Family reunion

Bai and his family went to a room inside their mansion. The room consisted of two long sofas facing each other, with a table between. It had a desk and a chair to one side of the room, behind it a window stood, sunlight entering from it.

Entering the room, Bai sat on one sofa while his family sat on the other. A servant came with cups on a plate. The servant prepared meticulously six cups of teas, skillfully grinding the tea leaves. Once he served the teas, he left taking the plate with him, making a bow and excusing himself.

Now that they were alone, Bai took his cup and slowly relished in his tea before the gaze of the others. "You seems very calm, Bai" Fengzhi hummed "I expected you to be nervous"

"I already made up my mind" Bai said calmly "Even if I am afraid of the result, I would explain it to you all. My course of action will depend on how you react" Bai took another sip of tea.

"Don't joke around!" shouted Rongrong clashing her hand to the table "You injured Oscar seriously and to San was even worst, you beat him into a pulp, he almost died!" she said angrily "What happened to you? You would never have done something like this before"

"I already told that I changed I will explain why now" Bai answered neutrally to his sister "For Tang San, he can be considered lucky. If it weren't for you, Chenxiang and Xiao Wu, I would have killed him before"

"Why? San never did anything bad to you" asked Rongrong.

"Did Tang san explain to you his travel around Slaughter City?" answered Bai with a question.

"He explained little from it, only that he trained there and obtained a new domain in it"

"At least he kept his word and didn't tell that I was there" Murmurred Bai, Rongrong listening it.

"You went there?" asked surprised Rongrong "That place is full of depravity and death, you must kill in order to survive"

"And I killed" answered Bai "Lots of people, I was named Slaughter Sword. Anyway, we left the city at the same time, both obtaining the Deathgod Domain. The important there was that Tang San in his glory kindness decided to poison Slaughter City before leaving, killing all the people there"

"People living there would deserve it, they surely killed countless people to live there" Rongrong answered.

"You might be right, but there was someone there that I knew" Bai explained "Mayi was there. I already told that it was my fault, but the truth is that I didn't stop Tang San, he was the one who killed her. Even when he didn't do it on purpose, he was at fault"

Rongrong was shocked by the statement and lowered her head a little ashamed, she knew that her brother liked Mayi, it would be more than normal to be angry at the murderer.

"A little beating is nothing much for my revenge, but I felt a little better after" Bai said "If it weren't that I would make you, Chenxiang and Xiao Wu experiment the pain of losing someone loved, I would have killed there now that his father is out of the game"

"You should have injured him" Rongrong said lifting her gaze, she was a little frightened looking at his brother cold eyes "You should have talked about him, he would have apologized"

"This beating was his apology and me not killing him was me forgiving him" Bai answered "Anyway, let's talk about the important. It's clearly as the day that I changed, the usual Bai would never have act like this. It all started here" He said signaling his head "I had multiples personalities co-existing in my mind space. Most of them were controlled and subdued they didn't have much importance. However, there was one that could face against the previous Bai, he had a lot of experience, even his own memories. He had quietly acted before and started a more active role when I turned 16, during the Continental Tournament"

"What crap are you spo-!" Rongrong shouted before being stopped by his father. Fengzhi turned to Bai "Do you continue being named Bai and considered us as your family?" she asked with decisive eyes.

Bai was a little shocked by how calm was his mother "Yes" Bai nodded "I love you all as my family and I will protect you with all my strength. As you gave me my name, of course, I will keep being called Bai" This gained a sigh of relieve from his parents and uncles while Rongrong looked at her surroundings without knowing what they were talking about.

"So, what was the result? Did you ate the others or something strange happened?" asked Xiangxie with a curious smile.

"What?!" Bai was shocked "Did you really knew about it before?"

"Of course!" answered Xiangxie "I am your mother, it's a maternal instinct to know that something goes wrong with their children" she looked away for a moment and said in low voice "It also helps the fact that I am a titled douluo sword expert and I detected the dark aura inside your mind"

"How much time did you know about it?" asked Bai sighing.

"Let me think" Xiangxie held her chin in a thoughtful posture "You were always a peculiar boy since your birth. Since you were 6 years old, after your spirit awakening, we already knew that something was happening in your mind space. Following your father's advice, we decided that as it was part of your spirit and nothing was wrong, in the future it would make you stronger, so we would let it be. At the age of 12, the dark part started growing, finally blooming when you were 16"

At each word Bai's mouth opened a little more, surprised with shocked eyes.

"And after your journey, you became a lot stronger, at the same time that dark aura was a lot bigger and was almost equal to your usual state, so it was part of you"

"You always knew it!" shouted Bai standing back. He sat back again and looked at the ceiling sighing "And I suffering all this time, not knowing how would you react"

"We knew about it" Fengzhi said "But, we thought that the best would be for you to face it, they were always part of you, it would be wrong to affect them with external force. If there was truly a problem, we thought that you would explain to us. The truth was that we expected you to tell us before this"

"I had a devil personality with memories of a previous life that tried to take control of the body" Bai shooked his head "Thinking again, I could ask for advice. I was too afraid of you not loving me, discarding me as your son because having another life memories, so I tried to keep it all for myself"

"I'm not getting anything!" interrupted Rongrong "Could someone explain it properly?"

"Our fault, sorry sister" Bai smiled at Rongrong "All started when..." Then Bai explained his sword peculiarities and a briefing of his interaction with Paul and the other personalities, explained some of Paul's experiences "... Finally, after the battle with Renxue, all the personalities fought for sovereignty. Most of them were easily absorbed by the previous Bai, finishing the fight with Paul and the previous Bai fighting and ending in a draw, both of them combined in how I am now" Bai finished.

"Are you saying that you are a combination of the brother that lived all my life with and some stranger that had lived in another world?" asked Rongrong glancing at Bai.

"Summarizing, yep!" nodded Bai "I might become a little more extreme and violent, the truth it that Bai and Paul became something like opposites, one dark and crazy while the other was too kind. Even with that, somethings didn't change, I always would love you!" Bai said lifting his arms smiling "How could someone not love the cutest sister of the world?!"

Rongrong stood up and approached Bai. She glanced at his eyes suspiciously. Looking at the different colored eyes and how clear they were, she knew that he was his brother. She jumped hugging his brother "You're my big brother" she said in a low voice rubbing his chest "Next time trust me a little"

"Of course, I will tell you if something happens" answered Bai hugging her.

"And I already grew, I am not the cute little sister" she pouted. "Of course. You became a charming and beautiful young woman" said Bai. Both continued hugged before the warm gaze of their family. After some time they broke the hug and sat at the sofa, this time Rongrong next to Bai.

"I had one more thing to explain" said Bai lifting his hands, appearing his twin swords on them. Over them, a ring hovered, it was a black ring with a tint of red color and was surrounded by a gray color "In my journeys, I came with the inheritance of the Sword God" Bai then explained all his interactions with the Sword God "Somehow I am now with his tests"

"So that was that strange sword, it was never a spirit bone" Sword Douluo said.

"You didn't see me fighting because you were unconscious. But I became a lot stronger, attaining the limit douluo rank" said Xiangxie 9 rings appearing under her, 8 black and 1 red "I obtained completing his tests. They are different depending on talent and position. I am considered the Sword God High Priestess" At his Bai's eyes opened wide shocked, remembering what a high priest position means, worried about her "What is your position?" asked Xiangxie with a smile.

Paul froze for a moment but shook his head, now he needed strength and the Sword Gods Tests would be the best for his growth, he could always change in the future, but not even for a moment passed through his mind to sacrifice his mother. "I-I am his inheritor"

"Woaw" Xiangxie said "You might become a god! By its shown power in this realm, a really strong one. I am very proud of you, son" Xiangxie said hugging Bai.

"Mum, let me free!" demanded Bai "I not a little boy anymore"

Xiangxie continued hugging him "You will always be my little boy" she took Rongrong taking her at the hug "And you my little girl"

After 5 minutes, Fengzhi finally acted, forcing his wife to release their children "About the test, can we help in something?"

Bai shook his head "I'll need to face them alone. I will expend some time here consolidating my comprehension. Once prepared, I will leave to complete the tests"

"Ask anything that you want, you have the full support of the clan" Fengzhi said, Bone and Sword nodding.

Bai smiled "Thanks". Then, he stood up "Sorry, but I have someone else to talk with. As I will stay here we would talk later"

Bai went to the door and opened, just as he was about to leave Xiangxie said "If it's about that charming little bird. I wouldn't mind her as a daughter-in-law" she giggled. Bai blushed a little and quickly left closing the door.