Creak!
Just around ten ters above their heads, space suddenly cracked apart.
A dark tear slowly opened in the air itself, black lines spreading across the empty sky like broken glass.
The inside of the tear looked deep and endless, almost identical to the space tears Elizabeth normally created herself.
Everyone’s attention turned upward.
Rosalina slowly lowered her glass while Elizabeth calmly adjusted her sunglasses slightly.
Unlike the others, Elizabeth recognized the person imdiately.
Yet her expression did not change at all.
She simply continued drinking peacefully like this was a completely normal afternoon event.
Rosalina, however, looked genuinely curious. ’So this was her...Kathlyin Kaizer.’
The twin sister of the Hayes Matriarch.
Leader of the Red Unit directly under the Patriarch himself.
A powerful space-path spell caster famous for her strength, arrogance, and terrible personality depending on who was describing her.
Rosalina had heard stories about her for years. In the past, she was taught that they were enemies.
Yet now she was casually sitting under a tree waiting to et one while drinking juice beside her mother-in-law.
Life really was strange sotis.
anwhile, Julius sat there looking far more entertained than everyone else.
Especially while staring at Nathaniel.
Because unlike the others, Julius knew sothing very important.
When he had shared information with the Author, he had included almost everything about the family dynamics from his previous life.
Including one very dangerous detail. His aunt’s feelings toward his father....This world’s Julius did not rember much about their relationship growing up...
But the Julius from his previous life definitely rembered.
And right now....Nathaniel looked exactly like a man awaiting execution. Sweat slowly rolled down his forehead while he stared at the floating space tear with hollow eyes.
He gulped again and again looking nervous to his bones.
Julius almost wanted to clap. ’Yep... definitely the sa aunt.’
Then....A figure slowly stepped out from the darkness. A woman appeared in the open sky before lightly descending toward the lawn.
She had long blonde hair flowing behind her beautifully in the sea breeze and erald green eyes sharp enough to make people nervous just from one glance.
Her face deeply resembled Elizabeth’s.
Almost frighteningly so.
It looked like soone had copied Elizabeth and then adjusted the personality settings toward "more violent."
Rosel’s eyes instantly began sparkling.She stared upward with pure admiration.
"My grandma’s other half..." she whispered dramatically. In her tiny head, she was currently witnessing the arrival of a legendary superhero.
One of the great warriors who fought the evil Ganos.
Kathlyin noticed Rosel staring at her strangely and looked slightly confused for a second.
But soon her gaze moved again...Straight toward Nathaniel. The mont their eyes t....
"Hehe..." Nathaniel awkwardly laughed while slowly taking one step backward.
Kathlyin responded with a cold snort. Nothing else...Just one snort. Yet sohow Nathaniel looked like he had taken emotional damage.
Her gaze then moved toward Elizabeth and Rosalina sitting beneath the tree.
She paused slightly at Rosalina.
Kathlyin had not seen her after her sudden growth, so for a mont she genuinely struggled to recognize who this beautiful grown woman beside her sister even was.
Still, she did not think much about it. Then....Her eyes shifted toward Julius.
And she froze completely....
"...What?" Instead of the slim teenage boy she rembered...
There was now a fully grown young man sitting beneath the tree with broad shoulders, mature features, and calm golden eyes.
Kathlyin blinked once...Then twice. "...What the hell?"
Her face looked genuinely betrayed. "How did you grow this much?!" she demanded in complete disbelief.
Before anyone could even answer
..She vanished.
FWOOOSH!
Then instantly appeared directly in front of Julius.
"Hey!" she shouted while grabbing both his shoulders tightly. "What happened to you?!"
Julius almost got shaken like a criminal being interrogated. Kathlyin imdiately grabbed his cheeks next.
"Where is the cuteness?!" she demanded with visible horror. "I just saw you a year ago! What happened in one year?!"
She inspected his face seriously from every angle possible like a mother discovering soone secretly replaced her child with an older version.
"Why do you suddenly look handso?!" she asked accusingly.
"...Is that a bad thing?" Julius asked carefully.
"Yes!"
"No!"
Kathlyin froze before turning toward Elizabeth.
"Oi." Kathlyin suddenly turned toward Elizabeth with a frown.
"Why haven’t you tried treating him?" she demanded while pointing at Julius like a deeply offended mother.
"Aren’t there so good ti-path experts here? Surely soone can turn him back!"
Elizabeth lazily took another sip from her drink before shrugging. "It’s no use."
Kathlyin narrowed her eyes.
Elizabeth continued calmly, "He used so forbidden formula while creating that spell. The effect happened instantly the mont it activated."
Then she pointed toward Rosalina beside her.
"The spell used their lifespan as ti-path runes," she explained with a sigh. "Once that kind of exchange is completed, it becos unchangeable."
Silence followed....Kathlyin slowly turned her gaze back toward Julius.
Her expression tightened slightly. To others, she looked annoyed.
But inside? She was furious.
This was her boy. Well... technically not her son. But also absolutely her son.
She had spoiled him since the day he was born, carried him around when he was small, fought over who got to hug him first, and proudly watched him grow up.
And now? Now soone had stolen his entire cute phase in one attack.
Kathlyin gritted her teeth hard enough that even Nathaniel slowly moved farther away from her.
’I swear...’ Her erald eyes twitched dangerously. ’I will kill that little shit.’
She had already been briefed on what had happened. She knew Julius had tried to kill the youngest son of the Thorne Clan.
And despite all his effort...He had not even managed to scratch him. Kathlyin’s eye twitched again.
’I’ll shove his luck straight through his ass for stealing my boy’s precious cuteness.’
The murderous thoughts in her head beca more violent by the second.
anwhile, Julius quietly watched her with a helpless smile. Honestly, this reaction was completely expected.
After a few monts, Kathlyin suddenly leaned down and kissed his forehead softly.
"Be careful, you idiot," she muttered. "And stop doing reckless things."
"Yes ma’am," Julius replied obediently with a grin.
Only then did Kathlyin finally shift her attention elsewhere. Her gaze slowly moved toward Rosalina.
And stayed there.
Rosalina calmly stared right back at her while adjusting her sunglasses slightly.
The sea breeze moved her absurdly long hair across the grass behind her like a giant dark carpet spreading over the lawn.
Kathlyin silently observed her for a few seconds.
Then finally...."So you’re the one who made my boy fall head over heels for you, huh?"
Rosalina crossed one leg over the other calmly. "Probably," she replied without sha.
Kathlyin narrowed her eyes slightly while continuing to examine her carefully.
In truth...It was not hard to understand at all. Rosalina’s mature appearance alone was already enough to attract attention anywhere she went.
Then there was the hair. That ridiculous oversized hair. Seriously, why was it so long?
It looked less like hair and more like a luxury blanket made by rich people with too much free ti.
And most importantly...
She fit into this family disturbingly well.
The relaxed arrogance. The confidence.
The calm expression behind the sunglasses.
Even the way she sat there looked exactly like soone from the Hayes family.
Kathlyin slowly leaned back.’...No wonder my boy fell for her.’
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