King Deniz Iluru pulled out a large book from a shelf next to him. You could tell the book had been around for a while by just looking at its rusted cover. The king looked at his son who was kneeling in front of him and began to read history from the book.

352 B.A

About two thousand years ago, a boy was born in a tribe called Jidda. When the boy fell out of his mother's womb, he refused to cry like other babies. Instead, he stood and walked. One step, two steps, three steps, up to seven steps in the east direction before he fell, and then cried.

At that moment, the birth attendants went to the boy's father, who was then the leader of the tribe and told him about the miracle baby. The king didn't believe them, saying that he didn't want his son to be viewed as a demon or even a miracle child.

Surprisingly, he named the boy Baya, meaning seven in Wilburish dialect.

In time, the boy named Baya grew up to be a self-sacrificing man, raising the tribe's prestige to the top of the world, even competing with people like Haruta Ururu and Maruta Ururu, as well as Triple Factor himself, and others of the same status.

As his fame rose, he married one of the eldest daughters of the Ururu. A girl called Dáya Ururu.

Everyone was amazed that the arrogant Ururu was willing to marry a lesser noble. It was something that had never happened before in history. The Lord King himself forbade it. But this time around it was the Lord King himself who agreed to the marriage.

Many people were shocked by the news. For ages, kings had been wanting to marry someone from Ururu, but the black-eyed tribe had been refusing them. Why would they choose a lesser noble?

Everyone in the world came to see the ceremony, unable to believe their ears.

Daya Ururu, wearing her black eyes and an exceedingly pale skin that was terrifying to the eyes, came out in a black dress, the color of her eyes. Even in Ururu, Daya was one of the beauties. Gossiping about her beauty was common among the women of that time.

After the ceremony, the Lord King crowned Baya and made him a king among his people. Three years later, Daya Ururu gave birth to two children; a boy and a girl.

Baya was lucky to be there, and one of the birth attendants who received his birth, an old woman with white hair, was also there, even though she was barely recognizable at the time due to the wrinkling and all.

The first child came out normally and nothing special happened, but the second one came out and stood on his feet. He walked without stopping until he was seven steps away.

Baya saw this, and he remembered the things that were told to him long ago. Things that had happened at the time of his birth.

He named the boy Baya as well.

He watched his son grow up, and to his surprise, the boy grew up to be just as famous as his father.

Baya Jidda grew up and married. He gave birth to a son who also walked immediately after birth. That son became the third Baya. He renamed the tribe from Jidda to Baya-Jidda. In time he gave birth to another Baya and named him Bayajidda the third. All of whom became famous and eventually became the wall of the tribe in their time.

It happened over and over again until it became commonplace that almost everyone in the tribe knew about it. Although they didn't allow the word to spread, they made proper documentation about it and named it King Steps, Shaibal-shísu in Wilburish dialect.

Then something happened that, to this day, nobody knew the explanation.

A certain black light flashed from the tallest building in the capital city where the tribe lived. It went on for three days before it disappeared. No cause was found even after years of investigation. But after that, no member of the tribe was born with the talent again. And eventually, such miracle babies ceased to exist in the world. This led to the decline of the tribe, and Ururu eventually disowned them. Bayajidda became a history that few remembered. And for generations, the world forgot about the King Steps.

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Iluru closed the book in his hands and faced his son again.

"Eighteen years ago, I received word from our spies in the seventh world that a boy has been born in Jiha. The boy has walked immediately after birth. How many steps the boy did, I do not know. My sources told me that this boy was named Ikenga. But I don't know if it's this Ikenga or another. I want you to find out about it."