Far away from the location where the Solaris Family met the Sword Doctor, Keith was sitting under the shade of a tall tree with his girls, hiding their presence from the powerful man who was looking for him.
By his side, Helena was sitting, holding little Thea in her arms, smiling at her.
And the little girl was now awake, giggling as she watched their beautiful Auras and saw the leaves slowly fall from the tree, some of which landed on the Mourntale's head, their dry rustle filling the quiet air.
She even tried catching one, and to elicit even more giggles from her, Reina started creating colourful leaves with her magic, showering them over her.
"She's just as cute as you were, Gigi." She told the girl, who was curiously looking at her new 'sister'.
"She has funny hair." The little Qin innocently said, and the girls laughed at her words.
"I find them cute." Amira gently stroked the head of the baby, who again giggled at her colourful and serene Aura, finding it very pleasant.
Keith, who had his eyes closed right now, smiled at their antics but kept his focus on the Martial Overlord, who was going through his Second Desolation and looking for a strong Swordsman to fight against.
From the information he had gathered from the Mercenary, he knew that the Sword Doctor was a crazy Cultivator, and he was the Third Grand Elder of the Sword Gate, which was quite a respectable and powerful Sect in Westesia. A Seven Star Sect, which meant that it had the strength comparable to, at least, seven Peak Stage Martial Overlords.
{The Sword Doctor, Amos Zayne, has expressed his desire to take Alex Solaris as his disciple. He is also a person with high Fate Value, and the future Child of Destiny will likely join the Sword Gate Sect.}
He listened to the System's report and started running his brain.
"A Destined Brother, a Destined Master, and a Destined Heroine." He opened his eyes and glanced at the baby.
{There's a high possibility for this, Host. However, the Child of Destiny has not yet been determined. It is also possible that he or she has not been born yet.}
"She?" Keith narrowed his eyes as he considered the possibility. "Could Alex be a Consort?"
{There's a bleak possibility of that, Host. However, nothing can be concluded before the Child of Destiny is determined.} The System said. {The Host knows that this is Lower Heaven, and the Chosen Ones have people looking after them. There are Gods playing their games or doing what they need to do. And then there are the Gods of Destiny, who are making sure everything goes according to the Plans of Destiny. This world is filled with people who have been marked by them. Amaya is an Arcane World, Host. It is a world where Gods send their children. Right now, there are a few God Childs scattered across the globe.}
"How many?"
{Five.}
Keith was surprised at the information but did not proceed to ask any more questions related to them.
He had his own goals for this World, and it was better for him to not entangle himself with a God Child.
"Brother." He heard Amira call out to him, and he smiled at her.
"Yes?"
"What is the Prison Realm?"
"It's one of the Secret Worlds created by the Prison Monarch, who was a very Powerful God. All Prison Realms are believed to be littered with Treasures, Legacies of Gods and Immortals, and Magical Beasts that are rare even in the Heavens. These Worlds are quite similar to the ones that Runic Monarch created, the Runic Realms, where Amelia will face her Trials."
"Ohh..." All of them looked at him in surprise, and then excited grins bloomed on their faces.
"We should go there!" Reina voiced her desire.
"It is an extremely dangerous place." Keith chuckled. "Do you think a God would leave behind his treasure trove for just anybody to walk in and come out of there? There are Corrupted Creatures in that world. Imprisoned, still serving their sentences even though the Prison Monarch is gone, and they have armies of Cursed Creatures under them, both people and Magical Beasts, protecting the Realms. And only someone who is 99 or under 99 years old, Amaya's time, can enter that Realm? It is mostly the geniuses of the Heavens who manage to survive against each other as well as against the Prison Realm itself to come out alive. Even then, there's no guarantee that they would come out with something worth risking their lives for. Even God Childs have fallen in there."
As soon as they heard the last sentence, their faces turned pale, and Reina gulped in fear.
"What's a God Child?" Gigi curiously asked, not really understanding the gravity of what he had just said.
"A Child whose parent or both parents are Gods." He gently patted her head.
"Oh... Like Minami?" She brightly asked, and he could not help but laugh at her question.
"Sure, you can call her a God Child." He nodded, making her smile some more.
"Does the Prison Monarch have an Inheritor?" Helena curiously asked.
"Not that I know of." He smiled and then patted her head as well, which she enjoyed a lot.
"If you go there. Take me with you." She requested.
"Why? Do you want his Legacy?"
"Why not?" She grinned. "But I just want to go there because it sounds fun."
"Alright. I will tell you when I plan on going there." He agreed, much to her glee, and then she watched him take out the Sword Ring and summon the Yellow Tiger that Jaun had given to Thea.
It was tired, injured, and sad, having parted ways with its Master, whom he had known since it was a cub. But it was still very respectful when he looked towards Keith.
"Come here." He drew his hand forward, and the Beast slowly walked over, placing its face against Keith's outstretched palm, and rubbing against it.
Suddenly, a Red Aura emanated from his hand, which soon engulfed the Beast's entire body.
And under the stunned eyes of the girls, all the injuries on its body healed at an alarming rate.
Within a minute, it was back in its prime state, and Baal was just as stunned as the girls at what had just happened to it.
"Feeling better now?" He asked and the Tiger gratefully bowed to him before licking his hand to show its gratitude. "I will now bind you to Thea. Since she is your Master's daughter, your existing bond will simply be overwritten. But if you resist, there will be a lot of pain."
The Beast felt a little sad but agreed to become Thea's Contracted Beast. After all, Jaun wanted it to protect his daughter.
Keith then waved his hand, creating a spell with his Mana, invoked some Laws in Eldeimior, the Higher Aerzarian, a language that Avriel, Minami, Kiara, Ingvild, and Alana had created for their family.
Soon, under the eyes of the girls, the colourful spell bound itself around Thea and Baal like ropes, and then slowly sank inside their bodies.
Baal purred in excitement when he felt himself bound to Thea and was quite relaxed to sense that its New Master was quite happy.
Keith then gently made Thea wear the Beast Ring, which quickly adjusted itself to the size of her wrist, and the baby did not seem to be in any discomfort.
All of this was witnessed by a curious pair of light brown eyes, and Keith caught Gigi looking at Baal in some envy.
"Do you want a Contracted Beast?"
"Can I have one?" She hopefully asked, and when he nodded his head, she excitedly jumped on her feet.
He smiled at her antics and then summoned the White Ape from the Beast Ring.
Gigi was a little intimidated by its size as it was easily 10 feet tall, and quite a hulking creature. And covered in cuts, and blood, it looked quite scary.
As he had done with Baal, Keith proceeded to use the Fragment of the Book of Life to heal the Ape, whose name was Gon.
"His name is Gon, and he is a White Ape, possessing a Mystic Grade Bloodline, and an Empyrean Breed," he informed Gigi and the girls, but the former just nodded her head, not understanding what he meant.
Now that its ivory fur was clean of all the blood, and it was back in its perfect health, Gon looked quite majestic.
"He might not look like it, but he is still a child. Only 12 years old, so, he will grow even bigger with time."
"Awesome!"
Whilst everyone was excitedly looking at it, the Beast was carefully scanning them as well.
It was quite shocked in its heart at the serene Aura that the twins were emanating, and even though he could not sense anything from the raven-haired girl with emerald eyes, he was certain that she was special as well.
The only ones who seemed ordinary, and gave the feeling of an Ashaya, were the baby and the little girl, who was now touching its fur, complimenting the softness.
And when he learned that Keith wanted to make him the Contracted Beast of this little girl, he was quite depressed.
"Behave yourself." He was warned again, and out of respect, he accepted the bond that now linked it to its new Master.
"You are awesome!" Gigi said as Gon helped her climb his shoulders, and she quite liked the height which gave her an entirely new perspective of things.
"Nothing for me?" Helena suddenly shrank until she looked like a three-year-old girl and pitifully looked at Keith.
"Did I not give you an Egg already, and a Zaverian Horse?" He asked her as he patted her head, but she pouted at him.
"It will take several months for it to hatch, and I don't want to use Xena in combat."
"Can't wait?"
"No." She adamantly shook her head.
"Return the Egg to me, and I will give you a Magical Beast."
Helena hesitated at his words but eventually shook her head.
"I will wait." She depressedly said, and he smiled at her antics.
"Alright. Let's return to the lake. The sun is about to set, and everyone is waiting for us."
"We will explore the other side tomorrow!" Reina excitedly made the plan, and all of them were very happy when Keith did not refuse them.