Natasha held her breath in fear and was about to say something when the man continued, "At that time, the Serpent Clan and the Feather Clan didn't live in such separate places, and they had no idea that a witch also lived in the middle of the deep sea beneath the Feather Clan. As time passed, the animosity between the Feather Clan and the Serpent Clan grew, and they chose different places to live. With this, my mother began to regain her powers, and with her powers, she could only travel between the Serpent Clan and the Feather Clan. That's when she met your leader, my father."
Everyone present was astonished by what the man said. They couldn't understand why he was referring to their leader as his father. Seeing their expressions, the man laughed and said, "I know what's going on in all your minds right now is why I'm calling your leader my father? This is because my mother gave your leader and all of you a place to live with her and also taught black magic to the women of your species. Her only condition in return was that you help her increase her strength so she could get out of here, and she would help you take revenge on the entire Serpent Clan in return. However, all this took a long time, and gradually my mother and your leader grew closer. They married, and after some time, my mother gave birth to my brother."
With that, the man fell silent. Seeing him silent, everyone wanted to ask further questions, but they didn't. Natasha, too, didn't make the mistake of asking a question this time. When the man realised that no one was asking further questions despite his silence, he asked them all, "What happened? Why aren't you all asking what happened next?"
After asking the question, he looked around at everyone. However, no one asked him a question. Seeing this, the man continued, "It's okay! If none of you is asking further, I'll tell you what happened next."
With that, he continued, "Time was moving on, and my mother's powers were slowly returning. My brother and I had grown a little older by then. One day, I heard my mother talking to my father. She was telling them that in a short time, her power would reach such a level that she would be able to break whatever barriers were placed around this place and get out of here. My father was pleased after listening to my mother, but my mother was still not happy. Seeing him unhappy, my father asked him why he was still unhappy. When he asked, my mother told him that as soon as she breaks the hidden barrier around this place, there will be a huge explosion. That explosion will draw the attention of the entire Feather Clan and Serpent Clan, and they will all arrive here. This will let them know about us, and we will not be able to take revenge on them."
After saying all this, the man became quiet for a while, and then he continued, "My father also calmed down after listening to everything my mother said. He, too, was unable to understand what he should do. Besides, he himself hadn't left this place yet. So, he didn't even know what was going on between the Feather Clan and the Serpent Clan. He couldn't face the Serpent Clan right now, and even if he went to the Feather Clan, his life would be in danger. Seeing my father so worried, my mother told him that he had a way out, but it would also pose a risk to his life. After listening to my mother, my father asked her what that path was. My mother told them that she had guessed with her strength that a golden egg had appeared in the Feather Clan in a short time! The bird that would be born from that egg would rule the entire Feather Clan and would also have immense power. If any serpent eats that egg before it hatches, then all the power of that egg will come to that serpent."
With that, the man looked at all the Serpents, their eyes clearly showing surprise. He continued, " If any of us Serpents manage to distract the Feather Clan by eating that egg, they'll also be distracted by the explosion that will occur when their barrier is broken. But it is beyond the capacity of any normal serpent to eat that egg. Only a powerful serpent could eat it! Besides, eating that egg is tantamount to risking one's life. No Serpent would ever agree to this. My father calmed down for a moment after hearing everything my mother had to say. After a while, my father told my mother to increase her power and break the barrier, while he would distract her Feather Clan. My mother told him not to do so, but my father ignored her and asked him to just focus on breaking the barrier. Whatever I had heard between my mother and father, I told it to my brother, and my brother decided that he would follow my mother and take care of her. I should stay here and take care of my father because my brother was a magician on my mother's side, and I'm a Serpent, just like my father! He told me that when he grows up and his powers are strong enough, he'll find a way to come back to me."
Having said this much, the man became silent and said to Natasha's mother, "Now tell me further?"
Hearing the man's order, Natasha's mother continued, "Obeying the chief's orders, his wife began to complete her meditation. The same leader went to eat the egg that appeared in the Feather Clan and distract the Feather Clan. Before leaving, he told all of us that it would be fine if he came back. If he does not return, we should all raise his sons, and when they grow up, we should make one of them their leader. We were all upset with their decision, and we were unable to understand what we should do. Then the head's wife's meditation was completed, ed and as soon as she completed her meditation, there was a huge explosion in the entire place, due to which the entire place shook. Due to that explosion, we could not understand anything, and before we could do anything, the elder son of the chief, along with his mother, disappeared from this place, and we all remained at this place with his younger son. We hadn't heard from the Chief for a long time, and were trying to get to the Feather Clan to find out when we learned that the Feather Clan had killed the serpent that had come to eat the Golden Egg. This news was no less than a storm for us. We lost our leader, his wife and his elder son all at the same time, and we were left alone in this dark place with his younger son. Now we all had nothing to do but wait, because after the leader's death, none of us dared to go to the Feather Clan. So we all together raised the chief's younger son, and when he grew up, made him our chief. The first thing he ordered upon becoming leader was that one of us enter the Feather Clan and report what was going on there. However, none of us dared to go to the Serpent's Feather Clan. We were all afraid that if we went to Feather Clan, the Feather Clan people would catch us. Seeing our predicament, an old serpent came forward. She told us that she had mastered the magic the Chief's wife had taught her and had created a small locket for her to pass on to the Feather Clan, which only a female Serpent could wear. If any Serpent wearing that locket goes to the Feather Clan, the Feather Clan people will never be able to recognise them. But due to her age, it was beyond the capacity of that old serpent to leave this place, and at that time, apart from that old serpent, I was the only serpent there. Apart from us, there were one or two more female serpents who could get out of that place, who were still small. So, I was sent to Feather Clan wearing that locket, so that I could keep them informed about what was going on at Feather Clan."
After she said this, Natasha looked at her mother and asked, "So, that's when you came to Feather Clan, and you chose Dad to secure your place of residence in Feather Clan because at that time you thought Dad's palace was the safest?"