its own, Alicia wasn’t dumb.
She could see that the fights were becoming more serious with every passing day.
Alicia’s elder sister had always tried to calm down Kael whenever mother had not been around, but Kael would even shout at her.
Though Victoria would never argue back, as doing that would lead to even more fights amongst them.
Once Alicia had seen her quietly crying in her room when no one was around.
That was also the sa ti when Kael had stopped paying attention to Alicia, making the little girl feel heavy in her heart from ti to ti.
At first, whenever she had any problems, Kael would imdiately arrive beside her, but now—
No matter how much she cried, her brother would never be there to comfort her, at least her elder brother.
Since Kael’s sudden change in behaviour, Kevin had beco more proactive in staying with her.
Such an atmosphere continued in the house for quite a while before things started to turn for the worse.
One day, after being tired of Kael’s uncooperative behaviour, Alicia’s father had completely given up on him.
A huge argunt between the two was soon followed by her father designating Kevin as the new heir to House Frost.
Though her mother as well as Victoria and Kevin were against the decision, her father didn’t budge an inch.
Still... Alicia hoped that after being freed from the duties of an heir, her brother would be happy, but—
Things only took a turn for the worse.
Kael had begun to actively participate in every activity that would put the na of their house to sha.
Consuming beverages like alcohol had beco an everyday thing for him.
Kael would always get into fights with the children of other noble houses, resulting in her father having to solve every dispute in order to save the public image of the house.
But Kael... he never seed to care for any of it.
He had even begun to shout curses at them. Even her mother wasn’t spared from his brutal words.
After turning fourteen years of age, Alicia had grown old enough to be able to talk so sense into her brother, but Kael... he always ignored her.
Sotis Alicia even feared whether her brother would beco violent with her.
After Kevin was designated as the heir, even Victoria had stopped paying attention to Kael, as she had begun treating him like an outsider.
Though Alicia knew that deep within, her sister still cared for Kael.
But none of it mattered to her brother, as he kept on doing whatever his mind thought of without caring for the consequences that would follow.
Even after everything, Alicia along with Diana would always be there to console Kael, but their efforts were always t with a dead end.
As ti passed, Alicia had completely stopped her efforts to restore the peace in their house.
She knew that no matter what efforts were taken by her, Kael would never return to how he had been before the conflicts had begun.
Still, Diana was there to comfort Kael.
Alicia always saw Diana trying to cheer up Kael whenever she visited their house.
As the first princess of the empire, Diana had her own responsibilities, but she would still take out so ti from her busy schedule to visit them.
But no matter how much effort she poured in... Kael never even acknowledged her presence.
It was to the extent that everyone had begun to feel that they were living with a complete stranger.
But the hardships never ended there, as at one point in ti, Kael had even forced himself on Diana when she had tried to comfort him.
That was when Victoria and the rest had stepped in, and Diana had returned to her palace, never returning again.
It was only at Diana’s fifteenth birthday that Alicia had seen her again, though they had managed to maintain their contact by talking through communication devices.
Diana... she looked a lot more mature when Alicia had seen her at the banquet, but the two of them couldn’t even have a proper reunion, as Kael badmouthed the Veltran royalty before everyone else.
Just as the situation was getting out of hand, Alicia’s father slapped Kael, while her mother uttered things that Alicia found hard to believe.
Her mother, who had always been a gentle one, soone with the warst smile Alicia had ever seen—
The sa mother had spoken words that seed to have pierced through Kael’s heart.
Alicia too felt her heart grow heavy after hearing those words, and the sa was true for Victoria, Diana, and Kevin.
At that mont, they wanted nothing more than to shield Kael, but never got the chance to, as imdiately after the incident, Kael had left the banquet to never be seen again.
Alicia had thought that Kael was just being a little childish and would soon return, but... reality hit her as well as everyone else pretty badly.
Kael... no one was able to trace his whereabouts.
There were even rumours that he had been killed by so monsters, making Alicia break down the mont she had heard the news.
But thankfully, through so ans, they were able to determine that Kael was still alive, though no one was able to track him.
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