Ver made plans before meeting his family to convince them he was a regressor without alarming them and without them having to doubt him, Ver felt like his heart would be ripped into pieces if his family members asked him if he was really Ver or to bring back Ver. Ver's heart ached to imagine his family members looking at him like a stranger.
He instinctively knew there were some restrictions placed on him so he could convey only some limited information. So he was prepared to discuss things with his family.
But once Ver entered the room and saw the faces of his family looking worriedly at Ver, all the faces of his family overlapped with the horrible memories that he experienced, all the plans that he made were blown out of his head and he couldn't control his emotions anymore and tears were brimming down his face.
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Gerald Alandal is one of the six grand swordmasters belonging to the Estel Empire, if you rank all the grand swordmasters of the empire Gerald will be in the top 2 as he is active on the frontlines against monsters that invade regularly. So Gerald is one of the most renowned and respectable people in the empire, he doesn't lose his composure easily and is well known for his cold demeanor. But if people were to see the current Gerald they would doubt if he is the same Grand Swordmaster Gerald that they knew.
Gerald lost his composure when he saw his youngest son brawling his eyes out after he looked at everyone as soon he entered the room.
Currently, his wife Mirai Alandal is taking care of his son, immediately after Ver started crying Mirai jumped from her seat approached Ver, and hugged him worriedly to calm him down first and get to know the reason for his tears.
If listened closely one can hear Ver muttering something with his eyes tightly closed. So when Gerald tried to listen to what Ver was saying all he could hear was 'I am sorry, I am Sorry, I am sorry, I am Sorry, I am sorry, I am Sorry, I am sorry, I am Sorry, I am sorry, I am Sorry, I am sorry, I am Sorry, I am sorry, I am Sorry' like a broken record Ver kept repeated his apologies. Seeing this all four members of Alandal's family looked shocked at first and then got angry for what caused the youngest to cry his eyes out while apologizing continuously.
Gerald turned his gaze from Ver and looked at his two children and twins who were seated across from him Thomas Alandal, and Leah Alandal, and questioned in a low voice "Do you know what happened that made Ver cry like that?"
"No, we have no idea why our youngest is like that" replied Leah immediately to which Thomas also hurriedly nodded his head.
When Gerald was about to call the head butler and tell him to investigate the reason, he heard his wife calling him "Honey, snap out of it and look here."
Gerald woke from his train of thoughts and looked at his wife who was holding the crying Ver in her lap and was seated beside him.
Once Mirai got the attention of the members present she continued "I never said it but I have special eyes called fairy eyes and can look inside a person with the help of it" to which the children looked shocked as if this was their first time hearing it, but Gerald calmly nodded his head as if he already knew about it.
"And I just looked into Ver just now....." Mirai paused for a moment before continuing "His soul is too powerful, I felt like an ant standing in front of a mighty being."
"His soul wasn't this powerful when I checked yesterday, how could he change overnight" muttered Mirai.
Just when Gerald was about to sharpen his gaze as he understood what happened, Mirai said "Don't do anything stupid, he was and is Ver ".
"Then what could have happened" asked Gerald.
"I don't know what happened but what I do know is my youngest son went through something very very big and is in this state due to that, for now, let's all wait for Ver to calm down so he can tell us what happened".
The room went dead silent for a few moments and only sobs of Ver could be heard until Gerald spoke with a sigh "Mirai, take Ver with you. Calm him down and we will discuss this with Ver in the evening".
Mirai left the room with the still sobbing Ver, Thomas and Leah were about to get up to leave the room when Gerald spoke to them "I don't know what is happening but something is happening without us knowing, so Thomas and Leah you guys should be strong enough so you won't be helpless when a situation arises".
"Yes Father" replied both the twins. "Now go," said Gerald.
When left alone in the room Gerald sighed and held his head showing his weak appearance when there was no one around, he couldn't show his weak appearance to others for he is a duke and grand swordmaster and more importantly a family head, he has to show dependability appearance as to let his family members lean on him in times of difficulty.
"First monsters are invading in increasing numbers and now this, I have to prepare it seems to survive in tough times".
Gerald called the head butler his friend who was with him for almost his whole life even before taking the mantle of head of household to discuss the change of flow which is happening.