The Heavenly Road: God Hunters

Ch63 After the Final Match

Because Asta was also unconscious, the final match of the martial arts tournament ended with a victory for Hao Chen.

The tournament was disbanded, and the awarding of prizes would be held tomorrow in the imperial palace hall when the winners had also restored their respective conditions.

"Akhh-h!! Shit..!! The same pain again..?!!" Asta grimaced softly while holding his head.

"It looks like I lost that match." he muttered faintly that Asta realized he was no longer in the tournament arena.

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"Manager how things are going now are you sure our son is okay..?" Misaki asked worried about Asta's condition which suddenly went unconscious during the final match.

"Don't worry he's okay. His soul was only slightly injured because he forced himself to use the sword" the manager calmed them down.

"When is Asta going to be human?" Rai Ken asked.

"When? Soon he will be out of there, too" replied the Manager as he pointed towards the door.

The door handle moved like someone was about to open it.

"Manager..!!! Are you inside..?!! Where did you hide the demon sword that night..?!" Shouted Asta from outside looking for his sword which is now beside the Manager.

"Come in! It just so happened that Patriarch Rai of the True Fire Flame Sect and Matriarch Misaki of the Hell Earth Immortal Sect wanted to meet you!"

"Who?!"

"The one who saved you in the arena!!"

A moment Asta opened the door of Misaki's room immediately ran towards her.

"I'm sorry mom. because you're too weak.you have to live a life of suffering.." Misaki hugged her very tightly as if she did not want to let go anymore.

His head was still dizzy and his vision was faint, plus Misaki and Rai who were still wearing Asta masks really had not noticed it. He had heard the voice but he had forgotten who it belonged to.

"Wait a minute Matriarch's mother, my head is still a bit dizzy and my vision is still a bit vague. Even though I don't know why Matriarch suddenly apologized to me but I'm really grateful for helping me. As for Patriarch Rai I exist.." Asta stopped his speech as Rai revealed his true face. He could not speak anymore his tears suddenly dripped just like that.

"It seems a bit inappropriate if I stay here, this sword I brought first. Before you could really afford it, I wouldn't give it to you anymore" The manager moved out of his seat and left the three of them.

"During the absence of meeting it seems like the father's son has become a great man,"

"I.MOTHER..?"

"Yes Asta, this is mom,",

Misaki took off her mask revealing her face. Unable to speak, Asta hugged her mother very tightly and cried loudly in her arms. The feeling of sadness, longing and the desire to meet them made him unable to hold back his tears. She cried loudly in her mother's arms.

"Mother.I.I miss mom.. also dad.I'm worried... Mother. and father.why-nothing..."

Misaki hugged Asta tightly letting her cry out loud. On the other hand Rai Ken was smiling happily to meet their son again.

Asta never expected the slightest meeting at this time. Misaki hugged Asta very tightly letting her cry in her arms. Cries filled the room.

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"Meeting with someone who is very much missed is very moving," murmured Manager Row quietly while closing the door of the room.

"Is Brother Row done with them?"

"certain. Where's Brother Hao..?"

"Son't been waiting for us in that room. Brother said he wouldn't talk before Sister Row joined the room, too,"

After exiting the room, Emperor Arkhan was waiting for Manager Row to finish his business. There were important things that they had to discuss together with Hao Ryun, because his reappearance was a sign of a danger they had to face.

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An hour passed now Asta was calm and was talking with his parents.

They joked and laughed cheerfully while sharing stories. Asta tells about his journey so far starting from his training with Helio followed by training in the Valley of Hell until some time ago they went out of the Valley of Hell to attend the Martial Arts Tournament.

Asta also tells the story of the Goblin camp that he destroyed along with Helio also when he was in Tiandu City.

"Where are Haru and Eni why aren't they both iku?" Asta asked just remembered again with the two wolves.

"Haru and Eni? The two of them stayed in the sect to guard the sect. So the two of them didn't come here" Rai said.

"After all they are not the same as Ace who prefers adventure. Even though they are of the same race Haru and Eni prefer to stay at home" Misaki continued.

"Asta do you now want to come with mom and dad back home? We study the Book of the Dark Fire God together" Rai said.

Asta slightly gasped at it, "Dad, I apologized to you earlier. But I can't go home anymore, I'm going to go practice with my teacher. I promised the teacher I would help him as much as I could," Asta sighed softly.

"Teacher..? You don't mean Manager Row, do you..?" Misaki was surprised to think that Manager Row was the one who was training her now.

"No. Manager Row and I aren't really students and teachers. The manager did help me with cultivation but my relationship with the Manager was nothing more than a sibling,"

"Hey!! Asta what are you saying what if Manager Row hears your voice-!!" Misaki was surprised.

"Asta although you already know Manager Row well but he is not a person you can make jokes," Rai also reprimanded.

Asta also looked at the astonishment of their faces that immediately paled.

"I'm not lying. Whether it's Manager, Emperor or Uncle Hao, the three of them are my brothers and sisters. The three of them themselves said it as well as my teacher had said it," Asta confirmed them.

Misaki covered her face with both hands. While Rai massaged his forehead confused how else.

"What is your teacher like to joke about?" Ask Rai Ken.

"Heem. He's also cruel. The punishments he gave were often absurd. He's also a slacker. But have a big appetite. But he's also very strong. More so than Uncle Hao, Manager and Emperor Arkhan. But unlike those who call teachers masters, I still call them teachers,"

"What cruel..?! What he did to you, what kind of punishment and why you're still studying him if you know he's cruel and inhumane" Misaki said.

"Gdget.." Rai Ken and Misaki held back her laughter after hearing that. They thought the punishment was whipping or how the teacher did it to Asta.

Rai Ken, who was also worried about Asta's condition, said that his teacher was cruel and inhumane, now said nothing but to hold his laughter out.

"What mom and dad are laughing about I'm talking honestly about" Asta said, thinking they didn't believe his words.

"Father and Mother believe what Asta said," Misaki still tried to hold back her laughter.

After an hour or so they chatted and Asta did not want to join them and left the imperial palace.

"This palace is so vast I had to ask someone where Manager Row went,"

Asta walks out of his room looking for someone who knows where Manager Row is going, but none of the waiters or eunuchs know where he is.

"It seems I can only return to the inn, but before that I have to do something first,"

Asta returned to his room where he had just woken up from his stupor, he took out a piece of paper and wrote down some messages for the Arkhan Emperor who had saved him and given him a place of rest.

"Moegi..? What he's doing on the market street,"

Seeing Moegi who was walking on the streets of the Asta market also approached him, from behind Asta patted his right shoulder.

"Who are you breng.... Ehh Asta I thought who," Moegi swiftly took the hand and was about to hit Asta, but when he realized the person was Asta he smiled awkwardly at him.

"Next time don't startle me like I could've hit you like that" Asta chuckled at it.

Moegi's attitude did change a little to him but his fierce attitude seemed to remain if it was to others.

"Where alone is the other..?" Asta asked him why he only found Moegi who was walking alone in the market.

"They were together with Kenshin I was bored there so I went to the market to look around until I finally met you too" Moegi put on his sweet and charming smiley face, unfortunately, he never showed that smile.

"What about your injuries why you're here, didn't you get the internal injuries from the fight earlier this afternoon why you were walking in the market" Moegi said, asking about his condition.

I'm fine and more than capable of just taking a walk in the market" Asta replied with a smile.

"Alright then," without saying another word Moegi immediately pulled his hand, Asta also resignedly accompanied him around.

From a distance apparently Kenshin and the others also just arrived in the streets, seeing Asta alone they also smiled ignorantly.

"Moegi earlier I met the Patriarch and Matriarch, when they asked where you were going I told her you two were going for a walk in the market. Matriarch smiled faintly hearing that,"

Simultaneously they looked back where it turned out the five of them followed him from behind earlier.

"Just now that I've met my mother what should I tell her," Asta's inner confusion.

Moegi immediately ran off Asta's hand chasing Zaraki who had gone to run first.

"You dickhead..!!! Don't go you..!!!" Laughing loudly Zaraki kept running away from him.

Asta walked closer to them. "Did you guys meet my mom and dad before you got here" Asta asked wondering if Zaraki was lying like he used to.

"Ehhh..?!! You already know..?!" Say the four of them at the same time.

Asta immediately hit the heads of the four of them. "What does he know, of course I should know. You son of a bitch instead of telling me you guys kept it a secret," Asta said annoyedly.

Hearing that the four of them smiled all wrong because it was Rai Ken who had arranged that Asta did not know before Rai himself who met Asta and told him his identity.

"After all, now you know it too, so everything is running out now" Kesha said with a smile.

"Aren't you hurt why you forced yourself into the market, is this all just to meet with Moegi..?" Kenshin asked as well as Gao Li and Shiro who followed him asked him a few things.

"Damn what are you guys trying to take my mind off, quickly answer me, did you guys meet my mom and dad before you got here..?!" Asta's question began to get upset.

Instead of answering the question, the four of them chuckled.

Seeing that Asta was getting furious, he clenched his hands and hit the heads of the four of them once again.

"I told you what you said to my mom and dad and I quickly answered..?!!" Asta asked annoyed.

"It's fine I'll say, but before that promise us that you won't see him first, okay" Gao Li said.

"Gao Li what are you saying do you want the Patriarch to punish...."

"Whispering!! Continue on!!" Asta cut Kesha.

"This is actually your father's order not to tell you his identity, he is the True Fire Flame Sect's Chief, whereas your mother is the Sect Chief of the Hell's Land of Immortality. But now you know the truth too. Just waiting for time for you to meet them so it seems like there is no point in keeping this a secret anymore" Gao Li explained.

"That's not what I want to know. After I met my father and mother, who wanted me to know if Zaraki's words were true or not" Asta asked once again.

"Ehh...!! So now...!!"

"Quick tell me what you said to my father and mother when you met them earlier..?!!" Asta asked back to growl with them.

"Trust me this Asta is all just Zaraki's idea, the four of us are already against it but he insists on doing it. We did not follow" Kesha said in self-defense.

"What did he do..?!" Ask Asta.

"He said it clearly that you and Moegi wanted to get engaged as soon as possible, Matriarch even blushed to hear that. I also heard a remark that said 'it is fitting that Asta will not come with us now here so he already has an appointment' that is what Matriarch said," explained Gao Li.

"Shiro is that right..?!" Ask Asta to Shiro.

"Heem. The idea was only Zaraki who had us not tagging along and at that time the Patriarch also laughed softly at hearing it while saying 'my son already has a mature mind at the age of ten years he had thought of getting engaged, today's children are indeed premature adults' only that there is no more," obviously Shiro.

Asta's red face blushed in embarrassment hearing the remark.

"Should tell me what I'm gonna do to mom and dad later. Even if I told you it was just Zaraki's joke they wouldn't believe it,"