Gol D. Ace In Coiling Dragon

Finally, things on the continent returned to their usual peaceful state when Beirut descended from above the city of Gol, home to the Gol, Baruch, and Rohault Clans, and beside him was a middle-aged woman who looked very similar to Yunaia, and slightly similar to Arianna. Her name was Ismarelda Qingya – Yunaia's Grandmother.

Beirut was the one who went and personally brought her back from the Gebados Plane, allowing her to regain her freedom.

When she heard the news, Arianna, who spent all her time in seclusion in the forest of Darkness by her husband's side, returned and was delighted to meet her family after spending the last thousand-plus years thinking she was alone.

Like Arianna, Ismarelda was also a Full-God, but as she was several times older, her insight into the profound mysteries was far beyond Arianna's, to the point where, despite only being a Full-God, in the Gebados Planar Prison, she was one of the five strongest experts, more commonly referred to as one of the five kings.

After giving the Qingya women their space to catch up in private, Beirut turned to Ace and his mother and asked them if they were ready.

Ace looked confused as to what Beirut meant, but that was when Milianna reminded him of the wedding gifts she received from Beirut. It was then that Ace remembered that aside from the soul-protecting High God Artifact, she also received a note that Beirut told her to keep the contents a secret.

Milianna then explained that the note explained that her father was still alive and that in the future, he (Beirut) would take her to see him.

Ignoring the shock, Beirut wraps the family of four in his Godrealm, flies them to their destination, and explains that, as they had probably guessed, like Ismarelda, Milianna's father was from the Gebados Plane, but unlike Ismarelda, he managed to escape when Killian shattered the seal at the Great Botha Levee.

When Ace asked why he hadn't come to see them, Beirut said he had no idea his daughter was alive; as for how Milianna ended up on this side of the Yulan Plane from the Gebados Plane, they could ask him themselves.

As he said that, they descended onto an enormous estate, which Ace was shocked to discover someone had created from Earthen Elemental Divine Essence.

As Beirut hadn't tried to hide his presence, he was found almost as soon as he neared. Three middle-aged men appeared, two of whom were Full Gods, while the last was a younger middle-aged man with a full head of long, thick, black hair and bright crimson eyebrows that Ace, despite the ridiculous power of his soul, couldn't get a read on. In Ace's eyes, he appeared almost as unfathomable as Beirut.

The moment they arrived, the crimson-eyed man stared at Milianna in disbelief before shaking his head as if to wake him up from a dream. He then, along with his two weaker friends, greeted Beirut, who in turn went on to introduce the family of four, starting with the current reigning Emperor of the Gol Empire, Lance Gol, and his daughter, Princess Gol D. Mercurielle. He then introduced Ace as the most talented person to be born from their Yulan Plane, a statement with which the trio didn't disagree.

Since escaping from the Gebados Plane, they had all heard the rumours of Ace's accolades and were all humble enough to believe it. Still, they didn't understand why Beirut was introducing them now.

Finally, Beirut went on to introduce Empress Gol D. Milianna before adding that she was his long-lost daughter. He then turned to Millianna, and pointing at the crimson-eyebrowed man, he said that he was one of the Gebados Plane's five Kings, Bluefire, AKA Zacharias Leylin, and more specifically, her father.

Bluefire stared at Milianna in disbelief. When she first appeared, he immediately saw an uncanny resemblance to his late wife, but he shook his head, believing he was just seeing things, but now, hearing Beirut's confirmation, it was like lightning went off in his mind as he stood there, seemingly paralysed. Tears began streaming down his face, but he still remained rooted in place.

The only word that escaped his mouth was, "How?" To which Beirut explained that on that fateful day 50 years ago, whilst he battled those two other kings of the Gebados Plane, as he knows, the aftershocks of the battle created spatial tears. Bluefire had been too busy fighting for his life to tell where that spatial tear had connected to. Had it connected to the Chaotic Void, a defenceless baby would've been destroyed in a fraction of a second, but thankfully, it had connected to this side of the Yulan Plane instead.

When Beirut sensed someone had escaped the Gebados Plane, he immediately spread his Godrealm to see who it was, and when he saw that it was just a child, he sent it to the closest orphanage before going on to forget about their existence, not knowing that it was the child of Bluefire.

It was only years later, after seeing Ace, a mere junior at the sixth rank, using one of his bloodline abilities to defeat a newly promoted saint, that he began to investigate Ace's past, wanting to learn more about where their bloodline originated. It was then that Beirut discovered the truth, that Millianna was actually Bluefire's daughter.

He then explained that he had planned to wait until Ace had finished with the Necropolis of the Gods before reuniting them all, but he never expected that the seal to the plane would be opened in advance.

Beirut was about to leave the family to talk in peace when Beirut stopped him, bent down on his knees, and thanked him profusely, promising to one day pay him back however he could for this great act of kindness.

After Beirut left, Bluefire went on to introduce his two sworn brothers, Burgess and Khalid. He then explained that having grown up in the Gebados Plane his whole life, he had initially been a ruthless and bloodthirsty expert until he rose up and became one of what was originally known as the seven lords of hell, but around 75 years ago, he met his now late wife – Elise. Elise was just a mortal, but she was born with an exceedingly potent pure-soul. Despite having such incredible talent in the Edict of Life, she abhorred bloodshed and wanted nothing more than to live and die as a mortal, as she understood that by walking the path to becoming an expert, she would eventually need to dirty her hands.

For the next 20 years, Bluefire lived alongside her as a mortal. During that time, Bluefire's temperament gradually changed, becoming more and more mellow. And the day they found out that Elise was pregnant was the happiest day in both their lives. Unfortunately, he had a lot of enemies, two of whom were also kings of the Gebados Plane.

On the day Milianna was due to be born, whilst Elise was giving birth, those two kings took that moment to attack, hoping to catch Bluefire by surprise. Fortunately, even among the five Kings, Bluefire was one of the two strongest; as such, he was able to hold his own, but because he had to try and protect Elise, who was in childbirth at the same time, he struggled a lot more than he normally would have.

In the end, their battle gave birth to several spatial tears, one of which ended up killing Elise, and the other ended up swallowing Millianna. That had been the most devastating day of his life. In his anger, he ended up slaughtering a path straight to the two kingdoms of the two experts who murdered his wife and child only to find that they had escaped and submitted themselves to serve another of the seven lords, the only lord that was actually his equal.

Still, at that moment, he didn't care. He fought a bloody and brutal battle which left him on the brink of death.

Even though he didn't manage to kill both the experts that separated his family, he did kill one of them before being forced to escape with his life.

After that, for a long time, Bluefire was a hollow shell of his former self. It was only because of his two sworn brothers – effectively risking their lives – telling him to get a grip of himself and that Elise wouldn't want to see him like that that he was finally able to walk out of his depression and chose to live a more isolated and peaceful life out of respect to his late wife.

Hearing that, Ace, Millianna, and Lance could all imagine how heartbroken Bluefire had been.

After that, Milianna went on to explain her past, choosing not to hide anything – aside from the secret of Ace's past life.

When he heard that a mere trivial dared to force himself on his daughter, the killing intent he subconsciously released was so frightening that even Ace felt his heart palpitate. Still, he didn't hesitate to surround his mother, Lance, and his baby sister in his Godrealm. At the same time, Lance immediately hopped to his feet and put his wife and daughter to his back, acting solely out of instinct.

Realising his error, Bluefire didn't hesitate to retract his killing intent before apologising profusely. Eventually, Milianna continued her story, explaining everything about her, Ace's, and Lance's past.

The more he heard, the more Bluefire couldn't help but appreciate Lance. He wasn't one to make relationships based on one's power or talent, as seen by the fact that he married a mortal like Elise and made friends with Burgess and Khalid, both of whom were significantly weaker and less talented than him. No, what was truly important to him was one's temperament.

From Milianna's recounting of their past, he could see exactly what kind of man Lance was, and it was only a man like that who deserved his daughter's hand.

Still, the person he was most impressed with was, of course, Ace. This grandson of his was not only even more talented than him, but his temperament was also very much to his liking. Always doing what he could to put the safety of his loved ones above his own.

When Bluefire heard about Ace's and Milianna's bloodline ability, he explained that they definitely didn't inherit it from him. As far as bloodlines went, he was just an ordinary human. He guessed that, if anything, they had inherited it from Elise, who probably didn't awaken it as she never cultivated a day in her life.

After that, the family ended up having a feast that night to celebrate their reunion before returning to the City of Gol, where Bluefire decided to live from now on, wanting to be as close as possible to his family.

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