Family Dinner

"I am Home", Lina announced as she entered the house.

When she entered the house, she saw her brother preparing the ingredients for the dinner.

"Oh Lisa, go clean up and help me. We need to be done before Mother is back", Chris said to her.

Lina nodded and went to her room to freshen up a little.

Their mother, though she works a lot outside to earn money, would take care of them too without any word. So normally whenever it was possible the three would help her in her house duties to ease her burden a little.

Even though what they did, didn't mount too much but their mother was nevertheless happy to see them trying to help her. It would always put a smile on her face.

Today Chris returned home at noon but as he was tired a bit due to the meditation and probably because of the lazy bum Snow's influence, he fell asleep. Then he had to research a bit about the beasts for his future.

So he didn't have much time to prepare for dinner and had to ask his sister for help, which Lina didn't reject. After one or two months, Chris would be gone to college and she would be alone. So Lina was preparing for some heavy work.

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"We are home", Chris's parents and grandparents appeared in the hall.

"Half an hour and the dinner would be ready. Go clean yourselves", Chris shouted from the kitchen.

The four nodded and went to their rooms to clean up themselves. They had been at work and these working conditions were not clean, especially for the three.

Mary is a healer. Though she has to usually deal with a lot of gross things every day, at the hospital there are better facilities for cleaning themselves.

The other three were on guard duty, which means they were exposed to the outside and could only clean on the surface.

A nice bath was what they needed before they could eat.

Chris placed everyone's meals on their plate before others arrived at the table. There are a few extra bowls for the beasts too, not just his but also for his parent's and grandparent's beasts.

"Snow, your food is here", Chris pulled out his lazy pet and placed her in front of the bowl.

It was a repeat. What happened in the noon, repeated again.

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"So how was school?" Mary asked Lina first.

She knew that though what Chris did was important, today was Lina's turn. She is not going to be a mother who favours their youngest or eldest. No, she is a mother who loves all her children equally.

Each day she would give priority to one of her children and the next day it would be the other one's turn. Unless it is a special day or something along the lines, this is how she always dealt with her children.

This is so that no one would feel neglected.

It was normal in many houses that the parents would forget about their previous child after another one pops out from the mother's womb. It's not like they hate their older children or like that but they start to pamper the youngest and that could cause some dissatisfaction among the elder ones.

This could cause some scuffles which could lead to larger disputes in later times. Mary didn't want such cracks to appear between her children. As long as they are close to each other as children, the chances of such divisions appearing in the future are very low.

External factors may change that but that was something she couldn't control.

"School was fine Mom. We did...", Lina told her mom what she did in school that day.

"Oh, good Lina. Now, how's your day Chris", Mary asked her son.

"There is nothing much. They taught us the meditation technique. We practised for a while until we were tired and after that, I returned home as there was no need for us to be at school. I ate lunch and went to sleep for a while".

"After waking up, I researched a bit on Frost Fox and on what beasts I should and shouldn't contract in the future. After that, I started preparing for the dinner. Lina returned from school and helped me", Chris replied.

"Huh, You have Beast Fusion talent, right brother?" Lina asked in confusion.

"Yes"

"Then you can contract any beast right?"

Chris understood why she had a confused face right now.

"That's what everyone would think so but that's not the case. Since I have Beast Fusion, I can contract any beast as my pet if that is my first time contracting a pet. Once I do that, I would be limited. Though the limitation is not a problem as long as I don't fuse with these new beasts, I would be good", Chris replied.

"Huh?" Lina tilted in confusion, asking to further elaborate.

"Lina, my first as you know is a Frost Fox. So when I fuse with my pet, my body would change to allocate the use of the beast's powers. If I contract a Fire-based beast as my second pet, then I can't use it to fuse as the Fire would cause damage to my frost-facilitating body".

"So I can only choose my beasts from Frost or Water or other elements that won't clash with Frost. Of course, if I find some special beasts, then even if they conflict with my old strength, I would contract them, except that I won't fuse with them. Instead, I would be using them as any Beast Tamer would", Chris explained thoroughly to her.

Lina nodded in understanding. This was something she never thought about or knew from her studies.

No talent is OP. Everything has a weakness or a restriction no matter what. Even Chris's SSS-grade Beast Evolution has some restrictions.

The four continued to talk about how their day went as they ate the dinner.

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Once the dinner was over, everyone returned to their rooms to rest for the night.