“Come in…” Jira said as he put his arm at Allen’s back, leading him inside.
“Hey,” The familiar man in Allen’s memory called out.
“Although I think you might already know me, my name’s Leon Bianchi, but you can call me Leo. This is our parents, you can just call them Father and Mother for short, they wouldn’t mind…”
“Nice to meet you,” He said while having that teasing smile that wouldn’t change even after several years passed by. Even Allen had seen him a few times in his memories.
Seeing the familiar man his other self had nothing but guilt for, he extended his hand and took Leo’s into a handshake. “It nice to meet you, Leo, it’s really nice. Just for introduction purposes, my name’s Cris Allen Villaflores…”
The moment he told his name out loud, several gasps resounded.
Xia Yi looked triumphant as she showed a cheeky smile and poked Mia with her elbow. “I know he’s the one even without you saying anything…”
“Oh, and how did you know?” Mia slightly narrowed her eyes and looked at her suspiciously. “Even I have my doubts the first time I met him after a long time. He looks extremely different from my memory…”
“Obviously, your eyes lit up when you saw him.” Xia Yi said with confidence.
Now that I think about it, there’s some truth in what she said – Mia thought inwardly. No matter how tired she was, or how unhappy she was feeling, she always manages to cheer up whenever she sees Allen.
Using a simple analogy, the way she looks at Allen is similar to the way the dog in her house looks at a sausage – all that’s missing is us wagging our tails in delight.
But this was just as obvious as the heat of the sun or the pepperoni pizza calling itself pepperoni pizza with pepperonis on it. When one person loves another, it’s something that can never be hidden.
If you don’t believe this, go watch Derek Kwok’s Wukong – when Ah Zi looks at Monkey, her eyes are filled entirely with love.
As Allen was exchanging Bear hugs with Leo as a greeting, his gaze suddenly turned towards the only woman left beside the couch.
She was of Asian descent, A Filipina beauty with black hair and black eyes. Although there were already wrinkles at the corner of her eyes, making her slightly aged, she still looks quite beautiful and young.
“Allen, you, did you remember anything?!” The one who spoke was Layla who was looking at Allen, dumbfounded. He called himself, Cris Allen Villaflores, so it was certain that he had remembered everything.
Due to this realization, Layla’s eyes started to moisten and seconds later, tears started falling.
Allen shrugs. “I did, just recently…” He turned towards the woman who was rooted to the spot and was already crying huge beads of tears.
“Hey mom, how long has it been?” He called out but the only response was as if it had already reached the speed of light, he was pulled into an embrace. The arms holding him were like vices that hold him extremely tightly as if they were afraid that Allen would turn into smoke and disappear.
“Cris…” Sobs rang out in Allen’s ears. Taking a deep breath, Allen circled his arms around the woman.
“Mom, please don’t blame big sis, she only did it for my sake… she had already sacrificed many things for me… so please do forgive her… it was my fault…”
Allen heard crying voices and someone falling down behind him. The crying echoes of his sister reverberated through the entire Mansion.
“I know… I know… besides, it was also our fault. We made you suffer, we are extremely sorry… me and your father… I’m sorry…” she repeated those same words.
Layla along with Stella walked towards them and similarly hugged them. As for Garth, he walked towards Allen and started patting his back.
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Although there was someone absent, still for the five people their family was already complete after a long, long time of separation…
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Allen spends his time in calm and sunny.
His and his mother’s relation was getting better and better as time passed by, even her sister and his mother’s relationship was also being fixed. Although, he liked it if his mother stops spoiling him a bit too much, though he understands that she’s trying to compensate for the lost time but, for a grown-up, it’s a bit too much being babied.
Allen’s life was extremely comfortable and happy in the Bianchi’s Mansion as Mia’s family treated him like one of them, which he extremely enjoyed.
Especially Mia’s mother and father who all the time dragged him to do whatever they wanted to do, like shopping, strolling around the city and playing games.
In Mia’s room.
“Before, I forget… here.” Allen took the Skill Tablets he acquired along the way and placed it on the table.
[ Night Vision ] - The power to see clearly in darkness.
[ Claw Transformation ] - The power to change the hands into sharp claws.
[ Strong Jaws ] - The power to have an incredibly powerful bite. One bite can tear metal apart.
[ Flash Step ] - The ability to use bursts of speed allowing the user to move faster than the eye can track, making it appear as if they have teleported.
[ Mental Shutdown ] – A skill that gives the user an ability to completely restrict the flow oxygen to an opponent's brain by touching their head, essentially killing their victims via 'turning off' the brains of their targets, until they die from lack of oxygen.
Aside from the [ Guardian Summoning ] and [ Astral Projection ] in which he had already given to Layla as well as [ Mind Link ] to Stella, Allen wanted to give the others skills to Mia and let her deal with it.
“This is…” Mia was impressed as she checked the skill’s description. Some were actually good…
“In a Dungeon in Iran…” As Allen answered, he suddenly remembered something. “Lieri!” He called to the woman standing beside the door.
“Yes, young master?” Lieri immediately replied.
“I promised you a present when I came back… how about this?” Allen took out and gave her the [ Bow of Judgment ( Legend ) ] and the [ Veil of Veronica ( Legend ) ].
Seeing these items, not only Lieri, even Mia was startled at seeing these things of legends.
These things… if the Church knew about these things, they will certainly become crazy!
“How did you find these things?!” Mia stood up unconsciously.
These were Legend artifacts! Even now, Mia only found and saw several Mystic grade artifacts and Legend tier items was impossible at this stage!
But how did Allen acquire them?
“It’s from Bataliel… I took it from his corpse.”
Mia immediately realized it. That’s right; if it’s from that monster then it’s completely understandable!
“Y, young master! I can’t possibly take it!” Lieri was flustered, after all, these are Legend Artifacts, and their value was extremely immeasurable!
Although she was extremely happy to receive a present from Allen, the value of these things was far too valuable it looks scary!
“Just, just give it to the Princess… I think that’s more beneficial!”
Allen shook his head while wearing a wry smile. “Well, these are yours now so you can do what you want with it. But I suggest you take the Bow that would be a good weapon for you…” Allen muttered. Although these were good artifacts they hold almost no interest to Allen. With his extraordinary skills and physiques, he didn’t have a use for them… at least not now.
“That’s…” Lieri hesitated.
Mia just smiled and took the veil while the bow was given to Lieri. Although the Bow was also valuable unlike the Veil, it was just a weapon. Its historical importance can’t be compared to the Veil.
That piece of cloth was just too important for the Church and Mia can’t let someone knows that they have it. That is why; she will hide it for now until the world’s power became stable. At least at that time, even if someone knows that they possess these things, no one would try to coerce them nor dared to just to get it.
Lieri reluctantly receives it but her face radiated extreme happiness that cannot be concealed. No way, this is a legendary artifact, you know! In this world, probably it won’t go over 10 in numbers!
“Thank you, young master!” Love and intense affection can be seen in her eyes as she stared at Allen. Her love won’t even lose to Mia…
Allen just smiled and waved his hands.
He also pulled some things from his storage bag.
“Is that a storage bag?” Allen really has things Mia can’t help but feel jealous of. Things he possesses are something normal humans would be dying to have for!
F*ck! Even she can’t help but get envious.
“Yeah, Alkrasha gave it to me…”
“That’s surprising…” Mia smiled wryly she then took the things scattered on the table and started checking them one by one.
There were some Iron Gauntlets, daggers and swords, and some expensive looking ornaments such as gold and silver necklaces, rings, earrings, bracelets, and bangles that might seem to fetch a higher price if sold. If Mia was not mistaken, most of them were magical items. There were even some Potions.
“With the value of these things, you can already buy a small-sized castle with it…” Mia smiled wryly seeing Allen’s fortune.
Lieri was also impressed by Allen’s wealth. Due to their value in this transformed world, it can be said that it had almost reached a third of the Bianchi’s treasure room. And that was only by himself!
And it was not all…
Allen also took the other Legends artifacts he had, since he doesn’t really need it.
[ Noah’s Ark ( Legend ) ] and the [ Javelin of Intangibility ( Superior-Rare ) ] as for the other things, he had already taken it for himself, such as [ Dragon Fang ], [ Hathor’s Touch ], [ Soul Orb ], and the [ 4 Trap Cards ].
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