After getting home from Sulpha's palace, Joseph rested as much as possible as he remembered that he still needed to meet up with Sulpha as she asked for him to talk with her for more information on what had happened to him.
He got dressed up as soon as possible before his sister barged in, "Brother! What's taking you so long?" She shouted loudly, "Guards are lining up at our front door as we speak! What's going on?" She asked him.
"Those guards must've been sent by Sulpha, I need to hurry before my family worries about it to much" he thinks to himself. "Don't worry about it too much Eli, everything's handled there's nothing much to worry about." he says to her trying to not worry her down.
"If you say so, but if they don't leave soon I'll tell mom and dad!" She replied to him.
"Rest assured Eli, I'll drive those guards out and I'll be gone after I do so, don't tell mom or dad okay? I'll make sure to bring back gifts if you do so." He said to her as he leaves.
"Okay big brother! Your secret is safe with me! Get
back home safely!" She replied as he leaves.
After a couple minutes pass by they finally arrived at the location of where they usually meet.
Joseph notices her in a white sundress waving to him as he arrives, he waves back as a greeting out the window of the carriage
After arriving he formally greets her and she greets back while chuckling at him for being formal.
"There's no need for you to be so formal, we're not even inside the castle" she said as she laughs. "Well, there's nothing I can do, you're still a princess after all" he replies whilst smiling at her.
After looking at each other for a second and fixing their composure Joseph asks her "Shall we go now? Milady?"
"Oh stop trying to be flirty Joseph, let's go!" She replied to him as she smiles holding his hand as they walk to the streets of the kingdom.
They traverse the streets, trying out different stalls and games that they could see all throughout till morning to the afternoon.
As night comes near they sit by a cafe to take a break from everything they were doing.
"Hey Joseph, you never told me what happened that night didn't you?" She asked him while glaring at him. "What troubles could you have passed by to get such bruises?" She asks in concern.
"Oh it was nothing too troublesome, I just got chased by some random dog in the alley but I couldn't get away fast enough." He replied trying to laugh it off.
"Is that so? Well... You better be careful next time ok? You had me worried there." She replied.
"Don't worry about it too much, I'll take proper care of myself Sulphy." Reassuring her before smiing at her.
"Alright then I'll take your word for it." As she smiles back at him.
As time passes by they continued their gander throughout the streets. Enjoying the fun games and food stalls around.
"It's getting dark, shall we get going Sulphy?" He asks her. "Yeah, we should, getting my father worried isn't going to be of help to me." She replied.
They quickly went back to the spot where their carriage awaits. And after arriving they bid farewell to eachother before parting ways.
As Joseph walks on the way home he encounters a store that seems give off an uneasy feeling and his guts are urging him to visit it, and so he did— he knocked on its' doorstep before barging in to take a look around.
There was a lot of weird looking potions, materials, equipment, and artifact. After looking around he notices a weirder artifact on a shelf but before he could check it out he was dragged outside by a sudden force and the door of the store locked.
"What a weird store..." He thinks to himself and shrugging it off as it doesn't seem to be a threat to him.
As he walks he remembers something, "Oh, I almost forgot to buy Eli a gift." Thinking to himself.
Joseph continues walking and notices a store where he might get a gift from, he goes in another store to look for the gift. "She likes sweets so this should be enough."
He bought the sweets and continues walking back to his house, and after arriving he was greeted by his loving sister.
Couple of minutes later he arrived back home and was surprised by his sister waiting for him at the door. "Welcome back brother!" She said as she leaps onto his brother surprising him.
"Eh!? Oh Eli, you gave me a shock" he said in a surprised tone, he patted his sister's head and she asks "brother, where's the present you promised?" She said in a dubious voice.
Joseph pulled out the sweets he bought earlier and gave her what he promised, "Here you go Eli, here's what I promised you this morning."
"Thanks brother! By the way, where did you go anyways? You even came home late today." She asked curiously.
"Don't worry about it Eli, I just had business earlier and it took me a lot longer than I thought." he replied avoiding her question.
"Is that so? Then you wouldn't mind me telling mom and dad don't you?" She said in a sinister tone.
"Don't you even try... I already held my end of the deal!" He got annoyed at her yet still not saying where he had gone.
"Please brother! Can you tell me? I promise not to tell a soul." Trying to act cute and sway him with her words but it wasn't effective.
"If you want to know it so much, why don't we make a deal then?" He said smirking at her. "What deal is it then?" She said looking at him suspiciously.
"Do my chores for a whole month then!" He said with a smirk on his face. "What!? A whole month just for him to spill a secret!?" She said in utter disbelief.
"I really hope this is worth a whole month..." She said whilst thinking to herself. "Fine, I accept your deal. This better be good brother." she replies to him while hesitating.
He laughs at her before saying the secret, "I never thought you'd agree to it", "Well, as promised I'll tell you my secret, I hanged out with the princess all day!", he smirked at her sinisterly after he said it.
"What? That's it? What a waste, now I have to do all your chores for a whole month." She sighed in dissatisfaction. "Which princess is it anyway big brother?".
"Well I thought you'd be more surprised but it was the kingdoms princess, princess Sulpha." He replied to her.
She looked at him in disbelief for a minute before saying, "What!? The princess!? Y-you mean this kingdoms princess!?" She said in shock, "I thought it was just some low royalty girl but the princess!?" She thought to herself as she was taken aback about what his brother said.
"Why are you so surprised now? Did you misheard me last time?" He questioned her,
"N-no, it's just that... You didn't tell me it was the princess of the kingdom! Our very own kingdom!" She shouted an him as she's still in disbelief.
"Oh, I thought there was only one princess and it was the princess of our kingdom." He says as he thinks about it cluelessly.
"Sometimes I'm surprised on how stupid you are despite being ranked as one of the highest in academics." She sighed as she reply to her brother still astonished by what he said.
"Well we all have flaws in some ways." he said to her in a jokingly manner.
She kept scolding him for being dense on and on until she was satisfied with his suffering.
"
It's still unbelievable that you're actually friends with the princess." She told him still having aftershocks. "I'll be in my room, no matter what you do even if you're just joking about being friends with the princess, you shouldn't take it lightly." she warns him.
"It is true that I'm friends with the princess, but I guess I'll take your advice on it." Replying to her before heading back to his own room to study. After an hour or so passed by he got called down by his sister for dinner and they all ate, he went upstairs right after finishing his meal to get started on working out.
Thirty minutes pass by and as he's still working ou the didn't feel the presence of something creeping in,
"Eleven... Twelve... Thirteen... Fourteen..." Before he could realize it his sister attacked him from behind and he got struck on his back with a towel.
"Ouch! What are you doing in my room!? Why did you do that!? That hurts like hell!" He exclaimed to her in anger.
"First of all you're stinking up the whole house in sweat and second of all it's noisy and it's close to my bed time, your beautiful sister also needs her beauty sleep unlike her brother who looks like an ogre." She complained.
"But you still didn't have to hit me that hard! You could've just told me nicely instead of whipping me like that!" He shouted at her obviously annoyed by his sisters' behavior.
"Well whatever, just keep it down and get yourself washed. Gosh it stinks in here." Before she left the room ending their discussion.
"What an annoying sister she is, can't she give a little privacy? Not even a knock and just immediately hits me with a towel." he exclaims as he continue to walk to the bathroom still complaining about his sisters annoyance.
A couple mintes pass by and he finishes showering, he gets out and heads straight to his room to get some change of clothes and continued studying right after.
Joseph went to sleep right after doing what he needed to do and got some rest for the new day tomorrow.
The very next day after he woke up and headed to school he went directly at the school board to check the scores of the test and he was in shock to find out, that he didn't pass the exams.