Father

[1…. Start]

"Ahhhhhhh!"

Gu Tan couldn't help but scream when the bloodline limitation was getting removed from his bone marrow. Inside the bone marrow, he could feel the intense stings happening more than a hundred or even a thousand times per second.

"Son, this pain is nothing. The future will only be harsh. You hold the heavy responsibility. If you can't even bear this much pain, how can you take the village to the higher position?"

Although Gu Shui tried to encourage him, she couldn't take it either. She kept her eyes closed, not willing to see her son in pain. She knows how harsh this process is. She passed out when her bloodline limitation was removed.

"Ughhhhh! AHhhhhhh!"

Each time Gu Tan screams, she couldn't only clenched her fist tight and closed her eyes. After few minutes, the screams calmed down and only then she opened her eyes. It was already getting dark outside.

"I... succeed!" Gu Tan was barely opening his eyes as he muttered. He couldn't help but feel something different inside his body. But before he could do anything, Gu Shui pulled him into her embrace.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry, son. I'm sorry!" Gu Shui kept apologizing as she burst into tears while holding her baby boy in her arms.

"Mom…. It's not your fault. I am a leader, remember. If I can't even bear this pain, how can I bear the responsibility of the village and Fu family?" Gu Tan couldn't help but pat her head a few times.

Mother will always feel the pain of her child!

The pain that he went through was the same pain she felt. It was obvious that she kept feeling that pain once again but this time, in her mind alone.

"Sob! Sob!" Gu Shui slowly controlled her tears and got up. But, as she tried to get up, her eyes slowly closed and she fell.

"Mom!" Gu Tan screamed as he held her. He released his spiritual sense and found that she was just unconscious.

"Now, how am I going to take her back?" Gu Tan puts her head in his lap and sighs. His body was aching to the point where he could barely move. Lifting his mother and walking was out of the question because of his body condition.

"Need Help!"

Suddenly, a familiar voice rang in his ears that startled him. He turned around and shout "Dad!"

Gu Chen came out of the trees and stared at his wife.

"Let's go back!" He walked up to his wife and lifted her up in his back. He turned at his son and said "Need help!"

"I can do it." Gu Tan slowly stood up but his legs were still trembling.

"Sometimes, willpower isn't everything!" Saying so, he holds his wife in his arms and crouches down.

"Climb on my back!"

"But dad, I can walk." Although Gu Tan refused, his legs were on the verge of giving up.

Gu Chen stared at him and said "Do you no longer consider me as your father?"

"Dad, don't threatened me in such a small stuff!" Gu Tan couldn't help but jump on his back as soon as he heard his dad. He finally understands why his dad was able to threaten his mother. But, his dad was always like this.

Emotional Damage!

Each time he asks you to do something, if you don't do it, he will cause massive emotional damage. After climbing on his back, Gu Tan placed his face on his shoulder and rested. His body was tired.

"Dad, do you think I did something wrong?"

"No, you are a child. Even if you do something wrong, you should be forgiven. Unless you repeat your mistakes twice." Gu Chen shook his head and answered.

"Don't blame mom, okay? She feels guilty for family."

Gu Chen stayed silent for a moment and spoke "Son, remember a child can't lift a heavy boulder no matter how hard he tries. Sometimes, willpower isn't everything. You are smart and I know you choose everything carefully."

"But, you are still our child. You will not hesitate to do anything we ask you to do. That's why I don't want her to force responsibility on you at an early age. After all, you might not want to hold that responsibility. You might grow your own dreams."

"As your father, I will always support your dream."

After that, Gu Chen turned silent. He didn't take a crowded route since he was holding his son on his back and his wife in his hand. His words made Gu Tan fall into deep thoughts. He knew his dad was telling him to continue on his own path.

But, sometimes he doesn't understand his dad. His dad seems to be someone filled with emotions and these emotions create a mysterious robe around him.

Calling him emotionally weak, he is not. He didn't even hesitate for a single second to punch his brother. Even though he was a step-brother, it still says a lot about his emotions.

Calling him emotionally strong, he doesn't seem to be. He couldn't see a child working to earn daily food. He doesn't let his father eat alone and tries to accompany him most of the time.

This makes him quite confusing to deduce.

"Ahh! I almost forgot about this bloodline limitation extractor. Father, did mother tell you how to talk to it?" Gu Tan fluttered as he remembered the voice in his head.

"Shui'er used to call it Ace. Try calling Ace in your head!" Gu Chen paused for a moment before answering his son.

"Alright!" Gu Tan closed his eyes and thought 'Ace!'

"Yes, Host! How can I help you?" A strange voice rang on his head which he couldn't differentiate whether it belongs to a man or a woman.

'Can you introduce yourself?' Gu Tan asked in his head.

"Yes, Host! My name is Ace. I am a biochip created to take human evolution to a new level. I am currently merged with your bloodline and I can't display all of my functions. My primary function is to remove the bloodline limitation so that humans can evolve continuously."

"I can also scan, record, copy, fuse, extract and create my own analog of any data I receive. I receive data from your five senses and also if things enter your body. There are many secondary functions that I possess, one of them is showing your current status."

"It shows your basic physical and mental attributes alongside everything else that you possess. Host, I have recovered data from my previous host. Would you like me to read it and understand your world better?"

Her words made Gu Tan silent for a long time.

'Ace, the person who created you is definitely not from this world. There are many things that I do not understand but there is something that I do. Is there a way to understand those terms like data, biochip?'

After Gu Tan asked Ace, it remained silent for a moment before replying "Host, I need your confirmation to read the information stored within me. Only then, I will be able to perform in a way you want."

'Oh! Yeah, please read that information. I can wait.' Its words startled Gu Tan as he hurriedly agreed and got silent.

[Remaining time: One hour, twenty-five minutes!]

Gu Tan tilts his head in confusion when he saw a blue box appearing in front of him. This was the same blue box he saw previously but he almost forgot about it since he was in a crucial step. Now, he got even more confused.

But, he didn't disturb Ace. Although he didn't know what this blue box was, he could still read the words. One hour and twenty-five minutes!

'It seems Ace needs one hour and twenty-five minutes to read the information. But, how can you tell the time to read something without even reading it? Maybe, this is just a guess? I mean I can also guess how long it would take me to read a book.'

'I guess, I will wait until time ends. We are already reaching home. I will eat and sleep than talk tomorrow.'

After a few minutes, they reached home and Kao'er hurriedly came to serve food for Gu Tan. Gu Chen took his wife to the bed while Gu Tan starts eating. After a few minutes, Gu Chen came out of the bed and spoke "Son, sleep with us tonight!"

"Dad, I can sleep alone. I have been sleeping." Gu Tan couldn't help but become a little embarrassed. Although he is physically a ten-year-old child, he still feels embarrassed to sleep with his parents out of nowhere.

"Come on! Your mother wants to cuddle you. It's not like you can sleep with your parents from tomorrow." Gu Chen pulled his hand and took him to his room.

Gu Tan was a little embarrassed at first but soon, the embarrassment fades away as he fell asleep in his mother's arms.

Yeah, today might be the last night he can sleep with his parents.

After all, he is now a Village Chief.