In the small room, five people were there. Nzinga and her children, all crying bitterly. He was gone. He was truly gone. He couldn't endure the pain of betrayal and decided to take his own life.
Nzinga was lying in the pool of blood on the floor, clutching the blood as if it were a lifeline. She tried to feel the connection with her master again. She grabbed the blood and smeared it on her face while crying and begging for forgiveness.
Throughout the years, she thought of many solutions. After the miscarriage of the triplets due to the accident, she begged her husband countless times to have more children. But he didn't accept it, because not only was she still in shock from the loss, she never recovered from it. And her body, according to medical orders, wouldn't endure it due to lack of nutrients.
They had many arguments regarding this matter. The breaking point came when Danilo threatened to get a vasectomy if she kept insisting. From then on, she decided to stop, and to make sure her husband wouldn't get the vasectomy, she decided to undergo tubal ligation.
Throughout the years, she had nightmares. In them, her husband discovered the truth and looked at her with hatred. The children hated her, and the whole world judged her. She always cried when she had those dreams. She prayed that her husband and children would never discover her sin.
Until one day fate knocked at the door and came to collect its debt.
Around Suzeth's 20th birthday, shortly after, the daughter appeared crying. She asked what was happening. When the daughter said that Uncle Daniel had revealed that he was her biological father, everything collapsed around her. She found out that everyone confirmed it to the girl. And so began the downfall.
She witnessed the daughter drifting away from her husband, the unpleasant replies and the disrespect. And the same happened with the other children. On their 20th birthdays, Daniel—with the help of the eldest daughter and the grandparents—told the other children, and she saw the same pattern repeat. Pain at first, suffering, and then indifference toward their father.
The saddest part was Danilo, who didn't know what was happening. He saw the children distancing themselves, yet didn't know what to do. Many times, she saw her husband powerless, and she could do nothing to help. Once, she threatened suicide to Daniel and her in-laws, but their response destroyed her.
They made her imagine how devastated Danilo would be with his wife's death. The shame of seeing his wife having killed herself. He would feel guilty. He would feel he hadn't done enough. The children, who were supposed to be the fruit of their love, would drift away from him. And sooner or later, he would discover that they were never his children, but rather the children of his wife's true love—his brother-in-law.
"Do you want to subject your husband to such humiliation? The best thing is to stay alive, and when one day your husband discovers the truth, be strong enough to endure his hatred. His hatred… that will be your penance."
The lament in the small room contrasted with the panic and uncertainty that had just settled over the world. Outside those walls, the Celestial Domain had just arrived, but inside that small room, five people were consumed by their grief.
"Sorry, Dad… forgive me for everything…" said Evandro Afonso, Nzinga's third child. "Forgive me, please… forgive me…"
After seeing her son's sorrow, Nzinga stood and approached him. She was covered in her husband's blood. Her children's pain was like a stab to her heart. She approached Evandro and hugged him.
Then she felt a violent shove.
"Don't touch me, damn it!"
The hatred in her son's voice frightened her.
"You dare?! This is all your fault! You are the main culprit for everything!"
Hearing that, Nzinga cried even louder.
"Why are you crying? Isn't this what you wanted?! Because of you, I am a mistake! I should never have existed! Because of you! Your fault! I shouldn't have been born!"
Evandro screamed and cried even harder. All the siblings cried—they continued crying after hearing that.
Suzeth hugged her mother tightly. She had lost her family long ago, unlike the others who still felt fresh pain. She had gone through this long before.
After the mother killed everyone and committed suicide—except for her and the twins, who mysteriously disappeared at the beginning of the Celestial Domain—she was almost alone. She only had her son and the husband, who later separated from her when he discovered that her grade B talent was inferior to his grade A talent.
In a single day, she had lost almost everyone who mattered most to her. This time, she had to prevent that tragedy at any cost.
The mother and daughter cried. Suzeth cried from the joy of seeing her family again and from the loss of her father.
"But why are you still crying? Stop, this is an insult to my father's memory," said Tiago, the second son. "You should just leave. You're not worthy of crying for him. None of us are worthy, but among us, you are the worst."
He spoke while walking toward his mother to throw her out of the house. She was being hugged from behind by Suzete. Tiago grabbed her and pulled, but she didn't move. He tried harder, but the mother didn't budge. He used all his strength, but she didn't move even a centimeter.
He was shocked. Since when did his mother have that much strength?
He called Evandro, and the two tried with all their strength, but they couldn't move the mother, who sat there on top of the blood, eyes glazed, staring into emptiness.
Suzeth noticed this peculiarity and understood immediately. It must be her mother's talent. She pushed the brothers aside and let her mother have her moment.
An hour later, everyone calmed down. She decided to act. She needed to change her fate and the fate of the family. So from the beginning, she decided to reveal everything and prevent the tragedy. Even if they didn't die today, death still hovered above them.
After everyone calmed down, she began explaining the changes in the world, the Celestial Domain, and the transformations that would occur. When they asked how she knew that, she opened her status panel, and they were amazed. The boys always read novels, so they weren't too confused.
After showing her talent, she talked about the experience of the past life. She revealed everything. The mother's massacre, the suicide, the mysterious disappearance of the twins. But there was one difference between the versions: the father's body should have been there, but now it wasn't. And she didn't know what that meant.
She asked her mother to show her status panel. What she found shocked her.
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Nzinga Ondjaki Afonso (Common)
Race: Human
Level 1
Power: 1200
Mana: 1400
Strength: 9 + 1000% = 90
Physique: 7 + 1000% = 70
Intelligence: 14 + 1000% = 140
Spirit: 13 + 1000% = 130
Talent 1: Sharing — SS
Can share talents and abilities with everyone connected to you.
Talent 2: Consort — SSS
Reserved for the Patriarch's partner.
Patriarch: Danilo Afonso
Skill 1: +1000% to all attributes (Patriarch)
Skill 2: Infinite Regeneration (Patriarch)
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"Dad is still alive," said Suzeth, astonished.
"How is that possible? Did my reincarnation take me to an alternate reality, or did it have some impact on it?" she wondered in doubt.
After hearing what Suzeth said, everyone became excited. Their tears changed from sorrow to joy. Nzinga felt her heart pounding ever since her daughter told them what had happened in the past life. She was overwhelmed with emotions—extreme guilt and horror. Because now, even while crying, she was already thinking about how to apologize to her husband. Death was an appealing idea to her. She wanted to kill herself and meet her husband in another life, praying she wouldn't be foolish again and that she would enjoy life with him. And of course, give him many babies, because he deserved it.
But her suicide wouldn't be enough. There were still many who needed to pay for humiliating and disrespecting her husband. Too many wrongs to correct. Her relatives, the in-laws, the brothers-in-law, especially Daniel Afonso. On her death list, he had the greatest prominence. Death was too simple for him. She wanted him to feel the pain of losing everyone he loved, just as he made her husband feel. He deserved torture.
Now that she heard her daughter, she felt extremely guilty. She had even killed her children in the previous life. Once again, she proved she was a true monster who destroyed everything she touched.
Now she saw her daughter saying her husband was still alive—and that she was connected to him. That she was connected to him. She became euphoric. She looked at the abilities she inherited from her husband and felt proud. Her husband took care of her even when he didn't want to. Because she wasn't foolish enough to think he had given her such incredible abilities voluntarily. He must have been forced, but isn't marriage like that? Sacrificing oneself even without wanting to. All for the sake of the beloved.
"Mom, can you click on Dad's name?" Suzete asked while looking at the father's name. She had a hunch and wanted to test it.
Nzinga clicked on her husband's name.
And what they found changed their perception. It changed everything.
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Danilo Afonso (Common)
Race: Human
Profession: Incomparable (Unique)
Level: 1
Power: 1200
Mana: 1400
Strength: 12 + 1000% = 120
Physique: 10 + 1000% = 100
Intelligence: 13 + 1000% = 130
Spirit: 9 + 1000% = 90
Talent 1: The Patriarch — Allows infinite evolution of the talents of his descendants and partners.
Consorts:
Lesliana Vermilion
Leila Chronos
Mikaela Morningstar
Nzinga Ondjaki Afonso
Little Masters:
Pancho Afonso
Kiala Afonso