Zen’s eyes also widened in surprise. He looked at his parents and aunt, seeing their youthful appearances, his surprise increased.
If not for the mature aura that they exuded, they could even pass off as teenagers. He and Sera had never really questioned their parents’ ages. After all, there are many people in the world who look young no matter their age.
But now that this topic had been tackled, they couldn’t help but wonder.
"Mom, Dad, if I’m not wrong, you’re both in your 40s now, right?" Zen asked.
"Ouch~ You’re hurting your mom’s heart." Rina said dramatically.
"Heh, you’re just an old hag!" Margareth sneered from the side.
Rina clicked her tongue and rebutted, "As long as I could rember, I’m 1 year younger than you! So you’re even more of an old hag than !"
Margareth and Rina started bickering on the side. Ren, on the other hand, just nodded in confirmation.
Zen thought for a while before asking, "Dad, why is it called the ’Magical teorite Incident’?"
Since their Mom and Aunt were still fighting, Zen decided to ask his father instead. Sera just listened quietly while caressing the sleeping Nana’s head.
After a pause, Ren answered, "When we reached the site where the teorite landed, we saw that it had sohow beco broken into 12 pieces. The na ’Magical teorite’ ca from the fact that a few plants had sprouted around the area where the teorite landed. Furthermore, these plants are sothing that didn’t exist on Earth before. There are also so trees that were native to Earth around the area, but we found out that they seed to have mutated."
Then, he looked at Zen before continuing, "We have co to a conclusion that the energy from the teorite had so mutating effects on living organisms. These properties of the teorite could be said to be magical, thereby earning it its na."
"Also, days after returning from the mission, we found out that there were changes in our bodies which we kept secret from our report."
"As for why we survived and the people in the village didn’t, we concluded that it was because the energy of the teorite had already cald down when we ca into contact with it and was not in a wild state anymore."
At this mont, Margareth, who had her clothes and hair in a ss from fighting with Rina, spoke, "Our teammate, Olivia, who ran away with the child, said that Nana had been in a coma for 15 years. She also said that during that ti, ti seed to have frozen for Nana which made her stay in the form of a baby both ntally and physically, for 15 years."
"She had only regained consciousness in 2111, and it was only at that ti that Nana began to grow."
Hearing this, Ren looked as if he realized sothing and said, "Wait... is Olivia here too!?"
Margareth, who was currently fixing her hair and clothes, smiled at Ren and said, "Yes, Commander. All the mbers of our Twilight Task Force are here in the building right now."
Ren’s eyes shone with emotions as Rina hugged him from the side with a smile.
Margareth rolled her eyes at the sight of this, almost starting another round of fight with Rina.
Zen and Sera, who were silently listening to the side, felt confused, but seeing the expression of their father, they kept silent and just chose to observe.
After a while, Ren cald the emotions in his heart and looked at his children, "Zenith and Seraphina, I have sothing to tell you."
Hearing this, Zen and Sera tensed. There were only a few tis in the past where their parents called them by their complete nas, and it was when there’s sothing very serious that they had to tell them.
After all, their parents didn’t call them using their true nas even when they told them that they killed soone. Therefore, Zen and Sera felt especially nervous at this mont.
Sera looked at Zen, who then said, "What is it, Dad?"
They both listened as Ren spoke. Rina and Margareth also chid on the side from ti to ti.
It turned out that the task forces from the United Kingdom, Russia, China, and the United Arab Emirates, all t up with the United States’ task force, which were Ren and his team, at the site of the teorite’s landing.
The task forces of the countries demanded a share of the teorite. Ren didn’t have any choices but to give in to them in order to avoid conflict.
However, he made a condition that they will take 4 pieces of the teorite since they were the first to co here, to which the task forces of all other countries agreed.
Ren and his team brought back 4 pieces while the other task forces each brought back 2 pieces.
It bought them a mont of peace. However, when the United States discovered the magical effects of the teorite, they began to demand the other countries to give their teorite pieces back.
This caused friction to form between the countries. It didn’t take long before this friction turned to conflict, which in turn beca the fuel for World War III.
After all, the teorites’ magical effect of lengthening the lifespan of humans was too tempting for anyone to give it up.
The upper echelons’ greed for immortality shrouded their sanity and fueled the desire deep within them.
This caused them to not care about anything anymore, they did everything in their power to take the teorite pieces from other countries.
As the war was in its 2nd year, a new power was established. This power was made by countless people who wanted the war to end. This power was nad as the People Power Union, representing the power of the common people who were deeply affected by the ongoing war.
At first, no country paid any attention to this new power. However, it was all changed when the intelligence concerning one of the teorite pieces of the United States missing was known by other countries.
This was the mont when the Twilight Task Force, which was the team guarding the teorite pieces, ca to light. It was discovered that they were the United States’ greatest secret force.
This also made the war between the countries intensify. Until the People Power Union declared that it was the one who had the United States’ missing teorite piece. They were also the ones who spread the news about the Twilight Task Force to other countries.
At this mont, the siblings looked at each other in confusion. Then, Zen stared at his dad and aunt before asking, "But Dad, how did the People Power Union steal a teorite piece from the United States?"
After all, if they were the greatest secret task force of the United States, then how did soone steal sothing under their watch?
Ren and Margareth refused to answer and just silently looked at Rina.
At this mont, Rina, who was sitting beside Ren, gave an embarrassed smile before saying, "I stole it. Teehee~"
Zen and Sera were dumbfounded.
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