"Mark we aren't going back home are we?' Kadoc says to me, his words are more of a statement rather than a question, as he looks at the giant Japanese sile mansion doors.
"....I think this is it, but hey at least we aren't forced to live on the streets" I say to Kadoc as the doors open and a little boy with short red hair walks out.
"....Kadoc...."
"Do it, it's our only chance to get that guy on our side." Kadoc says to me before I can even ask him if he's okay with what I'm planning to do.
'"Hey, Kiritsugu.....you get one wish, you saw with your own eyes what these things can do...." I say to kiritsugu as I hand him a cylinder, the man has tired eyes and if I didn't know any better I would swear he had already made peace with his life.
The moment the cylinder touches the man's hand it immediately begins to float into the air and in a brief flash of light, a woman that looks almost exactly like the ones that I had seen earlier in the old man's mansion is standing in front of us.
She begins to look around confused and for a brief moment her eyes lock on Illyasvie and kiritsugu before hugging the two of them, she then notices the little boy and calls him to her side.
I feel a pair of small hands tighten on mine and I notice Mordred holding my hand and she looks like if she was envious of the entire family hugging one another.
I don't know if I should but I slowly drop down to Mordred's hight and pick her up in my arms and as the small group finally let go of each other we are told to follow them inside.
"Shit!"Kadoc screams as he reaches into his pocket and takes out one of his cylinders the thing is already glowing and the moment it vanishes a woman with long white hair, bright blue eyes who is wearing a long white dress is standing in front of him.
Six months later
The sound of small feet running around the house can be heard as Mordred, Illyasviel and her brother Shiroe play hide and seak with one another.
Their laughter mixes with Irisviel's and Anastasias, sometimes I swear both women are nothing more than overgrown children, but in all honesty judging by how all four of them act, I'm beginning to wonder if women ever grow up.
The two women that were living with Illyasviel in that mansion we first arrived at were sent with by the old man to help keep an eye on Illyasviel, from what they said they were her nannies or maids.
"Focus, listen not only do you have to memorize these papers before Mordred starts school but you are dragging behind Kadoc and he is barely even able to do anything of any real worth" kiritsugu says to me before stopping and hitting Kadoc behind the head with a rolled-up newspaper.
The man is a monster from day one he's been forcing Kadoc and I to learn all sorts of things from putting guns together to memorizing allsorts of ancient writings I can't even understand, I mean I have the designs and the way to make the things written on them, but.
"How the hell does any of this work!" I scream inside my head.
Irisviel insisted that both her daughter and Mordred start going to school and develop like regular children after she found out that Shiroe was already sighed up to go to school shortly.
There were a lot of headaches, plenty of schools demanded that the kids pain their hair black so as that they didn't stand out, the girls had to cut their hair, not to mention falsifying the paperwork and apparently, everything in Japan needs a specific stamp.
Then there were the times Kadoc had to stop Anastasia from trying to kill some of the people we had to deal with, while Kiritsugu was restrained by his wife who reminded him that he couldn't kill ordinary people in front of their kids.
Regardless it's been an okay life and we are starting to get the hang of things, because of how both Mordred and Anastasia were summoned we all agreed to keep the things we made under lock and key.
It's better to be safe.
"Okay now just place the last stamp and I'll fax these papers to Mordred's school and she can start attending when it's all processed" Kiritsugu says to me as I finally finish all of the paperwork he had given me.
I notice Anastasia walking towards Kadoc and the woman has that toothless smile on her, for some reason, I can't figure out, it feels strange seeing her carrying a hot cup of tea to kadoc.
The man notices her and I can't help but notice his frustrated frown soften and his expression turns into that of a happy person, the woman has that kind of effect on him.
I can't help but chuckle and the two turned to look at my direction before they began to chuckle along with me and we all can't help but begin to laugh, by all of us laughing means everyone except Kiritsugu who just exhale as he looks at us.
Why were we laughing I honestly don't know but it felt right for some reason.
Kadoc is a good friend and I've known him since I was twenty and now that I'm in my thirties I'm happy the guy found someone.
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"Dad, I told Illyasviel, that your dad, but father is father and she wears a dress but she isn't a girl" Mordred says to me as hse walks in, she's dressed in a red dress that Irisviel gave her.
It's honestly frightening to see both Irisviel and Anastasia get together and play dress-up with both Mordred and Illyasvie.
"But the person you call father has boobs like mom, you said she has long blond hair and wears a blue dress, that makes her a girl!" Illyasvie said as she walks into the room.
"So that's what's going on" I said as I realized this argument had started again.
Apparently, King Artur was a woman in this universe and for magic reasons, she impregnated her sister somehow and Mordred is the result of that, and to make things more confusing both Kiritsugu and his wife had met her before.
I can't help but exhale, one day I'm going to have to explain to Mordred that her father was indeed a woman.
"Listen Mordred your father" I said to Mordred as I knelt to her hight, I couldn't help but notice her bright blue eyes and bright smile .....I can't make her cry at least not yet, she looks at me with so much hope in her eyes, she expects me to take her side to this.
"Okay let's go get some ice cream," Anastasia says to us as she notices my hesitation.
I can't help but be thankful for the woman as I watch all three kids run to the front door.
"You need to learn to put your foot down or else that girl will walk over you when she becomes a teenager" Kadoc says to me before taking a si from his tea.
"No, she already takes advantage of his lack of will, honestly I worry about when that girl becomes a teenager she's going to uncontrollable." Irisviel says to me as she watches Kiritsugu follow the kids out the door.
"How does me not telling her that her father, truly was a woman lead to her being crazy when she turns into a teenager?" I ask Irisviel
"Even if some truths hurt, children should hear them, or else when they are older it will hurt them even more." Irisviel answers me
"Pluss all that girl has to do is make her eyes wide and smile at you and you lose all of your will Kadoc adds his two cents.
"This coming from the guy who can't tell Anastasia no when she starts to play pranks on him, and the woman who lied threw her teeth when her daughter asked her where babies came from" I say to Kadoc and Irisviel, who just frowned at me before they looked at one another.
There's a feeling no known by most people, namely because everyone is so used to it that they don't even notice it.
Its a sense of danger and joy mixed in, the kind one gets when their friends play pranks on them.
It was that feeling that flared when I noticed the eyes of Irisviel and Kadoc shine for a brief moment, suddenly the papers had changed and instead of the kid's feet running up and down the house it was mine as both Irisviel and kadoc chased aster me.
I've already been on the receiving end of some of Irisviel spells when shes helping Kiritsugu train me and despite Kadoc being just as bad at magic as me, he still can give painful electric shocks.
"Go mom" I heard Shiroe say.
"Dad won't let them catch you" I heard Mordred cheer me on and I noticed her happily eating ice cream next to both of the other kids and then I noticed that I was suddenly on the floor.
As I looked back I couldn't help but notice a small line of ice on the floor, I knew the culprit but still the fact that she got involved was just plain.
My thoughts stopped as Both Kdoc and Irisviel stood next to me, Kadoc briefly turned to Anastasia and gave her a thumbs-up, the woman just turned her head faking ignorance.
"Mark you have to cook today" Kiritsugu said as he saved me from whatever the two had planned.
As I let out a breath of relief I notice that Mordred is standing at my side and she is handing me a popsicle, its half-eaten and she is already eating another one.
I can't help but look at it and despite the fact its already eaten for some reason it tastes better than any other popsicle I've eaten before.