While Howard entered once again into some induced state of sleep, his mother, whom he had not yet met but had been intimately connected to for several months, felt extreme pain. Unexpectedly weak, it was as if all her magical channels had been completely drained in an instant.

The more she tried to resolve the problem, the worse the pain got, and at that moment, she feared it might be a spontaneous miscarriage or something of the sort. When she saw that she couldn't solve it alone, she quickly shouted for her husband, something she would later realize that she should have done from the start of all this pain.

When he arrived, totally agitated by the tone of his wife, he quickly saw her lying on the cold floor, and thinking something might have happened, he swiftly picked her up, trying to understand everything that had happened.

As he helped her to get up, she began to speak, almost crying, fearing for their child.

"Klaus... I don't know what happened..." However, she didn't even have the strength to communicate properly with her husband. Yet, he, an attentive Lemnos and, moreover, one of the youngest healers in the village, had already understood what happened. His wife, Katherine, had no mana in any part of her body, and he couldn't understand how that could have happened since Katherine wasn't a mage and never in your life has used most part of the mana of your body. But, upon realizing this, he quickly went to his office to get some liquid mana that he used to feed his medicinal plants, and quickly brought the vial to his wife.

When she finally finished drinking the vial, her color returned to its natural pink, and she could finally speak.

"I... I was knitting, but then, before I knew it, I was on the floor, with no mana to sustain my body, but.."

Seeing that his wife was worrying too much, Klaus spoke, "Calm down, dear, there must be an explanation for all this. Luckily, you're fine now. Do you feel anything about our baby?"

"No, he's calm now, and we're just a few months away... but if something like this happens again and affects him.."

Remembering something, Katherine said, "Wouldn't your father be able to do something?"

Recalling his father, Klaus felt a bit embarrassed, as even though he was one of the village elders, he had little to do with Klaus's upbringing.

"I don't know... it's been so long since I've seen him... he doesn't even know you're pregnant." After saying this, Klaus realized he hadn't told his family yet that they were expecting a baby in a few months.

However, understanding the current situation and realizing it could affect not only his wife's health but also their child's, Klaus knew he had to set aside his pride and seek his father's ancestral wisdom.

Some time later, they found themselves standing in front of an ancestral door that marked the domain of an elder, one of the village's five leaders who existed even before their complete isolation from the outside world.

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After fervently knocking on the massive metal door that resounded throughout the area, the door mysteriously opened, allowing the couple to enter this grand and ancient house.

At this moment, Klaus took the lead since he had been in this environment several times before and remembered its structure well.

After descending several floors and reaching a large corridor, they encountered what looked like a living doll, a being made of stones coated with pure mana, which through magical knowledge had not only come to life but also developed a soul.

"The Master is busy with one of his experiments," said the golem, trying to be as courteous as possible, as he knew Klaus well.

"Sorry, Eliphas, but this is important." With his right arm supporting his wife's back, Klaus opened the grand wooden door with his left arm, granting access to what seemed like a space the size of a football stadium, but was filled with a true sea of books and shelves that seemed to form some kind of labyrinth leading to the master's main laboratory.

"Father," said Klaus after walking for a few minutes and finally finding the mysterious man sitting firmly in his chair at a grand table, carefully writing on some kind of parchment.

Without even taking his eyes off the parchment, the man, who smiled lightly at seeing his son again, said, "Long time no see, my young one. How are your studies?" However, he kept almost all of his focus on his current project, as if he could allocate precise percentages of his consciousness to specific tasks.

"Uh-huh..." Klaus grumbled relatively loudly, making it clear he wanted the man in front of him to pay attention. Seeing that he couldn't ignore him, the man decided to set aside his work and finally give his full attention to his son.

Once fully focused on the present, he noticed his son was not alone; next to him was a pleasant young lady, who carried a protruding belly that he estimated to be five to six months pregnant.

However, he quickly realized that something was wrong with the woman. With his naturally sharp vision for mana flows, he could clearly see a powerful vortex in her belly, seemingly draining all the mana from the woman... was that the baby?

Realizing that this was much more interesting than the work he had been doing moments ago, he quickly vanished from his chair and reappeared right in front of the young woman without even asking for permission. He began to thoroughly examine her, understanding everything that must have happened and why his son, who hadn't seen him in fifty years, mysteriously showed up at his door asking for help.

"Well, this is truly curious. Fortunately, there's nothing wrong with your wife and your son, but your child, my grandchild..." The man was trying to find a way to describe this situation when the restless Klaus, who was also feeling pressured by his wife's gaze, interrupted.

"What's wrong with my child?" Klaus asked.

Amused by his son's inquiries and reminded of the time when he used to take disciples, the man said, "This is truly historic, at least for me. This absorption ability... at such a young age, it might be a unique talent that arises once every ten thousand years. Or maybe it's nothing, just some phenomenon we haven't encountered yet. But one thing I'm sure of, it won't bring any harm to your child. As for your wife, I would recommend a constant self-ingestion of liquid mana. Moreover, for the safety of both, it would be better if I handle the delivery to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

After this event, it seemed that father and son were becoming more and more connected, and as weeks and months passed, preparations for the delivery were slowly being made. Even though they were extremely costly for an ordinary Lemnos, an elder like him gathered and spent resources as if they were water from a river. However, both Katherine and Klaus were very hopeful that everything would go smoothly, and in a few months, they would have their child in their hands.