Children with Imaginary friends know Me which was human but died of a unknown disease. 

Me is an evil Imaginary Friend that a little girl (Sophie) discovers. 

Sophie doesn't know that Me is evil, she thinks that he is good. So she ends up being friends with him.

The children however know something about Me, but for some reason they are unable to say what happened.

17-year-old Aidan Kessler is thrust into a game of magic and survival as he learns that he has been chosen to represent an ancient fighter in his attempts to be seated on a council that decides the fate of the universe.

17-year-old Aidan Kessler is suddenly thrusted into a game of magic and survival. He comes to learn that he has been chosen to represent an ancient fighter in his attempts to be seated on a council that decides the fate of the universe.

A small boy in the hot Arabian nights found a magic lamp then while in old age had his genie split into hundreds of smaller less powerful beings for his children and grand children but as they weren’t grateful they turned the genies into various things our hero has found one of them

After the old man leaves the cave he contemplates where he should go first to gather information about the escaping children.

'Where should I go first? ahh yea let's try the Cameleon town were there trying to escape'

After an hour of flying, he finally saw the town he stops flying and slowly descends to the ground,  he did this because he doesn't want unnecessary attention after that he starts walking towards the town, after a while the old man finally inside the town he observes the situation first see if something unusual.

'sigh I'm too old for this kind of things that kid really giving me hard time, I should ask for people and gather information about what happened that day'

 After a few minutes of collecting information, the old man learned that a week ago there's some ruckus outside the town, some children are yelling for help and when the guard saw them they thought the children are being chased by a beast, so they unsheath their sword and prepare to the fight, the guards run toward the children and when the guards finally saw the situation they noticed that a lot of children is wounded and some of them even past out, so the guards immediately become alert and observe the surrounding after a while when they are sure that there's no more danger the guards bring the children inside the town and let the doctor treat their wounds.

'I guess I check the hospital'

The old man walks in the direction of the hospital while observing the surrounding, and when his near at the hospital building he suddenly feel someone is watching him he ignores it and walks inside the building, inside he was greeted by the girl.

"Hello! sir do you feel sick?"

The old man look at the girl and answers.

"No, I'm just here because I heard a rumor that some children are treated here last week is that true?"

The girl thinks for a bit and quickly answer.

"Uhm... ahh yes we did treat some children here last week It's pretty easy to remember because it's kind of a big incident, but can I ask why do you want to know?

"Because my grandchild disappears I was hoping that I can find him here are the children still here?"

"I'm sorry but they are not here anymore the Cameleon Familia take them and said that they will help the children find their family, I suggest that you should go there and ask."

"Is that so ok thank you, young lady"

The old man shows his gratitude to the girl with a smile and leaves the building, the old man feels the watching eye again after he leaves the building, and the old man smirked.

 'I see what's happening here I think I need to interrogate someone'

The old man walks into the dark alley to lure the person who's watching him, after a while, the person finally bites the bait the old man prepare, the person suddenly showed up grabs the old man and put a knife on his neck.

"Who are you? why are you looking for the children?"

The old man suddenly laughs, and the person with a knife becomes alert and press harder the knife on the old man's neck.

"Do you think this is a joke? answer my question before I kill you!"

The old man stops laughing and talk.

"This is why I hate stupid people, do you think I'm stupid? even if I answer you, you're still going to kill me so just do it"

The man with a knife becomes impatient and slashes the old man's neck,  but instead of feeling relieved, he becomes really scared.

"Ho-how is this possible I'm an LVL 1 Baura User How can I not Injure you?"

The old man turns around and Finally saw the man, he has a black with that covering his face, the old man looks at the man with contempt and smiles proudly.

"This is why I told you, you're stupid you don't even know how strong your opponent and you still attack, do you know what kind of person I hate the most? a stupid person like you but let's stop the chit chat and start the action"

The old man becomes serious and his aura raised multiple LVL, the man in black hood tremble in fear the man tries to escape, but the old man didn't move and just flicks his finger four times and suddenly there's a four-light that shoot at the man four limbs, the man cried in pain and start begging to the old man whose slowly walking towards him.

"Ple-please do-don't kill me!! I-I tell you everything"

The old man stops and removes the man's black hood and he immediately saw the tattoo on his neck a Cameleon, and this proves the old man theory, the old man stares at the man with killing intent and ask.

"Why is the Cameleon Familia buying and kidnapping children?

The man answer with haste.

"I-I don't know all I know is they are sent to mine some crystal and other than that I don't anything"

"To mine? why use children isn't better to used adult for that kind of job?

" I-I don't know we just follow o-orders!"

 The old man stares at the man's eyes.

'He doesn't look lying to me, what kind of crystal are they mining to used children?'

"Then how can you answer my question if you don't know anything isn't better just to kill you?"

"Wa-wait do-don't kill me I-I know where the children you're looking for!"

"Speak!"

"They are currently being transported to the Black Cats town to be sold as an experimental lab rat"

The old man raised his left eyebrows and ask.

"When did they leave? how strong and how many guards?"

"In ju-just 2 days ago you and need 4 days before you can reach the Fort Euness town if you hurry yo-you can still catch up to them, as for the guards it have 5 guards 4 is LVL 1 Baura User and 1 LVL 2 Baura User"

 The old man hit the man in the neck and make him lose consciousness.

'You're lucky I can't kill, I only used a bit of my aura and I slightly feel tired'

The old man leaves the man and walks towards the exit of the town, after he walks a bit far away from the town the old man fly again in the direction of Fort Euness town, after a day the old man finally saw the groups of people riding a horse and a carriage that transporting the children, the old man past by them at blocking their way the Cameleon members become alerted and the 4 LVL 1 Bauta user become agitated.

"Who the hell are you?! can't you recognize the flag?!

But suddenly the LVL 2 Baura user yell and stop them.

"ALL OF YOU SHUT UP!!!"

'These idiots don't even know how strong that old man'

After that, he faces the old man and asks politely.

"Sir, do you perhaps need something?"

The old man look at the four LVL 1 Baura user with killing intent, then stop at the LVL 2 Baura user and answer.

"Yes I need those children inside the carriage"

The LVL 2 Baura user's face suddenly twitches but still talk politely.

"Uhm... sir what do you mean children they are just some goods I don't know what are you talking about?"

"Do you see me as a fool? hurry up and give me those kids"

The LVL 2 Baura use to stop being polite and threaten the old man.

"Hey do you know whose product is this? and do you know who is going to buy this? are you sure you can afford to offend those people?"

The old man sigh and answer.

"I thought you're different to those people back there and going to make a good decision but I guess you are stupid too"

The LVL 2 Baura user also becomes agitated and unsheathed his sword but before he can do or say anything the old man in front of him flick his finger once, and one of the people in the back screams and fell, then he heard the voice of the old man again.

"I advise you to think carefully before you make a decision and don't worry that guy is still alive"

The LVL 2 Baura stop and drop his sword and order the three to release the children, the three LVL 1 Baura user quickly do what their leader told them with fear on their face, they open the curtain that covering the inside of the carriage and inside there are children with different ages and gender, all of them is bound by a rope, the fear in their eyes is very noticeable except for 1 boy, that boy is Yuki who is holding his sister Shiro on his embrace while staring to the man who opens the curtain with killing intent, and beside him is there is a girl who is lying down on the wooden floor of the carriage it's  Rose who is still unconscious, and beside her, it's Lake even though his scared he still block Rose to the man, all of the children who escape with Layon is here then suddenly the man talk to them.

"All of you come down!"

The children start crying one by one but Yuki becomes anxious and asks the man.
"Where are you taking us?"

The man becomes annoyed and yells.

"SHUT UP AND DO WHAT I SAY!"

Because of the man loud voice, the children become more scared and cried, even more, the man becomes angry and raise his right hand to hit one of the children but a ray of light suddenly hit the man's right arm and because of that ray of light the man stop and cried out in pain than the old man talk,

"Did I say you can hit them?"

The old man looks at the LVL 2 Baura user again without saying anything, but the leader understands the old man he orders the other two again.

"Hurry up and don't do anything unnecessary!"

The two-man carry the children and take them out of the carriage one by one except Yuki and Lake Yuki carry his sister and get down on his own, while Lake carries Rose, when all of the children is out the Leader of the 5 Cameleon members speak.

"This is all of them but before I give them to you may I know who you are?"

The old man smirk and answer.

"Why do you want to know my name so you can get your revenge later? just shut up and give them to me"

"But how would I know if you will let us go after we give you the children?"

"You don't, and  if I want to kill you you won't be talking right now" 

the leader finally gives in and orders his underling to give the children to the old man, after the children get to the old man the five-member of Cameleon starting to leave but the old man stops them and say.

"Tell your Familia head to don't even think about finding these children again or else I will give him a visit, leave now."

What would you do if your loved ones are endangered or a person that killed your friend is in front of you? 


Are you going to be smart and remain calm or are you going to be emotional and release your rage?


Layon is a smart, loyal, trusting, and calm man but deep inside is a demon waiting to be released can he control it, is he going to be consumed by it, or why not become one with it?

It was a perfect day for a walk. The sun was up, but it doesn't hurt. The air was not chilly, just enough to complement the sun's warmth. The big bags of clouds can be seen too. And there, beyond the flower field, up on a hill, sat a tree.

An old woman with fair skin and wrinkled face smiled, her golden eyes were filled of longngingness as she looked at an old tree. The tree does not bare any fruits, but the flowers it has, somehow have life in them.

The woman slowly walked towards the tree, across the field, and up on a hill. And upon reaching her destination, a feeling of strong nostalgia flooded upon her. She was near to tear when a boy suddenly held her hand. She looked down and smiled at the boy who shared the same golden eyes as hers. 

"Where are the others?" asked the old woman. 

The boy just pointed to the flower field where the other children are playing.

"Can you call them for me, please?" she said giving a soft smile.

The boy answered her with a smile and nodded politely and went on his way. The old woman watched as the other children were being called. When the children looked up to her, she gestured them to come and so they rushed towards her.

"What's wrong Grandma?" ask the older boy.

"Nothing, I just want to share a story." said the old woman.

As she looked at them one by one she can instantly tell that the children were all curious and excited.

"Let us all sit down first" said the old woman.

The children did as they're told. They all sat in front of the old woman.
The old woman was sitting on the ground as well, facing the children with back against the tree.
The old woman smiled looking at the curious and handsome faces of the kids in front of her then asked.

"Do you believe in a second chance in life?"

The children seemed bewildered, they look at each other with questions in mind, then they asked.

"What do you mean, Grandma?"

"You mean, when you did something bad but you were forgiven?"

"Or... we were all supposed to be given a second chance?"

'These children are smart and curious' the old woman thought.

"All you said is right. A second chance is something that is given to us and also something that we give." the old woman said.

Then she continued.

"But... for some, it is a curse." she said with a sad expression.

One of the children frowned and asked.

"Why would someone considered it as a curse, Grandma? Shouldn't they felt blessed because they are given a chance?" 

The child strongly said like he was objecting it, the old woman paused and looked at their faces in agreement. The woman smiled and calmly said.

"Well, for others, they don't want second chances, for they know their sins are far too big." 

Another child joins the conversation.

"But there is no sin that is too big. Everybody deserves a second chance." 

The children nods in unison.
The old woman smiled at the children and said.

"You children are too innocent and pure. Untainted with the world."

Giving another sad expression, the children only looked at her puzzled.

'I hope they won't change when they experienced life's hardship themselves' the old woman sighed and thought to herself.

"Now children, listen to my story. Do you know that this tree we're under, received a second chance itself?" the old woman started.

"woah~" the children said in amusement.

"What is this tree called again, Grandma?" the smallest child asked.

"It is called 'The tree of Second Chances', it is also known as 'The Lia Tree'."

After the old woman said those words, a gentle wind passed by, as if it is comforting them.
The children were somehow flabbergasted then one of them spoke.

"Lia? You mean, just like your name, Grandma?"

The old Woman Smiled Mysteriously. 

"Yes, just like my name."



INTRO

life...
What is this so called "Life"?
How do you live this "Life" you said?
Is walking in every line of fire is called "Life"?
Is Life worth fighting for?
Is Life worth living for?
...
If this hell is life, would you still want it?
If every walk leads to destruction, would you still walk it?
If the Sun's warmth started to burn you, would you still embrace it? and
If every sunset is becoming far, would you still chase it?
...
some said, 'Life is like the moon; beautiful, mysterious and magical.' and like the moon it has a dark side.
And maybe, just maybe, the dark side is fond of me...



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Hi this is the author of The first Lia.
Thank you for reading the intro my darlings! 
I'm happy to share this first story of mine. I've been dying to write this one with my cousin since she's pretty hype with the story too... so yeh. 
also i draw my novel cover. 

*whisper* Izuka Ryoukio is my artist name..m sounds familiar? xD no? okay. ;'3

Si Zhanbei did not object to this. However, he was a little worried about the children. After all, they were still young. He reckoned that old master and housekeeper Wang would not be able to handle them.
Especially old master. He was old and could not carry the children at all.
Si Zhanbei told his worries to Sheng Fenghua. Unexpectedly, Sheng Fenghua smiled and said, "you can ask sister-in-law Yue to take care of the children. Moreover, I won't stay in the city for too long. Half a day should be enough. "
"Will sister-in-law Yue agree? " Si Zhanbei was a little worried. After all, it was very tiring to take care of the children. Although sister-in-law Yue seemed to like the children very much, liking them and taking care of them were two different things.
"I'll go and ask her in the afternoon. If she doesn't have time, then I'll take the children with me. " Sheng Fenghua thought for a moment and said.
"Okay, you can ask her first. If there's really no one to take care of them, I can also apply for leave. "
The two of them discussed it and saw that it was getting late. Only then did SI Zhanbei get up from the bed and go to work. After Si Zhanbei left, Sheng Fenghua closed her eyes and went to sleep.
When she woke up, it was already past two o'clock. The children were hungry again and woke up.
Sheng Fenghua Fed the children milk and changed them into clean diapers. Then, she put them in the cart and planned to push them out for a walk.
When she was leaving the hospital, she bumped into sister-in-law Yue. Sister-in-law Yue didn't have much to do in the afternoon other than picking up the children from school. When she saw Sheng Fenghua bringing the children out to play, she came along.
On the way, Sheng Fenghua told sister-in-law that she was going to the city and asked her to look after the children. Sister-in-law Yue didn't say anything and agreed.
Sister-in-law Yue liked Sheng Fenghua's two children very much. Moreover, as military wives, it was only right for them to help each other.
Since sister-in-law Yue agreed, Sheng Fenghua let go of a worry.
The two of them brought the children to play in the family courtyard for a while and saw that it was getting late. Sister-in-law Yue was going to pick up the children, so she said goodbye to Sheng Fenghua.
After sister-in-law Yue left, Sheng Fenghua brought the children to play for a while more before bringing them home. As soon as they got home, old master Si immediately walked up and took over Sheng Fenghua's work. He started playing with the children.
Seeing that the old master and housekeeper Wang were accompanying the children, Sheng Fenghua turned around and went into the kitchen.
After dinner, Sheng Fenghua told old master si about her trip to the city the next day. She also told him that sister-in-law Yue would come over to help take care of the children for half a day.
At first, old master SI wanted to say that he and housekeeper Wang could take care of the children, but when he thought about how the two of them didn't even know how to change diapers in the morning, he didn't say anything in the end.
It was true that the two of them didn't know how to change diapers, and there was nothing they could do about it. In their era, it was a woman's business to take care of the child.
Moreover, there was a saying that was passed down in the past, that was to carry a grandchild but not a son. In other words, men generally only knew how to carry a grandchild, but not a son.
Therefore, men of their age really rarely knew how to take care of a child.
When Si Zhanbei heard that sister-in-law Yue would be coming, he didn't say anything more. He only told Sheng Fenghua to be careful on the road and go back as soon as possible. After all, now that she had a child, if she left for too long, the child would look for her mother.
Sheng Fenghua smiled and agreed. Even if SI Zhanbei did not say anything, she would not stay for too long. She would rather go a few more times than stay for too long.
The night passed without a word. The next morning, Sheng Fenghua had just finished her breakfast when sister-in-law Yue came over.
"SISTER-IN-LAW, you're here. I'll have to trouble you today. " Seeing sister-in-law Yue, Sheng Fenghua was very grateful.

She was a medical expert, talented and beautiful. She was reborn as his little wife. Her in-laws did not like her, her husband did not love her, and she was as timid as a mouse. She was weak and easy to bully.
When she became her, her goal was to flirt with him, flirt with him, flirt with him!
One day, she stood in front of him with a mischievous expression. "Young Master Si, I heard that you have a crush on me? "
Si Zhanbei raised his head and glanced at her. He stretched out his big hand and pulled her into his embrace. "Wife, this is a love affair. "
So... ... The result of flirting with him was that the sheep went into the tiger's mouth ...

A woman's high pitched screams reverbated in the sandstone cave.

Nine people sat outside under the wooden roof, surronded by work benches and leather stretched tightly over wooden frames for tanning. Five children sat in front of the bench with the small millstone, the youngest looking scared. The older ones were relaxed. After all, their mother gave birth every year.

There were four adults, one a man just over twenty, one an old woman older than her years and two barely grown at possibly fourteen or fifteen. The man looked unhappy as he paced around. The two young adults simply seemed annoyed, mostly indifferent. They had the same almond eyes as the man, the same delicate jaw and curly dark hair, while the old woman only shared the eyes and curls. Her hair was mostly grey, her expression spoke of a life of endless hard work and exhaustion, finally forced to her knees by loss and longing. She looked like a crone even though she still had a few years before she reached the age of fourty. 

Unexpectedly, when the screams stopped again for a while, one of the young adults, the girl of fifteen, opened her mouth. "I'm going to marry Gared soon. He wants my talent at calming animals for his bees." 

The old woman looked at her daughter in a flash of joy. "He's a dependable man. I thought he would take Miranda?"

The girl shook her head. "Miranda's abilitiy is a green finger, making plants grow larger than usual. It would be useless for a beekeeper, so his parents objected. He said he was going to come with a honey pot and mead in a few days."

With a hint of pride the old woman looked at her daughter. All of her children had talents that could directly influence qi in some way. Had they been a cultivator family...she wouldn't have been forced to sell six of her children to sects and large families by her husband. It hurt to sell a child, but...with eyes full of pity she looked at the five little ones as the screams started again.

Food was scarce. They would either have to starve or sell some of her grandchildren, to ensure the rest would be able to grow well. They were lucky. Others had to sell to pioneers or slavers. At least their family could still make sure their children would grow up well.

"Billy, go to the Laplace mansion in Etlarvale and tell them that the hunters from the southeastern high forest have children for sale. They took my younger siblings, they took most of my children. I'm sure they will take my grandchildren, as well." The old woman ordered the boy who was legally and adult but hadn't acquired the charateristics of a man yet. 

"Is that really necessary?" The young father looked at his mother unhappily. "I can raise six. You'll see."

The old woman just sighed. She knew as well as he did that six would be difficult. Billy remained silent throughout the conversation, just nodding at his brother.

Embarrassing as it was, her youngest son was prettier than all of his sisters, who weren't unattractive either. The old soman couldn't help but worry about him. He would have to leave soon enough to find his own way in life and he did not seem sturdy enough to be a soldier or miner. Maybe she should have sold him, as well.

The young father just looked at his children as though he was trying to determine which of them he ought to sell, which could be sold and which he ought to keep. The little ones, the oldest only five, did not understand what the adults were talking about. They were sleepy and cranky as the screams kept them awake while the cool wind made them uncomfortable.

It was past bed time, but their mother was still fighting to give birth.

Fortunately, since it was her sixth birth, it did not take a whole day like the first. After another hour, when the little ones outside started complaining, a high wail showed that a new child was born. The father paced impatiently, waiting for the wooden door to open, when a second wail joined the first. After the second came a third.

The father of now 8 children covered his eyes with his arm. Six was a stretch. Eight would starve.

"I'll go tomorrow." Billy said quietly. His brother stood still, but the old woman nodded. 8 were too many for a single couple to raise properly. If they waited too long the cultivators wouldn't want the children anymore. Some only accepted babies, the Laplace took all children younger than ten, though only healthy children younger than three were adoped in the higher cirles of the family. 

The old woman looked at her youngest son once again. He was fourteen, at the right age to become an apprentice. Maybe the Laplace would accept him, as well. He could guide qi within quartz and stone as he pleased, a talent useless to a farmer or hunter. Hopefully it would be useful for the Laplace. 

Finally the door of the cave opened, allowing the family to enter. A thick smell of blood and sweat escaped and the view to an exhausted woman, the midwife bathing the babies and a lot of dirty linen on a pile greeted them. The woman had clearly been wiped with cloth and her nightshirt changed, just like the bed linen, so there was no hindrances when the children hurried into the cave. The old woman carried the youngest, a boy of 11 months that was crying from hunger after not being able to drink from his mother for hours. Her daughter brought the second youngest, a sleepy girl of two and a half years. While they went to sleep they couldn't help wondering which of the children they were going to sell. 


Early the next morning a very pretty young man of fourteen called William rose to make his way to  Etlarvale, the township to the northwest of his home. It was barely more than a village with a market, but several large families and cultivators used it as a rest area on the journey over the mountains. A shortcut only cultivators were able to take and therefore nothing most ordinary families could take advantage of. Except those with good heritage who sold part of their children to them.

The young man was familiar with the rough hills and the dense forest, crossing the distance with little trouble while avoiding the territories of dangerous beasts with ease. At one particular point he changed direction, running towards a cliff. Not long after he entered a cave where an old man was busy polishing a piece of colorful glass with intricate designs on it. 

William bowed before the man in respect while the old man gave him a kind smile before he continued his work. 

"Master, my brother wants to sell his kids." William reported without rising from his bow.

The old man looked at the boy he had taken as his apprentice after hearing about the quality of children that family supplied. With a hint of interest in his expression he nodded. "Well, I'll come over to take a look then. This would be the right time to make your position as my disciple official, too." He hummed thoughtfully for a bit while William stood straight with a proud smile on his lips. As it should be. 

Finally the older man got to his feet and left the cave with William tailing him. He threw the intricately shaped and polished piece of grass on the floor at the entrance carelessly. Almost immediately an illusion barrier coveredpart of the cliff, hiding all traces of them.

The master walked seeminly slowly while William was almost running to follow as they made their way towards the cave of the little hunter family.

When they arrived the rest if the family was already waiting, the children all bathed and dressed in their best shirts, still damp from washing. The old woman and her eldest hurried to put all of them on the bench outside for the man to inspect as he approached before they went to their knees and bowed.

"Your family has always approached my family and given us good children to groom into fine members of our clan. If you're ever in trouble you may contact the local branch." The man threw a coinin front of the old woman's knees. There was no kindness in his tone and he didn't bother introducing himself. This family was merely a resource to be protected for its usefulness. He did not allow them to rise or speak either and the family remained still. There were plenty of stories about people trying to prove their children's worth with words and being punished for bothering cultivators.

The man took a look at the eldest boy, touching his forehead while the child remained very still. After a while the man nodded. "Qi manipulation ability, just a genius at body enhancement, but not bad. What's the name?" 

"Andrew." William answered from the back.

The cultivator nodded as he turned to the next child. One after the other revealed an ability with qi manipulation, receiving even better evaluations than the eldest boy. Finally, the triplets, two girls and one boy, showed broad abilities with qi manipulation. 

"These three I could take to the core family." The cultivator judged as he pointed towards Benjamin, Jasmine and Clarabell. "The others, aside from the oldest, could be adopted into the branches and chief retainer families. Andrew would be a good addition to our army. I'd offer two stones for each of the triplets, one for the four younger ones and fifteen gold for Andrew." 

The old woman, though still bowing, smiled to herself. Her grandchildren could have a good future. One other peasant families couldn't dare hope for. Her own husband had gambled the gold and stones for her children away, but her son was more sensible. He wouldn't make the same mistakes. They could buy a large farm or a shop in the better parts of a large city with 10 stones. Not that they would go to a city. But they could definitely have a good life. It was not her decision however. Silently, she waited for her son's answer.

He sighed quietly before he answered. "Andrew will have to care for me and my wife when we grow old." His expression showed that the idea of having his son become a soldier worried him, as well. Being a moderately wealthy man with children living a life he could never give them...he was only too glad to do so. But an army was something very different. "We're ready to sell the others." 

His wife sobbed quietly beside him. But she would get used to it. Everybody did. It was better for all of them this way. None of his children would ever starve, all would have a brighter future. What else could parents wish for?

The cultivator nodded and pulled a purse from his robes, counted ten murky crystals into his hand and placed them on the bench. "Next month a few people will come to get the children. Take good care of them during that time." Seven gold coins were added to the pile. After all, these people were now caring for young masters and young ladies, not peasant children. 

Finally, the man pointed behind himself, towards William. "His ability is useful in talisman crafting. My Laplace family will accept him as an apprentice. Since he won't be a bother he can come over tomorrow. Since he has talent we won't demand a fee."

The cultivater nodded towards all of the kneeling people and then turned around, leaving with the same slow yet fast pace from before.

The little family was silent for a few seconds before the little ones started crying and their mother joined. Sobbing in quiet desperation she clung to her kids while the father got up, took his bow and ran away into the forest. Unable to face the children he had just sold and the wife he had robbed of those babies she had given birth to. 

The old woman watched patiently.

In William's eyes the flames of ambition burned brightly. He was eager to show his skill and talent to the world, not as the laborer everyone had assumed he would become but as something far better. 

He dreamed of his own family clan, a clan where everyone could cultivate and no children had to be sold to become the strength of others.

Some have abilities meant for battle, others for crafting and some are not very useful. For peasants abilities have little meaning, aside from high sales prices for talented babies. 

One of them is Benjamin. 

A boy adopted by a large martial arts family for his ability to induce energy into living beings, plants and objects alike. 

His life as one of the next clan leaders' companions takes an unexpected turn when not only his abilities blossom but also his good looks.

-Boy's Love Warning!-

Friday, 28th October 1442 EVE
"Daddy, can Amy and me put more firewood into the fireplace?" a tiny voice croaked at my lap and I nodded my head and then answer affirmatively, "Don't go out too far... Whaa... WWHHAA...??!!"

Did my son just speak a perfectly sounding sentence with clear crisp words just now?

"Yeah, Daddy. Jay-R and I won't be too far. We would be picking that firewood and stoke up this fireplace. See the flames are going off already..." a girly tiny voice croaked once again as I saw my children faces looking up at me as they finished speaking with me.

"WHAT DID YOU GUYS JUST SAID TO DADDY? YOU BOTH CAN SPEAK PERFECTLY WITHOUT A HITCH?!"

I got a sweet surprise from my children and I wondered how come they could speak to me so fluently all of a sudden. Eagle was there and he gaped at the wonder that was occurring before him...! Not only my children had not reached 2 years of age but somehow they could even speak fluently without any babytalk...!

"Yes, Daddy. It would be alright, to stoke the fireplace?" Jay-R spoke up to me as he picked himself up from his lying position, brushed his buttocks and helped his twin sister to stand up as well.

My children...! Who are still being fed by us, who loved to giggle and laugh and poke fun at each other, could talk perfectly...! Hey guys, what's happening here, man...!

"Aahh... Aahh... Yes, I think it is alright. Go on ahead... Just be careful, yes?" I stammered slightly and if not for Eagle who witnessed the whole event, would think that it's all a dream. 

Yes, a dream that I would need to wake up from. Old Jack and Old Kayla were also surprised hearing those perfectly formed words that came out from the lips of both my under 2-year-old children...!

"Your Majesty, what's really is happening here? Is this a miracle or is it a kind of magic that this forest had that enabled His and Her Royal Highness to be able to speak?"

Old Kayla and Old Jack too was stupified and could find the most appropriate reasons for the happenings.

Suddenly, a familiar voice boomed inside my head as it explained, "You had been unselfish towards the dwarves and elves for the past few occasions and would gladly share with them whatever you think is beneficial for them in the course of their daily lives."

"I could sense something but I could not detect any hostilities or negative energy. But as soon as the dwarves and elves had gone, somehow the energy those two mythical races had left, were meant for the children, Audemars."

"Right now, your children had been bestowed with perfect speech a 5-year old possess. That's all I know right now but other than that, it's for you to discover for yourself from your children then."

Wow...! Speech as in a 5-year-old right now? But from their words and actions, it must be more than a 5-year-old to me. 

Firstly, it's their mannerism and then also the way they express themselves too. A 5-year-old, God...! I don't know even know how a 5-year-old child would act and think already...! Gosh...!

I was exasperated at first but when I looked at the two gnomes... I mean my two children before me, as they picked the pieces of firewood and stacked accordingly inside the fireplace without a hint of endangering themselves or to others, I was elated since we don't have to baby talk to them anymore and could even hold a perfectly normal conversation with them...!

After the children had finished their task and the flames got a bit brighter, they didn't go around and poke into the fireplace to cause the sparks to fly into the darkened forest like fireflies.

Instead, they sat down cross-legged before me and held their blankets close to themselves as they looked at me. "Daddy, when would Mummy return? It had been some time and there are no sounds of honking at all."

The children were a bit worried and this made me realise something was amiss. However, my worries were shortlived as the 3 ladies, Gwen at the driver's seat, arrived at the temporary encampment with the 2 shadow units members sitting at the back seat of the Dragon Boat and was feeling a bit of motion sickness as they had experienced the prowess of the Dragon Boat that could be used on both land and water. Hahaha...!

As soon as Heather, Gwen and Crystal sauntered over as they had parked the Dragon Boat, leaving the 2 Shadow unit members who were literally slumped at the back seat of the Dragon Boat, Old Kayla and Old Jack was gesturing them to gather around faster.

"Heather, my child... Your children can talk already." Old Kayla remarked excitedly at first.

"Oh, that's alright Mama. I knew they could talk. Can't you hear they asking for candies earlier? And also give out the Health Lozenges to the dwarf and elves too?"

Heather replied nonchalantly and thought it was normal.

"No, Heather, my child. Your children can really talk normally like an adult...!"

At first, Heather thought she had heard wrongly, but when the three ladies went forward to see what's happening, they were a bit surprised as they saw His and Her Royal Highness was obediently sitting cross-legged in front of me just like an adult would do...!

"Dear, Mama Kayla just mentioned to me that the children can talk like adults do?" 

Heather asked and before I could answer the children spoke up to her instead. "That's right Mummy dearest. We can talk like a normal adult would."

"In fact, we could also read and write and also do simple math. Thanks to your teachings and also the time spent at daycare." 

Amy replied to her and then Jay-R chipped in as well, "Don't be too surprised, Mummy dearest. If not for our Daddy who is being so unselfish towards these mythical races, we don't think we would be bestowed with this intelligence." 

The 3 ladies were stumped and thought that they had missed something great when they went for a joy ride, each one trying their hands and skills traversing the Dragon Boat as they zipped around and skimmed on the surface of the water before zooming across the plains and back into the water again. 

"How did this happen and when?" Heather didn't know what to do right now since the children had somehow 'matured' right before her eyes. 

Soon I explained to everyone what had actually happened just before the dwarves and elves had done before they left. This was what Ceres, the guidance system had detected, so basically there's no way outside forces would have interfered other than from these two mythical races.

We both felt that something had possessed our children and taken them away somewhere and replaced these two before us by trolls that impersonate our children...!

I had the urge to grab hold of those trolls and shake them about, and force them to bring back our children...! Wuwuwu...!

As parents, we were equally stumped and doesn't know how to begin so we basically started off with the basics. 

"My dear children, do you still need us to spoon feed you whenever it's time to have our meals?" Heather asked first since it would be the most basic question since the children used to stuff their fists inside their mouth if they are hungry. 

"Haha...!, Mummy, you don't have to feed us anymore but you could get for us smaller spoons so that we would be able to spoon-feed ourselves."

"Just like the toothbrushes, you have the one for the adults and the one for kids, so basically the spoons that you would need to find for us would definitely be smaller," Amy replied as she giggled like a small girl would and not like a toddler a few moments ago...! 

Hearing Amy making a long-winded reply makes us wonder who they had gotten it from, either from me or from Heather herself. 

Jay-R was the next one to actually narrate as he requested, "My dear parents, could we have separate bedrooms once we got back home?" 

"We won't need a big sister to mind us anymore but would be a great help in the kitchen for the meals and also to upkeep the house."

"We love the house better than the domain but the domain had a bigger place to run around and play."

"Otherwise, the house is good enough. We have a roof over our heads and food on the table and of course, if you wanted us to act cute and cuddly, we could do so too unless you would like us to remain in this manner."

Fooh...! Jay-R is equally long-winded too just like either Heather or me. Wuwuwu... 

I want my cute cuddly children back that baby talks at me and not lecture us on what they need from us like right now... Wuwuwu... 

This is a real shocker for us, parents. 

One moment they were drooling and stuffing their fists inside their mouths and the next, they are standing right before us, as tall as a Gnome and requesting what they would be needing once they got back home...!

I facepalmed as I sat there and pondered while resting my chin on my hands as I place my elbow on my knee and looked at the two children that had somehow grown to be a small adult too fast and too sudden...!

Suddenly they wanted to have their own bedrooms and doesn't need a baby sitter anymore. They could feed themselves and dress up themselves too which means they won't be showering together anymore. Shame shame...!

At this juncture, the children won't need to wear nappies anymore too...! 

"Daddy, could Sir Blackie come up inside the bedrooms? It could sleep on my bed or Jay-R's bed if it wanted to." Amy spoke up as she tugged at Sir Blackie's ears as it perked up and barked excitedly when he heard his name being called. 

Sir Blackie couldn't even sense the difference when it was called by the children before and after, could he?

"I guess he could as long as it doesn't pee or poop inside the house," I replied as I still held my chin resting on my raised knee. 

"Don't worry, Daddy. We could ask Windtalker to talk to Sir Blackie if it doesn't understand us at all." Jay-R spoke up and it too rubbed the thick for behind Sir Blackie's head just like what I used to do.

The rest of the senior members of the board was still gaping as they listened to the children talk to us. It was like, I don't know how to describe it in words, but you readers would be able to understand what I'm trying to say, right? 

"Grandchildren, how much do you know about yourselves right now?" Old Kayla wanted to test something so she asked a sensible question for the children.

"Grandma Kayla. We are the children of the territorial king, our Daddy, Audemars Macleod. I am Jesus Raphael and my sister Angelica Mae. We are born on 14th April last year and we are not even 2 years old right now and able to converse with anyone like an adult."

"You may refer to us as Jay-R and Amy or with hereditary peerage such as HRH at the front. It would be a mouthful if you were to keep repeating His Royal Highness Jesus Raphael Macleod yadda yadda yadda... Am I right?" 

"Just Jay-R and Amy would do just fine. Everyone knows who we are since we are the only two who had these Ash grey coloured hair on top of our heads as Daddy do. Hehehe."

Jay-R had finished speaking while his twin sister continued, "Our names had been given by our parents so it would be best to be called that way. Just like before, if I am not wrong, Daddy would prefer to be called the lowest peerage right, as young master and nothing more than that." 

"We would also like to keep our identities on the down-low so that we can mingle with the crowd and community like any other normal children. We don't want to be treated anything special and we like what we are having right now and let us be children for the time being. Hehehe."

Amy giggled but her giggle was like a small girl's and not a baby... A talking baby perhaps... 

Old Kayla was dumbfounded as she had asked a few sentences and what she got back as a reply was a cartload of words...! 

"So my little darlings... I mean Jay-R and Amy, would you like to stay here for another day and night and leave on Sunday or we leave back to town tomorrow instead?" 

I felt that calling them my little darlings seemed rather inappropriate and decide to call them by their names instead since they knew how to respond to us in a normal conversational way. 

"Daddy, if we could, we would like to stay for another night. You hadn't taught us how to fish...! We want to go fishing tomorrow before we go and take a look at Hellsgate."

Gwen took out the fishing rods from the goods wagon and showed it to the children."Why not go fishing with Auntie Gwen tonight? See if the fish is biting, alright?" 

The children looked at me and then looked at each other before they pumped their fist in the air while shouted "Yay...!" a few times as Sir Blackie bounded along with them to the riverbank. 

I looked at Heather and no words could describe how we felt at that time as we fell sprawled to the ground much to the shock and then laughter from the senior members of the board. 

Our children had turned overnight to be — Miracle Kids...!

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There was no shortage of such blankets in the Zhai family. As soldiers, Zhai Yaohui and Zhai Sheng had lived through much tougher circumstances. Tonight, they had just laid down a futon in Old Master Zhai's room. Because the warm temperatures of September had not completely passed, it was much more cooling to sleep on the floor rather than the bed, even if the floor was a little hard. 
After a night, Zhai Sheng, who was in his early thirties, did not feel anything at all. On the other hand, Zhai Yaohui, who was almost sixty, was feeling sore all over, and he looked frail.
Seeing Zhai Yaohui in this state, Miao Jing quickly pulled Zhai Yaohui back to their room and helped Zhai Yaohui massage his back and waist. "You're already quite senior in age. Just admit it." In the past, there was no way that Old Zhai would face such severe consequences from sleeping on the floor for one night.
Zhai Yaohui's face darkened as he eyed Miao Jing impatiently. "Are you disdaining me because I'm old? Weren't you happy the night before yesterday?" Had his performance been so poor that he had been unable to satisfy Miao Miao?
Miao Jing's face flushed with anger and she landed a hard slap squarely on Zhai Yaohui's back. "You old foggy! What are you blabbering about? The triplets are still young. Just wait and see how I'll deal with you if the triplets hear these dirty words." Miao Jing did not wish for Da Bao and Er Bao to know too much and speak like hooligans.
As for San Bao, she should be a pure girl who was clear like crystal. These dirty words were in no way suitable for any of her grandchildren to hear.
Zhai Yaohui was dissatisfied. "Weren't you the one talking about it?"
"Did I mean that?" Miao Jing retorted with a shout.
"To men, as long as you mention it, that is what you mean!" Zhai Yaohui refused to back down.
Qiao Nan, who had wanted to ask if she could help with anything, stood awkwardly at the door. She had inadvertently overhead her parents-in-law flirting and felt second-hand embarrassment.
In the past two years, Qiao Nan had clearly felt that her parents-in-law's relationship had improved tremendously as compared to ten years ago.
At such a time, Qiao Nan naturally would not have been so foolish to knock on the door to interrupt her parents-in-law. Instead, she got the triplets, who had already woken up and changed, to quickly head downstairs for breakfast before sending them to school.
"Great-grandpa!" Da Bao shouted loudly when he saw Old Master Zhai return to drink soymilk after shadowboxing.
Old Master Zhai's expression lightened and he burst into a wide smile. "Ah, good morning, Da Bao! Our Zhai family's children should be like this indeed. Greeting with a loud voice, just like shouting commands in the army. Come, Da Bao. Come drink soymilk with great-grandpa!"
Da Bao nodded and automatically sat next to Old Master Zhai, holding up his cup and drinking his soymilk. Old Master Zhai valued Da Bao but loved Er Bao and San Bao all the same. So the soymilk that the three children drank was all poured by Old Master Zhai alone.
As such, Er Bao and San Bao had never felt as though their great-grandfather, Old Master Zhai, was ever biased. Their great-grandfather loved all three of them equally.
"Great-grandpa, we've eaten our fill and we're going to school now." Upon finishing their meal, the three children did not need any reminders or help from the adults. They picked up their hefty bags and followed obediently after Qiao Nan to take their leave.
Old Master Zhai nodded with a smile. "Okay. Great-grandpa will wait for you to return home."
"Okay," the three children replied in unison. Only with that did they let their mother send them to school.
Qiao Nan and her children went to work and school respectively. On the other hand, Zhai Sheng, who rarely had time to spend at home, was idle with nothing to do. Zhai Sheng had discussed it with Qiao Nan, and he would find something to occupy himself with. "Mom, I'm going next door to see Old Lin. Nan Nan said that Old Lin rarely comes out to walk around nowadays. Sometimes, Nan Nan takes the three children to visit Old Lin but he is never willing to open the door for the four of them."
It was not just Old Master Zhai that worried them, but Lin Yuankang worried them too.
The problem was that if Lin Yuankang did not open the door for them to enter, Qiao Nan could not possibly force the door open and scare Old Lin. But after a few days of not seeing Old Lin, Qiao Nan had become very uneasy. If not for the few sentences that they exchanged through the door, Qiao Nan might even think that…
Qiao Nan did not understand why Old Lin refused to see her and her three children anymore. And since she could not make any progress, the only person Qiao Nan could call on for help was Zhai Sheng.
"Fine." Miao Jing sighed anxiously. "Old Lin is around the same age as our old master. I know that Nan Nan has been so worried about Old Lin's health these days that she hasn't been able to sleep well."
The mention of this topic made Miao Jing's eyes turn red.
When the elderly reach a certain age, there is only one thing that their family constantly worries about. Moreover, Old Lin and Old Master Zhai's health was deteriorating by the year. It was not as if they did not know that.
Two years ago, Old Zhu could no longer hold on and among the veteran revolutionaries, and he was the first to pass on.
At Old Zhu's age, passing on could have been seen as a closure as well as joyful. But as joyful as it was, losing a loved one was ultimately painful for the Zhu family.
Zhu Chengqi had already lost his wife at a young age. And now that even his father had passed on, he only had his son, Zhu Baoguo, by his side. Even though Zhu Chengqi had never uttered a single word, Miao Jing could still sense deep sorrow and loneliness in this tough chief.
The only thing the Zhu family could rejoice about was that Old Zhu had always kept Zhu Baoguo in his mind before his death. Zhu Baoguo was already a young man of over twenty years old. As a mother, Qiao Nan did not want to say, but her children could fend for themselves and were already in kindergarten. But there was nothing from Zhu Baoguo's side. Old Zhu said that he was uneasy if he were to leave just like that.
In order to reassure the old man, Zhu Baoguo told Old Zhu that he actually had a girlfriend and that his girlfriend was Shi Qing. It was just that the two of them were too passionate about the army and did not want to get married too early. Hence, they had kept it under wraps.
Zhu Chengqi and Shi Peng had all along known about the situation between the two children. Thus, the two of them decided to arrange for the engagement of their children before Old Zhu passed on so as to reassure him.
Old Zhu was rather satisfied with Shi Qing as his granddaughter-in-law. He personally witnessed Zhu Baoguo and Shi Qing exchange engagement rings. And maybe it was because his wish had been fulfilled that Old Zhu passed on that very night. When the Zhu family found him, Old Zhu's lips were still curled up in a smile.
Half a year later, Old Zhu's in-law, who was also a family friend of the Qiao family, passed on as well. With the deaths of two veteran revolutionaries, everyone felt uneasy. Especially those of similar age, they were worried and did not know when such a day would come for them too. Perhaps if they shut their eyes today, they would never open them again.
The death of Old Lee cast another shadow on the Zhu family. On the day of Old Lee's funeral, Qiao Dongliang specially rushed back from Ping Cheng to mourn Old Lee's death.


Qiao Nan: Crap! I am your biological daughter, yet I am treated as if I was picked up from the streets. In fact, you treat me worse than that!

Mother Qiao: Qiao Nan, you are not as pretty or smart as your elder sister. You are not as blessed as her. You have no right to study, marry, or to have your happiness!

Qiao Nan: Why am I not allowed to study, marry, or to seek my happiness? I will find a man right now and marry him!

Qiao Nan is dumbstruck upon discovering that the man right beside her is a powerful figure in the quad—the person who has the most promising prospects to be the future Chief.

Qiao Nan stares at the well-built man in front of her. He has firm abs and cold, chilling eyes. She swallows the lump in her throat as she says her greetings, "Good Morning, Chief!"

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