"SO, why did you two fight?" Tilly asked her children while they were in the tea table. She was having tea, while the two boys were having hot chocolate. The tea and the hot chocolate were both made by Amilo because the servants were all knocked out. "What is it that you can't tell me in front of Kiho?"

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."

"Julian is right, Mommy," Winter said while nodding. "Mommy, we're not really kids."

"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."

***

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.

This time, both his heart and his mind hurt so bad.

"Our second child was stolen from me by the woman who claimed to be your second wife," Tilly continued in a cold voice as if she was trying not to breakdown while she was breaking him. "And then, you killed me."

"Please stop," Kiho begged his wife in a weak voice when the pain became unbearable. Before he knew it, he was already kneeling on the floor with his forehead hitting the ground. He felt like his head and his heart were about to burst any moment. He didn't even realize he was already crying from pain until he saw the puddle of tears on the floor. "Tilly, it hurts…"

***

IT WAS hard for Tilly to see Kiho hurting because she put too much painful memories in his head.

Her husband was overwhelmed, and that was exactly the point.

But when he fell on his knees while clutching his head while crying, her strong façade started to slip away fast. She knelt beside him and hugged him tight. "I'm sorry, Kiho. I'm so sorry," she whispered, then she kissed the top of his head.

Kiho suddenly stopped shaking, and then he dropped on the floor unconscious.

His awakening has begun…

"What the hell did you do to my son?!"

Tilly immediately stood up and faced her evil-mother-in-law. Judging by the open balcony, it was obvious how Yumi got in that room fast. "Have you forgotten how to use a door, Mother?"

Of course, she said 'Mother' in the most sarcastic tone ever.

"Shut up," Yumi snarled and marched towards her angrily.

"Hold her," she said.

All of a sudden, Luna and Roarke appeared on each side of the White Snake. The witch grabbed Yumi's left arm, and the Keeper grabbed the right arm.

The White Snake tried to shake them off but to no avail.

When Yumi's body started to turn translucent, she knew right away that her evil mother-in-law was trying to turn into her snake form.

Of course, she wouldn't let that happen.

In just a blink of the eye, Tilly already had her hand inside Yumi's stomach. The White Snake only realized it when she started to cough blood. She looked so shocked that she was able to stab her like that when the White Snake's body was supposed to be as hard as steel.

That was a testament of how hot her hand was at the moment.

Tilly twitched the insides of Yumi here and there, making her cough more blood. Until finally, her hand found what she was looking for. "Ah, here it is," she said as she pulled her now bloody hand and forearm from her evil mother-in-law's stomach. Then, she looked at the pure white marble the size of a ping pong ball. "Kiho's memories from all lifetimes."

Yumi stole Kiho's memories and used her "venom" to make him remember only the parts of the past that she wanted him to retrieve. But those memories could be twisted. And that was why she decided to steal the marble of memories from the White Snake.

"I'm Kiho's wife and from now on, I'm in-charge of my husband's memories," Tilly said coldly while looking down at Yumi. The White Snake dropped on the floor while clutching her bleeding stomach when Luna and Roarke let go of her. "Kiho doesn't need a mother like you, Yumi, the White Snake."

"Curse you," Yumi hissed even in a weakened voice. Then, she closed her eyes tight as she cried. "Darling, I need you…"

She just rolled her eyes and turned her back on his mother-in-law.

Then, she walked fast towards Kiho and knelt beside him. She carefully pushed him until she was lying on his back. Then, she gently opened his mouth to put the marble inside when all of a sudden, he grabbed her by the wrist hard.

At the same time, the sky suddenly roared loud enough for the ground to shake. Then, it was followed by a heavy downpour. Ah, it would probably be more appropriate to say that they were now hit by a strong storm.

And this isn't an ordinary rainstorm, of course.

When Kiho woke up, his red eyes immediately met her gaze.

Tilly immediately closed her hand, "melting" the marble until her body absorbed it. "You're not my husband," she said coldly at the being looking back at her. "Who are you?"

"Kiho" got up, his hand still grabbing her wrist tightly. "No matter how much you hate your poor mother-in-law, you shouldn't have stabbed her mercilessly," he told her in a voice that sounded like Kiho, but also different. It was hard to explain but she could easily tell that this wasn't her husband talking. "My wife has feelings, too, my dear daughter-in-law."

The White Snake had only one husband in her long life.

Of course, it was none other than her father-in-law.

"The Moon God," Tilly whispered in disbelief. "So it was you all along, Father."

***

WONG took a deep breath while looking at the boiling lava below him as he floated on top of the crater of the volcano. It was too dangerous so he left Kelsi at the foot of the volcano to deal with the small-fries instead.

By small-fries, he meant the spirit guardians of the Blue Dragon and the Golden Tiger that was sent by Aku Moonchester to make sure that Lord Wixx couldn't leave the volcano.

To be honest, he didn't know if any other being aside from Lord Wixx could even touch the strange lava.

Even though he came from the Red Phoenix's flame, the lava was still making his skin feel burned. He had a feeling that his physical body– up to every single bone in his body– would melt once he fell in the pit.

And Lord Wixx has been "buried" under that lava for many years?

"I'll go. That lava isn't something a Keeper like you can handle," Sentinel, who floated beside him, declared. "I'm a spirit guardian so I won't die as long as Lord Wixx is alive."

"Spirit guardians aren't immortal, Sentinel," Wong reminded him firmly. "If you receive too much damage, you'll disappear and return to Lord Wixx as his life force. That's equivalent to dying."

"It doesn't matter," the spirit guardian said. "With or without a physical body of my own, as long as I'm with Lord Wixx, it's the same as living for me."

He wanted to call him a fool but he couldn't.

Like how devoted Sentinel is to Lord Wixx, I will also sacrifice my life for the Supreme in a heartbeat.

"If Lord Wixx survived that boiling lava for many years, I guess there's a possibility for his spirit guardian to survive it as well," he said seriously. He didn't have the luxury to stall. After all, he couldn't leave Kelsi alone to fight two strong spirit guardians on her own. Yes, she was a skilled fighter. But she was more of a doctor than a fighter. "Be careful. If you don't come out in thirty minutes, I will follow you. I don't care how dangerous that lava is."

"No. You can't die for Lord Wixx. The purpose of your life is to protect the Supreme," Sentinel told him firmly, then he looked at the boiling lava below them. "Wong, if I don't make it alive, please tell the Supreme that I miss her.���

Wong turned his gaze away from the spirit guardian and clenched his fists. "Come back and tell that to the Supreme yourself, Sentinel."

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