Luan is surprised, Derick never talks much about his brother, the last time he gave him his brother's guitar pick, so Luan analyzes the possibility that his brother is just missing, he remembers having lied, because he didn't see any color to indicate it, the color blue being missing, or the color red being possessed, there is no color, this could indicate many things, he could even be nearby, to be sure of this, a locator spell would be necessary, but he remembers having already done the spell and found nothing, it's an item from almost 11 years ago, as time goes by the personal object loses its color, making it impossible to locate, he stays silent for a few moments, wondering what to say to Derick, he can't deduce anything yet, he's already made a mistake in giving hope to finding his brother, he has to find another way to find his brother who disappeared 11 years ago, he's supposed to be around 20/21 years old today, his hair was black and his eyes blue, but a child changes as the years go by, Luan sighs and speaks:
"If you see a blur on your face, it may have been a deeper trauma than it seems, it would be good to go to a therapist and try to unblock that somehow, and try to make a current portrait, to base it on what your current face would look like."
Derick doesn't think it's a bad idea, if it helps in the search for his brother in some way, every attempt is valid, he then asks Luan:
"You've been to a therapist, you've lost your memory and only remember from the age of 5 onwards, right?
Luan nods his head in confirmation and says:
"Yes, I've been to a few, but not everyone remembers their childhood before the age of 5, that can be normal."
Derick frowns and says:
"It's not normal, not having memories of your father, and your entire paternal family Luan, at first I thought it was an exaggeration by the adults, saying that you didn't remember us, but then Grandpa Han explained, that it happened on the day of the ritual, that things went wrong, and the demon left your father's body, and you were then possessed."
Luan scrunches up his nose and confirms:
"Hm, yes that's why in my case a therapist doesn't help, someone controls my memories and even if I force it, I can't remember them, probably because he hides some secret in those memories, and doesn't want me to find out yet."
A voice came into Luan's mind:
"Bingo, brat."
Luan replies mentally to his host:
"Last day of the year, it would be strange if you left me alone."
Luan is used to his host showing up whenever he wants, and without being asked, he remembers that he needs to shower and closes the subject for the time being by pointing a finger at his head:
"Surely I must be his favorite, he loves to show up at the most inappropriate times and when he wants to, I need to take a shower, before your grandfather shows up saying we're taking too long to come down."
It doesn't take long before you notice a cane knocking on the bedroom door, it's Grandpa Han:
"Rum, rum, I thought you were ready, stop talking and go take a bath, you abusive boy."
Perfect timing, speaking of Grandpa, but a magician can very well sense the presence of another as well, not only demons have this ability, Luan enters the bathroom laughing, while Derick finishes getting ready, he just needed to put on some perfume, he then speaks to his grandfather:
"You heard what we were saying, right Grandpa?"
Grandpa Han nods and speaks loudly, so that Luan can hear from the bathroom:
"Sure, I may be an old wizard, but I still have good ears.
Luan gets into the shower and listens to what his grandfather is saying, and obviously he was told to listen, he laughs, they love teasing each other, Derick looks at his cell phone and sees a message from his father Justin, he tells him that he's already on his way down, that Luan should hurry in the shower and come down soon, his parents have already arrived and are waiting in the living room, his father Justin and his mother Jully are already sitting on the sofa together with his little brother Ryan, his uncle Luke has brought Luan's mother, they were together at the bookshop where she works, doing some promotions for the end of year event, books and the coffee combo, Luke has been very useful these days helping out at his friend and partner's bookshop (his mother Ana ended up finding out that he is the partner in the bookshop), she still seems a bit serious with her, but as they are divorced and cohabiting together, Now it's time for harmony and celebrating the last day of the year, the celebrations are already starting, there are some of Grandpa Han's friends, and their families, not as many people as there used to be, but Grandpa is already a bit tired of socializing, he's already 100 years old, but he looks younger than his original age, this is due to the fact that he's a wizard, and has demonic traits in his blood, so he's more human than demon, which is abnormal for a whole family of demons, and being descended from a Prince, not everything about the true Descendant of the Becker family is revealed, at first that's all he knows, not even Luan knows the true story, but he'll soon find out, after all, the Descendants' ball is coming up.