Raising A Few Wives in a Beast Apocalypse-Chapter 447: Jade’s sibling talk

"What's the matter sis?" Klaus asked.

"Oh nothing much, just want your help with clearing up some matters from the past. You don't mind right?" Jade spoke calmly.

At that point everyone else had left so it was just the three of them in the room...

"Oh, okay. Ask away. We don't mind at all" Klaus replied enthusiastically.

Though internally he felt like he was falling into some trap...

Chris just quietly looked on. The other two took his silence as a sign of agreement...

"Well, do you remember that time when I was a baby who suddenly appeared on your doorstep then mom picked me up and my hair changed colour to match hers?" Jade asked with a cheerful expression on her face.

"Oh, that. Of course I do, I remember it like it was... You told her?!" Klaus was replying with a gleeful smile on his face then he realised what he was saying.

It was the one thing their mother had told them never to reveal to Jade, and yet there he was, revealing it all.

But it was something she shouldn't have known in the first place. Yet she was talking about it so vividly. So he, who never expected it was caught off guard and started spilling everything.

Since this was the first time he was talking about it with her, and there was no way their mother would have told her about it before the apocalypse... It only meant one thing. And that was, Chris must have told her. So he immediately accused his brother ruthlessly.

"... What? What!? No! Of course not. She tried asking me about something along those lines last time I met her. But she didn't seem sure and was a bit out of it, so I brushed it off and it was never mentioned again. So if anything, between the two of us, it's you who has told her. After all, she might have somehow found out about it but wasn't sure but your reaction confirmed everything. Couldn't you control yourself? Weren't you always calm and collected under pressure? What's this then?" Chris snapped at his brother.

He was infuriated by how Klaus so resolutely accused him without a doubt like that. Sure, he kinda understood Klaus's reasoning, but that didn't mean he'd take it lying down.

As a leader, Klaus should know better than to act without being sure like that!

"Oh... Well, sorry brother. I was caught in the heat of the moment. But even if I kinda confirmed it, you definitely just reinforced what I confirmed. So honestly, we're both at fault. We shouldn't keep on fighting amongst ourselves like this. It's only making the situation worse..." Klaus apologised and shamelessly split the blame with Chris.

Chris just rolled his eyes silently. There really was no getting Klaus to admit that he was solely responsible for what happened after all. Internally he swore to settle scores somehow. Maybe not through a fight because there was no chance of winning that, but there should be some way...

"Umm, sorry to break it to you Klaus but it's already too late. And I didn't exactly need your confirmation since I already knew. But it's certainly appreciated. It does make talking about this with you much easier" Suddenly Jade chimed in which startled Klaus who had at some point forgotten that she was there.

"Ah... Is that so? Okay. May I know how you know if you don't mind? There's no way you remember the things from such an early age right?" Klaus asked in a slightly awkward manner.

"Actually, that's exactly what happened. Oh, and I guess Muku forgot to mention that when one has a mindscape they can revisit all their memories, even the very first ones. So... Anyway, that's not how I remembered mine though. It happened naturally while I was asleep or even awake a while back. Almost drove me crazy even. In theory, my mindscape should allow me to know everything I experienced, but for some reason, some parts of my memories are blocked off. I can feel them slowly unsealing but I'm too impatient to wait, so here we are..." Jade explained.

"Oh, brother-in-law really skipped a big part in his description then... Well, the cat is out of the bag. And I always felt that you shouldn't be kept in the dark forever. Especially now when you're old enough to take it. Anyway, what do you want to know?" Klaus spoke with a freed smile on his face after getting over the shock of the new capability a mindscape had.

He never liked keeping his beloved sister in the dark. While she came as a baby, maybe she would still hold a strong attachment to her background and would want to know about it. So keeping her in the dark wouldn't be a good thing.

It was best to leave how she dealt with the information to her. It was her life and she deserved to know. While telling her before the apocalypse might have been hard to believe, telling her now makes sense.

It was obvious that her background wasn't average from how her hair turned green from red back then. And that was in a world where mana was dormant. It was worth looking into the matter just based on that reason alone.

Chris remained quiet. He chose not to say anything unless spoken to. Besides, it wasn't something they both needed to say together. His presence was enough...

"Hmm, I only know about the day I arrived. So I want to know what happened after that. I mean, I know what happened in my later years which is living a normal life. But I don't know about the younger days. So if anything there's anything significant that happened during that time, I'd appreciate it if you told me..." Jade replied.

"I don't think there was anything too weird after that. Just that when we played with you outside until you were maybe four, all the animals that saw you would run away. Interestingly enough, that didn't happen when mom was with you. Almost like she was suppressing something about you. Come to think of it, that was rather weird wasn't it?" Klaus recounted the past.

This made him think about something he never thought of before. How did their mother do that back then anyway?

"Speaking of which, don't you think that she and Mom kind of look alike? I mean, maybe not completely. But vaguely they look related beyond more than just their features. And mom wasn't even surprised when Jade's hair turned green to match hers. I think she even smiled a little bit..." Chris who was more observant of their mother on that day chimed in.

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The three siblings suddenly all went quiet. They had never realised it before. But their mother was rather mysterious.

And Jade thought the same. None of them knew their father. They were just told that he died a long time ago. Yet there wasn't even a single picture of him. Also, their mother left on certain nights every month without saying anything.

They'd only know she was gone when the nanny arrived.

Back then they thought that she had gone to see a secret boyfriend since that's what the nanny said, but now they weren't so sure.

Why is it that they never questioned the situation until that point?

Was Jade's arrival on their doorstep even a mistake?

"Umm, Jade, when you last saw Mom before the apocalypse... Did she say or do anything weird?" Klaus suddenly asked.

They paused Jade's matter for a moment. Though honestly, there wasn't much more to say in that regard. After all, Jade was a pretty normal child apart from those two situations so...

The point was, currently, their mother seemed way more interesting...

"What do you mean? Do you suspect something?... Fine, she didn't do anything weird apart from hugging me a little longer than usual while telling me she loved me like she always did. That's hardly worth noting since she did that from time to time anyway. Her reason for it when I asked was "I feel sentimental sometimes and like hugging you to ground me". So I don't think there are any clues to be gotten from the situation..." Jade recounted what happened after Klaus gave her an unrelenting look that said, "tell me or I won't stop looking at you".

"That same day she called me and we talked for around fifteen minutes... You must know, usually she waits for me to call and we only speak for a minute at best" Chris chimed in.

"And I also had a similar experience. However, instead of ten minutes we spoke for thirty... I can't believe you only spoke to mom for one minute in normal cases... Are you crazy?" Klaus joined in.

"How long I spoke to her doesn't matter okay? Do you have a point here or are you just wasting time?" Chris snapped.

"Tsk. Fine. I do have a point actually. And I'm sure both of you have already picked up what I laid down, you just don't want to acknowledge it. But I'll make you face it. And that's, the likelihood that mom knew the apocalypse was coming. On top of that, she might not be dead like we thought. She might be out there in the apocalypse, either looking for us or avoiding us. Either way, whether you help me or not. I'm adding another goal on top of world domination, something even more important. And that's finding out everything I can about mom. Finding her would be more ideal of course. Anyway, I know it's hard in a ruined world where almost all human traces are gone.... but I will keep on looking until I have covered the whole planet. No matter how many times it grows. And I might even look two more times after that just to be sure!" Klaus passionately declared his plans to his mother.

He suddenly had so many questions he needed her to answer...