Scene: Three months later – Bees Village – Tall House

The doorbell rings. Guzy goes to open the door, and is shocked when he sees who's there. He calls out loudly:

Guzy: M-Ma'am! Please come quickly, it's Miss Tain!

Kin, surprised and emotional, responds:

Kin (emotional): What are you saying, Guzy?

Kin sees Tain at the door and immediately hugs her, tears streaming down her face. (Kin is currently pregnant.)

Kin: Sniff sniff H-How are you here? And you… I don't even know what to say.

Tain: Mommy…

Tain starts crying.

Tain: Mommy, I missed you so much. I was so scared when the goblins attacked the village… cry cry cry

Kin: But… how did you break free from the ice curse?

Guzy: Yes, ma'am! How did you escape and break that seal?

Just then, Precious, Lior, and Pizu also arrive.

Lior: Mommy, who is she?

Kin: She's your big sister, Tain.

Lior (shocked): My big sister?

Guzy: Yes!

Precious: Nice to meet you, Tain sis.

Tain: Mommy… who are these two?

Guzy: Ma’am, please let her come inside first. She must be exhausted. We can talk inside.

Kin: Yes, let’s go.

Just then, Tall arrives and sees Tain. Overcome with emotion, he hugs her tightly and starts crying. Tain also cries seeing her father.

Tall: Kin, Guzy… Tain? How… how is this possible?

Guzy: Master, we were just about to ask her the same thing.

Everyone goes inside and sits on the sofa. Tain begins explaining how she got free.

Tain: I don’t remember everything clearly… it happened around three months ago. There was this boy, around 21 years old, who freed me. He told me I could do whatever I wanted now. But before that, he had to leave some skeletons behind at his village. Oh, and he also fixed the spirit problem I had. Now I can summon the spirit whenever I want.

Quefer (the spirit): Don’t call me “spirit” anymore! My name is Quefer!

Tain: Haha, yes! He gave her the name Quefer and after that, she evolved!

Tall: But… what was his name? What did he look like?

Kin: Hmm?

Tain: I didn’t see him properly. Only for a moment… and it was three months ago.

Guzy: That’s okay, ma’am. What matters is that you’re back.

Lior was still confused, Pizu was asleep, and Precious was silently listening.

Tain: But… who are these two?

Tall: Oh, they’re your little brothers — Precious and Lior. And that’s Pizu, our beast.

Tain: Oh wow, two little brothers?

Tall: Actually… Lior isn’t our real son. Someone left him at our doorstep.

Guzy: Late at night.

Tall: Yes, in the middle of the night.

Kin: But that doesn’t mean we love him any less. We love Lior just as much as we love you and Precious.

Tain: And does Lior know all this?

Kin: Yes, we didn’t want to hide anything from him. It’s better he hears it from us.

Tain: Ohh…

While all this conversation is happening, Kin suddenly clutches her belly in pain.

Kin: Aaaaah! Hmm! Aaaahh!

Tall: What’s wrong, Kin?! Are you okay?!

Kin: M-My stomach… it hurts!

Guzy: I’ll go call the midwife!

Tall: Yes, please hurry!

Tain: Mommy!

Precious: Don’t worry, sis. Mommy will be okay.

Tain: I hope so…

Some time later, the midwife arrives and helps with the delivery.

Midwife: It's twin girls!

Tall: Twin girls?!

Guzy: Wow!

Midwife: Yes, they're asleep now, but you can see them. Kin is also awake and doing fine.

Everyone gathers in the room — Precious, Tall, Tain, Guzy, Lior, and Pizu.

Tall: They're really twins!

Guzy: Master, since they’re twins, their names should match too!

Kin: I’ve already thought of the names.

Tain: So fast!

Precious: Hmm-hmm.

Lior: Too cute!

Kin: This one is Bety, and the other is Tety.

Tall: ?

Guzy: But how will we tell who’s Bety and who’s Tety?

Tain: Haha, true!

Lior: Too-too-too cute!

Precious: Calm down, Lior.

Lior: But seriously! They’re so cute! If I were older… I’d marry both!

Precious: Hahaha!

Tain (laughs): Khikhikhikhi!

Tall: Well, why not?

Kin: Hmm. I have no objections.

Lior: Wait… what?

Precious: Yes, when you and they grow up, you’ll all get married!

Lior: HAAA—aa—aaaaa?! [shocked]

Precious: But you’ll also have to protect Bety and Tety, okay? Right, Mom? Dad?

Kin & Tall: Yes, of course!

Lior (in his mind): What kind of family is this…?

Precious (telepathically): I heard that.

Lior and Precious both burst out laughing in their minds.

[Chapter 16 End]