60 Hide and seek? (2/2)

”....but …. that's.... why ….. I …. invited.... you...” Margerie lies down on the floor to catch her breath.

”Seriously! But it's still nice to meet the offspring of our old school comrades. They were so busy in the recent time. I would have liked it if we had seen each other more often.” Sandra hugs me even tighter.

”I always wanted to meet the goddess Seria. That's why I came.” Tanja goes with the blunt truth.

”I am not sure if I can really live up to that reputation.” I answer with a concerned voice.

”Aw... no problem. I am Sandra Andros and that's Tanja Morden. We are friends of your parents. Say? Do you want to play with my kids? They are a little younger than you, but they are also an active bunch.” Sandra takes me under one arm and carries me off, without asking for my opinion.

My captor starts to walk through the corridor while she talks about uninteresting stuff. After a few corners we arrive at the living room, where a blonde guy is waiting in a sofa.

Five kids are playing cards on the ground. ”Ah, I see you caught them!”

We are put in front of the other kids, who stare at us.....

Not being able to cope with the silence I try start a conversation. ”Hi, I am Seria and that's my brother Aengus!” I introduce myself.

”I am Yondus, and those are my brother and sisters Gustav, Monika, Evel and Sarah.” One of the kids takes the lead.

”Wow... Quite the big family already? Your parents must be hard workers!” Aengus bursts out.

But Yondus drops his head while the others put on a disturbed expression. ”That's what everybody thinks, but it's a trait of our bloodline to have many children. In fact mom got all of us in the same go. Though normally it's just twins or triplets.”

”Holy shit! Five at the same time! That must hurt like hell!” Now I burst out and everyone looks at me with a shocked expression.

”What?” Don't look at me like that!

”Oh, it's just that we had another image of the goddess in our heads. I am Sven by the way. I am Sandra's husband.”

”Haven't I seen you guys at my parent's marriage? So what are you guys doing now? The last time I saw you, you just graduated.” The memory just came to me like a flashback.

”Oh, Sven is in the army and in the process to work his way up. Tanja is doing something like spying and other secret activities. I am taking care of the kids while I manage my family's estate.”

Sandra explains in short words.

”And your brother Margerie? I think I saw him too at the party. Wasn't he with a nice little wolf-girl?” -Me

Margerie answers with a disdainful voice. ”He dropped the whole family business on me and ran off with that bitch. It's hard on a family if the only heir doesn't want to take responsibility and prefers to live in the woods with his girlfriend.”

I nod. Obviously there is a more complicated story behind it, but Margerie doesn't want to talk about it.

Then it hits me again and I point at Sandra and Sven. ”Oh! Now I remember! I think I saw you guys at my parents marriage party! You were already so lovey dovey back then. I couldn't resist and blessed Sandra with fertility.”

I hit my fist into my open palm.

Now everyone's mouth is standing open while they look at me.

”What? I am a goddess of life and death. Doing stuff like that is my job.” I smirk at Sven who started to mutter incomprehensible stuff to himself.

Sandra grins at me. ”Oh, I have to thank you then. If it weren't for the children, he wouldn't have married me.”

I give Sandra a thumbs up and smile at the quintuples, who are staring at me with big round eyes.