Did you always had such a big ass?

Emily continued with her explanations, while staring into empty air and with an expressionless face.

" And your father, he is from the Verlice family, but since his family is a merchant family so even though they are super rich but they could barely be considered a low class noble family, unlike my family which is filled with Martial artists and even mages- "

Then Emily stopped herself, at first she was just planning to tell Kai the names of their families but all this had bottled up in her heart for too long so she kept on speaking once she started.

" So your family refused to let Dad and you marry? That's why we live so far away. " Kai asked, despite knowing the answer.

" Yes, I was one of the talented ones in my generation reaching 2nd Order at such a young age so they obviously refused to let me marry an ordinary man from a family weaker than them.

And they had already chosen a husband for me, an ugly looking middle aged man, who was from an even more influential family. " Emily spoke while sighing.

" Then why didn't your family come here to search for you? " Kai asked.

" That's enough, you don't need to know more, haa why am I even telling you all that? " She spoke and stood up while taking the plates to the kitchen.

Kai had heard that his mother's family, the Lopez family was busy hunting some beast so they had ignored her existence for some time, but that's what Ron and Emily were worried about, since after their hunt was complete that family would definitely come to find them.

' I guess Dad's family isn't as bad as Mommy's. ' he thought and washed the plates and spoons.

Their day went on just like every day, Emily seemed a little better than usual so Kai decided to find even more and better herbs for her, even if he couldn't cure her but it would greatly reduce the effect of poison in her body.

Soon the night came, Ron had not returned although Emily was a little worried but since he had told them that he might be late so she didn't think too much about it, Emily went to sleep early after eating dinner and when everyone had returned to their homes and the place outside was completely dark Kai decided to go out again.

He first went to take out his knives and the small pouch which contained two cores and the black poisonous leaves, after wrapping it around his waist he observed the surroundings and then climbed onto the roof of his house.

He had in advance prepared a paper slip and wrapped it around a stone, after looking at the guards Kai found out that they were the same ones from yesterday, so he aimed for the bum of one of them and then threw it with some force, as it made a slight circular trajectory into the air and then hit the hip of one of the guard.

" Ughhh Why the fuck is it always me? " As the guard shouted the four others were attracted by the noise, so they hastily walked towards him and began to ask what happened.

" Fuck, there is another letter. " The guard shouted while clutching his hip.

When all the guards were busy Kai decided to use this chance to go into the forest, after climbing off his house he directly went over the forest boundary and again entered the place that was filled with trees.

Looking at the paper slip, one of the guards began to read it: " Did you really think you would be able to silence me so easily, even if I have to become a ghost, I will take you all down with me. " An air of fear and tension appeared around the guards, they looked at each other and couldn't form any words.

In this world, it is possible for a ghost to exist and many people even train ghosts, ghouls and skeletons to fight for them, so all five of the guards are very frightened.

" D- Do you think it is Hans' ghost? " Asked one of the guards in a fearful tone.

" Either someone is aware of everything that happened or maybe it really is his ghost, whatever be the case we have to stay careful at all times and not let even a fly miss from our sight. " Another guard spoke with a determined look while the other nodded.

" Anyway, the hunters will be here anytime now, don't act strange in front of them and let's ask for a higher price this time since we have taken such a big risk for them. " Said the guy while rubbing his hip.

" Yeah, you definitely took a big risk. Wait, is it swollen or did you always had such a big ass? "

...

The first thing Kai decided to do was to check the place from where he had felt a very powerful aura, this aura had no consciousness so it was not the aura of a living creature therefore it definitely was a high quality herb, many times stronger than what Kai had seen so far.

While he was jumping from one branch to another as usual, Kai heard the sound of a few people near the boundary of the forest, he immediately understood that it must be a group of hunters, but he paid them no attention and kept travelling towards his destination.

In around twenty minutes he was able to arrive near that aura, his vision was still blocked by the several trees that were completely encircling whatever was in there.

But if it really was a herb of good quality then there is a very high chance that a strong beast would be present around that herb, so Kai was being even more careful as he silently moved forward.

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