Chapter 367 - Reunion 1

After everyone stepped through the Misty Gate, Celestina's group, especially the soldiers from the guard unit that Cecilia had brought along with her, was surprised that they had suddenly appeared in a very different environment.

Before they were in a city, but now they had suddenly appeared inside a vast plain in the middle of a large valley. In the distance, they could see a large and majestic city that was currently in a rather festive mood.

The sounds coming from the city indicated that there was some sort of festival or celebration happening in the city. Cecil saw that and immediately said, "Oh, looks like things have already started."

"Hey, Cecil... if I'm not wrong, today is the day the kingdom was found, right?" Matheus said.

"Yup, and that's why I had to bring you back ASAP, if we accidentally missed this day, then I would have had to step up as crown prince. However, now that you're here, I won't need to take on that responsibility," Cecil replied.

"No wonder you took the liberty of bringing out Lucia and Yuna just to come pick me up..."

"Hmhm~"

"Should we head into the city or—"

"Ah, mother is probably waiting for you in the estate so we'll head there first. As for the guards..."

Lucia immediately stepped forward and said, "I'll go let brother Luca know about it. He'll arrange things for them."

"Okay, Cecilia, you'll have to follow Lucia into the city. She'll lead you to my brother who'll arrange things for your guards."

"Alright, so for now, they'll wait here?"

"Yes."

"I'll look after them, so you guys go on ahead," Silver said after he transformed back into his human form. He pulled out a tent from his spatial ring and placed Yuna inside before coming back out.

"Alright, now Cecil, shall we go?" Matheus asked.

"Yeah, also don't forget to bring Celestina, we have to introduce her to the rest of the family," Cecil replied with a cheeky grin.

"...you're never gonna let it rest are you?"'

"Ohohoho, no I'm not. Sis Celes—is it alright if I call you that?" After getting Celestina's nod, Cecil continued, "You see Sis Celes, my big bro here. He's been a bachelor all his life. He's been so focused on work and his studies that he simply never had the time for a relationship, so when I came home the other day bringing two wives, he was quite envious."

"W-wait, two wives?"

"Yeah, you've met my first wife earlier, Lucia. My second wife is pregnant with my first child and she's resting in the family's estate. You'll be able to meet her later. Anyways, all I've got to say is: Welcome to the family."

"Eh?! Uhm, th-thank you... but we're still just dating—"

"—with the intention of marriage, right?" Cecil quickly added.

"Y-yeah... but—"

"Cecil, let's continue this later? Shouldn't we get going already?" Matheus immediately cut in and shielded Celestina behind him from his overzealous little brother.

"Hehehe, alright, let's go. Here, grab onto me."

Once Celestina and Matheus grabbed onto him, Cecil immediately continued, "We'll get there in the blink—"

The 3 people immediately disappeared in the next second. The sudden disappearance caused Cecilia and Oscar, who saw the trio disappear, look around in question.

"Did they use an invisibility spell?" Cecilia asked.

"No, that's my husband's Blink skill. It lets him move at super high speeds, that's borderline teleportation, from place to place. Anyways, we'll have to go to the city now. Follow me, we'll be there in a jiffy," Lucia said as she opened up a Misty Gate to Luca's office.

"O-Okay... wow, every one of Matheus's siblings are all so skilled..."

"Hehe, thanks for the compliment. Now, let's hurry. We don't want to keep your people waiting."

"Yes, of course."

The two girls immediately walked through the gate and quickly arrived at Luca's office building, which was the city center.

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Back on Cecil's side, the trio suddenly appeared in the middle of the family's courtyard and he finally finished his sentence, "—of an eye."

"Hmm... when will I be able to do that..." Matheus wondered.

"Hehe, you'll be able to learn it now since you can use Mana Burst, big bro! It's listed in the Mana Burst Cultivation Method that other additional skills accompany it, like my Blink for example. There's also the Mana Sense and Hypersensitivity skill. I'll teach them to you later once you've gotten a better mastery of the Mana Burst. For now, let's head in. Mom's been worried about you since you've been gone for almost a month now."

"Alright... well, I guess she'll be a bit happy to know that I've brought her a daughter-in-law..."

"Haha, I know right?!" Cecil quipped up happily.

Celestina immediately turned embarrassed and began tugging on Matheus's sleeve.

"M-Matty...��

"Hehe, sorry, sorry, but isn't that what you want though?"

"Y-yeah, but it's a little embarrassing when you announce it like that..."

Cecil now finally understood how sickening it was to be on the receiving end of a couple's PDA moment. He immediately cleared his throat and said, "Let's go, let's go, you two can flirt all you want later after you've met with Mom."

"Hahaha, not so fun now is it, Cecil?"

"Tsk, yeah, yeah."

Cecil rolled his eyes before leading the two into the mansion. Once inside, he called out to his mother, "Mom, I'm home! I brought big brother Matty with me."

From the second floor, Cecil sensed his mother quickly coming out of a room where she was having tea time with Serilla and a few other people.

"Cel? You're back? Ah, Matty, you finally returned as well! Where were you all this time?!" Anastasia immediately asked after seeing her two sons.

"It's a long story mother, but I have someone I want to introduce to you," Matheus hugged his mother before saying.

"Hm? Who is it?"

Matheus turned his body a little and Celestina finally came into view. Since the two women were similar in stature, with Celestina being a little bit taller, it was only natural that she was completely hidden from Anastasia's view.

Seeing the pretty little woman, Anastasia's eyes immediately brightened as she greeted, "Why hello there."

Celestina immediately returned the greeting rather nervously, "Ah, h-hello, mother... my name is Celestina Clarence. I'm c-c-currently...currently—"

"She's currently my girlfriend and hopefully she's going to be my wife in the future," Matheus finished.

Celestina started blushing after Matheus finished her sentence. Anastasia widened her eyes when she heard Matheus's words. This adorable girl was going to be her son's future wife. She frowned a little when she saw how young and childish the girl before her was like.

However, when she saw that Celestina possessed all of the proper womanly parts that any a.d.u.l.t female should have, she suddenly remembered her husband and looked down at herself before mumbling, "Like father, like son..."

"W-what was that mom?!"

"PFFFFTTTTT!!!" Cecil immediately covered his mouth to try and stifle the uproarious laugh that was about to spill out.

Seeing his brother enjoying himself, Matheus nearly kicked Cecil on his rear end. However, when Celestina understood what Anastasia meant by her words, she immediately began laughing.

"Hahahahaha~"

"C-Celes?"

"Oh my, it looks like your wife has a better sense of humor than you do, sweetheart?" Anastasia chuckled and pointed out.

"Ugh..."

Anastasia then turned to Celestina who had quickly composed herself after her outburst, "It's nice to see that my eldest son has finally found someone. I'm sure you'll make him happy and turn him into a better man. So all I have to say is welcome to the family and I hope that your relationship does develop to the point where the two of you will properly consider marriage."

"T-thank you, mother."

"Mhm, now, let's get cleaned? I'll have the servants prepare a bath for you. I'm sure you're weary from all of your travels."

"Thank you!"

Anastasia called for a maid to quickly prepare the bath for Celestina while she led the young lady up to the second floor.

Being left behind, Matheus just stood there blankly with his little brother.

"Wow, we just got ditched... Well, let's get going, big bro. We have to head over to the city and meet up with dad and a few other important figures. Oh, did I forget to mention that the teleportation gate's been finished? Right now, the city is in a pretty festive mood because the beastkin are there right now!"

"W-wait, what?"

"We have to head into the city to meet up with dad and—"

"You completed the teleportation gate and the beastkin are in the city?!"

"Yeah! Wait, that's what you were excited about?"

"Let's go, Cecil. I wanna see some real-life furries!"

"What the hell? Holy shit, big bro, you just got a girlfriend, so what're you doing?!"

"Tsk, idiot, it's not like I meant I wanted to go find another woman! I just want to see how the beastkins are like!"

"Oh, so it's just curiosity."

"Yeah."

"Better be careful though. Those beastkins are quite assertive. If you happen to catch one of their eyes... you're gonna end up like me..." Cecil began slurring on the latter half of his sentence which naturally prompted his brother to ask.

"...What was that Cecil?"

"It's nothing..." Cecil replied before leading Matheus out of the mansion.

A few days ago, when Cecil had first completed the teleportation gate, he was able to transport the first batch of people from Anglaria through the gate. In that batch of people was the Ambassador of Anglaria, Celia Lunarts, also the Sword Saintess of Anglaria and also Serilla's mother...in other words, it was his mother-in-law.

When he saw her appear through the teleportation gate, Cecil immediately began paling when Celia's eyes locked onto him and Serilla who was there to greet her. When Celia scanned her daughter's body and felt the little life growing inside of her, the atmosphere immediately chilled.

Fortunately for him, Celia knew about the situation they were in and didn't try to strangle or decapitate him right then and there.

For now, his mother had Celia preoccupied with their mother's talk and all. They were naturally very worried about Serilla's wellbeing and they were staying with his wife throughout the entire time.

Earlier, when Cecil had sent his mana sense into the house, he did feel a few additional people inside the room that Serilla was in and he felt that a few of the mana signatures were familiar, but he had to wait because Serilla's mother was in that room and he didn't want to antagonize her by showing his face.

For now, Cecil was safe, but since the rest of the group from Anglaria came through the gate and Celia now had more free time on her hands, it wouldn't be long until he had to face his judgment. Although, it wasn't his fault that Serilla eloped with him.

The teleportation gate had a major flaw and that was the cooldown time of the gate. After using an excessive amount of mana to power the teleportation between the two continents, the gate had to cooldown its runic circuitries.

If Cecil tried to forcefully activate the gate when the runic arrays were still cooling down, then it'll compromise the whole array on the teleportation gate rendering it completely useless from then on.

From Cecil's analysis, the gate had to cool down for 5-7 days before it was usable again and today just so happened to be the day that the gate had finished cooling down.

Before he had left, Cecil had given full control over the gate to his apprentice, Ren, and his brothers, Luca and Gabriel. They had most likely already activated the gate and let through the Anglaria King's primary representative, Elizabeth Arks, and her party.

If it wasn't because of all the formality and things, the Little Kings would have probably already been reunited by now. Everyone had grown up, grown stronger, changed, and matured. Cecil was especially excited to see how his friends have been since after his departure.

He pushed back the worrying feelings of meeting up with his other mother-in-law to the back of his mind and looked forward to reuniting with his friends.