Vox was looking at the girl lying on a bed. Her face was ice cold, her body looked like it was crystalized. If he did not see the faint fog coming out of her mouth every now and then, he would have assumed she was dead.
"What is her condition?" Vox said as he looked at the woman next to him.
"Master, her life is not in danger." Mystical Elf said with a small bow.
"Then why is she still in this condition?" Vox heaved a sign of relief. He would really be heart broken if someone died because of his actions.
"Master, her current condition is, peculiar."
"Explain."
"A type of energy is fighting off the cold, it looks to be some sort of fire."
"And?"
"If I am not mistaken, her current condition is making this dormant energy awaken. If we were to clear the frost from her body, she it will most likely not awaken."
"How long until she wakes up by herself?"
"At the minimum a few months and at most 2 years."
"Clear the frost."
"This could be the only chance-"
"Do as I say, since when are you allowed to disobey? 2 years is a lot of time." Vox was well aware what would happen if she were to be frozen for 2 years, her body won't mature properly, her training will lack behind her siblings, but the worst of all, it is 15% of her current life. just imagining how she missed 2 years of life with her siblings is a big no. And if she by luck awakened earlier, it is still time missed. Then there is the problem with Lucy's mental health. She is unstable. He already talked to her and got to know their past, their real past. At the time Vox was so angry that the weather became cloud and lightning struck down.
"I understand Master, I apologize." Mystical Elf did a slight bow and started clearing the frost.
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Vox left the room and went to beach. He sat down and looked at the sea.
'Why did Wendy not have such reaction? Is it because her powers are not close to awakening? or is it because she is a better 'product'? If her powers are more balanced than with Lucy and Lena, then it is possible her power and devil fruit worked together.'
Furrowing his brows Vox shot a beam of lightning at a bird that was trying to attack him.
'It could also be because Lucy's power was already a bit awakened and the devil fruit worked as a catalyst to awaken it completely. I will have to keep an eye on Wendy and get more DNA surgery cards somehow. I guess I to start my plans prematurely.'
Looking at his points Vox was even more certain that he should start the plan. 'I guess Wendy will be a travel partner until I am certain of her condition.'
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As Vox deep in thought, footsteps came from behind him, he knew who it was without turning. "What is it Night Wing?"
"Master, am I allowed to speak freely?" Night Wing said as she did a slight bow. Although her response irked Vox a bit, he knew that he was too harsh on Mystical Elf there.
"Just say what you want."
"Master, You are taking too much blame on yourself." Night Wing said as she walked next to him. Her beautiful wings touching him on the shoulder a bit.
"If that is all, you can leave." Vox said dryly, he really was not in the mood for such talks, he has seen how these humans were when he was traveling, No matter where he went, everyone was the same, and he was no different. He could have saved many other children, many other people in his way. But he didn't. He didn't think much about it, because he thought that he would be able to do it once the kids grew up.
If they kids grew up and grew strong, he would be able to control the world, all he needed was enough allies that are strong enough. But that also made him question his ideals, isn't he just doing the same as all the others? Just like all the others, he is following his ideals, the only difference is that their ideals are different.
"Please let me finish, master." Night Wing sat next to him and started talking.
"Do you know what happened when you left. When you were gone, the kids mood was down for a whole week, they did not focus on anything and were only thinking about you. Some even thought that you would abandon them once they grew up." Night Wing chuckled a bit when she remembered how worried they were and all for no reason.
"When they realized that they could help you if they were strong enough, they all started training much harder then before."
"It is true that you want them to train and help you, but you never really told them that. You took them out of their living hell and brought them to paradise. Here they can play children their own age, the have people that care for them, a place they can sleep and know that they will be protected if anything happens."
"You gave them a way to fight and defend themselves, you yourself said that this world is a cruel world and that you can't always protect them."
"..."
"What would you do if you had a child, would you just let him do whatever or train him?" Night Wing put her Wing behind him and pushed him towards herself.
"Train." Said as he let her do just as she wished.
"They just want to help you, not because you saved their life, it is for sure a drive, but it is more because they see you as their parent, a figure they look up too. This was their choice, their decision."
"Freedom is being able to make their own decisions, and they are making those decisions everyday. Lucy didn't have to eat the fruit, Wendy didn't have to eat it, Alan didn't have to eat it. You gave them something they did not have in a long time, or maybe never."
"They option to decide for themselves." Night Wing smiled and brought him in a hug with her wings enveloping the two like a blanket.
"Thanks Night Wing. I lost my way on my journey." Vox smiled, all the doubts in his heart gone. Left behind was fierce determination.
"It is my duty to serve you master." Night Wing smiled as they both looked at the sea.
"Do I smell someone grilling?" Night Wing then smelled something like a barbecue.
"Must be Psy." Vox smiled wryly.
A bit away was a friend bird with his head in the sand.
The next day Vox went visited both Lucy and Lena, Lucy did not want to leave her sisters side so they were in the same room. Lena's condition was already much better and she should wake up in a few days. After trying to make Lucy laugh for a few hours, he decided that it was helpless. He even tried to sing and dance for her but she threatened to take Lena and leave if he didn't stop. Claiming and quote "I will have nightmares from this!" And a gust of icy wind flew at him that cut his body. If not for his fruit being ready trained and hers just awakening, he might be in trouble.
He decided to let her train her new devil fruit that Lucy named 'Crystal Blizzard Fruit.' as it was a mix of 3 different powers, one could imagine how broken it is.
Vox then let dejected about how these kids don't know to appreciate good singing and dancing.
After a bit of time, Vox arrived at the newly constructed training ground. It was not finished, but the kids wanted to train even harder after witnessing what Lucy did. Looking around a bit, Vox found Samuel. He still had to give Samuel his gift.
"Hey kiddo, come here." Vox waved him, stopping his practice with Karate Man.
"Yes brother Vox?" Samuel came running.
"Let me give you your gift, but first, how hard can your body get?"
"Rock hard!"
"...and how long can you hold it?"
"About 10 minutes if I were to harden my whole body and longer if only parts of them." Samuel said after thinking for a bit.
"Good, let me tell you about Haki." Vox smiled. Normally, it would be impossible to learn Haki without a strong body. But! Samuel can harden his body, which makes it 'stronger' in a sense. Making it possible for him to learn the basics of Armament Haki.
"Haki?" Samuel had a questioning look on his face, he had never of Haki.
"Yes Haki."