Chapter 654: recognize each other

Huxin Town Lord's Mansion, Study Room.

Paul was sitting upright, with Ladi Setia sitting next to him.

Of course he couldn't immediately believe what the woman said.

In addition to Ladi, he took other measures. A pistol was placed on the table.

Mariana and Nathan were called in.

Mariana raised her eyes and looked around the corners of the study, with a look of reminiscence on her face.

"The decoration of this castle has changed a lot, but this room remains the same."

Ladi felt a little strange, the teacher has been here?

Paul didn't respond, and asked the attendant who led Marianne: "Where is Butler Philip? I need him to come right away."

The attendant replied, "I'll go find him right away."

Paul added, "And Cecil and Bryce, I hope they'll be here soon."

"Follow your orders!"

The squire left.

Mariana looked at Paul and smiled, "Why, you still don't believe me?"

Paul stretched out his hand, "Please sit down. Maybe you can use the water on the coffee table to moisten your throat first. Later... there will be a lot to say."

Ladi became more and more puzzled, and asked: "What's going on?"

Paul shrugged. "This woman—your teacher—said she was my mother."

"Pfft!" Nathan, who was holding a water glass, spat out in one gulp.

Ladi was shocked and speechless, her eyes widened.

Nathan put down the water glass and said with a look of panic, "No, mom, it's not true!"

Regarding the matter of Paul and him being brothers just now, Nathan already intuitively felt that his mother might not be lying, but he dared not face it.

But if it was true, another possibility followed, which had been messing with his mind for a long time.

"It's true!" Mariana looked at her second son and said seriously:

"Nathan, you have a surname—Gleiman, your full name is Nathan Gleiman, and I'm Marianna Gleiman."

Paul waved his hand in front of Ladi, bringing her back to her senses, "This is the situation."

At this time, a beep knocked on the door.

Paul snapped his fingers, "Butler Philip is here, and the truth of the matter will be revealed immediately. Ma'am, I am a generous person. If it is false, you still have one last chance.

"You doubted your own mother! I should slap your **** a few times to remind you." Mariana thought in her heart.

Guilt, longing, eagerness, sadness, complaints... the mixture of all kinds of emotions made her a little irrational.

Seeing that she didn't respond, Paul shouted, "Come in, Philip Butler."

The old butler pushed the door open, and Mariana also turned to look at the door.

The door stopped halfway, and Philip saw her.

"Long time no see, Philip." There was a hint of excitement in Mariana's voice when she saw the old servant.

"Madam..." A choked voice came out of the old housekeeper's throat, and his cloudy eyes instantly became moist.

Well, it turned out to be true.

Paul finally confirmed.

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"I wanted to spend a peaceful life in the Northwest Bay as an ordinary person."

Mariana sat on the sofa and recounted what happened more than ten years ago.

"But the dog legs of the Holy See who have been following me also came and searched for my trace secretly."

"At that time, I had just given birth to Nathan, and my use of spells was extremely unstable. Once the identity of the witch was confirmed, I would be powerless to fight against it."

"In desperation, I had no choice but to bid farewell to you and your father, and took Nathan to leave the Northwest Bay, claiming to die of illness."

…

"I stayed in Horn Bay for a long time, where I taught Ladi how to use magic."

"After that, we went to the inland and joined the secret society there."

…

It took nearly two hours for Mariana to briefly describe her experiences over the years.

Philip took out his handkerchief and kept wiping his eyes.

"Mrs. Mariana, you have suffered all these years!"

Mariana smiled wryly, "It's not too difficult. Compared with those mages who suffered misfortune, we are still lucky."

"only…"

Her eyes were red, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"I didn't get to see Hart again, he's gone."

Hart was exactly the name of old Gleiman.

After arriving in Arda, she realized that her husband had passed away, so she hid secretly and cried a lot.

She even wanted to kill Edward, who was with her at one point.

According to the information collected, it was the departure of the pirate leader that caused the pirates overseas in the Northwest to lose their restraint, which led to the death of her husband, and Edward was indirectly responsible.

But she tried to suppress the thought—at least not yet.

Her son, servants, and students were present at the moment, and there were no outsiders. Coupled with the fact that she confided her secrets that had been hidden for many years, Mariana couldn't help crying again.

Ladi stood up and walked forward, silently hugging her teacher tightly.

Philip tried to comfort him: "My condolences, ma'am. The old master will be very happy if he knows that you can come back to this home again."

He looked back at Nathan, the young man who was bewildered by his weeping mother.

I swear to God, I haven't seen my mother cry once since I can remember.

Mariana has always shown him a strong, optimistic, calm, and intelligent image.

"Master Nathan."

Butler Philip's eyes were red, but his face was full of relief.

"You have also grown into a healthy young man. I think the old master must be very pleased in heaven."

Nathan moved his lips, not knowing how to respond.

"Why did you take... my younger brother away? I think it's very inconvenient to take a child."

Paul, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

"that is because…"

Marianna felt an inexplicable panic in her heart—is the eldest son blaming her?

"Your younger brother inherited my talent and showed his affinity for magic right after he was born. If you don't take him away, he who didn't know how to pretend at the time will be exposed soon."

"I see." Paul nodded, "Okay, let's talk about the secret law meeting again."

"Earl Greiman!" Ladi called out to him, with a hint of accusation.

She walked up to Paul in a few steps, leaned over and whispered, "I think you should give your mother and brother a hug first."

Paul froze for a moment, then came to Mariana and held out his arms.

"Welcome home, my mother."

Marianne hugged her before she finished speaking.

"My child, do you know how much Mommy misses you?"

Paul stiffened as his mother hugged and sniffed.

"Almost every night, you appear in my dreams."

Yeah?

Paul was very puzzled, and there was a bit of resentment in it.

Then why are you in such a hurry to leave Arda again.