"Yes, it's me," Lina didn't deny Sierra's words. "My birth was the reason for the ban on using Avatars."

Lina, who grew up in a society of Valkyries where she was treated with condescension and contempt, expected that she would meet a similar attitude now. Instead, she saw only curiosity in the eyes of Arabel, Hailey, and Milena.

"A child born of an avatar," — Esma said, and her eyes were alight with interest.

"What happened to your wings?" she asked Lina.

Lina didn't answer, just looked away.

"She did it herself," Sierra said with a sigh, as if she had guessed everything.

Lina, very surprised by her words, confirmed with her reaction that Sierra was right.

"Why?" asked Esma, not believing her ears. "Why did you do that?"

"Because she hates us Valkyries and her Valkyrie bloodline," Sierra replied instead of Lina again.

It didn't escape her gaze that Lina didn't want to admit it in front of them, two powerful Valkyries.

Then, without another word, Sierra came over and grabbed Esma by the scruff of the neck and dragged her out of the guest room.

"Hey, let me go!" Esma tried to pull away, but Sierra was adamant.

As soon as the door slammed shut, Esma's voice trailed off.

Lina was finally able to relax when the two Valkyries left the room.

"Should I leave too?" asked Milena.

Arabel initially wanted to ask her to stay, but then she remembered that, in addition to wanting to understand the causes of the recent incident, she needed to complete the task of the System and make Lina her champion. She nodded.

"Leave me alone with them," she said.

Milena nodded and, turning around, left the guest room without a word.

Hailey, who initially followed everyone here out of curiosity, looked at Lina one more time, then at Nemo and, finding his makeshift bandage on his face funny, also left the room.

So Arabel and Coco were left alone with Lina and Nemo.

"Nemo," — Arabel said to her senior.

Nemo nodded pleasantly in response.

"And you?" — Arabel asked, turning to Lina.

"Lina Eterius," Lina introduced herself.

"Nice to meet you, Lina. I'm Arabel Morgan, Milica's disciple, just like Nemo. I'm the third in a row, and Nemo is the second," Arabel said, introducing herself to Lina.

She then reached out to Nemo through a mental link.:

"Now tell me what happened and how did you and Lina end up in that situation?"

"Arabel, I would like Lina to participate in our conversation too," Nemo said, using a mental link so that both Arabel and Lina could hear him.

Arabel looked from him to Lina and then back at Nemo.

"Okay, I don't mind," Arabel agreed.

"Where's Idan?" asked Nemo, surprised that Arabel had come to them alone.

"Idan is... recovering," — Arabel replied, hesitating a bit.

"How badly was he hurt?" — Nemo's voice trembled slightly, and he clenched his left fist.

"It's serious enough, but don't worry. As Dan said, he will recover before the wedding," Arabel smiled with an effort. "Especially since Lucinda is next to him and takes care of him."

"A wedding?" — Nemo was very surprised, as was Lina, who had been listening to their conversation all this time.

"Yes, Nemo, Dan and I recently decided to get married," Arabel replied, and this time a real joyful smile played on her face, not a fake one.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Arabel, for dragging you into all this at a time like this," Nemo apologized. "But apart from you two, I didn't have anyone else to turn to for help."

"Don't apologize, Nemo. You saved me and Dan back in the day. If it wasn't for you back then, I'm afraid we wouldn't have survived to this day. Especially since you're Dan's champion," Arabel said, without blaming him.

"The champion, huh?" — Nemo smiled, but because of the blindfold, his smile went unnoticed.

"So what happened?" Arabel asked again, and this time Nemo decided to tell her everything that had happened.

He told how he usually traveled towards the hometown of their Master Milisa, what he had been doing for the last month. However, in one of the small towns, Lina caught up with him.

"So she found you, and you didn't find her?"

"Yes, it was Lina who found me. She said that her piece of soul contained in this pendant helped her find me," with these words, Nemo showed off his pendant, which was still hanging around his neck, and then took out a second, black pendant from his pocket.

"It seems that even the pendant given by Sierra couldn't hide the connection between Lina and her piece of soul."

"Wait a minute, if this pendant contains a piece of Lina's soul, then according to Sierra and the others, such pendants are usually given by Valkyries to their partners. So she's your girlfriend?" — Arabel asked, looking at Lina, who, to her surprise, blushed.

Lina wanted to object and say that it wasn't her who gave the pendant, but her avatar. However, remembering that she herself had absorbed the memory of her avatar, making it a part of herself, she decided to remain silent.

Nemo felt a connection with the pendant and a piece of the soul in it.

When he first met Lina in that city, he felt a similar connection and, even without having any memories, realized that he knew her. But whether she was his girlfriend and Izzy's mother, Nemo wasn't sure yet.

He left Arabel's question unanswered.

After a short pause, Nemo returned to his story.

During his conversation with Lina, she was attacked by a Valkyrie. Nemo, without realizing it, decided to stand up for her instead of the people who accompanied Lina. For some reason, after seeing the Valkyries, the people who accompanied Lina decided not to interfere, leaving her alone.

"First, one Valkyrie attacked us, and when we were able to fight back and escape, the others joined her," Nemo said with a sigh, looking at Lina. "We got injured trying to protect each other mostly."

"In the end, we managed to escape thanks to Lina's escape talisman, which teleported us to a random location some distance away from the city," he continued.

"Once I was there, realizing the whole situation and seeing Lina's injuries, I decided to ask you for help," he concluded his story.

Arabel closed her eyes and fell into thought as they watched her.

Then, opening her eyes, she spoke only to Nemo, so that Lina would not hear her words.:

"Do you want to know if Lina is really Izzy's mother?"

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