My Husband is the Emperor : I Woke Up With a Husband

The night was cold for Shun and Shin. After the great ruckus they did, the two were punished to stay outside of their room and had to kneel in front of the peach tree outside the Old Master’s room. The old Master was infuriated, after dealing with them with his great scolding, he then punished them to kneel for eight hours and sleep outside.

Kei passed by the hallways, seeing the two instead of properly kneeling were playing with the soil in front of them, he coughed once. Thinking that it was their grandfather, both Shun and Shin’s back quickly straightened. But when they found it was Kei, the twin slack their backs again.

"Don’t stop kneeling," Kei warned and once again they pulled themselves to straight their back. Shun and Shin’s had dropped even lower at the strict tone Kei had. Usually Kei would be on their side, although he would reprimand them when they did mistake, he would also helped them by cajoling the Old Master that they have learnt from their mistakes. Yet this time he didn’t, which was also why their punishment stayed longer than ever.

Kei crossed his arm, sighing. By their expression, the twins seemed to have learnt from their mistakes. They were not exactly fool either and knows what to do not to get caught but what they did was beyond dangerous that Kei could never bring himself to agree to. "You two, have you learned from your mistakes yet?"

Shun looked at Shin, signaling with his eyes that as the older brother Shin had to be the one who answered the question. Shin didn’t want to. He never saw Kei getting mad at them, and like a child, the two was afraid to be scolded even further by their oldest brother. With a hesitation, Shin replied, "...We did."

Kei looked at them again, kneeling in front of him, they have become smaller which reminded him of the past when he met the twins for the first time. At that time, it was not too far from their parent’s death, "Then tell me what you did wrong."

Shin was suddenly at lost for his words, Shun had answers but was not exactly proud of his answer or had the confidence to speak out. Kei somewhere knew silence would be their reaction. Since childhood, the twins would apologize for their mistake quicker than the sound a wind could produce in a windy day. But unless they feel guilty of their mistake, they wouldn’t even know what they were apologizing for, just like how it is now.

Kei sighed, the sound only startled the twins and as they expected, Kei began to reproach them again, "Entering to an enemy base is that last thing you should do. Especially you, Shin! You are the next person to take the Old Master’s position. Will you be able to take his seat and every burden that comes along with the responsibility he has? Everything you do could influence your clan and others. Walking there without any appointment could also seen as instigating a war."

Shun stated quiet, after some thought, the younger one realized that if anything had gone wrong more than it did yesterday, their action could lead to a worse future. Before they went, the twins had prepared an alternative plan in case if they were caught while betting whether of not they could stretch the safe zone a little.