When he woke, he first noticed that he was ihe carriage being held by his mother. Killian was on the seat in front of him, sleeping peacefully. Thankfully, none of his injuries appeared life-threatening. It looked like all the blood on him from before came from several shallow wounds.

  The more Ace looked at Killian, the wider his smile became. He had truly done him proud. sidering this was his first proper battle, he had done exceptionally well.

  He then spread his observation haki and found Laill steering the wagoe his wounds. Out of all of them, he was the only oo suffer serious injuries.

  By pressing his haki, he could see that Lance had four stab wounds. Thankfully though, judging by the strength of his aura, it looked like Lance also mao achieve a breakthrough and had reached the fourth rank. Because of that, none of his wounds were fatal, but he’d still need a period of recovery before he was ba fighting dition.

  All things sidered, they had e out of that enter with the best results possible.

  Turning his attention back to his sleeping mother, he remembered the moments before he lost sciousness. That all too familiar energy…

  ‘That was definitely queror’s haki. Does that mean haki is useable by others, or is it something uo our family?

  It could be that, like in my former world, Haki is useable by all living creatures, or it could be that it’s something I brought over with me from my previous life, and mom somehow ied it from me when she regnant with me.

  Either way, until I know more, we should refrain from using it unless absolutely necessary.’

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  It took a few hours before they arrived at the gates to Feni City and were forced by the city guards to dismount, as only nobles were permitted to travel via carriage once past the city gates.

  Not wanting to cause any trouble in unfamiliar territory, they did precisely that. Still, due to the injuries of Land Killian, who were still sleeping soundly, they decided it would be easier for the mother-son duo to search for a pce to stay whilst Land Killian stayed on the carriage to tinue resting and look after their stuff.

  The good news was that thanks to the now-dead assassins, they could be sidered to be fairly well off after having looted the bodies of their attackers. Each of them was carrying a few low-grade magicite gems, whilst the mage that Ace killed actually had a mid-grade gem.

  Aew from the books in the library that magicite gems were crystallized elemental essened naturally underground that had to be mined. Due to the energy they stored, they had several different uses for those with the right know-how.

  As no one from their group had the required knowledge of how to utilise them correctly, all they could do was sell them off at a pawn shop iy.

  In the end, it mao hem 150 gold s which was ten times more than Lanitially had saved. Meaning, at least for now, they were okay financially.

  ‘Thank god Feni City doesn’t permit violence; roup isn’t in any dition to protect our lives, let alone our wealth.’ Ace thought to himself as he noticed the odd looks they were getting from others who overheard their transa.

  , they located an affordable and low-key inn and paid for three rooms for seven days, costing them 30 gold. They dropped the few bags they brought with them off in the rooms before returning to pick up the rest of their group.

  As Ad Milianna mao carry most of their stuff with them on their first trip, it allowed Ace to carry Killian on his bad Milianna to be used as a crutch to help Lance.

  The only annoying part was how they had to ignore all the weird looks they received. It wasn’t hard to uand why, though. Besides Ace, who mao avoid receiving aernal injuries, and Milianna, who didn’t directly participate in any of the fights, both Killian and Lance were covered in bandages.

  As they walked rant Pavilion Road, the primary road of East Feni City, Killian found himself turning his head from side to side with awe-filled eyes. He’d never seen such sights. Unfortunately, his stant wriggling only served to agitate his injuries further.

  “Would you stop moving about? You’re only making your injuries worse.” Ace said as he rolled his eyes at his friend’s antics.

  “I know, but I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Killian replied, failing to hide his excitement.

  “Just try not to worsen your injuries; the city isn’t going anywhere. It won’t be too te to go and explore a little after you recover.” Ace said

  Killian nodded aled down a bit, but Ace still felt the boy’s head shifting subtly every on a while. Ultimately, Ace could only sigh, but he didn’t try to stop him again.

  Unlike Ace, who had seen all kinds of kingdoms in his previous life, several of which were far more prosperous than this, Killian truly was just a-year-old child who’d never before today left the small backwater township of Wushan.

  After settling the young aed Killian in their room and ving him to get some rest, Ace walked door to speak to his mother.

  *Knoock*

  “Mom…”

  “e in, sweetie,” Milianna answered softly.

  Upoering, Ace saw Lating on the bed with his top off, showing off his very well-defined physique, and Milianna stood in front of him, showing great care as she ged his bandages. “Take a seat on the bed whilst I finish up.”

  Looking at the se in front of him, Ace couldn’t help but think that if he had walked in on them like this a couple of years ago, they would’ve jumped apart like they’d been caught doing something wrong. Their retionship has really e a long way.

  ‘I’m happy for you. Both of you.’ Ace thought to himself as his eyes fell on Lance. ‘But I refuse to call you daddy.’