"Brother?"
Hearing Ivy's address, Leo froze for a moment, and instantly lost all sleepiness, sitting up from the bed with a bolt.
Looking at Ivy, he asked, "What did you just call me?"
"Brother."
Ivy's eyes narrowed and her smile turned into a crescent moon as she took it for granted.
"......"
Leo looked back, dumbfounded, and said, "Although I'm older than you, I don't look much older than you, you don't need to use honorifics for me, just call me by my name, or just call me 'Mr. Cohen'."
But Ivy shook her head upon hearing this, with a serious look on her face, and said, "How can that be? A brother is a brother, how can I call you by your name?"
At these words, Leo immediately frowned, hearing some clues.
At first, what he thought was 'brother' was just a term of endearment for an older, strange man. But now he realized that the brother Ivy was talking about was not a term of endearment between friends, but a term of endearment between a real brother and sister.
Leo's expression became serious. Leo had not had much contact with Ivy, a woman from Toyo, and only knew that someone who could be hunted by a Phantom was definitely not a simple person.
However, Ivy called him brother and confused him.
After glancing back at Lydia and seeing that it had not alerted her, Leo was slightly relieved while he said to Ivy, "Come out."
"Okay, brother."
Ivy continued to call out to her brother, not feeling the least bit odd about doing so.
Leading Ivy to the downstairs living room, which was empty.
Leo told Ivy to sit down, then looked at her with a serious face, "Listen, Miss Oda, I believe that your coming to Pompeii is no accident, and you may be carrying a great secret, so it is only right that we will protect you and save you. Don't call me 'brother'. I know that in your country, the word brother is not as simple as it seems."
There is a deep bond between 'Brother and sister' in Toyo, a bond that goes far beyond even the relationship between lovers, which was a cultural difference.
It may not seem like much to the people of Toyo, but to the people of Pompeii, it can be deeply misunderstood.
He did not want Lydia to misunderstand his relationship with Ivy.
Leo said this in a serious manner, not looking at all like he was joking, and Ivy's face, which was originally full of smiles, froze for a moment.
When she reacted, Ivy opened her mouth, as if she wanted to refuse, but changed her mind when she looked at Leo's serious eyes.
"Okay, Mr. Cohen."
This address was much more comfortable for Leo to hear, so he said, "What is it that you want to see me so early in the morning? Or, have you remembered something?"
Ivy, however, lost interest all of a sudden and shook her head, "No."
Afterwards, she was back to her room.
Back in her room, Ivy is lost. Now that Toyo is about to face a major reshuffle, with the Emperor's death and the Oda family's position in jeopardy, only Leo can save them.
She had come to Pompeii to ask for help, but at the moment she wanted more than anything to speak of the relationship between the Oda family and his parents, but there was not a very opportune moment to do so.
Because both Leo and Sharon protect her as if she were a person with a huge secret on her.
"Alas, let nature take its course."
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The readers' comments on the novel: No 1 Supreme Warrior
Author your story is like a winding road... Why not go straight? To earn more money???fuck!!!...
This author forgot the one of the main character. Where is ledia and her daughter? What happen to ledia? She is pregnant and what happened next?...