Chapter 1872: Chapter 1872: Helen Sinclair? Irene?
"Kalel, if we calculate the time... Helen and Irene should have already returned to the Mansion of Azure Clouds."
As they approached the Mansion of Azure Clouds, Lanni Barnes seemed to have remembered something and spoke to Wyatt Barnes.
Helen?
Irene?
Upon hearing these two names, Wyatt Barnes shuddered, then halted in his tracks. When he looked towards the direction of the Mansion of Azure Clouds again, his eyes showed a hint of anxiety.
Back then, when he first learned that his father was the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds and he first arrived there, he had thought of the two women, ’Helen’ and ’Irene’, whom his mother had taken away from the Cloud Skies Continent with him.
However, later he heard from his mother that Helen and Irene had gone on a training journey some time ago and would return after some time.
At that moment, not being prepared to face the two women, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Now, hearing his father mention these two women, he felt as if he was struck by lightning, standing there motionless.
"Wyatt..."
Seeing Wyatt Barnes stop, Augustine Landon also stopped, looking at Wyatt Barnes with a puzzled expression.
However, as he began to speak, before he could continue, he was silenced by a look from Lanni Barnes, who had also stopped.
Immediately, he closed his mouth.
At this moment, to the three who had stopped beside him, Wyatt Barnes seemed oblivious.
His thoughts had somehow drifted back to many years ago, to those days in Aurora City, in the Crimson Heaven Kingdom...
It was during those days that he met Helen and Princess Irene.
He still remembered the first time he saw Helen; it was at the Sinclair Family in Aurora City. At the time, the Sinclair Family had issued a ’Hidden Dragon Invitation’ for the ranking on the Hidden Dragon List.
The scene where Helen appeared is still vividly clear to him:
The girl had long, smooth hair cascading like a waterfall, in the misty morning light, like a fairy descending to the mortal world, enchanting in her beauty.
Back then, Helen was also a renowned beauty in Aurora City, with countless admirers.
As for his first meeting with Princess Irene, it was at the residence of the Third Prince of the Crimson Heaven Kingdom.
At that time, she was sitting beside the Third Prince, her shoulder-length hair cascading like a waterfall behind her, her charming cheeks capturing one’s gaze at first sight, and her cherry-like alluring lips filling one with an urge to lean in and kiss.
From the start, he treated the two women as ’friends’.
Who could have expected that somewhere along the line, the two women would develop deep feelings for him, with Helen even leaving Aurora City to come to the Imperial City of Crimson Heaven Kingdom for him.
Originally, Wyatt Barnes thought that after he left the Crimson Heaven Kingdom, the two women would gradually forget him.
But who could have thought that the two women did not forget him after he left. Instead, they often accompanied his mother and fulfilled filial duties on his behalf... Perhaps if it weren’t for this, his mother wouldn’t have taken the two women away from the Crimson Heaven Kingdom, away from the mortal continent ’Cloud Skies Continent’.
"So many years have passed... perhaps their feelings for me have long changed from what they were back then. After all, they were still young at that time, and it could only be considered as the first stirrings of love."
After a while, Wyatt Barnes came back to his senses and mused silently.
Of course, this was just his own speculation.
If this were true, it would be a happy ending for him, for his two fiancées, and for Winnie.
If possible, he was willing to regard these two young girls as his ’younger sisters’, and since they had good relations with his mother over the years, recognizing them as family wouldn’t be an issue.
Though he thought this in his heart, Wyatt Barnes was well aware that this was just his own thought.
He had no idea what Helen and Irene were truly thinking.
Their thoughts were the most important.
If they had let go, everything would be easy to handle, but if they hadn’t, he genuinely wouldn’t know what to do.
Of course, this responsibility, he certainly wouldn’t evade!
"Dad, they..."
After continuing on the road, Wyatt Barnes looked at Lanni Barnes, but just as he started to speak, he found himself unsure of what to ask.
"Kalel, what are your thoughts about Helen and Irene?"
Lanni Barnes asked with a serious expression.
"Dad, back then I only regarded them as good friends and had no romantic thoughts... I thought after I left the Crimson Heaven Kingdom, they would forget about me, yet I didn’t expect that they not only didn’t forget me but also treated mom so well, unwittingly fulfilling filial piety on my behalf."
Saying this, a bitter smile appeared on Wyatt Barnes’ face.
"Don’t blame your mother; she only brought them to the Mansion of Azure Clouds seeing how devoted they were to you and that they were nice people... she did it for your own good."
Lanni Barnes said.
"I understand."
Wyatt Barnes nodded.
Although his mother had acted somewhat ’extravagantly’ in this matter, it wasn’t done with malice.
After all, when it comes to two lovely girls who share such close bonds, any mother would wish they could become daughters-in-law.
He could understand his mother’s thoughts.
He just didn’t know how to face Helen and Irene at the moment.
"Dad, it’s been many years since I’ve seen them... In your opinion, what are their feelings for me now?"
Drawing a deep breath, Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but ask.
"How they feel about you—who am I to ask? Once we return, you’ll naturally find out from their reactions when you face them."
Upon hearing Wyatt Barnes’ question, Lanni Barnes couldn’t help but laugh softly.
How those two girls feel about my son now, how could I, as a father, possibly know!
"Hmm."
Wyatt Barnes nodded.
What must come will come; some things he will have to face personally sooner or later.
"Wyatt!"
Suddenly, Lanni Barnes’s expression became serious again, and as Wyatt Barnes looked at him, he said: "Whether it’s Helen Sinclair or Irene, your mother and I have the same opinion. We won’t allow you to bully them... They are good girls, and for you, they’ve left their homeland to come here, which isn’t easy."
There’s something Lanni Barnes hasn’t told Wyatt Barnes.
That is:
After he brought his wife, along with Helen Sinclair and Irene, to the Mansion of Azure Clouds, he and his wife had asked the two women for their opinions.
If they wanted to leave, they could do so at any time.
However, after asking them multiple times, the answer was always the same:
They want to stay!
Lanni Barnes hasn’t told Wyatt Barnes this mainly because he’s worried that knowing this would put pressure on Wyatt.
Everything, let him face it himself!
Of course, even if he has to face it himself, some things needed to be said upfront, lest his son hurt those two good girls.
"Dad, how could I possibly bully them..."
Upon hearing Lanni Barnes’s words, Wyatt Barnes couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
"I’ve discussed with your mother that if your feelings for each other have faded after not seeing each other for so many years, and you don’t wish to be together, we won’t force it... At that time, your mother and I will take them as ’adopted daughters.’ Otherwise, we hope you give it a try, and if you can be together, it would be a joyful thing. If not, it could only mean that you guys are fated but not destined!"
Lanni Barnes continued.
Wyatt Barnes nodded.
For now, it could only be this way.
Let’s just wait and see what Helen Sinclair and Irene think now.
Of course, Wyatt Barnes hoped that their feelings for him were not as they used to be.
That way, he wouldn’t hurt the two women, and he could also give an account to his two fiancées and to Winnie.
As a man, it’s impossible not to want a harem, enjoying the happiness of being surrounded by women!
But now Wyatt Barnes, in the face of wanting such happiness, undoubtedly needs to first consider the feelings of his two fiancées and Winnie, whom he doesn’t know where she is now.
Especially since his fiancée ’Keer’ is still in the Fire Worship Sect, waiting for him to bring her back.
At this moment, if he were to get involved with Helen Sinclair and Irene, would he still be human?
"If their feelings for me haven’t changed... I can only give them a promise: After I bring Keer back and find Winnie, after consulting Keer, Winnie, and Jovie’s opinions and getting their approval, I’ll try to get along with them for a while."
"If it works, be together; if not, let mom and dad take them as ’adopted daughters,’ and I’ll be their brother!"
Quickly, Wyatt Barnes made up his mind.
At least, regardless of the situation now, he can handle it.
After some time, a vast lake appeared before Wyatt Barnes and his group, the very Coiled Dragon Lake surrounding the Main Mansion of the Mansion of Azure Clouds.
Seeing Coiled Dragon Lake meant arriving home!
In the past, in the Martial Dao Sacred Land, Wyatt Barnes was a "wanderer," without a home.
And when he knew his father was the House Master of the Mansion of Azure Clouds and found the mansion, he considered it his home, his home in the Martial Dao Sacred Land...
Only because his parents and his family were here.
Where family is, is home!
After returning to the Mansion of Azure Clouds, Wyatt Barnes first went to find Jovie Lee.
The reason he didn’t immediately go to find his mother was not because he was unfilial, but because his father had gone to find his mother.
Going there now would just make him a "light bulb."
"Dad!"
Just as he entered, a small figure charged at him, leaping into his embrace—it was his son, Adonis Barnes.
"Kalel, did you miss Dad?"
Wyatt Barnes touched his son’s little head, smilingly asked.
"Missed!"
Kalel nodded like a chick pecking grains, his large, lively eyes flickered, "Not just Kalel misses Dad, Mom also misses Dad."
"Mom, Dad is back! Dad is back!"
Immediately, before Wyatt Barnes could respond, Kalel turned his head toward the inner room, calling out excitedly.
A moment later, a graceful silhouette walked out, smiling, it was Jovie Lee, "You’re back?"
"Hmm, back."
Wyatt Barnes responded while taking a few steps forward, holding his son in one arm, extending the other to pull Jovie Lee into his arms dominantly.
While smelling Jovie’s fragrant hair, he said, "Jovie... I missed you."