219 Evil In-Laws (1/2)
Winter and Julian looked at each other, then they exchanged nods.
Then, Julian faced her and began explaining. ”Mother, Lady Lucina Morganna was here a while ago. She tried to kill Winter.”
Okay, she almost broke the teacup when she heard that.
That b*tch!
”She escaped because I protected her from Winter,” Julian continued in a cracked voice. He even hanged his head low as if he was ashamed of what he did. ”I'm so sorry, Mother. I know that this will sound like a lame excuse but Lady Lucina Morganna had been very kind to me in my past life. And I really thought that she was my real mother.”
Her heart broke for Julian.
After she heard what he went through in his previous life, she couldn't blame him if he got attached to the wrong woman.
My poor baby…
”I got angry at Julian because of that,” Winter said in an apologetic voice. ”I didn't try to understand Julian, Mommy. And thus, the big fight.”
”No, you're not obliged to do that after I helped the woman who tried to kill you escape,” Julian said when he turned to his brother. ”I'm really sorry about that, Winter.”
”I was also wrong for trying to compete with you for Dad's attention. That might have contributed in making you feel that you don't belong to our family,” Winter said in a voice filled with guilt. ”I shouldn't have done that when I know that whether we have the same mother or not, we're still brothers.”
”The two of you are real brothers,” Tilly said to her kids gently. When Winter and Julian turned to her, she smiled at them. ”Both of you are my children. Never doubt that again, hmm?���
Winter and Julian both nodded.
”Yes, Mommy.”
”Yes, Mother.”
She smiled at them. ”Thank you, boys. I will not force to make up right away. Apologies only work when the two parties involved are sincere. Take all the time you need to truly understand each other. I trust both of you, Winter and Julian.”
Her children both nodded and thanked her.
”Boys, I'm going to make your father remember all of his missing memories,” she told them seriously. ”He might lose himself in the process but no matter what happens, I want you to stay in this room and protect each other. I will send Luna here later to join you. She will make a barrier for you and the servants. Again, no matter what happens, don't even think about leaving this room to help me, okay?”
Both of her kids looked worried.
”Mother, we can fight,” Julian said carefully. ”If Father loses himself, we can protect you.”
”No matter how old your souls are, to us, you will always be our babies,” Tilly said firmly, and then, she felt the arrival of her esteemed ”guest.” ”It's time for me to work,” she said, then she stood up and walked towards her children. She kissed both Julian and Winter's forehead. ”Stay here, my little cinnamon rolls.”
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KIHO was surprised when he saw a carriage from House Hayward arrive in the main gate of their estate. It was followed by the carriage that Tilly's friends used. He remembered his wife telling him about the witch called Miss Luna.
But the young man with different colored-eyes…
Is he a rival?
His thoughts were cut-off when he heard a knock on his door. It was followed by Tilly's sweet voice, making his heart beat erratically because of excitement.
I hope the children are asleep now.
Not wanting to make his wife wait long, he immediately opened the door.
He thought that he would find Tilly in her sleeping gown. But he got worried when he saw her wearing an outfit similar to the uniforms that female knights wore.
”Tilly, you look like you're going to a war,” Kiho commented nervously. ”You're not going to leave, are you?”
”I'm not going to leave, Kiho,” Tilly assured him. ”May I come in?”
He opened the door widely for her. ”Of course.”
”Thank you,” his wife said as he entered his room.
If he didn't see how serious Tilly looked, he would have been excited to have her alone in his room. Well, he was still happy to have this moment with her. But of course, he couldn't dismiss the possibility that their unwanted visitor had something to do with his wife's current mood.
This is nerve-wracking.
”Kiho,” Tilly said seriously when she turned around to face him. ”Listen to me carefully.”
He was surprised when she suddenly walked towards him so his instinct was to lean against the door that he just closed. Even though he towered over her and she had to look up at him, she still looked intimidating.
And sexy, if he must add.
Hot damn.
”Kiho.”
”Yes, honey?”
Tilly took a deep breath before she spoke again. ”You are the Black Serpent.”
He knew that the Black Serpent was one of the Ancient Beasts that the empire worshipped. Heck, he was even the captain of the Black Serpent Knights in the past.
To be honest, he didn't really understand what his wife meant by that. But he couldn't find it in his heart to doubt her. He knew for a fact that no matter what she said, he'd believe her. Still, that didn't mean he wasn't allowed to ask questions.
”What do you mean by that, Tilly?” Kiho asked in confusion. ”I don't understand.”
”I'm sorry but I have to be brutally honest to you from here on,” Tilly said, her purple eyes glowing. ”Kiho, you were born a god in your first life. After you refused ascending to heavens, you were reborn as Kalel Moonchester.”
His eyes widened in shock. ”Moonchester?”
”Yes, you were the older brother of Auro Moonchester, and he turns out to be the Aku Moonchester that we know today,” his wife continued, making him confused even more. ”During that time, I was the Supreme Fire Mage called Soleil Rosenberg. You married me and apparently, you only did that because your brother asked you to. When we conceived our first son, he was killed by the Moonchesters while still in my womb.”
Hearing that made his heart thump against his chest painfully.
At that moment, he didn't know what to say anymore.
”You ripped my heart out during that time, too.”
He clutched his head tight when he suddenly felt a sharp pain that seemed to break his skull into two.