Upon hearing Allen's comforting words, Helena, who was worried about her mother, felt even more uneasy. She glanced at her father's bloodshot eyes, messy white hair, and slightly furrowed brows …
"Father, don't lie to me … I feel like you …" Helena clenched her hands even tighter. She sounded a little flustered. "Are you … angry with mother?"
Allen was a little surprised by his daughter's observation skills. When he began to organize his words to explain, Helena hurriedly spoke again.
"Father, although mother likes to live in her own world … she lives a very self-centered life, but that is her true nature. She never hides it in front of you … She always treats me like a child, but she has never treated me that way … So, if mother has done something wrong, please forgive her. I don't want to see any conflict between the two of you …" As she spoke, the female spirit's voice became a little sobbing. "Father, mother has waited for you for a thousand years … Such a long wait is very painful. Father, now that you are entangled with Miss Granger and Miss Krivat, she has never complained …"
"Helena … I'm sorry … I've also made you wait for a thousand years …" Hearing his daughter's words, Allen, as a father, felt his heart ache. He slowly explained, "It's not what you think … Let me think about how to tell you …" Allen hesitated for a moment to organize his words. "I didn't lie to you … Your mother is indeed eating now … Helena, you know why we were forced to turn you into a spirit, right?"
"Because the Grim Reaper will absorb souls in the underworld." Helena suddenly lowered her head and straightened her swan-like neck. According to her father's words, she, who was born in Ravenclaw, had a guess. She quickly raised her head again. "Father, you mean … the potion leak in the United States … those Muggle were caused by mother …"
"To be exact, the potion leak incident itself … is not your mother's doing …" Alan turned his gaze away from his daughter. "When she met our friend from the United States that day, she probably predicted this incident … so she just used it as usual …" Alan calmly said his speculation after the incident. "She just … interfered with my approach and noticed this incident. She also made Four-Eyes not be in the branch when the incident happened, increasing the possibility of Tom's operation success … strictly speaking … so it's not her doing … I'm indeed responsible for this incident. I was the one who got the experiment and Voldemort there …" Alan calmly said his speculation after the incident, "She just … interfered with my approach and noticed this incident. She also made Four-Eyes not be in the branch when the incident happened, increasing the possibility of Tom's operation succeeding … strictly speaking … so it's not her doing … I'm indeed responsible for this incident.
Helena clasped her hands in front of her, and her lips trembled. She could hear the confusion in her father's mind. On one hand, he was blaming himself for his guilt, and on the other hand, he could not help but try to find an excuse for her mother. Helena heaved a sigh of relief. Although she felt that the excuse for her mother sounded a little ridiculous, she could feel her father's intention to take care of her emotions. She was a little happy. But then she noticed that Allen was a little different from his usual self.
"Father, I actually think that mother still cares about your feelings … We all know that she doesn't care about what others think, but she is always willing to put in effort for you … This is something that we can't have …" Helena also tried to defend her mother.
"I know …" Allen nodded, and then he noticed his daughter's words. He said somewhat unconfidently, "At least your mother loves you, although she doesn't show it …" He paused and sighed. "This is very useful for improving your mother's strength … The greedy marauder is very convenient in absorbing souls. After becoming a true god, she must have mastered a more efficient method than the Grim Reaper. Otherwise, she wouldn't have eaten so many souls at once …"
Allen directly used the hidden meaning of her mother's surname, and Helena looked up at her father in panic. She crumpled her dress into a ball. She knew that although her father was usually a little black-bellied and liked to play pranks on everyone, he was not like her mother … Under normal circumstances, he would try his best to make more people happy. In fact, he was actually a good person.
Helena could also understand her father's current situation. There were more than 100,000 lives in that American city, and it was not a joke. Her grandfather, Owen, and second uncle, Lunn, worked overtime at the Ministry of Magic because of this incident. She heard them privately talking about helping Allen block most of the blame.
From what she saw just now, Granger even needed her father's magic to sleep peacefully. Even Krivat, who usually didn't take human life seriously, was a little out of sorts these few days.
The female specter bit her lips. She could understand the pressure her father was under because of her mother's actions. He couldn't tell anyone else that he was trying to help her mother hide the truth … Complicated thoughts piled up and weighed heavily on her heart, blocking her throat. In fact, she couldn't accept the fact that her mother was sucking souls in the United States.
"Father, the only person that mother can talk to and communicate with sincerely is you …" The tall Helena bent down slightly and persuaded slowly and sincerely, "In my opinion, you're also unwilling to open your heart to others deep in your bones … But in this situation now, you don't even have someone to talk to … It'll be very uncomfortable if you keep it in your heart …" A smile that she was not familiar with appeared on her transparent face. "I'm your daughter, so you can tell me all these emotions … I'm not as smart as you and mother, so I don't know how to solve this problem. I'm a little clumsy so I won't go around talking nonsense … I also envy that kind of family life where you can talk about everything …"
"Helena, in fact, even your grandfather and I will inevitably change our mentality after mastering some supernatural powers …" Hearing Helena's words, Allen thought for a moment and knew that his expression had worried his daughter. "Because there are some traces of Death's movements recently, this is something worth paying attention to … We can only fight against its doppelgangers now, we have not encountered a more powerful main body … Although your mother and I did not say it out loud, we are both very worried … I think your mother wants to quickly accumulate power to quickly close the gap between herself and Death's main body …"
As if she had made a mistake, Helena asked carefully, "Father, are you still angry with Mother?"
"Your mother's main body is not a humanoid creature now, so the change in her way of thinking is inevitable … Just like those merchants who graduated from the magic academy that your aunt read, the actual original story in the Muggle comic is actually a myth in Chow Chow's hometown. There is a place called Lion Camel Ridge in the story … Those gods also know about it but they let it go …" Allen seemed to feel that his words were not conveying his meaning, so he gestured with his slender fingers. "Actually, it's not just because of your mother. Other than this, I'm also angry with myself …"
With that, Allen raised his hand, and Helena immediately materialized and squatted down, letting her father's hand land on the top of her head.
"I'm angry with myself because … I'm not a straightforward person …" Allen gently stroked his daughter's head a few times. "On the emotional side, the justice and compassion in my character tell me that doing this is a big mistake. Whether or not Tom deliberately spread the potion, this is still a bad thing … After seeing the rain that day, I understood everything. In fact, I can actually save a lot of people …" He moved his eyes away from his daughter again, and the corner of his mouth twitched. "Your mother knows that if she had made the request directly, I would have tried my best to dissuade her … and then tried to find a better way that might not exist … Your mother knows this very well, so she chose to do it herself first."
Helena was a little confused by her parents' complicated thoughts. She realized that things were not as simple as she originally feared. It was just her mother who did something bad.
"So in fact, I was cooperating with her … I didn't do anything substantial to save the city because my rationality told me that doing so would ensure the safety of the people we care more about … When I was in ancient times, I had done something similar for the Resurrection Stone … So I don't have the right to stand on the moral high ground like Dumbledore … Speaking of which, your mother has taken on some things for me again. This time, she chose to bear the sin … Although this is also beneficial to her, if she didn't consider my existence, she would have done it long ago …" Allen shook his head and let out a long sigh. "Your mother understands me, and she is sure that I will understand her in the end … She left the knowledge of God in my mind more or less for this reason …" Allen forced a self-deprecating smile. "Your father once again realized that he is a hypocritical person who is afraid of taking responsibility …"
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