The Eternal Family



Rome stood outside in the darkness of night and waited for Ace and his sister to come out. But unlike before, at the moment, more than shame and anger, his mind was filled with thoughts like,

Will my mother wake up?

Will she be angry since I let a random man touch her?

Will my sister lose all the respect she had for me?

On this moonless night, the chirping cicadas only made him even more anxious and disgruntled. Until at a point, he heard footsteps coming from inside. Ears and eyes perking up, he waited as a small frame's shadow walked out of the room.

It was his sister.

She took small steps and glanced at him, her sky-blue eyes shining for a second before she averted her gaze and looked back. A small light came closer and brightened the darkness with its yellow shine, bringing to light the twins and Ace.

Rome could see the red blush on Raina's face.

"What happened inside Raina? Is mother alright?" Anxious, Rome asked.

Raina shook her head and pointed at Ace with her gaze. 

Rome looked at him with a suppressed gaze. "What happened?"

Ace calmly pondered. He had the impulse to say 'I fucked your mom' but he didn't. It was a bad impression on his future adopted children, especially Raina. Instead, he said, "Your mother has no Soul disease, No, her soul Is very healthy. As healthy as a normal person can be."

Delighted, but suspicious, Rome asked, hopeful, "Then why is she still asleep?"

As long as she woke up, he was okay with anything! Let the anger of his mother come, he shall take some beatings if that is what it took. 

Ace looked at the constantly fluctuating emotions on the boy's face and could only shake his head inside. Whereas, looking at Raina, seeing her emotions, like a calm river inside her soul. He couldn't help but nod.

This girl… was good.

He looked at Rome and spoke, his voice considering things, "I said she has no soul disease, but her condition is equally as dangerous if not more," Ace could only hope for the better now, he was no godly doctor. "But I can deduce some things and tell it to you though…"

"What things?" Raina asked. And Ace could finally feel her emotions stirring. Filled with worry.

"Things that will determine your mother's life and death."

They turned silent and looked at him with widened eyes.

ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm Ace asked, his face lit up by the flickering flame: "Can you not doubt me and just believe whatever I say for an hour?"

Rome didn't think much and said, his voice much lower, "As long as my mother wakes up."

Ace smiled, and replied, his gaze shifting left and right, "Hopefully." 

"So, What do we have to do?" Raina asked, and then added, "And one hour, more than one hour and we will start to doubt your genuineness."

"Okay now, tell me, is there a secret place in this settlement where no one else but the Chief is allowed into?" Ace asked.

Exchanging glances with each other. The silence lingered for a while before they decided. Their mother's life matters more. And they still had the advantage of strength in their hands.

If everything went wrong, they could just kill Ace.

"Yes, there is indeed a place in this settlement that only the chief can enter," Said Rome, "It is the basement of the chief's house and no one has ever gone inside it."

Already in the dark path of speaking behind someone's back, Raina added further, "We have a rumor that says the chief hides his sorcery inside and that is why he doesn't allow anyone in."

Rome frowned, why was she talking unnecessary things?

Had he known she had already accepted becoming Ace's daughter if all went well… He might have coughed blood.

He might even end up becoming a son.

Ace pondered on the 'sorcery' part and came up with the only possibility, a possibility that made him excited, 'Gu, he might have used that place to keep Gu.'

The wall was made magical using Gu, and in a place filled with magical Gifts, if someone called something sorcery, it could only be a Born-dragon ability or Gu.

Ace couldn't help but smirk, "Take me there."

Rome hesitated but Raina said, "The chief is always there, it is impossible for him to not notice."

She could see that Ace had suspicions or something like that about the chief. And Rome could also see it, but he believed Chief was the more trustworthy one. So he was also suspicious.

But Raina had her suspicions about the chief too.

Ace said without breaking a breath, "Don't worry about Bamboo, Chief, or the old granny, they are at the moment busy with something else."

"So it is the best time!" Raina said and looked at her brother, "Let's go, Brother."

Rome gritted his teeth and nodded.

They didn't waste time and Rome lead them to the Chief's place, and without waiting, Ace went in and with some guidance, found an entrance to a basement near the back door of the hut.

It was blocked by a heavy boulder, but Ace used his strength to move it and with the light in hand, walked down.

It was steps, walking down it, he reached a small room, but the room was dark and it was too big to be brightened by the small lamp in his hands. He yelled to Rome and Raina who were about to walk down the steps too, "Bring a bigger fire with you."

Rome went back the stairs and came back some seconds later, his heart was also shaking vigorously, this place was a myth of secrets for the villagers and he couldn't help but wonder, what did the chief hide here?

The chief was a mysterious man to them after all. 

Taking the heavy torch, its light burning with heavy intensity. He threw it towards Ace.

And in its falling brilliance, as the onlookers looked, the Room's contents came to sight, stunning all of them equally. 

Even Harry inside the castle couldn't help but open his eyes wide, 'What the hell… is that?'