"And you? Do you like my brother? Have you already given birth to his son, and he hasn't proposed to you yet?" followed imdiately by a counter question that made Irene freeze.
Since Irene had asked her that question, Arabel decided to answer her in kind.
She was curious to know how the relationship between Irene and her brother was developing now. No matter how hard Arabel tried, she couldn't see the rings on Irene's hand, which ant they hadn't married, despite having a child together.
Knowing her brother's character, Arabel couldn't help but wonder: "Why?"
"Arslan proposed to ," Irene said after a short pause. "Imdiately after we found out that I was going to have a child, he asked to beco his wife. He wanted to take responsibility, but..."
Irene fell silent, not knowing how to express her feelings.
"Did you reject him?" — Arabel asked impatiently, not waiting for Irene to find a suitable answer.
"No! No way! I didn't reject him, just… I decided that it wasn't necessary at the mont. I didn't want his family to… So your family found out about it."
At that ti, Irene decided to wait precisely because of her dislike of Arslan's family, so she decided to postpone the decision for later.
"Arslan… How did he take it?"
Seeing Irene's awkwardness, Arabel could understand her decision, so she did not condemn her. After all, it was their life, and they made their own decisions. Arabel herself would hate to be criticized for her relationship with Idan, especially Irene and her brother.
"Arslan took it calmly. Instead of being offended or scolding , he began to devote even more ti to ," Irene's words reminded Arabel of her younger brother's character. This was exactly what she expected from her younger brother.
However, realizing this, Arabel felt sad. It seed that after her disappearance, all of Arslan's attention, which he paid to her as his older sister, all of his care and protection were now directed towards Irene.
Arabel thought about it. Now, her younger brother had a relationship with Idan's older sister, while Irene's younger brother had a relationship with Arslan's older sister, that is, with her. From the outside, it looked a bit like a mirror.
But after thinking carefully, Arabel ca to a discovery. In the relationship between her and Arslan, the one who took care of the other of them was Arslan. While in the relationship between Irene and Idan, the one who took care was Irene.
Now the two who cared were in a relationship, as were the two they cared about.
Arabel found it strange when she looked at their relationship from that angle.
"By the way, Irene. At the restaurant, you ntioned the event that caused you and my brother to co to "this"...If it's not a secret, could you tell what kind of event it was?" Arabel asked, shaking her head and rembering Irene's words that she said when Idan asked his question.
"I'm sorry, Arabel, but I can't tell you about this," Irene apologized.
Arabel frowned.
"What is this event that has affected Irene and Arslan so much that Irene herself doesn't want to talk about it?" she wondered.
"Arabel, I can't tell you, not because I don't want to, but because knowing what happened back then and what it's related to can be dangerous. I don't want to drag you into this," Irene added. It was painful for her to rember that event.
"Irene..." Arabel began, wanting to clarify once again what Irene ant, but she was interrupted by the System's words.
[Host, don't ask her about it. This System has a rough idea of what might have happened, which the other Host of the System does not want to talk about. As she ntioned, knowing about "sothing" can be dangerous. You'd better not deal with "this" for as long as possible. But sooner or later you will find out about "it" anyway.]
This advice from the system made Arabel stop, and she decided to follow it. However, the thought of it wouldn't leave her mind.
Arabel gaze fell on Esma, who was sitting in silence and listening to their conversation. There was a desire in her eyes to join in the conversation, but since Esma was not well acquainted with Irene, and Irene, in turn, did not know Esma. Esma also didn't want to interrupt Arabel and Irene's conversation.
"Irene, let tell you how Es and I t," Arabel suggested, deciding to share so information about Es with her and bring them closer. After all, soon Es will have to stay with Irene while Arabel and Idan go north to help and et with her younger brother.
Irene's gaze involuntarily stopped on Es. She couldn't wait to learn more about this mysterious and legendary Water Valkyrie.
Arabel did not talk about the events that preceded their visit to the second city. She, Idan, and Sierra went there to et a famous Valkyrie at the ti, and were very surprised when they found out which store she ran.
"Wait a minute! What did you say the na of her store was?" Irene asked in surprise when Arabel ntioned the na of Esma's store and the items she sold.
Arabel repeated and explained everything once more, and Irene's gaze, fixed on Esma, beca a little strange. Esma just shrugged, feeling no sha. She even planned to discover sothing similar already here in this world.
Rembering the couple's warning at the restaurant not to take anything from her hand, it beca clear now.
When Arabel told about how Sierra spanked Esma, she protested indignantly, which caused Irene to laugh sincerely.
"By the way, who is this Sierra you keep ntioning?" asked Irene, finding this person very interesting.
"She is also a Valkyrie, a Dark Valkyrie of Legendary rank," Arabel said proudly.
Irene frowned slightly at this, but then, catching the note of admiration in Arabel's voice, she realized that Arabel had a very high opinion of this Valkyrie.
"Tsch", — Esma clicked her tongue when she heard Arabel talking about Sierra with trepidation, and Irene, of course, noticed this.
"Don't pay any attention to her, Irene, she's just jealous of her!" said Arabel with a smile.
"Heh, no one is jealous of this dark bitch!" — Esma was indignant, but despite her words, it was obvious that she was jealous.
Arabel then explained who Sierra was and how much she had helped her and Idan. She stressed that her contribution was one of the decisive factors that allowed them to co back.
When Irene heard about Sierra, her first impressions were mixed due to the ntion of the dark elent. However, she beca very curious to get to know her.
Soon, Irene's mother changed her grandson's diaper and brought him in, interrupting their conversation. She handed the baby over to Irene, as she had other things to attend to.
Irene took her son in her arms, and Arabel and Esma began to admire the baby again. After making sure that their mother couldn't hear them, they continued the conversation.
Ti flew by unnoticed. The baby began to get tired and, under the eyes of the trio, fell asleep in Irene's arms.
Their conversation would have continued if they hadn't felt the faint tremors of the earthquake. Imdiately after that, all three of them felt a powerful surge of energy.
Irene couldn't identify what kind of energy it was, but Arabel and Esma imdiately realized that it was a burst of Madness Energy.
They realized that this release of energy could only be related to one person, Idan.
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