[ Bonus Chapter ] Merry Christmas!

Snow fell and hid the roads under white carpets. Kids jumped on it and collected as much as they could before they turned them into balls and threw them at anyone around them.

In houses, parents were busy preparing dinners to welcome their guests with smiles on their faces.

Waves of laughter all could be heard except in one place it failed to reach yet.

Cleo walked out of the kitchen with cookies on a big plate, she put them on the big table which was filled with all types of food. Some would assume it's for Thanksgiving Day but those who will visit are nicknamed plates' eaters, so the bigger the amount the better and safer for her first and house second.

The bell rang and Cheche rushed to open the door before the bell and door were set on fire like last year.

Everyone was so excited that they couldn't contain themselves and burnt the door and bell down, one would assume they were impatient but... Well... It ended well... Partially... Cleo also couldn't contain her happiness about their visit, so she punished them for not forgetting whose house they were in.

Cheche swished the door open and opened his arms welcoming the guests who rushed in after holding him. Decebalus lift Cheche and seated him on one of the sofas in the living room before he walked to Cleo with a big gift in hand, "Merry Christmas, my lady~"

Cleo smiled at him and held the gift, she scanned it, then threw it with the rest under the Christmas tree she had in her glass garden.

When she walked back in, everyone was already seated and waiting for her to join. She shook her head and sat down, Cleo leaned her hand forward requesting them all to start and so they did.

After dinner was over, they all walked to the glass garden and opened their gifts, right after, Cheche lighted up the tree and turned on the music, everyone sang together and danced happiness clear on their faces. As for Cleo, when she noticed drinks and food increased, she called out Dark Mana and showed him what the others were doing, he facepalmed himself and shook his head.

Cleo giggled at his reaction and looked back at her happy guests, but Dark Mana disturbed her for a moment, she turned to face him and nodded. Dark Mana surrounded the two of them and sent them somewhere else.

"Merry Christmas, young miss" the man with fancy clothes handed her a warm cup filled with hot chocolate and marshmallows. The two walked back to the others and took a seat under the falling snow, music was playing in the background and the carols were singing to their hearts' content.

Though it was cold, the warmth of being together with their close ones filled them and filled in some empty holes from their shattered memories.