chapter 76 - Hold my hands tightly!

Everything, from her warm and mellow voice to her caring gaze. Everything that this woman had given to him was the greatest gift he ever received.

The young man gritted his teeth as he broke into tears. His unbreakable heart was shaken, forcing him to let out all the bent up emotions he accumulated as a human.

"Waaaahhh!!!"

The young man cried his heart out, it was like a long nightmare had finally came to an end, changing into a sweet dream.

The woman smiled warmly at the young man who buried his head in the bedsheets. Her hair swayed, as the wind from the window entered, making her ethereal beauty even more breathtaking. She patted the young man's hair and said.

"I see…you had been through much hardship my son, but you still kept your promise."

She turned to look at the woman standing near her son, who has been silent all this time letting the family reunion take place.

"Who might you be, my dear?"

"My name is Baolan(Sapphire) Nawa and I am Caelum's wif-I mean girlfriend. You can just call me Sapphire."

[E/N: - So, I thought that it will be a bad idea to have her last name be Chinese and her first name be Sapphire so I used my trusted friend, aka Google Translation, to translate her name into Chinese and voila you get the Baolan above.]

The woman was surprised to find that her son had finally got a woman in his life. She knew by instinct that this young woman was the one who had helped her son in his trouble. She gave her a tender smile making Sapphire blush, a bit embarrassed from meeting her mother-in-law.

"Oh, my son has been busy, huh? Well, my name is Celine Mercer and I warmly welcome you into the family."

While they were having a conversation, the young man, Caelum, slowly got up showing his bloodshot eyes, the result of his tears.

"Hello there mom, I have kept my promise."

"Yes, you did. And you did a wonderful job, but how long have I been asleep?"

"It's been three years since you have been in a coma because of that unknown disease."

Celine's eyes widened, shocked by the fact that Caelum was able to stand firm on his own for so long. Her heart tightened, knowing that her son must have had sacrificed many things in order to help his sister. She was thankful that he at least had a woman that loved him, which made her heart tighten thinking about her daughter.

Although her daughter doesn't show it, but how can she as a mother not know what her daughter was thinking? From their younger days and she was extremely clingy to Caelum and even scaring the girls in their neighborhood when they got close to her brother.

Looking at the young woman in front of her she couldn't help but sigh and be worried about her daughter.

"How come Liliena is not with you?"

"Ah! She is with her friend in Japan because of the school break. Don't worry she'll come back around a week or so. Hey mom, do you know that she has been avoiding me lately?"

She smiled wryly, seeing her son being an overprotective brother. Caelum was an adopted child that they had found as an abandoned baby in the streets starving to death. He did not have any indications to who he was and they couldn't find his real parents either.

She and her husband decided to adopt him since they hadn't been able to bear children even after ten years of marriage. But then Liliena came after a year making them drown in bliss.

Listening to her son made her heart warm, while she also observed the changes in her son. He was lean and fit showing his muscle from the skintight turtle and his long wild crimson hair that gave him certain charm.

'My son had grown into a fine man, if he didn't have a girlfriend I'm sure girls would flock to him'

She smiled warmly and felt proud at how much of a lady-killer her son had become.

"Are you okay mom? Is there any problem?"

"It's nothing…I'm just surprised with how fit you have become, in the past you were always holed in your room reading manga and watching anime."

"Ah, hehehe well, I needed to grow up a bit to help out as Liliena will be a first-year college student soon."

"My little girl is all grown up huh? Sorry, it seems that you dropped out of college."

"What? Why are you apologizing mom! It's not your fault for getting sick!"

Hearing her son trying to comfort her, Celine felt even prouder and was happy to be able to see her son again. He was a child that put his family above all. She shook her head while talking back to Caelum.

"Thank you, son, but I will make sure you finish college."

"Hey, don't worry about it, I plan to start a business anyway. I plan to invest since I won the lottery recently."

It wasn't a complete lie as he was lucky to be chosen by a goddess. Caelum then remembered an important thing to buy from the system.

'System, can you buy me Gilgamesh's Golden Rule skill? Preferably the highest grade available.'

[Buying Golden Rule A+++ skill in 3.2.1...done. ]

[Calculating available system point in 3.2.1…done.]

[Deducting 100,000 system points]

[Remaining system points: 29,999,200,000,000 ]

[Due to the influence of True Gate of Babylon, the skill Golden Rule A+++ had level up to Golden Rule EX.]

Caelum did not know what EX meant but he had a gut feeling it was an absurd thing. He wasn't too informed about Fate series and only knew that this skill allows him to gain wealth and treasures easily.

"If that makes you happy mom then alright, but I'll still do business."

"You look so handsome when you're serious, anyways dear, care to tell me about your girlfriend here?"

This made Caelum sweat bullets as he tried to think of a way to explain his current relationship with multiple women.

"Uhmm before that mom, I want to tell you something but don't get mad, okay?"

"What would that be, Caelum?"

"Well you see…uhmm Sapphire isn't the only girlfriend I have."

A moment of silence echoed as Celine tried to process what her son had just said. Isn't the only girlfriend he has? A sudden realization dawned on her, making her lips twitch.

"Caelum, you mean you have multiple women and she actually approves of it?"

She started at Sapphire who didn't even react even after mentioning that she wasn't the only woman that her son has relationship with.

"Son, we will have a "really" long talk after I meet them, okay?!"

A tick mark appeared on her forehead as a shadow of a devil was behind her. This made Caelum sweat a bit as the wrath of his mother was terrifying.

"Yes, mam!"

"Good…Anyways, how much longer do you think I need to stay here until I could be discharged."

"Ah, about that, give me moment I'll go talk with the doctor. Why don't you guys get to know each other while I go through the discharging procedures?"

Caelum smiled as he went to talk with the doctors. Of course, he used his sharingan to change their memory in order to let them go.

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After Celine was discharged, they immediately went home. They took their time to catch up while his mother started to question him about what had happened over the years when she was asleep.

She couldn't believe how much her son had matured and changed, it felt like he had lived for more than decade or so. Celine couldn't help but be dazed looking at Caelum. Of course, Sapphire noticed this and smiled a bit.

"This place hasn't changed over the years."

"Of course mom, I have been diligently taking care of it."

Caelum gave a warm smile looking at his mother who was busy looking at the plants that she had planted before she was struck by that disease.

"Oh, I almost forgot, how have your aunt and cousins been doing?"

"….They hadn't contact us for two years now. If my gut feeling isn't wrong, then it's that bastard's doing."

He clenched his fist knowing that his loving aunt that helped them for a year by sending money, stopped contacting them because of her awful husband. Caelum was also pissed because his cousin who he treated as his big sister was being mistreated.

While he was having these thoughts, that very person felt a chill running down his spine.

Seeing her son's distress, she moved and grabbed his shoulder, claiming him down. He looked at his mother who was staring at him.

"Calm down, Caelum. We know that we currently stand no chance because your uncle is a rich tycoon with many collaborators."

'Not for long at least. I will make sure to make him suffer for what he did.'

"I know, but I'll make sure we catch up since I know it won't be long."

"Whatever you sa-"

"Darling, are you there!?"

Celine saw a woman with long black hair, wearing black glasses that made her look like a hot teacher. She was amazed with the looks of this woman, since Sapphire and her both look like top tier models.

'My son seems great at picking daughters- in-law.'

"Oh, you're Caelum's mother if I'm not wrong. I'm Yingtao(Cereza) Nawa, Caelum's girlfriend. You can just call me Cereza."

[E/N: - Same as Sapphire but for some reason her name was translated from Spanish to Chinese…. Not like I care tbh...]

"My son really knows how to pick a woman huh?"

"I'm flattered Mrs. Mercer but why don't you come inside; we have just finished preparing snacks."

'We?'

While thinking that, they arrived inside, Celine was then greeted by multiple women inside her house. There was a woman with vermillion hair and a wild looking expression that seems to be a fighter. The other had long scarlet hair that seems to be well fit to be a housewife. Next to her on the couch was woman with salmon wavy hair that had a seductive body.

All of the women turned to see their lover next to another woman, they immediately stood up to introduce themselves.

"Hello there, you're my son's harem I presume…you know this is lot to take in right, Caelum."

Glaring at her son who was avoiding her gaze while putting his hands on the back of his head while whistling. For someone who only loved one person, it was weird to see her son having multiple women.

"I hope you can handle all of them son."

"Oh, don't worry mother, even with all of us together we couldn't take him down."

"W-Wait! No! I meant him spending time with you!"

She blushed after learning that her son was a beast in bed. But for some reason, she couldn't help but be jealous.

"Okay enough of this, why don't we- "

Before he could finish his words, Caelum instantly summon his Cane of The Sage, surprising Celine from the sudden change. Caelum rage was felt by his lovers, and before they could ask what's wrong, he disappeared.

"W-What happened?!"

"I'm sorry but we will explain everything. You guys stay here I'll go look for Caelum."

All of them nodded, as Sapphire was the only one that could stop Caelum from doing more damage than necessary.

"Mother, I will explain everything instead of Caelum."