Chapter 9

3rd POV

Musa throws another bomb at Baran. "He also has living qi." Baran: "Damn, what kind of monster have you brought to us?!" Musa, smiling: "All this, and in one of the lower worlds." Then he calls out loudly, "Yuki!"

After a while, a little girl about seven years old with orange hair reaching her waist, slightly thin, and radiating a wild aura, appears.

Yuki, happily: "Third Grandpa!" She runs to Musa and jumps on him. Musa, hugging her: "Yuki, my little one, Grandpa missed you." He then starts tickling her.

Kiran, feeling jealous from the corner: "Stay away from my master, you little girl!" Yuki, angrily: "Who are you calling little, hmph!" Then she says proudly: "I am Yuki, daughter of the sect leader. Who do you think you are?" Kiran, mockingly: "Just a sect leader, so what?" Then he says proudly, "My master is an elder."

Yuki, her face red with anger: "Take it back!" Kiran, sticking out his tongue mockingly: "No."

Yuki's aura, a dark red mixed with purple, ignites. Yuki: "Take it back!"

All this happens while Musa and Baran watch. Musa: "They will get along over time." Baran, contemplating: "I think so too, you old fox." Then he looks at Musa angrily: "If he gets close to my daughter, I will skin him alive." Musa responds with laughter.

Back to the children, Kiran draws his wooden sword. Yuki, mocking him: "You really are still a child; you use a wooden sword for training."

Kiran's aura, resembling a nebula filled with stars and supernovas, wraps around the wooden sword. Kiran: "You will regret challenging the hero." Then he swings his sword. "Heaven-Slicing Strike!" A wave of sword energy, 10 meters long and the same color as Kiran's aura, heads towards Yuki.

Yuki is shocked, her eyes filling with tears, along with Baran and Musa, who are both extremely surprised. Musa disappears from his place before Baran can move and directs the attack to the ceiling. Yuki starts crying, "Waaaaaaah..." Her tears flow like a waterfall.

Kiran, proudly: "Look who's the child now." Baran, shocked: "How?" Musa, even more shocked: "I don't know when he mastered it."

Then Musa looks at Kiran and scolds him: "What did you do, Kiran?" Kiran, scared of his master's anger: "She started it first!" Musa, feeling a headache coming on: "But Kiran, how can a hero attack girls? This way, you're not a hero." Kiran then starts crying too.

Baran, putting his hand on Musa's shoulder: "It's our fault for not stopping them from the beginning. Go calm your student." He then hugs Yuki and tries to stop her crying.

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After a while, everyone sits at a table under the open ceiling that Kiran created a while ago. Musa: "Make up now." Kiran and Yuki: "Hmph."

Musa: "Kiran, my boy, a hero must be compassionate and always forgive, and always be the one to apologize first." Kiran shows a complicated face, then says with tears flowing from his eyes: "I'm sorry." Baran then looks at Yuki: "Come on, apologize, Yuki." Yuki: "But..." Musa, teasingly: "How do you want to become the sect leader if you can't even apologize? It seems you won't be good for such a position." Yuki, with tears in her eyes: "I'm sorry too."

Musa: "Shake hands now." They both end up shaking hands.

Musa, looking at Kiran with amazement: "Kiran, my boy, when did you master the Heaven-Slicing Strike?"

To be continued in the next chapters...