Raaz gently rapped on Lith's chest.
"He brought me my son back. Everything else is irrelevant."
"I'll relay your message to him." Lith extended his hand and Raaz promptly shook it just to be sucker-dragged into an embrace. "Thanks, Dad. Your words mean a lot to me."
"Don't mention it, son." Raaz patted Lith's back and stepped back.
"You gave me a big scare, little brother." Rena went straight for a ribs-crushing hug that ended up squeezing the air out of her own chest due to the mass gap.
"You mean yesterday?" He asked.
"No, that didn't scare me at all." Rena shook her head. "Once they brought you here, I was relieved. No matter what came out of your mouth, I knew you are too stubborn to let something trivial like amnesia and an army of brainwashing souls stop you.
"I meant when you disappeared for all those days. After it was clear that you had lost your memory and someone had repeatedly tried to kill you, I was worried sick. I spent all this time staring at your communication rune.
"I was afraid to fall asleep and not find it when I woke up. You have no idea about the insane number of lies I had to come up with not to make the kids worry about your absence.
"Once we let them in, just nod. No matter what silly thing they ask you."
"Thank you, Rena." They were all aware of his actions as the Void yet none of them mentioned them to not add to Lith's grievous burden and he was grateful to them for that.
"If it doesn't strain your life force too much, could you please let Trion out?" She avoided using the term summon because the death of their brother was still a sour note in their parents' hearts. "We haven't seen him since the day you left as well.
"Mom was really worried about the two of you but she is too afraid to compromise your health to ask it herself."
"Rena, I told you that in confidence!" Elina blushed in embarrassment.
"I'm worried about Trion too, Mom. Lith needs to know how important this is for us." Lith remembered that in case of his death, his parents would also lose Trion.
'About that, I have no idea if my persistent condition as an Abomination affected the souls I host inside my Void Sigils.' He thought.
Lith unfurled his feathered wings, sighing in relief when he noticed that the runes were still there. All four of them.
He summoned Trion first, making him take form in Lith's own shadow to ease the process. It rose from the ground and gained a third dimension but it was just a black humanoid slate.
The shadow body resembled Trion's but it had no features. Lith poured more mana into it yet no eyes opened. He had to send a mental command via the black chain connecting them to wake Trion from his slumber.
"What happened? Where am I?" He looked around in confusion like a man who had just awoken from a deep slumber, needing a few seconds to sort dream from reality.
Because that was exactly what had just happened.
"Trion, baby!" Elina rushed to him but kept her distance until it was clear from his gaze that he remembered who she was and understood he was safe.
"Mom?" The demon clasped his head as blinding pain washed all over his body and forced him on his knees.
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