The Eternal Family



The gates into the settlement were open, tied with ropes, and held up by strong boulders on the other side. Moving through the gateway, Ace couldn't help but ask, "Why is there such a big wall here? Something attacks you people?"

But that must be impossible since all kinds of threat this close to royalty would be annihilated by the Guards or even the King himself might interfere if need be.

Who can resist him?

Rome shook his head from the back of the horse, "Nothing attacks us, but sometimes, there are landslides or earthquakes that quake the entire settlement, but this Wall, our chief used some magical method on it to make it impervious to quakes and all, so it's really safe inside."

'Gu?' Ace thought inside, after all, only a Gu can change such fundamental properties of something and last this long.

Passing through the last layer of shadows that hid from him what lay ahead, Ace looked infront of him. He couldn't help his heart beating faster.

It was a very clear, fresh view of nature.

A small place filled with huts, all made from coconut leaves and mud bricks, some releasing smoke from the thatched chimneys, and children running around.

The sound of murmurs, laughs, and just people yelling inundated his senses. Full of green, natural, and Human aura.

Ace and even Harry inside the castle had their heart skip a beat.

Looking at some children running towards him, Ace asked Rome beside him, "Hey kid, it seems like we have some company."

"Haha, Don't mind them, they are just excited to see a horse," Rome's sky blue hair floated in the wind as he said, quite proud inside.

The horse slowed down, and all three of them got off of it, suddenly curious, Rome asked, "Brother Ace, do you mind if the children play with the horse?"

Ace shook his head, "As long as you feed him something."

"That's no problem," Exclaimed Rome as he went towards the kids.

Standing on the ground, looking at the lovely village that seemed like something straight out of a picture book, Ace couldn't help but sigh…what a wonderful place…

But if my prince Identity comes out here somehow, I might have to take some drastic action… He hoped no one would identify him. That would lessen a lot of potential trouble for Valeria since she won't have to come and change all these people's memories.

Not to mention, playing with memories always had its consequences. He was not a literal Demon to burn down a city for no benefit.

But if someone knew that the Null prince had passed through here, it would be very, very troublesome. His clone has to stay hidden till he got another Identity for himself and changed his face somehow.

Shaking his head, he looked at Rome and asked, "So, is there anything else here other than women that I might like?"

Again flinching in distaste, Raina said from the side, "All you foreigners ever care about is sleeping around, you are so dirty now… why don't you bathe first?"

She didn't know why, but unlike the other lustful people, she didn't really find Ace disgusting. Maybe it was because he could stay cool-headed even in the face of a deathly threat earlier.

"Well that's true, but tell me…Is there anything interesting here?" Ace scratched his chin and asked, a bit embarrassed.

Raina pondered but she couldn't come up with an answer, what else was there that might interest a foreigner… food? It was not something super great…

"Uncle Bamboo," said Rome with a smirk, putting a little kid above the horse that was now lying on the ground and snorting.

"Uncle Bamboo?" Raina questioned. Why that musclehead?

Ace just looked on.

Rome continued, "Uncle Bamboo has a Gift similar to yours, Brother Ace. He is an old Veteran, and his body is super strong, moreover, his Gift lets him go from Stage 1 strength to Stage 3 strength whenever he wants. And let me tell you, he had fought in duels with hundreds of people with powerful bodies and he rarely ever lost, so there is no better sparring partner."

Intrigued, Ace asked, "Will he bother about some foreigner to spar with him?"

"Heh, Uncle Bamboo and Spars go hand in hand, Foreigner Kid," Came a loud voice from above.

Everyone looked up, even the black horse.

Standing above the wall, his muscular body, tanned and oily, his messy black hair falling, a young man looked down at them, his round black eyes glinting in the sunlight. The guy stretched his muscles and asked, "What? Don't I look young and muscular?"

Raina yelled from the side, "Yes, you Muscleheaded old man, you look young because of me."

Uncle Bamboo chuckled and jumped down, his muscles contracting as he did so, and with a strong thud, his legs sinking into the mud, he hit the ground and stood up.

"Tch, tch, Don't expose my tricks Rain Rain," The old man who looked like a young man said, annoyed, and then looked at the muddied Ace, "Anyway, foreigner, if you want a spar, Uncle Bamboo is always here above the wall, just yell my name and I will be there."

Ace awkwardly nodded, what is this guy's body, the fucker jumped from above 30 meters and not even a scratch? And why was he so light even then? The ground didn't even have many cracks, just a bit of sinking down.

But the uncle wasn't over, looking at Rome, he asked, "Where did you get this scrawny kid who wants to spar with the majestic me?"

"Near mine and Raina's usual training area, we were playing around with weapons when we saw a horse, so… we thought it was some people from Yoge and ended up being a bit rude and interrogated him just how the chief taught us. Don't worry, he is no threat."

Uncle Bamboo turned speechless, his round eyes wide, he asked, "Did I ask all that? I just asked you where you got him…"

Shaking his head, Uncle Bamboo then went to play with the kids near the horse, "Hey Kids, can Uncle Bamboo join?"

One of the tan-skinned boys said, "Sure if you feed the horse! Rome said we have to feed it."

"That's unfair! You guys are five people and Uncle is just one, how can I be the one to feed it?!"

Ace chuckled and asked, "So, where is the pond?"

Rome scratched his head and said, a bit embarrassed, "I'll bring you there…"

"Sure."