Chapter 610: Family Conversation

Idan asked his mother and sister, sitting in the living room of their house in the city of Zesta. "Remember that you will not have the opportunity to return here soon."

"Yes, son," Inessa replied with a smile.

"I took everything," Ina said, slapping the magic bag she was given before they returned here. Then she hesitated a bit and asked: "Can I say goodbye to my friends?"

Idan didn’t see anything wrong with that: "Go call them. And if they ask where you’re going, tell them you’re going to the capital."

"Okay," Ina said and quickly ran to her room, leaving Inessa and Idan alone.

"I still can’t believe that you’ve already grown up so much that you’re going to get married," Inessa said, sitting down across from Idan, smiling at him as if she still couldn’t believe what was happening.

Neither of them said a word.

Inessa wanted to say a lot, especially to share the truth with her son, but at Idan’s request, she decided to wait.

"I’m ready," Ina said, entering the living room after saying goodbye to her friends.

"Okay, then it’s time to go back," Idan stood up and opened the Access Portal with a wave of his hand.

Both mother and daughter could not get used to this miracle, which until today seemed to them something distant and inaccessible. They watched the process of opening the portal with great surprise and interest.

"Come in," Idan invited.

Inessa, taking her daughter by the hands and closing her eyes, stepped inside. Idan hesitated, then followed them.

After returning, Idan allowed his mother and sister to temporarily occupy his and Arabel’s bedroom, which they had given up due to the lack of other available rooms.

Everyone was busy with their own business. Idan noticed that Elira had found a common language with Essora and was now by her side.

Hans was with the other male prisoners. Idan was in no hurry to talk to him yet. He wanted to hear what his own mother would tell him first, and only then find out exactly what Hans wanted from Inessa.

Soon, the whole family of five — Idan, Ivette, Irene, Inessa and Ina —gathered together on the terrace of the house to talk.

Ina still couldn’t believe that in just a short time she had first met her idol, Irene. Then Irene became her sworn older sister, but before she could be happy, it turned out that Irene was actually her older cousin.

Ina couldn’t hide her smile and joy as she looked at Irene.

The latter, noticing her gaze, smiled back.

Ina’s gaze then shifted to Irene’s mother. When she first met Ivette, she noticed an amazing resemblance to Inessa.

Finally, Ina’s gaze settled on Idan, her older brother, who suddenly appeared and was presumed dead until today.

It was not easy for Ina to recognize him as a brother. There were still rumors about Irene’s younger brother fresh in her mind, and she couldn’t get rid of them in order to accept this handsome young man as her older brother. She knew too little about him except for these rumors.

The conversation turned out to be long.

Inessa and Ivette began to tell their children about their past, starting from their earliest years and the relationship between them. Idan was already aware of many details from Ivette’s previous confession, but since Ina and Irene were not aware yet, he did not interrupt them.

When the sisters reached the point where their stories diverged, Inessa took the floor and shared everything that had happened on her part. She didn’t hide anything and told everything she had already told her sister. She told about Adrian’s deception, how her death was faked, and much more.

Irene and Ina were stunned by this story, and Idan, who had already assumed something similar, was not too surprised. As before, he did not feel strong emotions towards his mother. However, after listening to her version of events, he realized that there was no guilt on her part and that she was not to blame for anything.

But Idan couldn’t immediately accept her as his mother. It may take time for him to learn and accept it.

In contrast, it would be much easier for him to accept Ina as a younger sister.

As for his father, Idan’s dislike of him has only grown.

Inessa, having finished her story, looked at her son hopefully, as if waiting for his reaction.

But Idan didn’t say anything, just looked at her for a while, pulled out the artifact and, dripping his blood, checked the red threads.

One of the thick threads pointed to Inessa, and the other to Ina.

Four more thin lines stretched into the distance, pointing east.

"Is that how you found us?" asked Inessa, attracting everyone’s interest in the artifact.

"What do these threads mean?" asked Ina, pointing to the other four thin threads.

"This artifact indicates close blood relatives," Idan explained.

"Blood relatives?" asked Inessa, examining these threads with renewed interest.

"Do you have any idea who these four threads might point to?" asked Idan, and Inessa quickly shook her head, indicating that she had no suggestions.

With a slight disappointment, Idan leaned back in his chair.

"I’ll have to figure it out myself," he said, putting the artifact away after it went out.

"Idan," — Inessa called him, a note of doubt in her voice. "Could this mean that he’s..."

"Alive?" Idan finished for her.

Inessa nodded.

"So far, I have no other ideas but to assume that he is alive and that, besides me and Ina, he has at least three more children with another woman," Idan said bluntly, not hiding his suspicions.

Of course, her son’s suggestion came as a real shock to Inessa, and at first she refused to believe it. After all, she had seen his body herself! However, when she remembered what Adrian was capable of, she began to doubt.

"Is father alive?" — Ina exclaimed, overcome with surprise and joy.

However, the others did not share her enthusiasm, although they did not condemn her.

"It’s getting pretty late, it’s time for Ina to go to bed," Idan said, getting up from his chair.

"Why is that? I don’t have to go to school tomorrow," Ina objected.

"It doesn’t change anything," Idan shook his head and, looking at Irene, added, "Look after everyone."

"I knew you wouldn’t give up on your previous plan," Irene said. "The girls must be waiting for you on the other side by now."

"In these two weeks, I want to figure everything out and put an end to it," Idan added, looking around at everyone present and stopping at Inessa. He saw how she doubted her husband, and Idan himself would have liked to believe her, but the artifact said otherwise.

To dispel all doubts, he decided to investigate the situation personally.

After opening the portal, Idan returned to Zesta, donning his Ghost mask and assuming the form of Ignis.

"Sorry for the wait, girls," Idan apologized, emerging from the portal inside his mother’s house, where the members of the Queens Guild were already waiting.

"No need to apologize, Mr. Ignis, the leader has already warned that you will be late," said the leader of the group.

"Oh, that’s it. You seem a little familiar to me, have we met before? What’s your name?" Idan noticed that he had seen the leader of this group somewhere.

"I don’t recall meeting you before, Mr. Ignis, but I’ve seen another member of your Guild before," the group leader said. "And so my name is Nayla."

"Ah, Nayla," Idan recalled the leader of the convoy of the group of Queens who was attacked by armed men from the Black Limit.

"Okay, well, let’s get going?" — He suggested.

Idan left his mother’s house, accompanied by a group of beautiful girls. His destination was the city airport, where a plane was waiting for him to head east in search of those who were pointed to by the four red threads.