Chapter 243: This Is Grey Ivy… My Daughter

CREAK.

The sound of stones and debris crushing underfoot caught her attention.

Her golden eyes shifted slowly toward the figure now approaching her across the devastated ground.

He reached the spot where she lay alone and raised one hand toward her, widening his palm.

A blue, fist-sized stone manifested there, glowing softly as it hovered just beneath his open hand, aimed directly at her.

She looked up at the figure’s face: their cold blue eyes piercing into her golden ones, light brown hair fluttering gently in the hot wind, and soft features that carried a subtle undercurrent of bloodlust despite their gentle appearance.

Then a small, crooked smile slowly formed on the titan’s mouth.

“P… Pa…”

Benjamin tilted his head slightly, his long lashes fluttering in confusion. “Pa?”

“Pa…” she whispered again, her voice fragile and broken. “Me… Hurt… Help… me… Help me, Papa.”

“…Eh?” Benjamin’s face paled instantly, the Power Stone he had just created flickering weakly before it dimmed and dissolved into harmless blue mist.

***

“Where is Benjamin?!” Roselyn shouted, her body still heavily bandaged as other fairies tried to call her back toward safety.

Pain laced every word, yet worry overpowered it completely. “Is he hurt? What was that unbelievable force that just erupted?!”

Claire and Clay fluttered weakly behind her, their wings beating with obvious effort as they made their way to the forest edge to join Tera and Tesa.

Isabelle appeared moments later, approaching the twins with a concerned expression on her face.

“Was that power from Benjamin?” Isabelle asked directly, her voice steady despite the visible exhaustion in her posture.

The twins stood quietly, their gazes fixed on the vast destruction that now covered what had once been the battlefield.

The landscape stretched out as a blackened wasteland, rivers of lava still glowing faintly in jagged paths while smoke rose in slow, heavy columns.

“Benjamin went to finish off the Eldest Born,” Tesa told her calmly. “But for some reason, he has not returned yet, and it has almost been an hour. The sun orb is already dimming in the sky…”

“Then what are we doing standing here?” Roselyn demanded, closing one eye against a fresh wave of pain. “We should go see if he is fine right now.”

“He ordered us to not follow him,” Tera answered firmly. “And there is a barrier currently covering the area he is at. He does not want any interference.”

“Huh?! That’s bullshit!” Roselyn hissed, her wings fluttering as she prepared to fly forward. “I’m going to help him whether he likes it or not.”

“In that condition, you will only trouble Benjamin…” Tera’s dark eyes seemed to darken even further as she regarded Roselyn with a serious look. “Stay…”

“Make me…” Roselyn stared back defiantly, wings flaring as she readied herself to push past.

But someone suddenly broke the rising tension with an excited yell.

“Look!” she shouted, pointing toward the damaged plains.

“What is it, Rina?” one of the other fairies asked quickly.

“Look over there! Sir Benjamin is coming out of a small crater next to the large one!”

That single announcement drew every eye immediately.

Alas… it was true.

Benjamin was slowly emerging from the smaller crater, his lips pressed into a thin line, sweat dripping steadily down his face, and his eyes carrying the heavy look of someone guilty of some serious crime.

But that was not the most shocking sight.

“Why… is he carrying that devil?” Roselyn wondered aloud, her voice filled with disbelief.

“No, you are supposed to ask why those six titans are still alive after all that destruction,” Tera added, her expression genuinely twisted in confusion as she stared at the group.

“No, no, one ought to ask why they are looking so humanoid now,” Isabelle joined in, her tone equally stunned.

“That is unimportant right now,” Tesa said, stepping closer to the shocked group. “Why is the Eldest Born thrashing and playing on Benjamin’s back? She feels like a child now.”

As they observed carefully, the scene became clearer.

Benjamin was walking out of the crater accompanied by the six ultimate Children.

His face remained heavy with guilt.

The Eldest Born, however, looked cheerful and smiling with an unexpectedly cute expression.

Her skin was smooth grey, her sclera dark, and her golden eyes now held a lively light.

She appeared fully humanoid, without the previous mud-like shifting flesh or exposed organs.

Though she was still completely nude.

Five other humanoid figures walked alongside them.

One looked like an extremely beautiful woman with pale skin, striking blue eyes, long silver hair, and a top-notch figure of pure femininity.

She was naked.

Another appeared as a muscular handsome man, bigger than the rest but still human-sized, standing around eight feet tall with short brown hair and vibrant violet eyes. He too was naked.

A third figure carried strong masculinity yet possessed a distinctly female face and slightly lesser muscles than the hulking one, with short deeper brown hair and blue eyes. Naked as well.

The fourth had a body that could belong to either male or female—a very low chest, toned physique, and a beautiful face that blended both qualities seamlessly.

Light brown short hair with sharp cuts tipped in silver framed the face, one eye violet and the other blue. Also naked.

The last one stood nearly as tall as Benjamin’s shoulder, sticking closely to his side with a notably expressionless face.

She had a petite build, small frame, and long flowing straight silver hair that reached all the way to the ground.

Her eyes were crystal blue, and she held tightly onto the edge of Benjamin’s shirt while he carried the cheerful grey-skinned woman on his back.

“I’m glad you’re okay, Benjamin,” Roselyn said the moment he teleported over to meet them, his face still sweating from guilt. “But I gotta ask… what is this?”

She pointed directly at the grey-skinned naked woman who was clinging happily to his body.

Benjamin looked away awkwardly and made a wry, strained smile.

“Uhm… uh… The thing is… this is Grey Ivy…” he squeaked out, sounding exactly like someone confessing to a terrible crime. “…My daughter.”

“…”

The whole group went completely quiet.

The silence spread so deeply that even the birds and animals in the surrounding area seemed to join in, leaving the entire forest edge in pin-drop stillness.

[Gahhhhh!! Please say something! I’m dying of embarrassment here!] Benjamin thought desperately in the confined of his head.

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