Me! Cleaner!.

Chapter 1228 The True Protagonist

No, no, no! You can't do that!

Seeing the burgeoning culinary desire in the slender girl's eyes, and feeling the familiar way she weighed her chicken leg, the panicked Pure White Mother, fearing that she would be stewed before she could even get her revenge, struggled desperately and cast pleading glances at Leon.

I'm still useful! I'm still useful! You can't do this to me!
"No, no, no, she didn't buy it to eat."

After stopping his sister from volunteering and rescuing the trembling, pure white Virgin Mary, Leon said with a wry smile:

"The specifics are rather complicated. In short, she just looks like a chicken, but actually... well, it's too much trouble to explain. Anyway, she can't be stewed yet. You can put her in the kitchen for now."

"All right……"

Upon hearing that the large, fat chicken couldn't be cooked, the light in the slender girl's eyes dimmed considerably.

After Anna received the pure white Virgin Mary from Lyon with a sigh of relief, and skillfully pulled a plastic bag over the chicken's rear end to prevent it from defecating everywhere, before Anna could even call for help, hurried footsteps echoed from the floor of the inner room.

"Big brother!"

Amidst cheers of surprise, the inner room door was flung open from the inside, and Melanie, whom they hadn't seen in a long time, rushed out first, leaping three times before delivering a precise headbutt into Leon's arms.

"Big brother, you're finally back! Waaaaah, I missed you so much!"

Big brother misses you too.

Seeing Melanie, who for the first time didn't rush to ask for a gift but instead nuzzled against him, a tender look flashed in Leon's eyes. He reached out and ruffled her hair, then smiled and said:

"You've grown quite a bit taller! Before I left, you were only a little taller than my waist, but now you're almost half a head taller than me... By the way, did you do your homework today?"

"Big brother!"

"Just kidding. Your homework for today is canceled, my brother said so! Even if your sister Anna objects, it's no use, she has to give me face today!"

With a domineering wave of his hand, in front of a helpless Anna, Leon forcibly canceled the two little rascals' homework quota for the day. Then, with a smile in his eyes, he looked at William, who followed him out of the inner room, and nodded with great satisfaction.

"Not bad, not bad, you look even better than before! Want a hug?"

"..."

Faced with his older brother's invitation to a hug, William's little face flashed with interest, but after hesitating for a moment, he sighed and shook his head with a slightly regretful expression, saying:
"Never mind, I'm not a six or seven-year-old kid anymore. Running into my older brother's arms and acting all cute... um..."

Whether you're six or ten, you're still my little brother. If your older brother says he wants a hug, then you have to give him a hug!
After grabbing the little adult-like William and hugging the somewhat embarrassed Anna along with him, giving him a tight hug, Leon's nerves, which had been tense since leaving the mortal world, finally relaxed completely.

Home is still the best!
After savoring the feeling of home, Leon released his younger siblings from his arms and looked up at Veronica, who was leaning against the door of the inner room, smiling at him.

Looking into Veronica's watery eyes, and understanding that her absence wasn't due to a lack of concern for him, but rather a deliberate choice to leave space for the "Ryan family," Leon felt a surge of tenderness in his heart. He quickly walked over and took her hand.

"You've lost weight... um... you must be tired."

After glancing at Her Majesty the Queen's figure—which, far from being thinner, was actually quite fuller than he remembered—Leon clicked his tongue and said with deep emotion:

"these years……"

“You’ve been absent all these years. After a vote, the Ryan family has decided to remove you from the family and let me take over as head of the family.”

"what?"

Leon was taken aback by Veronica's opening line, and then tentatively asked, somewhat confused:

"Removal from the list means..."

"Removing my name means that Anna and Melanie are now my sisters, William is now my brother, and the apartment is registered under my name. If I'm not happy, then you'd better move out and stay in a hotel tonight!"

After declaring her ownership of the Ryan family, Her Majesty, with a half-smile on her face and eyes that seemed to hold both joy and anger, gritted her teeth and questioned:

"Lyon, tell me honestly, what have you been doing all these years?"

"???"

……

“Aunt Veronica, please don’t be angry with Father. It’s not his fault.”

After extending her chubby little hand and patting Queen Veronica's annoyed eyes in comfort, the baby in her swaddling clothes said earnestly:
“Father is not cheating on his wife. In this timeline, he should only have you as his wife and be completely faithful to you.”

At this point, the baby hesitated for a moment, glanced at the bewildered Leon, and then added somewhat uncertainly:

"Of course, I'm only talking about now, and only within this timeline. I can't guarantee anything beyond that."

"?????"

Wait... what the hell are you talking about? You were born to Veronica, so why are you calling her "Auntie"? And what the hell is this "world line" thing?

Feeling that if he continued to explain like this, he might really have to sleep in a hotel tonight, Leon quickly reached out and gently touched his son's forehead amidst the grinding of Queen Veronica's teeth.

【Name: Boundless People (Unique, Transcendent)】

[Appearance: Most of the time, the individual is in a male human state. The specific age and appearance are uncertain and range from 0 to ∞. Currently, the individual appears as a human infant less than 30 days old and will grow and develop normally over time.]

[Ability: Unique across all realms, transcends time]

[Price: Each time you borrow power by traversing the world horizontally or glimpse the future by traversing time vertically, you must perform a 'debt repayment' of the same duration, randomly exchanging consciousness with one of your own.]

[File: Leon Lane's eldest son, born from a soul beyond this world. Due to the influence of &*%&, his consciousness is naturally able to jump between different versions of himself. Currently in a consciousness exchange state, switching target location &*%& world line.]

[Comment: You should step down; this is the real protagonist.]

[Infiltration Value: ∞] "..."

hiss……

Seeing the file before him, which for the first time didn't display all the information but instead showed a few strange garbled characters, Leon couldn't help but gasp, then asked in shock:

"You switched from another timeline? So you're not my son, but my son from another timeline?"

"Yes, Father, I am a little older than my counterpart on this timeline; I am exactly four years old this year."

Seeing that Leon, like countless fathers, had reached out and touched him, understanding part of the situation, the baby's face showed a relieved expression. Then, somewhat embarrassed, he continued to explain:
“Mother… not Aunt Veronica, I mean my mother from my timeline.”

Under Veronica's increasingly dangerous gaze, the baby, in a switched state, said shyly:
"My mother, like Aunt Veronica, had just learned that my father had married other glamorous... um... other aunts in their timelines, so she kicked my father out of the house and threatened me to find a few of them and ask them to see who was coveting her husband."

"Father, Aunt Veronica, please don't worry, I won't stay here forever. After I've finished asking around with Mother, I'll switch back from this timeline. I won't keep you inconvenienced."

"..."

This isn't just a matter of whether it's a delay or not, okay? The way you've done this, my status in the family is going to drop to that of the younger brother. How can you be so irresponsible?

After hearing his "son's" explanation, Leon felt a chill run through him and closed his eyes, sensing that his imagined reunion after a long separation might soon escalate into a world-scale war.

Veronica, suppressing her anger at being cuckolded, listened to the entire explanation with maternal love, then smiled calmly and asked gently:

"It's alright, you're my child too. This isn't your fault, and your mother doesn't blame you. From now on, you're not allowed to call me Aunt Veronica... By the way, child, tell your mother, who is your mother in your timeline? Do I know her?"

"This one……"

After glancing at Leon, who was glaring wildly beside Veronica, the baby hesitated slightly, then sheepishly looked away and changed the subject:
"Veronica...Mom, you can't just talk about world lines and time. If you reveal information carelessly, it could cause a huge mess."

So, aside from those trivial matters that have a negligible impact on the entire timeline, or when it truly becomes unavoidable to remain silent, neither I nor any of my counterparts in other timelines can directly reveal information…”

"That's it."

After listening to the baby's words, Queen Veronica nodded, then smiled and asked:
"So the fact that your mother could call my child over to ask means that for her world, I might not have become queen, and I might not be as important as I am now. Knowing that I might have an affair with Leon wouldn't have much of an impact on her or that world."

The fact that you cannot tell me who your mother is when I ask her proves that knowing her identity would have a significant impact on the future of my world.

So that means your mother also exists in this world, and I should know who she is, have the ability to cause her trouble, and if I have a conflict with her, it will cause enormous chaos...

So your mother is also important in this world? Who is she? Miss Emma from the Underworld branch? Lady Olivia from the Virgin branch? Which queen of the Twelve Kingdoms? Or perhaps the mermaid we met once? Queen Wendy Pyrlot of the Sea Clan?

"..."

Why are you looking at me like that? You brat! You got yourself into this mess, so you'd better clean it up!

Upon receiving his son's pleading look, Leon took a deep breath, then forcibly suppressed his paternal love and returned a helpless expression.

Son, it's not that I don't want to save you, it's just that your sudden attack was really too dangerous. Even though I haven't done anything, I'm still in the wrong and can't even protect myself. You'd better pray for yourself!
"..."

Sigh... why are all the fathers in every timeline like this? They can't be relied on at times like this...

After receiving Lyon's warning look that said, "Don't take your anger out on your father," the baby sighed from the bottom of his heart, then suddenly tilted his head, closed his eyes, and became completely still.

Just as Veronica and Leon were startled and quickly bent down to pick up the baby, the infant suddenly turned its head back, opened its eyes, looked at Leon, and asked with surprise in its eyes:

"Father, you're back!"

"Come back, come back."

After observing his son's expression, Leon breathed a sigh of relief and tentatively asked:
"Since you asked that... so you've come back too?"

"Yes."

After tapping its head, the baby nodded in confusion and said:
"Of course I'm back... By the way, where's Mother? Why is it Veronica... Hmm?"

Shut up, you bastard!
Feeling the raging fire around him suddenly reignite after it had just subsided a little, Leon, sweating profusely, rushed over and started nagging his son from who-knows-where timeline, covering his mouth and frantically giving him meaningful glances.

You've gone to the wrong world! This isn't your timeline either!
Oh, it seems there is a slight difference?

With his big, dark eyes blinking, he glanced at Anna, who was looking at Leon with a worried expression, and then his son, number 3, who had gone to the wrong place, promptly tilted his head and went back to sleep.

After the son, number 3, who had gone to the wrong door, left, the son… seemingly seamlessly switched back to his original self, reaching out his pale little arm towards Veronica, who had a stern face beside him, and said in a sweet voice:
"Mother, hug me!"

"..."

Ugh!
Queen Veronica gritted her teeth and stomped her foot, feeling the weight on her head. In the end, she couldn't resist her son's admiring gaze, snatched the child from Lyon's hands, turned her back to him, and held him in her arms, patting him gently.

Before Leon could even catch his breath and figure out how to coax her, the baby on Veronica's shoulder winked at him, and then, out of Veronica's sight, opened its little mouth and mouthed "Don't give it away."

"..."

Holy crap! I'm playing myself?!
Through a kind of unspoken understanding between father and son, Leon suddenly shuddered and instantly grasped all of his son's actions.

So the 4-year-old son #2 at the beginning never left at all, and the son #3 and the real son that came back later were all just an act by him tilting his head! This is really... Is this your way of saving yourself?

'Father!'

Under Leon's extremely complicated gaze, he successfully fooled Veronica's son, Number 2, by blinking and using the connection between their souls to "speak" and remind her:

"The Lord of the Graves is no good. He's got his eye on the Underworld branch you and your mother established, and he'll probably come to take it over soon. That's why I came to tell you this; you really need to be prepared!"

　Two-in-one...or 2...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)