9 THRONES

CHAPTER 14: FINALLY GIVING UP

But no matter how hard Vann worked, her father decided not to help in the least.

They were still alive as before, having lunch together when Vann returned home during the day, while at night they always ate together.

However, Vann's father did not have any work at night, nor did Vann. So they can take their time to eat together while talking about the things that happened today, tonight Vann and his father are the closest.

After finishing his dinner, Vann stood up and began cleaning the cutlery they had already used.

Because his father has always worked hard every day to collect money for school fees, meals and daily necessities Vann, and, this made Vann decide that he would complete all daily work such as sweeping or cleaning the cutlery that was recently used.

Dinner was over so Vann's father stood up and planned to return to his room, but before opening the door, Vann's father again asked "Have you not given up? Soon you will graduate from school, you can find a company or go to a famous university. No need to worry, I can definitely give you enough until you graduate college".

"Dad, I've decided to become a cultivator! When my school is over, I will concentrate all my time on practicing so that the results get better" Vann said as he continued to clean the bowl in his hand.

"Very stubborn" said Vann's father who returned to his room, only leaving Vann to remain in the dining room.

Every night, Vann's father didn't have to do any more work to put him to sleep.

Around 2am, Vann's father opened his eyes and stood up from the bed.

He walks to Vann's room and opens the door where he finds Vann sleeping at the study table.

For the whole day, Vann was busy practicing martial arts and swinging his sword until night. Not to mention that this child was still trying to study at night until he slept on the study table, Vann's father was a little speechless.

He lifted Vann's sleeping body on the study table and placed it on the bed carefully.

After making sure that the actions he took did not wake Vann up, his father sighed and disposed of his worries.

These few days, Vann continues to fall asleep at the study table so Vann's father always wakes up to move Vann back to bed.

As Vann's father planned to go back to his room and go back to sleep, he found Vann's sleeping face today heavier than ever.

Seeing all that, Vann's father's face turned grim. Vann was too exhausted, if it continued like this, there was a chance that Vann would fall ill.

What's worse is that Vann may have received fatal injuries from working too hard, which made Vann's father even heavier to think if it actually happened.

Continuing to observe Vann's face looking extremely exhausted, Vann's father closed his eyes.

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When Vann's father opened his eyes again, he found a boy very similar to Vann when he was 5 years old.

But they are now on a very high mountain, at the age of 5 Vann is still with his mother, so the child in front of him now should not be Vann.

Vann's father reached out his hand and gently held the child's head "You're right, Vann can definitely become stronger than father. Until that time comes, I will protect you!".

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Different from the previous mountain, Vann's father this time opened his eyes to see that he was in the middle of the ruined cities.

There were countless corpses around him, but Vann's father didn't care about any of it and continued to step forward "Vann! Where are you, Vann?".

When he went downtown, Vann's father's entire body froze as he found a young man about 20 years old in the city center.

The young man had short red hair as well as a face similar to that of Vann and the 5-year-old before, except this man was a little older.

What made Vann's father freeze was that there were 4 spears piercing the young man's body. Even among those 4 spears, there was a spear that pierced his heart. No matter how strong a person was, as long as their heart was shattered then it meant death.

"Vann! Hang in! Father will heal you!", Vann's father ran towards the young man in panic, trying to heal the young man, but no matter how hard Vann's father tried then the young man's wounds had no sign of healing in the slightest.

The wound on the young man's body was already too fatal, he couldn't heal it anymore.

The young man opened his eyes slowly, his body was already very weak but he still smiled and said in a trembling voice "Dad, we finally won! With this, it's all over! War, grief, and destruction, it's all over. I hope you can make the world better! A peaceful world without war-".

The young man spewed out another mouthful of blood, his body becoming even weaker than before.

"Don't talk anymore, I'm definitely healing you" Vann's father said frantically.

"Dad, don't waste your energy. I already knew, with this wound, there was no agreement for me to continue living. Dad, don't cry like that, isn't dad the strongest person in the world-", before being able to finish his words, the young man had already closed his eyes and died.

Seeing that the young man was no longer around, Vann's father hugged the young man sadly "Dad is by no means the strongest person in the world, not even father can protect father's own family! How could you possibly be the strongest person in the world?".

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Vann's father opened his eyes again to see Vann's tired face lying on his bed.

After thinking for a while, Vann's father sighed heavily "Dad finally gave up, you won! Basic, why are you so stubborn like this!".

Vann's father left the room, he had decided that he had to see someone tomorrow morning.

With the strength of Vann's father now, he could not bring Vann who had no talent into a cultivator. More precisely, Vann's father preferred to seek the person's help.

As long as that person helped Vann, the path Vann became to develop his strength must have been easier.

At the very least, that person was the strongest cultivator that Vann's father could trust the most at the moment.