The Eternal Family



He was hugging Lilly from the back, his hands around her waist.

Making her sit in between his legs, resting his chin on her shoulders, he looked at Emma and Valeria. Focusing on Emma, he asked, "Mom, care to elaborate on that Gu, and its details?"

Valeria breathed in silently and calmed down; she was extremely angry now for sure, but Emma's issue came first, and she was sure Harry could tell she was angry.

For now, she will wait until Emma clarifies the details and Issues with outsiders; their insider family details could be talked about later.

Lilly put her hands on top of her brother's hand and lightly patted it, making him hug her tighter, and then looked at Emma. Lilly was also confused; what was a Gu in the first place?

Emma cleared her throat and looked at Harry; she could see he didn't doubt even a whiff about whether she hesitated in healing him using it.

She knew he was not an irrational idiot to be goaded into a crack of a relationship by some simple remarks.

She smiled and said, "That Gu was a gift I got from someone. A commoner gave it to me on the banquet of you two's first birthday."

"A…commoner?"

"Not a commoner anymore. He is the current headmaster of Heavenly Gift Academy," Said Valeria from the side, her voice rather sullen.

Harry's heart skipped a beat, "Mad Hooligan?"

Surprised, Emma and Valeria asked, looking rather similar, "You know him?"

They knew he hated books related to gifts since he was a Null at first, so how did he…

"Continue the details of the Gu thing for now," Lilly said, pouting. Whenever it was her brother's turn to talk, he would unknowingly loosen his hug slightly. She didn't want that; she was finally being hugged, and she wanted at least most of his attention.

So let Mom and Grandma talk while they, the brother and sister, listen.

Harry chuckled and kissed her neck…Lilly shifted slightly in his embrace.

Sullen, Valeria frowned at the sight and asked, "Do you know your mom is talking about how she was harassed by the king, yet you are doing this now?" Angrier, she said in an even more sullen tone, "She must have suffered so much…I believe she must have been hurt and—"

"Mom…" Emma muttered, looking at her mother and holding her shoulders.

Suddenly frowning, Harry stopped his antics and looked straight at his mom… Now, now, what was this?

Lilly frowned as well.

"What happened, Mother? Tell me the main details," Harry said, his voice harsh and cold.

Hurt my mother?

No way in hell!

I'll kill you in your dreams even if you were a god, not to mention a king.

Lilly silently slid out of his embrace and sat at his side, then looked at Mom and asked, "What did that bastard do to you, Mom?" her voice sounded similarly cold.

Emma bit her lips and looked at Lilly and Harry, then spoke, "That Gu was a very precious gift, given to me by Mad Hooligan as a gift on you two's first birthday banquet… the gift was given to me very high profile like...like he wanted everyone there to see he had given it to me. And yeah, many people in the Royal family coveted it, everyone wanted it, but due to everyone wanting it," She paused and looked at Harry's focused eyes, and continued,

"Due to everyone wanting it, no one tried to forcefully take it from me, and they were all reassured since I wouldn't have to use it since no one I cared for was hurt…."

Harry moved closer to her and silently brought her into his embrace; her strong yet supple body silently hugged him back, "So once I was injured, you started being pressured from all sides, from ministers, princes and all of them?"

Emma nodded silently; there was no reason to hide it anymore.

"But why does everyone want such a Gu? Isn't its interest too high? Isn't our Rank 5 Healer, hmm, who was it, yeah, Venezuela, capable of healing anything except soul issues?" Lilly asked from the side, looking at Valeria.

Valeria nodded, "You are right; its healing factor is not the main reason."

"Then?" Lilly asked.

Harry looked at them for answers, silently rubbing his Mom's back.

Valeria continued while looking at everyone at a time, "That Gu, if used on a healthy person, can help them grow a stage in their gift as long as they are not above stage 3."

Shocked, Harry asked, "Then why didn't Mom just use it herself? She could have gotten rid of the greedy scums from her back, right?"

Valeria looked at Emma, her usual fierce face becoming gentle as she said, "My daughter wanted to give it to one of her children."

"Then…why not give it to Lilly earlier? If it's her, I'm sure they won't make much trouble…."

"Because she wanted to give it to her when she reached stage 3 so that she could easily reach stage 4 in a single day, right, Emma?" Valeria asked.

Emma nodded while drawing with her fingers on Harry's chest, a bit shy.

Harry smiled, "My mom and grandma are so dumb…." he said with a chuckle.

"That's right," Lilly chucklingly echoed.

Frowning, Emma looked up at Harry's face from her embrace and cutely asked, "What, my little scoundrel has some Idea?"

Harry smiled and looked at his sister, "Teach them lil."

She nodded with a smile; her silver hair moved here and there with each of her movement, time to prove her supremacy!

"Mom, you could have just said you used that when you got up to stage 3 from 2, it's easy right?" She asked, the smile widening.

Blinking, Emma smiled back, "You guys underestimate your mother too much," she said and touched her forehead, "If you use that, a mark will appear here, an unopenable third eye, I don't have it…so how can I prove I used it?"