The Soul System in the Apocalypse
Chapter 363: Brothers or Enemies

Chapter 363: Brothers or Enemies

"I know. You don’t need to say anything. You want to see your family, right? Don’t worry. They are also here. They should be in that room there." Luke said to Henry without even giving him a chance of speaking after releasing him from the bear hug.

Henry nodded. Then, he went ahead and headed towards the room that Luke had pointed towards. After reaching the entrance, he hesitated for a moment before he knocked.

At this point, he was already optimistic. After all, during the time that Luke was pointing towards the direction of this door, he did not hesitate at all. Moreover, there was no any anxious expression on his face that Henry detected. So, he believed that everything was okay.

After about a minute, the door was finally opened. But the one who opened the door was not someone that Henry had seen before. Instead, it was a new face.

The boy who had just opened the door looked at the young man who was at the entrance with a frown on his face. This was the first time that he was seeing this person. And knowing that this was the main territory building, not just anybody was allowed into this place.

"Who are you?" The boy asked as he looked at Henry suspiciously. The only people that came over to their house were Alicia’s family. As for the rest of the people, they interacted outside of the main territory building and not inside. So, who was this young man that had gotten the permission to come here?

"Don’t tell me that you managed to reach this place because you sneaked in. After all, there is a battle that is going on outside there, and the majority of the people have definitely gone out to fight. So, tell me what are you here for?" After realizing that Henry was not responding, the boy took defensive stance as he questioned Henry.

Henry looked at the boy in front of him speechlessly. The boy looked as if he was about 9 years old. He possessed black hair, just as Henry’s. The blue eyes looked at Henry suspiciously, and at the same time, they possessed killing intent that was not supposed to be possessed by a young boy like the one in front of him.

Just like any other person within the territory that was in charge of combat, this boy was also putting on an armor. It seemed that the armor that he was having was not one that had dropped, but instead, one that had been crafted specifically for him.

Until now, Henry had not managed to find any armor that had dropped after killing apocalyptic creatures that was capable of fitting children. Instead, only those that belonged to adults and teenagers with huge bodies were the ones that had dropped. Only from the system store could he find those that could be worn by children.

"Hey, are you going to talk or not? I am asking you a question. Why are you here? You better speak right now or I’m going to attack you right now. Wait a second, why is it that I cannot see your information? You should know that it is illegal to hide your information within this main territory building, except for the territory leader." The boy kept on talking as he looked at Henry.

At the same time, his defensive stance suddenly increased the moment that he realized that he could not see information about Henry.

Henry did not say anything as he continued to look at the boy in front of him. He scrutinized his appearance, trying to understand who he was. But he could not believe the conclusion that he came to.

"Hey James, who is it that you are talking to?" At this moment, the voice that Henry was so familiar with yet unfamiliar with reached his ears. At this time, his heartbeat accelerated.

"It is just a strange boy here. He has been standing at our door, and he hasn’t said even a single word all this while. Perhaps he is dumb?" James responded as he continued to look at Henry.

The way that his eyes were shifting from side to side as they looked at Henry was clear enough to indicate that he was cautious enough, trying to make sure that Henry did not attack and catch him by surprise.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" The same voice echoed. Then followed by footsteps, a figure appeared in front of Henry.

It was a lady with pink hair that was currently tied into a ponytail. She possessed brown eyes, the same as the ones that Henry possessed before he began experiencing several changes. She was currently wearing a night dress, indicating that she had been sleeping not long ago.

The lady did not fully approach until she reached the entrance. But instead, she stopped a distance away as she looked at the young man at the door. At this point, her whole body had already frozen due to the disbelief that she was feeling at that point.

"Henry?" The lady asked. At this moment, she felt like she was dreaming. Although he had grown up, and looked somehow different, but there was no way that the feeling that she was feeling about this young man could lie to her.

"Yes, it’s me mother." Henry responded. At this time, he was trying to maintain his composure, though it was proving to be extremely difficult for him to be able to do so. It was also at this point that he finally understood why Adam had actually lost his composure during the time that he met with his parents.

It turned out that it was kind of difficult to be able to maintain one’s composure when meeting the loved ones that one had not seen for over 10 years. That was especially so in this chaotic world where death was something considered normal.

Without a word, Christine moved forward. James was forced to move out of the way or else he could have been knocked away by the speed at which Christine was moving at.

The two went ahead and hugged each other, for quite a while as James observed from the side with his face full of confusion. He could not understand what was going on here.

Did this young man just call his mother, mother? How was that possible? According to what he knew, he was the only son and the only child present in the family. So, where did this young man who called his mother, mother come from?

After the two of them parted with each other, James could not hold it in anymore and asked, "Mom, who is this? And why is he calling you mother? Don’t tell me that you decided to adopt someone during the time that I was out for hunting?"

Christine wiped away the tears that were about to fall from her eyes. Then, with a choking voice, she looked at James and said, "I’m sorry that we lied to you. This one here is called Henry. He is your elder brother. Henry, this is your younger brother, James."

The two siblings looked at each other. The blue eyes look directly into the red eyes as they stared at each other.

Although this was the first time that he was meeting his younger brother, considering that during the time that he was here, he was the only child in his family, Henry still felt the familial feeling between the two of them.

He was not sure why, but this was the feeling that he had gotten during the time that he came to a conclusion after observing James for a while. It turned out that he was his brother.

"This is definitely not my brother. Other than the hair that looks like father’s, there is nothing else that looks like mine. My eyes are blue, and his eyes are red. Blue and red are always enemies. So how can we be brothers?" James retorted with a frown etched on his face.

Without giving anybody a chance of saying anything, he continued, "Not only that. Even if what you are trying to say is true, I do believe that he is not my blood brother. Otherwise, what would be the need for you to hide something like that from me?"

Christine and Henry were both left speechless as they did not know what to say about what James had just said. Of course Henry did not understand the reason why his parents had decided to hide the fact that he was James’ elder brother long ago, and only revealed to him something like that at this point, but still, he could not help but wonder just how mischievous this younger brother of his was.

As for Christine, she was having a headache. During the time that Henry had disappeared together with Adam, they had tried their best in order to look for the two of them. But no matter how they looked, they could not find any information about the two of them. It was as if they had just vanished.

Since Henry was the only child that they had at that time, they had no choice but to get another because they required to have someone that was going to take over their place later on.

That was how they came to have James. But still, as James grew up, they made sure not to mention anything about Henry in front of James. But still in the dark, they continued to look for Henry even after several years had already gone by.

That was the exact reason why James did not even know about the existence of his elder brother, considering that Christine and Henry’s father had gone ahead and taken everything about Henry and put them in one place, where they were the only ones that could enter.

Henry decided to ignore this brat. Instead, he looked at his mother and asked, "Mom, where’s father?"