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Ian's gaze turned toward the past, and he saw the truth. Before Kaecilius pursued Kamar-Taj and mysticism to save his wife, when their child had been on the brink of death, she had done the same thing before him. In fact, he had come up with the idea only after sorting through her belongings following her death.

One of Adria's attempts had been a ritual that connected her to Mephisto. From that day onward, her soul and the child's had secretly belonged to this lord of Hell, who had been planning how to descend into the Material World.

In fact, according to what Ian saw, Mephisto had nearly succeeded by deceiving Adria, but she had noticed at the last moment and stopped.

Afterward, Mephisto had gone into hiding to search for an opportunity. When Ian summoned those souls from the Afterlife, his chance had finally arrived.

"We didn't have any information about this before. That means our information is incomplete, or—"

"This timeline has been completely changed," Morgana cut in.

"What else is different from what we expected?" Ian asked. His clone should have been handling this sort of work.

"There haven't been any other surprises so far, but we've confirmed that the Defenders Alliance and people from S.H.I.E.L.D., such as Skye, Jemma, and Leo, don't exist in this timeline."

"They're all exceptionally talented. If they were here, they'd be a great help to us," Ian commented. If these people could gain access to his training and knowledge, they would surely shine in this world.

"We need to start planning ahead," Morgana suggested.

"Indeed." Ian nodded, preparing to act. "Wait. We have another piece of bad news."

"What is it?"

"The twins are missing?"

"What?" He immediately went to verify it, and sure enough, Wanda and her brother were no