Lisa took Zio inside the house and gave him his dinner, Zio looked around and felt weird, he didn't ask any questions because he is scared, this was his first time seeing something like this, he has been used to seeing dead animal bodies with no heads, he has seen his father cut off a wild beast's head and he was used to the sight of blood as well.

But today he saw his father chopping off a human's hand and this was completely different, animals can never express their feelings like humans, the face that person made when his arm got chopped off was very scary, Zio could tell it hurt a lot.

Zio still doesn't understand the world outside his clan, he doesn't know what is out there, he doesn't understand how cruel the world can get.

Zio silently ate the roasted meat that Lisa gave him, he then noticed his father entering the house and quickly looked away, when Zaden noticed this he sighed, he knew this would happen.

Zaden let Zio finish his food.

After Zio was done Zaden walked towards Zio who is currently going through the black book in his hand, Zio who was always loud in the house is not sitting silent and Zaden didn't like it, he never wants to see his son in such a state ever again.

He sat down next to Zio and looked at the page on which Zio is, he saw an illustration of a sword on it, it was the image of the God Religan, unlike other Religan it loved very simple, just a normal double-edge long sword that could either be carried around the waist or back.

"For being the most powerful weapon, it looks very simple doesn't it"

Zaden said.

Zio looked at his dad and nodded his head.

"Dad, did you try to find this Religan?"

Zio asked.

"Haha, I am not strong enough to climb Mount Asura, in fact, no one has been able to climb Mount Asura for thousand of years, this part of the continent is on the edge so there aren't many strong kingdoms out here, the kingdom that is nearest to us is not too strong, it has been like this for thousands of years"

Zaden said.

"How strong does one have to be to reach the top of Mount Asura?"

Zio asked.

"I cannot fathom about it myself, it was a long time ago, our ancestors were so powerful that it won't take them even five minutes to reach the top of Mount Asura but now, our clan has fallen to such an extent that this feat is not possible"

"If our ancestors were so strong why didn't they find the God Religan?"

"I don't know something must have happened, some of them never came back alive and the ones that came back never spoke of it ever again, it's all in the book, read carefully"

Zaden said.

"Dad, who was that person?"

Zio finally asked.

"....He is a servant of the Grand Duke of the Kingdom that is near our clan"

Zaden said.

"What did he want?"

"He wanted us to leave our clan and this land because the Grand Duke wants to build something else here, I refused and it led to what happened today"

Zaden said and looked at his son again who became silent.

"Did I scare you?"

He asked.

Zio nodded his head.

"Haaaaaa.....I know it's scary but son, you are the bravest and the most prideful person I have ever seen at your age, if you get scared by this you will never become stronger"

Zaden let out a long sigh and said to Zio

"I understand"

Zio said and nodded his head.

"Look, son, you don't know the world outside our clan, it is cruel and not fair at all, it will beat you down, force you into submissions and even make a slave out of you if you are not strong enough, you need to be strong, strong enough that the world outside our clan cannot touch you"

Zaden said and patted Zio's head.

"Ok, I will become the strongest, just like our Ancestor Valt Asura"

Zio said in excitement.

"Hahahaha, sure, and when that day comes you will rebuild our clan to greatness again"

Zaden said and laughed while looking at his son who is going through the book once again, he knows that he is giving his son false hope, they cannot afford much, they don't have power nor money to make Zio strong and those are needed, that is why the rich become strong and the ones who are poor struggle.

But for now, it's ok, Zio is still too young to worry about the world, today Zaden thought Zio about the cruel world outside and in the future, it will be helpful to Zio when he finally steps out.

Zaden doesn't want his son to take over the clan head position, he wants his son to explore the world outside, but his father, Zio's grandpa has other ideas.

One day both of them might have a huge agreement about Zio's future but Zaden is firm on his belief, he doesn't want his son to get stuck in this small clan that has no future.

Zaden dreamt of traveling the world and seeing what's beyond the kingdom next to their clan but he never got a chance, his grandpa forced him to the seat of the clan head and he was then forced to marry Lisa.

Time passed and he came to love Lisa and they both had Zio, their first and only child.

"After you finish reading go to sleep, tomorrow I will take you hunting"

Zaden said.

"Really?"

Zio asked in excitement, he always wanted to go on a hunt.

"Of course"

Zaden smiled, hearing him Zio quickly closed the book and went to bed and closed his eyes, Zaden got up and saw Lisa looking at him and smiling.

"You are a good father"

She said and put her arms around his neck and kissed him.

"And you are a good mother, our Zio will have a great life so for that we will give it our all"

Zaden said.

"Yes we will"

Both of them embraced themselves in each other's arms and went into their own room silently without disturbing Zio.