Is this how it feels to be a Mother...?

"You seem quite satisfied."

Vyriana commented as she glanced at Nux.

Right now, the two of them had returned to Solitude's End after Nux returned with Edda, Vyriana was satisfied since the entire thing didn't take as long as it normally does, however, noticing the change in Nux and the big, satisfied smile on his face, Vyriana commented.

She very well knew the reason behind this smile.

It was the time this man spent together with his wife.

For them, it wasn't much, however, just the jealous expressions of the rest of the women and the tan-skinned woman's beaming smile were enough to tell Vyriana what she needed to know.

This man spent years together with his wife, all the 'training' he had been doing in order to stay away from his wives and prepare for the Illusion, became useless in Vyriana's eyes.

After all, this time he spent together with his wife was supposed to be a reward for his wife, not him.

Nux still needed to train.

Vyriana didn't like how Nux wasted his own efforts and gave in to his desires.

"It was still within the rules.

I only spent time with one of my wives."

Nux, however, answered with a big smile on his face.

"And I also returned very quickly, not making you wait for long. So I didn't do anything."

He was quite happy that he was able to find a loophole he could abuse.

"..."

Vyriana simply stared at the man, not saying anything. After all, he had indeed not broken any of the 'restrictions' she set on him. She was outsmarted, of course, she couldn't possibly imagine one of his wives would comprehend a Law that would technically allow her to stop time for eternity.

"That Law is quite absurd..."

It wasn't just her, even Faustina was taken aback as well.

Nux and Vyriana turned towards the Progenitor and she commented,

"I still have a hard time believing that the girl was able to form a Law like that, even though I knew she was somewhat talented, I didn't judge her potential to be that high."

"My wives are awesome."

Nux's answer was the same as always.

"..."

Vyriana just stared at the man in silence, hiding several doubts and questions she had in her mind.

In the end, she just closed her eyes and sighed.

"Alright, now that you have... recovered...Let's continue with your training.

You have already mastered 4 million Variations of Zenith Flow, the Master Level is quite close now, so don't slack off."

Vyriana spoke as she took her battle stance.

She wasn't good at thinking from the beginning, therefore, instead of thinking about all these things that troubled her mind, she decided to move her body and focus on training Nux.

A big smile appeared on Nux's face as he took his battle stance as well.

The training continued as the two rushed at each other.

Faustina, who, just like always, continued to oversee the training and saw the steady progress, was lost in her thoughts as she glanced at her son who was fully immersed in his training.

'His wives are special.'

She muttered in her mind.

'They have an easier time forming their Laws.'

There was no other way to explain this. After all, in her long life, she had never seen a group form their Laws in a matter of years.

And it wasn't just their ability to form their Law, their cultivation speed was abnormal as well.

And Faustina wasn't talking about how they were all young and still at stages much higher than suited for their age, she was talking about the unnatural speed at which Astaria and others, the women who had formed their Law were growing.

She could tell that Astaria and Amaya were already close to breaking through and others seemed quite close as well.

Faustina wasn't a fool, even though she didn't investigate her son or his wives because she wanted to 'respect his privacy', a concept, she, as an immortal being didn't care about, but the mortals seemed to be affected by it a lot.

Anyways, as someone who was trying to get close to her son, she decided to follow the Mortal morals and held back, however, even then, she could tell that none of those women should have that potential.

After all, most of them come from the Forgotten Land, a Land they, the Progenitors sealed on their own. How could they not know what sort of place that was?

A place with limited Mana. Yes, the amount of Mana didn't directly affect a person's potential, however, time does.

In the end, talent is inherited from one's parents. Yes, there are a few beings who are born with absurdly high potential despite having normal parents, however, in the general concept, talent was highly depended on one's predecessors.

And as descendants of a generation that had spent 1000s of years in a world with limited Mana, descendants of a generation that has never seen a cultivator above Emperor Stage, the beings from the Forgotten Continent would obviously have crippling potential.

Even if they were the so-called 'exceptions' and had higher potential compared to their peers, having potential as high as Nux's wives was... Well, impossible.

And Faustina knew it.

The women were too talented, so much that... all of it seemed... forged.

As if someone, an outer force, has 'given' them this potential.

And Faustina could only relate everything to the boy training in front of her. The boy she calls her son.

Having observed him for hundreds of years now, Faustina knew the man's oddities.

The energy he uses is much more 'developed' than Mana the netizens of this world uses, he somehow has the ability to use the power of all the bloodlines, making him a perfect hybrid, a concept that shouldn't even exist in the first place, then there are those strange abilities he uses, the ability to create a Portal, the ability to hide his presence, the ability to teleport despite not having even the slightest ideas about the space Laws, Everything was enough to tell Faustina that the 'core' of this group was this boy, her son. The reason behind the woman's 'given' potential... was somehow related to her son.

However, this is where things confuse her even further.

If this boy was the reason behind it, if this man was the one who 'gave' these women their potential, enabling them to form their Laws as if it was nothing... then why was he... lagging behind?Why is he not able to form his own Law?

Faustina knew the potential wasn't the problem.

Other than that monster sleeping, in her entire life, she had never seen a potential as monstrous as Nux's.

And of course, comparing him to that sleeping monster is quite unfair as well, after all, the Vampire Progenitor had two lives to figure things out. The man was given a second chance where he could use his experience as a being who stayed at the top for thousands of years, not make the mistakes he made in the past life, and grow.

It was obvious from the start that he would become a never-before-seen monster.

Nux Leander and Azriel Ruinous couldn't be compared.

Anyways, as mentioned before, Faustina knew the potential wasn't the problem in Nux's case... Rather...

It was as if something... was stopping Nux from forming his Law.

Something that even Faustina didn't know what it was.

'He still has 500 years. If nothing works, then I will reveal it to him.'

Faustina's blue eyes shined intensely as she stared at her son.

It was a difficult decision, a decision that would definitely not be supported by the rest of the Progenitors, even by Caesar, heck, it was a decision that could bring doom to Yrniel, the world she has been protecting for millions of years, However, Faustina decided to follow her guts.

For the first time in her long life, she decided to make a reckless, foolish decision, that wasn't driven by reason, but by her heart.

A Mother's Heart.

'Is this how it feels to be a Mother...?'

She muttered inwardly, soon however, a weak smile appeared on her face as she shook her head, 'No... this is fear of losing someone precious again...'

After all, this wasn't the first time Faustina had become a 'Mother.'

With Faustina lost in her thoughts, Vyriana and Nux continued to train. With the two seeming lost and training without stopping, 200 years passed by.

By now, Nux had already mastered 7 million Variations, a massive jump of 3 million in 200 years.

Yes, his learning speed increased.

His body was starting to adapt to Zenith Flow and this time... the change was permanent.

Both Vyriana and Faustina could tell that a monster that defied common sense was being born. They could see that the Perfection Stage, which needed 10 million variations wasn't far.

Maybe 200 or even 100 years,

Nux would fully Master Zenith Flow to perfect and would then have more time to reach the Assimilation Stage, Once that happens and Nux forms his Law...

Both Vyriana and Faustina couldn't even imagine the extent of absurdity Nux would form.

'...can he... surpass him?'

For a moment, a thought appeared in Faustina's mind before she fully scraped it away and laughed in her head.

'Is it because it has been a while since I have seen that man in action...?'

She wondered in her head.

After all, just thinking about the 'Law' that man had formed... Faustina disregarded all the possibilities of Nux surpassing that monster.

Vyriana, oblivious to the Progenitor's thoughts, wanted nothing more than to continue the training, however, her eyebrows twitched when she noticed Nux's shadow tremble again.

'Monsters.'

The Dragon cursed in her head, unable to believe that another one had formed her Law.