Velin shook his head at his elder brother's words and said, "Brother, it's getting late. I'll head back and rest first."
"I just had people prepare a great deal of delicious food for you. Are you sure you want to rest now?" Ilisis asked with amusement in his eyes as he watched Velin prepare to leave.
"How much?"
Velin immediately stopped in his tracks and blurted out the question.
Seeing the teasing smile on his elder brother's face, Velin finally realized what he had done. He coughed lightly to cover it up. "Brother, I meant... well, I meant how much food was prepared. Is there enough for our whole family?"
Ilisis smiled and replied, "I don't know exactly how much, but there'll definitely be enough for you."
Seeing this, Velin simply stopped pretending. Rubbing his stomach, he said, "Brother, maintaining the illusion world took too much out of me. I'm starving now. How about we go to the dining hall?"
"Fine."
Ilisis could not help but laugh at Velin's impatient appearance and followed after him.
Believing that a Soul Intent High-level Knight was hungry from excessively draining his Battle Qi was less believable than the sun rising in the west.
Still, Ilisis had plenty of patience for his younger brother.
Although Velin had deceived him, he was willing to believe him.
So long as it did not involve principles or the survival of the family, he was merely Velin's elder brother, not the Eagle Marquis, much less the head of the Ex Family.
After leaving the study, Ilisis waved over a knight and instructed him to notify the others to head to the dining hall.
Once the knight had left, Ilisis looked up, only to find that Velin had already vanished.
"This love of food hasn't changed at all since