The moment Allen entered the room he was suddenly greeted by a human-sized missile flying towards him.

“Father!!!”

Seeing the missile’s real identity, Allen caught it with both hands, trying not to hurt it.

However, the moment he did, the missile latched onto him like a little koala.

“This smell! Yep, it’s father!!” The missile screams happily, extremely excited.

Allen stared at Mia with a ‘Who is this?’ look.

Mia shrugs her shoulders and gives ‘I don’t know’ look.

Seeing the two having a staring showdown, Xia Yi was the one who stepped forward. “Dear, she’s called Ciel Flare Bando…”

!!? “Bando?”

“Yeah,” Xia Yi smiled bitterly, “It seems like she’s your daughter…”

“WHAT!!?” Celty cried out in shock!! “Allen’s daughter!!?”

“Who’s the mother?”

Everyone simultaneously shook their head in response then their gazes turned towards Allen.

“Dear,” Allen called out, extremely gently.

“Father?”

“What's the name of your father?” Allen asked.

“Why are you asking that, father…” Ciel pouted – though she looks extremely adorable doing it. “Ciel isn’t stupid… mom says Ciel is extremely smart. Ciel’s father’s name is Allen Bando…”

“Who’s your mother?”

“Allen!” Mia and the others were startled. Can you really ask that to your daughter?!

Who’s your mother??

So insensitive!!

“Eliade Flare… Father, did you forget about us?” Ciel sniffed, on the verge of crying.

Seeing this, all the people immediately panic. But Allen smiled widely, “Of course not, how could I forget my adorable princess? Did you miss father?”

Of course, a small little girl is extremely easy to conquer. For Allen, isn’t even something to think about…

With just those words, Ciel’s tears immediately evaporated in thin air and her sad expression instantly vanished as if it didn’t happen at all!

“Father, Ciel missed you so much… why did you not look for us? Do you not like us?”

Allen caressed the little girl’s head while carrying her towards Mia’s side. Although he was also in the form of a little child, however, his strength stat cannot be compared to an adult at all. Carrying Ciel is never a problem – Though they did look extremely silly and funny, like two little children so close with each other.

“Did your mother not tell you that father is doing something extremely important and so he couldn’t visit you at all… I’m sorry,” Allen gave Ciel a very apologetic expression.

His act was extremely incredible he might have won Oscars if he joined Hollywood.

“Really? Father loves Ciel?” Ciel’s eyes sparkled like shining gems. Her voice ringing as clear as two glasses clinking together.

“Why are you asking such a silly question…” Allen smiled and kissed her forehead. “Father loves Ciel very, very much… Father missed Ciel every day…”

Ciel giggled happily and hugged Allen’s neck, so tight a normal human would have been strangled to death.

But Allen didn’t mind and started stroking the little girls’ back. After a few minutes, Ciel was sniffing her father’s scent and unknowingly fell asleep. Allen’s scent was like a lullaby for her as she slept very soundly and happily, she’s smiling in her sleep like she was having a very good dream.

When she sleeps, Mia can finally manage to talk to Allen.

“Allen, is she really your daughter?”

Allen shook his head with a complicated expression. “I don’t know, at least I can’t remember.”

Naturally, Allen was still skeptical and doubtful about Ciel’s identity. He just can’t remember having a daughter…

“Then you also don’t know about this Eliade?” Ye Yuesheng asked.

“I know her,” This answer startled the group. Allen looked at Mia, “In fact, you also know her, Mia, of course, Celty too…”

With those words, Mia and Celty frowned. It means it came from the previous world, but they didn’t know any name called Eliade Flare.

Seeing their doubtful expression, Allen smiled wryly. “Her real name is Eliade Flare but she goes with the name… Witch Queen… of the North…”

Mia and Celty’s eyes simultaneously widened in shock as if they have just seen a ghost!

Mia even shot up from her chair. “The Witch Queen!!!?”

“Oh my God!!” Celty’s eyes widened in horror… “Then, she’s the Witch Queen’s… daughter!!?”

“Sshhh!!” Allen put his index finger on his lips reminding them that Ciel is still sleeping.

The two hurriedly covered their mouth.

“Mia, who is this Witch Queen…?” Xia Yi asked on behalf of the others.

Mia frowned as she stared at Ciel and then to Allen. With a helpless smile, she started, “One of the strongest we have known… like Alkrasha she was one of the Demon Generals and whose power can easily enter top three of all the Demon Generals. She was heralded as queen of all witches, though she preferred to use ice magic to conquer kingdoms thus, giving her the title Witch Queen of the North…”

“Cruel, cold and merciless… she kills without hesitation. From what I’ve known, the Witch Queen of the North is one of the most ancient and powerful Witch.”

“In the previous world, she was greatly feared as the Queen of Frozen Garden – Though most of her success was due to her own seductive beauty, a cunning demeanor and a secret network of exquisitely beautiful, female witches spies that have since infiltrated several big organizations on the previous world, making most of the organizations play around in her palm.”

“I was even almost killed by her…” Celty added while trembling. When the Witch Queen turned insane in the Demon King’s Castle, she attacks Celty and tried killing her as a revenge for Allen’s death. That was extremely scary… she even still has nightmares about it.

‘In my millions of years of living solitude, he was the only one who touched my already frozen heart! My Life has no purpose without him. If Allen is to die, then I die with him!’

The Witch Queen’s shrill voice echoed in that gloomy and noisy battlefield…

Allen listened to Mia and Celty’s words while lovingly stroke Ciel’s glossy black hair.

“And the one who subjugates that kind of woman was none other than… Allen,”

All eyes immediately turned towards Allen. Gazes of extremely admiration and disbelief were directed at him, however, to this Allen only smiled wryly in response.

“Actually, you are wrong, Mia,” Allen suddenly started.

“What?”

“You are wrong, what you know isn’t the whole truth. I never subjugated her… when I tried assassinating her at that night; the Witch Queen caught me and captured me.”

!!?

Mia and Celty’s eyes widened in shock! What!!?

They thought that although Allen had failed from assassinating the Witch Queen, he still almost succeeded and managed to come back alive.

“Dying is almost at my door at that moment,” Allen recalled that moment. Although he wasn’t in control of his body but he was already on the verge of breaking through – trying to protect his life.

However, something unexpected happened.

Take my hand, I want you on my side… oh, son of man, and give me that soul shining so brightly. If you want everything, I will give you everything… serve me and I will spare your life…

At that time, Allen didn’t struggle nor did he accept. He just stared at her with blank eyes, no emotions, no regrets, as if he was just looking at a stranger with no threat whatsoever. He had already accepted his fate.

In war, Allen had seen countless deaths of his friends, comrades, acquaintances – so much he had been used to it.

Naturally, he was already numbed. Thinking, this my end… with this, probably with this, I can rest…

Whether he survived that encounter or not, he already accepted any outcome.

Allen doesn't know why the Witch Queen wanted him to join her, after all, from what he knows, the Frozen Garden, an organization founded by the Witch Queen was a sisterhood group that would never allow any man to join their group.

Allen’s lips curled into a smile. “If you want to kill me, then do it, why so many charades? Frozen Garden is a sisterhood group, what do you want me to do? Convert me into a woman?”

“Discourteous!!” A witch cried out while raising her hand. In the blink of an eye, above Allen, two fireballs in a shape of a cone appeared, ready pierce through him.

But Allen didn’t fear. He still carries his usual smile as he closed his eyes, prepared to die.

However, the Witch Queen suddenly moved and with just a wave of a hand, the fire cones above Allen disappeared in an instant.

“Why so do you still struggle? Why do you choose death…? I don’t want you to join Frozen Garden, I want you to serve me… use that powers of yours for my sake. That army of yours, I want it. Do it and I will give you everything…” Her cold icy voice reverberated throughout the entire room.