Inheriting a Lost Bloodline, My First Task is to have heirs?!
Chapter 178 - 178 - Family Drama (Part 1)

Once we are out of the eastern gates, the sunny and smiley face of Makisig changed to that of a sullen and cold face. He then spoke in a serious tone, "You have questions for me?" I looked at him and nodded, "Sure, I have questions but if you find any of them uncomfortable to answer, you can skip them." He sighed and said, "We have done everything a man and woman can do together so what's the point of me hiding stuff about myself from you? If you find me unbearable, it is not like I can stop you from leaving me." I looked at him and scoffed, "Where did you get the idea that I am leaving you? Is it because I came back to my house and left you at the inn? Just so you know, the guy at my house is still untouched. He's the one who's going to be jealous once he finds out about you. Well, I think he has an idea about you already. Let's not talk about me for now. My first question is what's bothering you lately? I have been seeing you staring blankly at nothing several times." He looked up at the sky and answered, "It is just that I was so excited about the idea of you going back to my hometown with me but then I remembered that there was nothing nice to see back there." I raised my eyebrow and he continued, "My family setup is not something to be proud of. It is kind of annoying if you want me to describe it." I laughed a bit and said, "As for me, I technically do not have a family when I came here. I was moved from another world to this one. When I finally started my own family, it was also anything but normal." I gave him a sweet smile afterwards to calm him a bit. He shook his head with a smile, "Why do I feel a bit nervous now that you mentioned that your family isn't normal as well." I scoffed and responded, "You're mine now. You can't back out from this." He giggled a bit and responded, "I know. What do you mean by your family isn't anything but normal?" I started to tell him how I was brought to this world and my role in Eieneos. I admitted about having four pending arranged marriages back in the kingdom, one converted mystique husband, another two who are in the process of converting, other humans that I have unclear relationships with (potential husbands) and why I am in Skalvryet as of the moment. I told him that he was my first husband who was a pure mystique too (for some reason, even when mystiques are born between a pure mystique and a human, being the stronger bloodline, the children are born as pure mystiques or in rare cases, pure human)

Our next topic was from his side of the family. He finally shared something about his side of the family after I shared a bit of mine. He shared that he was half human, half giant. He was born to a human female and his giant father who met her on one of his trips in the human settlements to exchange for produce and usable items. He also said that his mother was an orphan so he technically doesn't have human relatives. He also shared that his mother died when he was only five years old. He shared that his father and mother were together for almost 20 years before his mother died. Makisig said that his mother was only a bit over 40 when she died. She was quite sickly after he was born and eventually did not make it. I kept my silence but I do have an idea why a seemingly healthy woman brimming with life withered and died at such a young age. A human who sired a child with a mystique is bound to have repercussions to their health and lifespan. It takes a lot of life essence and mana to keep the unborn child alive. She must have done everything she could to make sure Makisig was born and it is impossible that she did not know what was happening. She must have really loved her son and her husband a lot.

His story continued with how his grandparents seemingly do not care about his father at all. They are kind to him but treat his father like air. At first, he thought it was because his father ran away from home and married a human which his grandparents hated a lot but even after many years after his mother's death, the treatment was still the same. It was worlds different to how they treat his older aunt and older uncle and their respective families. He asked his father many times about it but the old man simply smiled at him. I think there is more to this family issue than he knows.

He then shared about his other reason why he left Gollmortha. It seems like his grandparents were pushing him to marry the only daughter of the current leader of the giants. He said that since they did not achieve this goal with his father, they were pushing him next. He said that the woman was aggressive and he was almost entrapped several times in her schemes. It was one of the reasons he decided to leave as well as the fact that he wanted to save money so he can buy his own land and house away from his grandparents. If his father would be willing to, he wants to bring him away from them as well. He said that marriages between mystiques were different. Age was literally just a number since a 30-year old mystique and a 100-year old mystique depending on their racial characteristics would look the same age anyways. He then told me he was already 35 years old in human years but he was only 5 years past the coming of age in terms of their race's culture. Wow. That's a 18-year age gap between me and him in terms of the body age but for the soul, it was only 9 years, not that I care. He currently looked like someone who was in his early 20s anyways.

We did not even notice the passing of time as we talked about our family setup and circumstances. Half a kilometer from the gates of the sanctuary, I gave him his huge bag and I brought out mine as well. I also started carrying slabs of pork to show that I came with gifts. When we arrived at the gate of the sanctuary, there were a lot of eyes following our every move. I extended my senses and had a quick count of the number of people living in this sactuary. There were a little over 400 people in here. It was mostly men as usual. I specifically noticed one man leaving in a hurry after seeing us. He must be reporting to someone about our sudden arrival. As for Makisig, he guided me to his grandparents' house.

As we arrived at their house, I noticed that it was one of the bigger houses in the area. It occupies a wider piece of land and looked new compared to the other houses nearby. I asked Makisig in a whisper, "Do you send money to this house or to your father directly? How many people live in this house?" Makisig whispered back at me, "I wanted to send it only to my father but my grandparents would never allow that. As for the number of people, if I remember, there was about 7 people including my father." I nodded my head in understanding and just kept my thoughts to myself.

He knocked on the door for a few minutes before somebody even bothered to open it up. We heard a woman's voice who sounded like she was middle-aged, complaining and cursing her husbands being lazy bums and a certain "Dakila" being useless. Then she murmured that she totally forgot that "Dakila" was already kicked out. I saw Makisig's face sour and then seethe with anger. He breathed deeply them his face returned to the normal calm. As for me, I smirked at our little discovery but I still kept quiet.

When the woman opened the door, she was stunned for a few seconds and then she forced a smile on her face as she welcomed us in. She looked funny, weird and awkward at the same time. She immediately ran away and called for her parents a.k.a grandparents of my man. This must be the spoiled older aunt that had three husbands but no luck with having children. Once the woman was gone, Makisig whispered to me that "Dakila" who was called useless and was kicked out is actually his father. Hmm... This is interesting. We indeed heard that "Dakila" was kicked out. I have a gut feeling that this "kicking out" did not happen recently. He must have been kicked out when Makisig ran away to Sklavryet to escape the marriage with the creepy daughter of the sanctuary leader. I wonder where my father-in-law is as of the moment and how has he been faring while living alone for almost three months. What a bunch of ingrates. They have been using Makisig's money quite well to maintain their house but kicked out his father which is their own son without any qualms.

After a few minutes, an older couple who looked to be over 50 years of age, the aunt and three men who looked like they were in their early 20s came out to the living room. The elderly couple immediately looked at me from head to foot and then looked with undisguised anger at Makisig. The first thing they said was expected as any TV drama I have watched before. The grandfather said, "How come you were home so early? We thought you'd come back two weeks from now." As for the grandmother, she did not even bother for any propriety and asked, " Don't tell me you have a relationship with this human. You just had to follow the footsteps of your whore of a father, didn't you?" Wow. This is just amazing. I did not say anything but what I did next, surprised the family of ingrates. I put back into storage the slabs of pork that I was carrying, my backpack as well as Makisig's backpack. I responded to the elderly couple in a cold tone, "I am half mystique and half-human. I work as a mage. Makisig and I met in Sklavryet. I apologize in advance but I just want to point out that Makisig is not a whore as you think he is. Since it seems like my father-in-law isn't here, we will be on our way. We have no reason to be here." I held Makisig's hand and immediately placed a barrier on both of us. I may show my back to them as we leave but I will never trust these bunch of people.