“Ahem.”

After the two finally realized that they had visitors, they stopped their game and put on dignified expressions.

Well, at least they tried to.

“Miko, I didn’t know that you were back.”

Said Nero.

“I’ve been back for a while now.”

Miko answered.

“Let me just ask this, is Grams here?”

“Hehehe. Kimiko went back to Niflheim.”

Nero answered while smirking.

“I see. And this is how you celebrate your new found freedom.”

Just to note the two were completely naked while they spoke with Miko.

Nova snapped his fingers and clothes appeared on them.

“Mother will be back in the next few days, so we just wanted to take the chance and do something different.”

Said Nova.

“Well, that was truly….different.”

Said Luka.

“Never mind that.”

The two of them suddenly appeared behind Miko and in front of Bloom and Sapphire respectively.

“Who are these beautiful ladies that you’ve brought here?”

Asked Nero.

“You done well, nephew. Really well.”

Nova said while nodding his head.

“H-Hello, I’m Bloom Newgate.”

Bloom greeted Nero.

“Hmm….An Infected, huh?”

Nero mumbled while staring at her.

“They’re all Infecteds, except for him.”

Said Nova as he stared at Kaido.

“How did you know?”

Miko asked.

“After you come in contact with them long enough, you’ll realize that Infecteds gives off an unique aura.”

Nero answered.

He looked at Kaido.

“I haven’t seen someone like you in a while. Are you a Child Of Genesis?”

“You met people like me before?”

Kaido asked with obvious surprise.

“I’ve met a few. But now that I look at you closer although the feeling you give is similar, you’re not a Child Of Genesis.”

“What’s a Child Of Genesis, Old man?”

Miko asked.

“If you continue down this path you’ll come to know what they are.”

Nero answered with a weird smile.

“What about New Era?”

Miko asked.

Jin had told him about the offer he received to join a mysterious organization named New Era. He also said that MYTH and another organization called Genesis were apart of it.

Miko believed that this was an Organization that couldn’t be ignored.

“Oh? You learn about them already?”

Said Nova.

“To be honest, not even we know what they are. The only thing we know is that they're strong.”

“How strong?”

“Strong enough to crush our clan in its entirety.”

“?!”

This greatly shocked Miko because what Nova said meant that even if the 5 branches of the clan United and people like Nero and Rouge fought, they would still lose against New Era.

If that was true then this organization was very dangerous.

“Well, let’s not worry about them.”

Said Nero.

“I doubt you came here with these people to visit.”

“Ah, yeah. I need you fix her eyes for me.”

Miko brought Hana in front of him.

“Her eyes?”

Hana opened her eyes and showed them to Nero and Nova.

“She’s blind? I see, it’s her Infected ability.”

Said Nero as he observed her eyes.

“Hana has the ability to drive anyone insane or to death when they look in her eyes. Because of this, she mostly stays in a blinded state with her ability deactivated.”

Miko explained.

“Oh? It’s like Balor’s eye then. Interesting.”

“Yes, but unlike Balor’s eye I want you to cure it and allow her to control it, rather than destroy it like Lugh did. Can you do that?”

Miko asked.

However Nero shook his head.

“I can destroy Infected abilities and turn Infecteds into normal people, but I can’t alter it. My Natural Qi type is Demon Qi after all. It’s more destructive in nature and isn’t ideal for these kind of stuff.”

“Can’t you use magic?”

Kaido asked.

“I could but I doubt it won’t harm that girl.”

He and Hana looked heartbroken when they heard that.

“Hey, why the long face? I said I couldn’t do it, but that didn’t mean that Junior can’t.”

Said Nero.

“You can Uncle?”

Nova nodded.

“You didn’t have to bring her here, Hina could’ve done it herself.”

“I could?”

Hina looked confused.

“Did you forget that you’re a Natural born Chaotic Qi user? The special ability of our Qi is to bend the laws of the world to our whim. Ah, I never actually taught you how to do that did I?”

Nova said as he just remembered.

“Well, anyway. It basically like this.”

He stretched his hand out and covered Hana’s eyes.

Miko saw a purple light entering her. This was Chaotic Qi. Miko also sense a bit of Heavenly Qi as well.

After a minute or so, Nova removed his hand.

“See? Just like that. Simple right?”

Hana Silver murky eyes had changed to a clearer greenish color.

“I-I can see? I can see and my powers aren’t activate!”

Hana shouted excitedly.

“Kaido….”

She looked at Kaido who has been the closest to her and was stuck on his face.

This was the face she wanted to see the most, and now she could. She stared at him as if she was burning his face into her memory.

Kaido smiled at her which made her also shed a tear.

She turned back to nova and bowed deeply.

“Thank you! Thank you very much! You changed my life!”

“Ah, it wasn’t a big deal, so your thanks isn’t necessary. However if you want to thank me properly, take this camera and whenever you have the chance, take a picture of Sasha’s sleeping face. She’s has been on her guard against me in the last couple years so I was unable to take one.”

Nova said seriously.

Hana took the camera and nodded.

“Leave it to me.”

‘Note to self, destroy that camera later.’

Miko thought to himself.

“What did you do to her?”

Hina asked.

“I rearranged her optical system and tweaked with her brain a bit to give her an easier time controlling her eyes. She should be able to train her ability now and utilize it as she please with a little bit of practice.”

“You expected me to be able to do that?”

“Yea. It’s pretty simple. Even a new born could do it.”

“Like hell they could!”

Hina retorted.

“Well, at least that solves one problem.”

“Miko.”

Hana stood in front of Miko.

“Thank you.”

She said with a smile.

Kaido also thanked Miko.

“Pops, is it me or did that girl’s smile pierce my heart.”

Said Nova.

“I felt it too. For some reason it felt like I was being purified.”

Said Nero.

“An angel? Is she an angelic being?”

Nova asked.

“I don’t know, but I think it’s better we avoid that smile in the future. It would be a disaster if our devilish souls actually got purified from seeing it.”

Nero replied and Nova nodded in agreement.

‘These idiots never change….’

Luka thought to herself while watching the two.

“Gramps, uncle. Are you two done messing around yet? There’s something I want to ask you.”

That’s when someone walked into the Throne room.

She was dressed in a floral one piece, held a pink umbrella, had long azure hair with black endings which was tied into two pig tails, and an extremely cute face.

It was naturally Momo.

“Hm?”

She looked over at where Nero and Nova was standing and saw Miko with a deadpan expression.

“………”

“……….”

The two looked at each other in silence for a while.

And then-

Miko turned around and ran.

He ran like the wind.

“Miko!”

Momo suddenly created a chain in her hand and threw it at Miko.

Miko was unable to escape and was easily captured.

“Help! Help me!”

Miko shouted while Momo dragged him towards her.

When she had him at her feet Miko looked up and saw a wicked smile on Momo’s face.

“Long time no see.”

“Ah, yeah. You got cuter the last time we met.”

Miko said with a smile.

“My, thank you.”

The two smiled at each other for a while.

And then-

*Bam!*

Momo swung Miko into a wall.

“Why the hell are you still an A Class?!”

She shouted.

“Did you just mess around for a year or something?!”

She then looked over at Bloom’s group who had shocked expression on their faces.

“Why did the number of girls around you increased? Don’t tell me you used the year collecting women?”

“I didn’t! Look!”

Miko desperately activated his Qigong and showed the three Qi types he possessed.

“Wha?!”

This naturally shocked Momo.

Even Nero and Nova where shocked to see Miko displaying three Qi types.

“You’re using Heavenly Qi? That shouldn’t be possible. You’re a Qi King too?”

Momo said in disbelief.

“This proves that I wasn’t slacking off.”

Miko said as if pleading his case.

Momo stared at him for a while and then stooped down and placed her hand in his head.

She mumbled something under her breath and then some figures started appearing above Miko.

“Name: Gamiko Dragna Age: 14 Class: A.”

Five categories then appeared under Miko’s Class.

Magic Ability: S

Physical Ability: SS

Martial Ability: SS

Mental Ability:X

Will Power: XX

Momo saw these and frowned.

“As I thought.”

She stood up.

“You destroyed the foundation I worked so hard to build for you.”

“Huh?”

Miko looked confused.

“Did you forget? When you first came here you were stuck at C Class because your stats were all over the place. It’s the same situation again.”

She sighed.

“Back then, I worked so hard to create a plan to fix your foundation and make you a more balance fighter, but….”

She tighten the chains around Miko and slammed him in the ground again.

“You ruin my efforts and fucked up your foundation the moment you leave my reach! You’re messing with me aren’t you?! You’re really doing this to piss me off aren’t you?!”

She said as she repeatedly stomp on him.

“I’m not! It was just that I was in a place where having Anti-magic Gear was the norm! I had no choice but to rely on my Qigong!”

“Like I care! Who told you to leave the country without me anyway?! I told you that really wanted to go traveling but you left me behind to deal with them!”

Momo pointed at Nero and Nova, who were hitting on chrome and nana.

“That’s the main reason why you’re angry?!”

“Of course! I want to travel but I can’t do it on my own!”

She suddenly stopped stepping on Miko.

“Well, whatever.”

She took a deep breath and calm down.

“Anyway, I’ll need to create a new training regimen for you. One that focus on strengthen your magic.”

She started to walking away while dragging Miko behind her.

“Well, magic is my speciality so it shouldn’t be that hard. For the time being I’ll have you soak in lava and have you slowly cultivate using the mana inside.”

“Wha?!”

Miko paled when he heard that.

“After that I’ll finally have you learn water attribute magic. You’re a sea dragon so that shouldn’t be hard. Oh, I should teach you ice magic as well. Having you mediate in a frozen pond in the frost valley should do the trick. Ah, to get your body used to the cold I think it would be better if you mediate naked while having cold water thrown on you.”

“Are you trying to kill me?!”

Miko shouted.

“This is nothing. After you learn the elements I’ll have someone throw you into the spatial rift between two dimensions. There you’ll use your body, that will constantly be destroyed, to grasp the laws of time of space. That’ll make teaching you Dimensional and Time magic easier.”

“This is payback isn’t it?! You’re just taking your anger out on me!”

Miko argued.

Momo stopped and looked at him and smile.

“Don’t be stupid. All of these tortures- I mean exercises are for your own benefit.”

“You just said torture didn’t you?!”

“Stop complaining. You’ll learn all kinds of awesome magic and become even more powerful. So what if I get relieve some stress while doing it? It’s a win win situation.”

“Win win, my ass!”

Miko shouted and struggled but in the end was dragged away by Momo.

His screams of despair echoed in the palace for a while until he left Xia.

“………”

Everyone stood in silence for a while.

Only nova and Nero were still casually hitting on the girls.

“You know….I can’t help but to feel sorry for him.”

Said Jin.

Everyone nodded in agreement.