Both of Kaelis' brothers stared at him in complete shock.
Not just a surprise.
Actual shock.
Neither of them fully knew how to process what they had just heard.
Aurien looked confused more than anything else.
But Helios—
Even Helios' arrogance seemed to disappear for a brief moment.
And honestly, that alone almost felt more unbelievable than the confession itself.
"Why…didn't you tell us?" Aurien asks slowly, his brows raised as he tries to make sense of everything. "Or rather…"
Aurien shakes his head slightly.
"Why have you been pretending to still be a candidate all this time?"
Kaelis gives him a small smile.
"For the investigation."
Aurien blinks.
"The investigation?"
Even Helios looked caught off guard now.
"All of this…" Helios says quietly, his eyes slightly widened for once. "...was for the investigation? Isn't that too much?"
Kaelis was about to answer when Samson spoke first instead.
