Thrace de Fernando de Her, twenty-three years old. Thrace is the name of a legendary hero, De is the name of a natural nobleman, Hull is the surname inherited from his mother and is the number one name in some parts of the Federation, and Fernando is a behemoth who controls the entire federal steel industry, earns more than half of the gray income, and holds eight seats in the Federal Parliament.

As the eldest son of the Fernando family, he is quite well-known throughout the Federation, coupled with the handsome appearance inherited from his mother, including the color of his hair and eyes, the elegant taste and gentlemanly demeanor inherited from his father, and his unique approachable but not rude attitude, he frequently appears in the vague fantasy of the ignorant girl of the Federation.

But the essence of a person is often not the same as what it seems. It's not that he obviously has such conditions, and being alone at the age of twenty-three means that he has something unspeakable, the problem lies in the titles of "eldest son" and "eldest young master".

Many friends who are in a similar situation to him, when outsiders mention it, they will say that they are "the heir of such and such a family", or even "patriarch", but at the age of twenty-three, he is still only the "eldest son" - because people who are a little more well-informed know that the heir of the Fernando family is Phoenix Fernando, the biological brother of Thrace.

But that's often the end of what these people know, and beyond that, there are only some inconsequential facts, such as the tragic death of their mother after giving birth to Phoenix, who was gifted and intelligent since childhood, and then made up a common vulgar story in a large family with some boundless fantasy brain. For example, the elder brother who has hatred and jealousy, the younger brother who is innocent, kind and lucky, and then adds one or two beautiful women, so the brothers turn against each other, and the scheming brother is very arrogant for a while, but in the end he loses everything and becomes nothing.

Such a story is enough to meet the standard in terms of plot twists and turns, and the ugly image of the big family after tearing its skin also makes it more interesting, and it is precisely because of this that its template can be widely circulated and finally reach the realm of vulgarity.

However, this generation of Fernando family stories does not develop in this way.

At the age of three, Thrace was naïve enough to understand how tragic death was, or if he was mature enough not to attribute misfortune to innocent babies, but he still liked Phoenix, and he was well educated by his family, and he did his duty as an older brother.

Phoenix grew up with Thrace and gradually revealed his outstanding superhuman talents, but he was still as close, respectful, and honest to Thrace as ever, and in Thrace's eyes, he was still his younger brother.

In retrospect, Thrace felt that the turning point was when Phoenix was nine years old, when Thrace almost independently completed the design of a high-level magic emblem under the guidance of a specially invited teacher from his family, and successfully fitted it on his body. But at that time, everyone, including Thrace, was simply celebrating Phoenix.

As he slept at night, Phoenix was somewhat alarmed to find Thrace, who had drunk a little too much and was dazed, and described in him a "vague roar" with rare unclear and precise description, and a faint fear rising in his heart out of nowhere.

Thrace's concern for his brother quickly sobered him up, and then, remembering the existence of the "spirit emblem" he had heard of, Thrace, who was still a little drunk, laughed, rubbed Phoenix's hair, and said, "Good luck boy." ”

He can still vividly recall that image, and his nonchalant voice will ring in his ears at the same time, and all of this will eventually turn into a toxin called "regret", which erodes his heart.

Wouldn't it have ended better if we hadn't done that then? This is a dangerous idea, and the ensuing "self-blame" and "regret" will confuse people's judgment, make people indulge in the illusion of "what ifs", and deviate from the right and reasonable path. The worst thing is that everyone thinks so.

The relationship between Phoenix and Thrace gradually drifted away, and he remained polite, but he was no longer close, much less open to him. Even then, Thrace did not take it to heart - as far as he knew, it was a common occurrence.

It wasn't until Phoenix was sixteen years old that his father re-elected an heir on the grounds that "the second son with the spirit emblem" was more talented, and it was then that Phoenix's eyes made Thrace feel that something was wrong for the first time.

He was ashamed of his jealousy and hatred for his younger brothers, until their half-brothers, who were theoretically a threat to the position of heir, died one after another. He approached his brother and wanted to have an intimate conversation between brothers that he hadn't had in a long time - he didn't like the rough and crude method, and it wasn't the best option to kill him, even if it was purely for profit.

And as a result of that conversation—about a week later, Thrace was sent to the College City, taking with only those loyal retinues who were already on his side and could not turn back, and depriving him of direct control over all the Fernando family's estates.

But for Thrace, none of this mattered at the moment, what mattered was that the person he was talking to at that time "must not have been Phoenix." Phoenix is the younger brother he has seen since he was a child, doesn't he know what kind of person he is? He should have seen it a long time ago, that guy was not his younger brother at all.

Then he remembered the "Spirit Emblem", and after inquiring again, he got the information that made him laugh dumbly. "Voices are heard at first", "Emotions that do not belong to the owner", "Most owners refuse to admit that they have the spirit emblem", "'Fusion' will change the personality of the owner", "As you grow, the owner's personality will naturally change to the personality of 'merging'" - there is no new information, but just by sorting it out, he can come to a simple conclusion.

Why didn't he think of it in the past? It's because he doesn't care about his brother as much as he thinks he does. But why didn't anyone else seem to think of this conclusion? It was so clear, so plain, because they didn't want to point it out for the sake of profit, because they didn't want to point it out for the sake of face, because they deliberately didn't point it out for some disgusting reason that they didn't know what it was.

To this day, the emblem is still used as a symbol of some kind of "genius".

Even if it makes no sense to tell his father the inference, even if he is not overpowered or controlled by that "Phoenix", even if he rationally recognizes the correctness of this conclusion regardless of his personal feelings, he will not change the heir. "Such a genius means a lot to the entire Fernando family. He would have said it, though he didn't necessarily think so.

Thrace knew this. So, he had something else in mind. It took more than a year to find the family where "Mr." belonged, and another half a year to hook up with "Mr.", and now, it's finally time to come in handy.

Ten seconds left in the Thracian chant ended, and Brunei, hiding in the water, licked his wounds like a wounded beast—something a beast wouldn't do in battle. Even that Brunei Carlisle couldn't turn around the outcome that had been sealed from the start.

The moment was finally coming, Thrace's heart was beating faster and faster, and his chaotic breathing almost nullified the spell he had been preparing for so long.

There were five seconds left - Fernando pursed his lips quickly, and the water film shook as Chinese Lyce's body shook for unknown reasons.

He is not here to take back the position of heir, not to be resentful, not to take revenge, not to have self-esteem and face - he is here to make the true face of the "Spirit Emblem" public, he is to save those who have been robbed of everything by the "Spirit Emblem"!

Three seconds - Brunei held out a hand from the film of water, what did he want to do?

He's here to save his own brother!

Two seconds - half of Brunei's body stretched out.

Interests, promises, rules, rules, traditions, all worthless in comparison!

For a second - Brunei bowed down like a running cheetah - hadn't he given up the attack yet?

Thrace Fernando raised his right hand at this critical juncture, snapping his fingers in the air.

Here, here, in an irrefutable notarization, and in front of all the spectators, reveal you, Brunei Carlisle, the true face of a "spirit emblemist"! You will go down in history!

Brunei Carlisle, thank you for being the first step!

In the yellow sand, a scorching red light suddenly burst out, and Brunei's figure twisted, and then disappeared!

“...... W-" Where Fernando was, the two figures overlapped, and before he could even utter a full syllable, he was engulfed in a red light that had not yet disappeared.

The wind howled in his ears, his brain went blank, his eyes were bleeding red for some reason, and his nose and throat were filled with a sweet smell - and he didn't realize what was going on until a roar tore through his sluggish brain.

"Die ————————!"

In the world where everything was blurred due to the high speed, only Brunei's face and voice were exceptionally clear, his roar was hoarse, his expression was extremely vicious, the blue tendons on his forehead made his clenched teeth look much kinder, and there seemed to be some kind of violent emotion gushing out of his dark brown pupils......

“...... How could it be?" Fernando muttered involuntarily as he stared into Brunei's dark brown eyes, revealing a look of disbelief for the first time, "...... Why-"

"What a joke!"