Chapter 487: Come on, don't make me wonder
To Idan's surprise, the permanent Access Portal was different from the temporary one he and Arabel had used to enter their territory. It wasn't round, but rectangular in shape, just like their previous ability, the Access Door.
"Interesting," — Sierra voiced the thoughts of all the women, looking curiously at the rectangular portal that appeared.
"Didn't you say that it's permanent and won't disappear after you return to your world?" She clarified once more, turning to Idan.
"Yes, he will not disappear and will be present here," replied Idan. "But only those to whom Arabel and I give access can use it. Without it, no one can use it."
"Should Izzy come with us at all?" wondered Lucinda, looking at the baby, who was being held in Sierra's arms.
"To be honest, I'm more worried about you than Izzy. Izzy has a connection with Nemo, and Nemo has a connection with us. Therefore, Nemo and Izzy will feel at home on our territory," Idan expressed his opinion.
"Well, shall we go? Belle is probably already waiting for us," said Idan, entering the portal first.
The women followed him without hesitation, one after the other. Even Geminia was curious if she could get into the couple's private territory. After all, she was trapped in a Forbidden Zone and couldn't leave it.
In order not to delay the others, she let them go ahead and, left alone, no longer hiding her excitement, decided to try to enter the portal.
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After Hailey left, Arabel scolded Octo, her third contract, in front of everyone. Then she was going to tell Coco off, but Coco suddenly disappeared, running away from Arabel.
"That scoundrel!" — Arabel stamped her foot, outraged by Coco's behavior.
Octo was still too young and had just hatched from an egg. Arabel couldn't believe he'd been so playful since he was born. She was convinced that it was Coco's doing, and that she was behind it all, involving her newborn little brother in her games.
"If she is not restrained, the situation will only get worse", — Arabel thought.
However, it turned out to be a difficult task, given Coco's peculiarities.
"We'll discuss this with Dan. Perhaps he can find a way to punish the naughty girl a little," with these words, Arabel nodded and turned to everyone.
"Well, welcome to my home.", — she said, pointing at the house behind her.
Irene and Arslan immediately realized where they were, but what surprised them the most was the two-story house that appeared. Just yesterday, it was empty and there was nothing.
It's only been one day, and such changes, not to mention the ability with which they appeared inside the barrier. They had a lot of questions, but for now they decided to refrain because of the presence of others.
"What? Your house?" — Esma ran up, completely unashamed and not paying attention to the others.
"Have you finally found your cozy nest?" — she bombarded Arabel with questions.
"Tell me, little sister, now that you have a common home, have you stepped over it?" — Esma asked in a whisper, even though everyone could clearly hear her words.
Even the naivest person could understand that Esma was doing this intentionally.
Arabel ignored Esma without giving her a reason or playing her game.
After arranging Essora, her younger brother, and Milla in one of the guest rooms on the ground floor, Arabel, Irene, Arslan, and Esma settled comfortably on the terrace. Arabel was ready to answer all the questions that the guys had accumulated during this time.
Arslan and Irene couldn't contain their curiosity. They finally had the chance to ask as many questions as they wanted.
"What is this place?" they asked.
"What kind of house is this and how did it get here so quickly?" they persisted.
"What is this ability that brought us here?" asked Arslan.
"What kind of a strange little beast was that?" Esma interjected between Arslan and Irene's questions.
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"Wait, let's take turns, not all at once," Arabel reassured them, although she was already beginning to worry from so many questions.
"Answering your first question, I can say that now this place, located inside the barrier, is our personal territory with Dan," Arabel said, and her words caused a real shock to the trio. Irene and Arslan were in a state of deep amazement, trying to comprehend what they had heard, while Esma was surprised at first, and then jumped for joy.
After all, her younger sister's territory automatically became her territory because of the contract connection between them.
"Ah ha ha ha", — Esma burst out laughing and immediately started thinking about how to finally resume her business.
"As for the house, as I said, this is my house with Dan — a kind of artifact obtained as a result of completing the task of the System. That's why it took so little time to install," Arabel admitted. She already knew that other Systems also offered quests with rewards, but unlike their own, the rewards of Ordinary and even Rare Systems could not compare to the one bestowed by their own System.
"After some manipulation, Dan and I have gained an amazing ability to return to our territory from any corner of our world," Arabel said, giving Irene and Arslan time to process this news.
"From anywhere?" Irene asked.
"Well, almost.", — Arabel corrected. "There may be some difficulties if there are obstacles that will prevent this."
"And one more thing," she added with a smile, looking at them. "In addition to being able to return here from anywhere and back, we have an even more amazing ability."
"Come on, don't make me wonder what kind of ability it is." Esma asked impatiently as she watched Arabel deliberately stop to give the other two time.
"We have regained the ability to help one being at a time cross the boundary between worlds and enter another world," Arabel happily announced.
"With this help, Irene, Arslan, Dan and I can help you get into Limbo and sign a contract with Perfect Doppelgangers like Bera and Ned," she added enthusiastically.
"What? Really?" — this unexpected news not only surprised, but also pleased Irene the most.
"Of course," Arabel confirmed with a smile.
At the same time, Arslan sat silently.
Everything that was happening with her older sister and Idan had been surprising him for a long time, but his sister's confession had completely unsettled him.
Everything was so overwhelming that Arslan began to think that maybe it was just a dream and that his mind was just playing with him.
However, he soon had to realize that this was not a dream, but a harsh reality.