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Suddenly the cellphone in Matteo's pants pocket began to vibrate, when Matteo took it out it did not display a number but instead, it read unknown. "Hello" Matteo picked up the phone standing still in front of the car, "It's been a long time Matteo, how has your rich young master life been treating you" Hearing this familiar voice Matteo gnashed his teeth out of rage, this man was the one who caused the rumours about him in the orphanage before he was eventually kicked out. "I never expected to hear your disgusting voice after so long, I kind of hoped that you would die in the slums"

The man on the phone began to laugh heartily as if he heard the world's greatest joke, however, Matteo was not having a good time being in contact with this man as it forced out all the resentment Matteo felt for being treated unfairly and he already chose to let go of his past but what can he do if his past does not let go of him. Lilliana and Erica climbed out of the car holding onto Matteo to help his calm down, he smiled wryly at his two precious fiancee's "I have your friend here, I think his name was Bruno? I would never expect that he would be chosen to be your bait" THe man did not bother hiding the fact he was going to use Bruna as bait but, "How did you get your hands on him? Bruno's family is something your small-time gang can't handle"

"We have good backing, how else are we going to get our revenge on you" Matteo took a deep breath, "What do you want?" Matteo began to silently chant the incantation to summon the spellbook when the book appeared in front of him he immediately began to trace the call with magic instead of using technology. "Simple, we want you to hand over The Book in Praise of David's Great Works" Hearing this Matteo's eyes squinted, this was no ordinary magic grimoire. "Who wants this book?"

"No need to investigate, my new boss wants it so I will get it for him... You have two days, meet me at the usual Breadstore in Milan where you last store a bread from... hehehehehe" The call ended while Matteo had a furious expression, he took a deep breath before embracing the two girls to help him calm his emotions, the sweet fragrance he smelled from the girls was enough to calm the boiling rage within his body. Erica and Liliana did not say anything and held Matteo firmly. "It appears I will have to settle my past first, so I will hope you girls will not get involved okay?"

"But---" Erica wanted to reject but Matteo placed his finger on her lips before caressing her cheek, "Be good, just this once for me okay?" Erica nodded shyly while Matteo turned to caress Liliana's cheek as well, "I want you to watch over Erica for me okay?" Liliana nodded while Matteo told Dante that he will be leaving for a short while, "I will be back for dinner okay?" Matteo waved before sprinting in the direction he picked up the man who called him. But along the way his phone ring once more but this time it was the Milan Orphanage number, seeing this Matteo's heart was beating frantically when he picked up he could hear a woman's voice laced with pain "M-Matty?"

"Matron!? What happened!?" Matteo entered an alleyway before teleporting straight to an alleyway near the Orphanage, "They came and took the children" Matteo kicked the entrance of the Orphanage open only to see nothing inside, it was completely empty. When he went up the stairs once again he was met with nothing but an empty abandoned house, "Where are you right now?" The woman's voice had a trace of confusion "I'm at the orphanage" Matteo snorted, "I'm also here"

Hearing this the woman's voice fell silent before a different female voice could be heard, "I Never would expect our target to be a magician" Matteo felt his heart went cold hearing this voice, "You--- Why are you with him!?" The lady chuckled with an eerily smile, "Why shouldn't I be? He was the one to save my life while hiding my existence from everyone but you" Matteo shivered, it was a secret only he knew was the fact his mother never really died but almost did. However, because she had many enemies she faked her death to hide underground. "To think my own mother would become the mistress of a Mafia Boss" Matteo spoke with disgust

Matteo's mother giggled on the phone not caring about her tone, she never loved him to begin with "What can you say about yourself hmmm? Your father is an old man who claims to be a Marquis! would you believe me if I were to say your father is Sasha Dejanstahl Voban!" Matteo breath began hurriedly as the discussion derailed from what he wanted to know but he found out something more shocking, he almost collapsed on his knees 'Voban!? How is that possible!' Matteo shook his head not daring to believe his mother, "That's nonsense! Where is the Matron!?" The woman giggled "That orphanage closed down the next day you left my son... So even I have no idea where that woman went... as of about your father... It's the truth"

"Was it him who told you to feed me rubbish to distract me from finding him!?" Matteo roared as he teleported towards the nearest location he detected the position the man was at, he immediately began to move between the people while holding the phone next to his ear, he was already searching for his mother who is on the phone with magic. Matteo realized the mafia boss made use of magicians to create a temporary doppelganger, 'so he is part of this side of the world huh?' Matteo thought, "Nope, ever since I saw he was looking for you I decided to call you since it may be our last time talking as mother and son"

"Calling yourself my mother is sickening, you never cared for me. Although you let me know that your alive but you continued to harass me by sending thugs to beat me up since I was young!" Matteo denied this woman's existence in his heart, "Well whether you accept or not does change the fact you are my son" Matteo snorted, "I see, so your in Sardinia huh?" Matteo immediately teleported himself to Sardinia facing a massive manor but suddenly a woman was blasted out of the window with magic before collapsing on the ground dead. 'Huh?'

Matteo could not follow the flow of events that was happening but a woman just got killed when he arrived, shortly a brown-haired young lady with a voluptuous body wearing a red dress with open slits at the left side revealing her beautiful legs, her purple eyes were shrinking the moment it met with Matteo. Matteo was not certain why but this woman felt more familiar to him than the woman on the phone, "Cough cough... You came, at last, you unfilial son... you going to watch your mom get killed by this witch!?" Lucretia Zola snorted as she went over to give the woman a last smack knocking her out, "Take this woman away" Lucretia spoke strictly as several men appeared from the surroundings to take the woman away.

"Never expected my enemies to use such a trick on me" Lucretia spoke while looking at Matteo with a solemn gaze that held millions of words to be said, "Come in, since your here you might as well have a cup with me" She spoke with a smile, Matteo was not certain what was going on but he chose to follow this lady into her manor in hopes to get answers about what the hell is going on. When Matteo entered the house he saw she was living quite extravagantly, she was in the kitchen busy brewing tea so he went to take his seat in the lounge. He took out his phone to message Patrica and his father to search for Bruno's whereabouts in the meantime.

'Was that woman outside really my mother?' Matteo thought about the shocking events that took place, he knew of his mother being alive but he only heard her voice initially but never met her before, so seeing that woman he was not certain how to react, yet meeting Lucretia he felt more familiar as he met her before. Matteo shook his head thinking he could simply resolve his issues by doing a DNA test to see, "Sorry for not introducing myself as we both had quite a fast pace of surprises today, but I'm Lucretia Zola"

Matteo's eyes widen, "You mean..." Lucretia smile grew wider as she felt quite proud that Matteo knew of her achievements giving her an extra boost of pride, Matteo stood up and bowed politely, "My name is Matteo Blandelli" Hearing the surname Lucretia felt her heart tingle a bit but she could not reveal it, "I see, as for how to explain the situation I can give you two answers right now. That woman outside is not your biological Mother and second, a Fanatic Group became active and took over several gangster groups in Northern Italy while moving towards Venice. I suppose they distracted you with this so-called fake mother in order to attract your attention elsewhere while they took your friend somewhere else"

"How do you know that she is not my mother?" Lucretia took a sip of her drink, "Because your mother is my sister" hearing this Matteo was not certain how much his mind could take, "I hope you won't take offence but could you please prove it to me? I have heard so many stories about my so-called mother that is more than the number of my fingers... Not to mention why she left me" Lucretia's eyes flicker with sadness as she could understand this boy would not easily believe her as he said, the number of people that spoke of his mother in his early years was numerous. "Not to mention the woman you took away said my father is Voban"

Lucretia froze solid when she heard that name, she could only sigh before nodding "Your father is indeed Voban" Matteo who heard this simply sit back on the couch, "As for your mother, when she gave birth to you her life force was almost diminished from giving birth to you when she realized you were a Campione she had some of her loyal subordinates imprint memories into the minds of those who were in the operating room to hide herself so she could watch over you from the dark" Matteo thought for a moment thinking what he knew was it the truth or was this the truth, he could only shake his head.

"Where is she now?" Lucretia smiled, "She had a conflict holding back a Heretic God from approaching Italy so she went home to recuperate, ever since she gave birth to you she has to sleep for several days to recuperate her mana she expended" Matteo sighed, "If she is still alive and well then it's fine, it will do no good for me or her if I were to meet her with my current mood" Matteo spoke with a tired voice, too many things were being dumped onto him with no time to digest it all, "Which group of Fanatics are moving right now?"

Lucretia answered with a Stern Face, "The Goddess Diana... Her more known name would be Goddess Artemis..." Matteo who heard this sighed, "As for the Gangsters, you will be able to find them in Venice" She answered the next question before he could even ask it while handing over a photo of Bruno who was being held captive, "My subordinates are stalking them right now" Matteo nodded, he handed over two phone numbers to Lucretia, "This?"

"It's my number and this one is Patricia's number, she is the manager that is in charge of the Human Resources of my organisation, we can share information this way" Matteo spoke while his phone suddenly rings, when he checked it was Erica, "Yes sweetheart?" Erica who heard this began to smile, "Hubby how are you?" Matteo smiled feeling healed hearing her voice, "I'm fine, I just met Lucretia Zola who is helping me locating Bruno" "En, You must not leave us out of this okay?" Matteo chuckled, "Very well, I will pick you two up before we head to Venice" "Venice?" "That is where they took Bruno"

Meanwhile, Lucretia was looking at the number Matteo gave her, her eyes were flickering with a variety of emotions while looking at his name next to his number for a while now, she immediately sent the information to one of her subordinates so they could start to support Matteo's organisation from the shadows, it's her son's first organisation after all.

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