1 Mason and Isaac

"Stay away from us! muggles can't play with us."

"Do you think muggles are equals with zodiacs like us? What a pipe dream!"

"You are only trash that we can find everywhere. Perhaps only your stupid brother would accept your existence, ha-ha."

"That's right, after all, your big brother doesn't have anyone but you, a muggle ha-ha..."

"Is it possible that his parents decided to leave him because they knew that their son is a muggle? What a pitiful creature. I guess soon; his brother would also abandon him."

"Hahaha..."

A crowd of boys gleefully making fun of another boy while pointing their index fingers.

Meanwhile, Isaac, who taunted by them, could only listen to their laughter and mockery. He cried while clutching his shirt down.

They are wrong! Big brother says I'm not a muggle at all.

Isaac wants to retort them, but big brother says better to keep it secret for his own good.

In this society, muggles are only ordinary human beings without any zodiac bloodline and zodiac powers inside them. Children who have non-zodiac parents are called muggle-borns.

There have also been some children known to have been born to one zodiac and one non-zodiac parent. However, the percentage of their chances of giving birth to a zodiac child is not more than 10%, or even if they produce a zodiac child, their purity bloodlines are almost impossible to exceed 50%.

The other side boys seeing Isaac starts to cry, they are even happier,

"Look, that waste is crying. Go to your home if you want to cry, your tears will pollute the ground where we play."

"Hahaha..."

One of the boys pick up a stone from the ground and throw it to Isaac.

Isaac saw the stone came towards him; he immediately covered his head with both hands. But as soon as it about to hit him, it suddenly stops in the air.

"Nani! It stopped..."

"Crap, it's his big brother, run away!"

The boys cried out as they began to scatter and run in a hurry as if demon comes.

"Humph, you dare to bully my little brother over and over again. Do you all think you can get away from this?"

A teenage boy appeared from behind Isaac. He was Isaac's big brother, Mason.

When he found out that his little brother bullied by some rascals, he was furious. Fortunately, he came at the right time; otherwise, the stone would hurt his little brother.

Mason waved his hand.

Suddenly the stone that had floated in the air flew back towards the boy who initially threw it and hit his butt while he was running, which causes him to fall to the ground.

Meanwhile, Mason doesn't neglect to send the other boys up into the tree.

"You- demon, put me down, or else my daddy won't let you go!" The leader of the boys who stuck in the tree threatened Mason.

Mason smirked, "It so? Then, let me know whether he dares to lay his hand on the Unicorn Academy's student."

Although the boy didn't know what thing Unicorn Academy's student is, seeing this demon not frightened by his threat made him furious, "You-..."

Mason didn't bother with him any longer, "Let's go home, Isaac!"

Isaac sobbed as he nodded obediently, "Um,"

They both left, ignoring the weeping and yelling the boys in the tree.

When they got home, Mason went straight to the kitchen.

"Isaac, wait a moment at the dining room. Big brother will prepare your meal soon."

"Okay," Isaac removed the bag on his back and then put it down in the chair. Meanwhile, he also sat next to it.

Fifteen minutes later, the food is finally ready. Mason serves it on the dining table orderly.

"Look what we have here, it's your favorite fire chicken wings!"

Looking at his favorite food, Isaac unexpectedly began to sob again.

Mason, "Isaac, please forgive your brother, who made you keep it a secret that you are also zodiac."

Isaac shakes his head, hurriedly, "It's not big brother fault, it was my fault for being Ophiucus. After all, Ophiucus is a bad person."

Hearing this. Mason frowned, "Isaac, Ophiucus is not a bad person."

Isaac seems unable to understand it because the reality very different from what his big brother said, "But-..."

Mason sighed, "Alright, let's eat first!"

He was sad toward his younger brother's life. Isaac was also born as the zodiac, but it was Ophiuchus. Being Ophiuchus is not wrong if it not because of what happened three years ago.

When children reach the age of seven, that was the time they could awaken their zodiac bloodline. The children who manage to awaken it, they will naturally become zodiacs.

There are twelve types of zodiacs, including Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Capricorn, Pisces. In addition to Ophiuchus.

The emergence of Ophiuchus is sporadic. Therefore, people sometimes exclude it from orthodox zodiac families.

However, three years ago, The Council of Zodiacs suddenly issued a warrant for each Ophiuchus in the entire constellation regions. This incident caused a stir in the zodiac community.

Although Ophiuchus is a rare case, people never question their existence. Some people regard Ophiuchus as one of the right orthodox zodiac families.

Even so, peoples never dare to question The Council of Zodiacs' action. Thus, in just a short time, several Ophiuchuses were captured by the White-Clothed Knights by force and without knowing what they were doing wrong.

Until now, the council is still trying to track Ophiuchus's whereabouts and capture them.

A month ago, when Mason learned that Isaac had awakened as Ophiuchus, he was terrified. He was afraid this news leaked out, and the White-Clothed Knights suddenly knocked on his door.

He did not want his younger brother captured. Therefore, Mason asked his younger brother to keep secret about this incident. As a precaution, he also requested Isaac to pretend to be a muggle to cover up his true identity as newly awakened Ophiuchus.

Although this is not the right choice for Isaac as he is still very young and unable to understand the situation, Mason has no other alternative.

Isaac lowers his head as he didn't speak any word. Mason could understand about what Isaac feels right now.

Pretend being a muggle is not easy, especially if you live among the zodiacs. Even though he is still young, he still has a sense of pride as a zodiac.

Mason put down his cutlery as he deeply looked at his younger brother, "Lisen, Isaac. Being muggle is not a bad thing; at least you could still live freely like everyone else. What's more, you are just pretending to be."

While muggles might have the lowest level of social status in this world, and they are just ordinary people without any power. However, their life is much easier than zodiacs.

The zodiacs are bound to fight monsters. Meanwhile, muggles could live happily under zodiac wings, and a regulation made by the Council of Zodiac also protects them.

Mason softly said, "You're weak, while your big brother yet has the power to protect you, and our parent is missing. Our family is in the weakest state at the moment. If your status as Ophiuchus is exposed, it will become a serious problem."

"Therefore, Isaac, big brother, hopes you can wait for a little bit longer. Until big brother have the power to protect you for being exposed, alright?"

As Isaac listen to it thoughtfully, he buried his head with his hands. Tears inevitably flow from his eyes when he recalls what the boys said earlier.

"Hiks... I don't care about being muggle... they said big brother would leave me like father and mother..."

Mason slammed the table in angry as he glares at his younger brother, "You're my younger brother, my family, how could I abandoned you just because you're Ophiuchus. Not to mention Ophiuchus, even if you've become the enemy of this world. Big brother will not leave you alone!"

"In the future, stay away from them and stop listening to their bullshit, least you infected by their stupidity."

Isaac wiped his tears and nodded gravely, "Umn,"

Mason's expression suddenly softens as he recalls something good, "I trash them today, but you won't have worried about their parent retaliation. Your big brother accepted into Unicorn Academy, so, they must think twice before acting against us."

"I will leave for Unicorn City in the three days. Of course, I'll bring you along."

Isaac's face brightened up as if forgotten about the thing earlier, "Really, big brother?"

Mason laughed as he reached his hand and ruffled Isaac's hair, "How could I lie to my beloved younger brother."

"Big brother, stop messing with my hair," Isaac annoyed.

"Hahaha, let's continue to eat!"