Chapter-8[Reunion]

Kyle ignored the girl and entered the building, but stopped as a guard stood in front of him, making him wonder, 'Am I not meeting many guards in a single day..?'

"Sir, please show your identification."

The guard asked while looking at his phone, this building may be on the outskirts but the location is where not a single gate was produced, except a single low-level many years ago, making this place suitable for making residence, but the government was the one who made the apartments here, with the collaboration of one of the biggest Real Estate Company, Martin Industry, owned by the Martin Family, one of the biggest family in Real Estate business, which is flourished right now.

Kyle passed his ID to the guard, making the latter look up at him, only to shudder under his gaze, and immediately lowered his head, looking at the ID passed by Kyle, and in a moment his expression turned surprised seeing Kyle's old picture along with his name, and the girl following behind Kyle also saw his ID confirming her assumptions, 'I knew it, he is Kyle!!'

The guard looked at Kyle this time with a doubtful look, but without looking in his eyes, asked,

"Are you sure that it is your ID, Mister?"

Kyle nodded, replying,

"Yes, Uncle John."

The guard, John nodded his head, but his eyes showed fear, 'What happened to him!? where is his smile which he always showed!?', But decided not to ask, even if he knew Kyle for some time, but he also felt that the Kyle standing in front of him is different...

John returned the ID to Kyle, and opened the door, Kyle went in, John then looked at the girl, asking for her ID or some pass, but Kyle spoke first,

"She is with me, Uncle John."

John nodded, but the girl opened her eyes wide in surprise, and immediately went in front of Kyle, and pointed her finger at him, with an unbelievable expression on her face,

"If you had recognized me, then you should have called me!"

Kyle simply shook his head, and used his hand, lowering the girl's hand looking directly into her eyes,

"I had no need to do that, Miss Amelia."

The girl, Amelia froze and then showed an angry expression, stomping her foot on the ground, looking in the direction Kyle left, but soon followed.

Amelia then quietly followed behind Kyle, who entered the elevator, ignoring all the stares he was getting, and closed the elevator when Amelia entered, pressing 15th floor, as the building is a 30-floor building.

Amelia then looked at Kyle, having her anger calm down a little, and remember Emma's voice when she called her, and how worried it sounded along with the sobbing in it, making her again angry at Kyle, who is showing a nonchalant attitude according to her,

"Do you even have any Idea!? How worried both Aunty and Emma are for you?!"

Kyle looked at her for a second, before ignoring again, 'Ha...how could I not know?...'

Amelia getting no reply greeted her teeth, and become quiet, as the elevator stopped and exited along with Kyle, who immediately went towards the second door, on the left side.

Kyle stood in front of the apartment, feeling nervous inside....'What should I answer? what if they remained angry at me....what should mom do if she saw the tattoo.....what is Emma going to say seeing me like this...?!'

Amelia losing her patience, after seeing Kyle remain standing at the door for some time, and pressed the ring, making Kyle come out of his thoughts, turning at Amelia, who shot him an annoyed glare, which he ignored and again turned towards the door, which was opened by an 18 or 19-year girl, but one could easily say by seeing the condition of the girl that she hadn't slept for some time.

Kyle seeing the girl smiled, as he opened his mouth, hoping for himself not to be cold,

"I'm Back."

The girl since the moment of opening the door had her eyes fixed on Kyle, and heard him saying,' I'm Back.', something he always said whenever he comes back home, the girl started to cry, and immediately hugged Kyle, who returned the hug while his face showed a smile,

"I'm sorry for not informing you...."

But the girl just continued to cry, while saying,

"Idiot!...Fool!....Idiot!..."

Kyle calmly picked the girl in his arms and carried her in, while motioning Amelia to also follow them in, which she did, but remaining quiet the whole time.

Kyle then entered and saw a woman sleeping with her head resting on the dining table, making him feel more sadness, so he quickly put the girl in his arms down, saying in a calm and soothing tone,

"Emma, I'm sorry...I will explain everything to you, but let me give mom a blanket."

The girl, Emma, with tears still in her eyes, nodded, and Kyle quickly went into his mother's bedroom and took her blanket, and returned and placed it on her, and then sat beside her, while both Emma and Amelia also sat on the dinning table, looking at Kyle.

Emma looked at Kyle with longing and relief expression, feeling relief that he returned and longing because he felt somewhat distant today...but not too much.

After sitting there for 5 minutes, Emma calmed down, and looked at Kyle with surprise in her eyes, as his appearance changed, along with his eyes and the tattoo on his face making her confused, but she first decided to ask about his condition, something she had been worried about for quite some time.

"Are you alright, Big Brother, and what happened for you to be missing like this?!"

Amelia also perked her head, listening to Kyle's answer attentively, while Kyle looked at Emma, with his eyes showing love and care,

"I think you should already know the thing with Sophia, and seeing that...I decided to visit the dungeon to vent my frustrations...but who knew I fell into a trap and was teleported to a different place...but I don't know whether I should call this a trap or not, as the place I teleported had a single rune floating, which immediately entered in me, and then I got to know that I was actually cursed before, the reason for not being able to level up, and that rune cured the curse, but it left me with the mark on my face."

Kyle answered, thinking of the story from some novel he read before, 'I think this should be enough...I could tell them the truth but there may be problems in the future...Keeping quiet is the best....'

Emma almost went towards him when he said he fall into a trap, but forcibly calmed herself, hearing Kyle continue, and listened. And the more she listened, the more she become shocked and at the same time happy, she knew how many problems her brother had to face, just so he could take care of his family, and she even sometimes saw him crying along while drinking, but she never got the courage to stay beside him, to give comfort to him, as she always felt herself being a burden on him, but now hearing that he had his problem solved, she smiled a little, but before she could say anything, Ariana opened her eyes and sat up, and the blanket over her fall on the ground.

Ariana turns around, looking into Kyle's eyes showing every familiar emotion he could, and a small smile but a sad one etched on his face,

"I'm sorry, Mom..."

He wasn't able to continue, as Ariana pull him in a hug, and started crying...she felt that she already lost him...making her feel too much sadness...but there was a single speck of hope in her mind, always believing that he would return, same as what she thought of their father.

Kyle hugged Ariana back, and started patting her back while trying to keep his voice as calm and soothing as he could,

"It's alright now...Mom...it's alright...I'm here..."

Kyle continued doing that for some minutes, before Ariana calmed down, and separated herself from him, and looked at his face, which she saw clearly now, turning her expression into a shocked one for a moment before it returned to worry and asked,

"What happened to you?"

Kyle gave the same answer as he had given before, and also saw the shocked expression on Ariana's eyes, confirming his previous guess.

Ariana hearing his answer paused, she knew that it is everything but the truth, especially that mark...she is way too familiar with that mark and knows what that mark means, '...did he awaken his bloodline...?', but remained quiet as she never told those secrets to her child, and is planning on never telling, but now seeing that mark, she felt something else....