Deep within the northern expanse of the Anarchids, not far away from the forest of darkness, sat a small and simple yet elegant log that overlooked a ke so pure you could see all the way to the bottom from on top.

  A caramel-skinned young woman no older than 16 dressed in a tight-fitting white battle suit that showed off her still-maturing but obvious curves nded gracefully on the shore just outside the , preparing to kno the door when she heard the chime of an angelic voice sound in her ears. “It’s open.”

  Hearing that, the teen didn’t stand on ceremony. She gently opehe door and strolled through the simple living room, entering a small but simple bedroom at the back of the .

  “It’s good to see you again, Mira,” a stunning dark-haired woman voiced slowly wheeeered. “You’ve bee even more beautiful sihe st time I saw you.”

  “Thank you, Aunt Milli,” Amira said gently as she greeted her senior martial sister. “I’m still nothing pared to you.”

  “Still as sweet as ever,” Milianna replied, her smile brightening the room. “How’re your parents and the twins doing?”

  “My parents are good,” Amira nodded. “As for the twins, they’re only a little over one, but they’re already being quite the handful now.”

  “Awwh, I bet they’re adorable,” Milianna said as she looked at the dark-haired youth sleeping peacefully on the bed beside her. “I remember when Ace was their age. He spent all his free time in the library at the orphanage I worked at, ign the other kids, muy dismay – although I have to admit, it makes sense now that I know the truth about his reination.”

  “I bet he was quite the handful in his own way,” Amira smiled warmly as she too looked lovingly at the teen on the bed.

  It had been a year sihe Yin-Yang Pavilion revealed itself to the world in the most overbearing ossible.

  Sihen, the politidscape of the whole ti had effectively been thrown on its head, but since losing sciousness in his mother’s arms, Ace had slipped into a deep a that nothing seemed able to awaken him from.

  At first, they had all been deeply worried, as there didn’t seem to be a reason for it. Whether it was Arianna or even Aiden after he eventually returned, no one could seem to figure out the problem.

  Ironically, it had been Milianna who eventually discovered the truth behind the medical mystery and put everyone’s mind at ease.

  After the recovery of her pure soul, when she subsciously used what Beirut had described as a Divine Ability, her ability to trol her haki multiplied, even surpassing that of her son. As such, she was innately more sensitive to the power of will than others.

  Having spent every waking moment by her son’s side, she eventually sensed her son’s will.

  She khat even if she had surpassed him in terms of trol, as far as raent, she was well aware that she couldn’t even begin to pare, so when she felt how weak her son’s will appeared to be the reason for his a suddenly dawned on her.

  Ace had overdrawn the power of his will, turning what should’ve been a bzing sun into nothing more than a flickering ember.

  Everyone was sceptical, as none of them, not even Arianna, had heard of the power of will, but hearing Milianna’s expnation and witnessing her ability to trol it, they had no choice but to believe her.

  Milianna sehat Ace’s will was growing stronger each day but at aremely slow pace. Still, the fact that it was growing stro all was enough for Milianna. Unfortunately, she had no idea exactly how powerful her son’s will was inally, so she had no way of knowily when he would wake up.

  “He wasn’t actually,” Milianna said, preparing to tell the young woman she had already aowledged as her future daughter-in-w about her son’s childhood. “If anything…”

  Before Milianna could finish her sentence, both she and Amira felt something stir within Ace. Milianna, because of their shared bloodline and Mira, due to their innate e.

  The bodies of both women trembled when they saw Ace’s long shes flutter softly.

  “Mom, Mira?” Ace groaned softly.

  “Wele back, son,” Milianna said with tears of joy threatening to fall down her face.

  Although she had been fident in her assessment of her son’s dition, it didn’t stop her from w about him. Still, all that mattered now was that he was awake.

  “How’re you feeling?” Mira asked gently as she reached forward to help him sit up.

  Hearing that, Ace subsciously tensed and rexed his body multiple times before his eyes widened in surprise. “I feel better than ever!”

  He had no idea how long he’d been unscious, but st he remembered, ign all the grievous injuries he’d suffered that day, he had only just broken through to the early stages of the sixth rank as a mage and warrior, but now…

  “How long have I been asleep for?” Ace couldn’t help but wonder aloud when he felt that he was firmly in the middle stages of the sixth rank in both paths.

  Not only that, but his foundation was extremely stable. More stable now than ever before. Something he didn’t know was even possible.

  “It’s been a year now, sleepy head,” Milianna expined with an amused smile as she looked at her shocked son.

  “A year?!” Ace excimed as he turo Mira for firmation. “How’s that even possible?”

  “You repeated use of your [queror’s Hak that day overdrew the power of your will,” Milianna expined. “In the end, it took a whole year for you to recover.”

  “I didn’t even know it ossible to overuse your willpower,” Ace muttered. “It must have something to do with the ws of this world.”

  “I don’t know about all of that,” Milianna shrugged. “But from now on, you o be more careful when using your [queror’s Hak, especially [Infusion]. From what I tell, it’s a power that shouldn’t be used as a mortal.”

  “From what you tell?” Ace asked in surprise. “You mean, you already lear…”

  Before he could say anything, he sensed an all too familiar fluctuation pressing down on him before it disappeared.

  Before Ace could get over his initial surprise, his jaw almost ended up hitting the floor over what he witnessed .

  “You… How… When?” Ace stammered as he saw his golden veins running across his mother’s [armament] coated finger.

  “You didn’t expect me to sit still and not improve after a full year now, did you?” Milianna said teasingly when she saw her son’s shock whilst shaking her hand to get rid of the pain from using [Infusion].

  Even though it was barely a sed and not going anywhere near all out, it was still strenuous. But it was worth it to finally be able to impress her genius of a son.

  It was just one shock after another, and it wasn’t simply how far her trol over her [Hak had e, nor that she had impressively broken through to the fifth rank – one rank below him – in both paths. The most signifit but most weled shock came as a result of the giant ge in her demeanour.

  The fident and pride-filled aura she silently exuded was a far cry from the meek and fragile aura she had emitted his whole life.

  Ace dove into his mother’s arms, uo trol his happiness over the full recovery of her pure soul.

  Milianna was taken aback by her son’s rea, but being that she was able to sense his emotions using her [Observation], how could she not uand what he was feeling?

  A gentle smile repced her teasing smirk as she returned his hug.

  Her aura oozed appreciation. Not just because her son was awake but also because of everything he had done for her.

  With her dition, since he was born, Ace had been forced to step up ahe head of their little but stantly growing family.

  Not only had he done so without a single pint, but he had also gone above and beyond to heal her.

  Even if he was given a little cheat code, having reinated with all his memories intact, she k wasn’t easy.

  Now though, it was her turn to be a mother Ace could rely on.

  “Now, now,” Milianna said as she pat him on the back before standing up to make her way to the exit. “We’re being rude hosts. I’ll fix us all something to eat whilst you two catch up.”

  “How rude of me,” Ace said as Milianna took her leave, his attentiourning to Mira, who watched Ad Milianna’s intimate moment in silenot wanting to interrupt. “I almost fot that my beautiful wife was in the room.”

  “Wife?” Mira asked as a furious blush crept up her neck, c her endearing face. “Who’s your wife?!”

  “You are,” Ace teased shamelessly. “Or at least you will be!”

  “Talk to me after you put a ring on my finger!” Amira srying to hide her embarrassment.

  “I will!” Ace excimed, his siy catg Mira by surprise, causio stare bnkly at his face. “But before that, why don’t you start by catg me up – tell me everything I’ve missed over the st year!”

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