Aaron woke up very early in the morning and left the construction site, his destination being Betty's house which is where Pio is staying.

He nodded inwardly when he found the workers taking a break after finishing laying the base layer of concrete for the basement.

Old man Vogen was dozing off beneath a tent but judging by his healthy complexion, the Apple and the Egg he gave him yesterday worked like magic.

That fellow looks a decade or two younger, or at least healthier since his snores are terribly loud and noisy!

*Knock knock*

"Who is it this early in the morning!" A few seconds after knocking on Betty's door Aaron could hear Pio's annoyed voice before his heavy steps moved closer sluggishly, "People don't usually wake up this earl-... so it's young master Ron! Come in, come in. Please." The man was still half asleep and only wearing some sort of trouser that's really loose around the waist.

Aaron rolled his eyes at the lazy fellow, "Don't just casually invite me into other people's houses, get some comfortable clothes on and come find me at Lucas's house."

Pio scratched his head and smiled sheepishly, "What's this about?"

"We're going to have our morning exercise, better get used to it." The kid left him standing at the door all too confused and sleepy and went toward Lucas's.

'That little girl and her mother better not get in my way, I don't have time for their nonsense.' Aaron thought when his memories of Ria and Flora surfaced.

"Oh! It's you." This time it was Shane, Lucas's son who opened the door.

The teenager boy didn't seem welcoming, matter of fact he had this terribly condescending tone in his voice.

Clearly this kid doesn't accept the idea of being inferior to Aaron at all despite being aware of what he can do.

'Humph. If it's a duel with swords then I'm certain I can beat him to a pulp, he's never my match with that small and skinny body of his.' Shane thought while looking Aaron up and down.

Aaron raised an eyebrow when he saw the kid in front of him not even bothering to hide the naked challenge, "That's young master Ron to you, and don't just stand there like a tree... go call your old man. Tell him to wear something comfortable and get his ass here, stop wasting my time and scram already!"

"You!" Shane's face flushed from anger when this much younger kid didn't shy away from the challenge and disrespected both him and his father.

"Less nonsense. Are you going or not? Better act quickly little idiot, I tend to blow things up when I lose my patience! It'd break your father's heart but I don't mind giving you a taste of how it feels when your family is forced to sleep in the streets." Aaron glared at Shane one final time before ignoring the moron completely and leaning his back against the wall.

He found the clouds in the sky more interesting than whatever expression he currently have on his face right now!

"Big brother. Who is it?" The tension in the air seemed to disappear when the childish voice of his little sister entered their ears, "Ron! Are you here to play with me? Why didn't you come sleep with me yesterday? I waited for you, you know. Come, mommy is making breakfast."

Flora threw herself at Aaron and chirped excitedly like a bird while trying to drag him inside, Shane took this opportunity and fled the scene.

"Not this time kiddo, there's something your father and me need to do first before breakfast." He resisted her attempts and patted her head while saying so.

Flora's green eyes brightened from curiosity, "What is it? Something fun?"

Aaron shrugged and shook his head, "No it isn't fun at all but it's necessary if your father is planning to stay strong enough to protect his family, that's why you need to make sure that he gets some good food in his belly once he comes back."

"Hmmm. But what is it?" The girl tilted her head slightly and felt like she understands but not really understand what's going on.

"A lot of sweaty and exhausting work, that's why you need to make sure that he enjoys his bath before having that meal." The kid felt like this conversation wouldn't end with Flora's cute and curious personality.

"Alright then, but you need to promise me that you're going to visit and play with me!" She held on to his hand and kept begging with a pair of dewy puppy eyes.

Aaron flatly answered : "I promise to invite you over to my house when it's finished, I'll even let you have all the fun you need in the pool." He poked her nose gently with a finger which made Flora smile widely while returning the gesture.

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Flore nodded before suddenly saying : "Alright then, but what's a pool?"

'Finally she noticed huh!'

"That's a surprise, you just have to wait and see for yourself when the time is right. Just be a good girl and stay patient." Aaron said before resuming his activity of cloud gazing.

The little girl next to him kept staring at his face for a while with an extremely cute pout on her face before saying : "Stingy! I'm ignoring you until you say." Then she ran inside with a smile on her face.

'Then I'm never saying, keep ignoring me kiddo.' Aaron just smirked when he had this thought.

"Young master Ron. I'm ready to go." Pio arrived.

"We're missing Lucas," Aaron gestures to the house behind him, "Cassandra. Good morning, you're up early today." He greeted the middle-aged woman once he saw her exit her house which is nearby Lucas's.

"Thanks to the meal Pio sent me yesterday night, I've slept so comfortably and woke up a while ago feeling so energetic. I've never been so excited about work to be honest!" Cassandra walked towards them and smiled widely while feeling her own cheeks.

Aaron nodded, "Good, good. Let's have breakfast later then, I bet you'd like it too."

Cassandra went forwards and gave him a hug before saying : "Alright just promise to be careful in whatever you do, and... don't destroy anything!" Afterwards she walked away before stopping and twisting her body to say : "At least not in the Village that is." Then she left him and Pio with a sweet smile on her face.

"Sorry for the delay young master Ron, I happened to be in the bathroom when Shane called me." Lucas arrived and Aaron immediately started jogging towards the west-gate once he saw him exit the house.

"It's alright. Just remember that I expect both of you to be ready for the same every day early in the morning, this is going to be our morning routine from here onwards." Aaron said while looking behind him at Pio and Lucas.

"Young master Ron. What are we going to do?" Pio asked.

Aaron bent his arm and flexed his biceps muscle while saying : "We're going to take care of our bodies and train fresh in the morning, I expect both of you to be in excellent shape if you wish to follow me in the future."

Lucas cringed before saying : "Then I should've brought Shane with us, I'll do it tomorrow then." Afterwards he quickly added : "I hope you don't mind, young master Ron."

"I don't mind it at all but I doubt he's going to like it, anyway... as long as he doesn't get in the way of my exercise then I don't care what you want to do."

Pio frowned and muttered : "I feel like I'm wasting this opportunity because me and Betty don't have kids to bring into this activity."

Lucas smirked while saying : "Heh. You keep speaking as if she's going to give you any kids at all."

"Humph. Yesterday I made sure to give her just that, thanks to the Egg young master Ron gave to me." Pio retorted while glaring at his partner.

"Who says I didn't do the same?" Lucas didn't shy away from the topic.

*Snort*

Pio rolled his eyes, "Then I'd say that it was a waste of a precious Egg, because if I had more than one woman last night then I would've knocked them all up. Imagine what I'd do with two Eggs!"

Lucas felt insulted, "Motherfucker are looking for a fight? Your tiny pecker wouldn't satisfy a wrinkly old woman who's long past the twilight of her fertility, my Ria is so fine and could take as many as I throw at her! I wouldn't give her away for a dozen other women no matter their looks and shapes, humph. Talk about cheap love."

"Say what? Betty is my world you fat fuck! Who said anything about giving her away? Don't distort the truth and twist my words or I'll break your face." Pio was already pulling his sleeves and getting ready for a brawl.

"Hah! She's been inviting many others to her bed long before it was your turn ever since Bruce died, stop making her look like a pure and chaste fairy." Lucas rolled his eyes and prepared himself to evade the first punch.

*Snort*

Right when Pio was seeing red from anger and Lucas was about to counter with a punch of his own, both men heard a snort entering their ears and felt their bodies stiffen like granite!

"Do you two pieces of shit treat me like thin air or something?" Aaron searched for something to use before retrieving the shovel from his Inventory Space when he didn't, "Let this be a reminder whenever you're about to have another competition of who's cock is bigger and more effective in impregnating women, respect is earned you dimwits! Since when do you get to insult another man's woman to his face? Since when do you get to divulge what happened between you and your mistress to others? Since when do you get the luxury of saying whatever you want without expecting consequences? Since when do you get to annoy me with your nonsense? Since...." The kid used the flat area of the shovel to play whack a mole with the two of them until the duration of Lucid Nightmare wore off.

"I'm sorry young master Ron. It was Lucas who-"

"Damn you! You still dare make up excuses?" Aaron cut him off and threatened while swinging the shovel another time to hit his butt.

Pio winced from pain but he shut his mouth and endured.

"Listen here because I'm never saying it again, there comes a time where things get difficult and hard but the ones you're going to need their help the most are likely to be the ones you see standing right here next to you." After a short pause Aaron continued to say : "If you can't trust and get used to one another then I have no use for you two, I won't risk my life for you if you're not willing to accept one another. That's all I have to say to you two!" Then he resumed his jogging exercise without looking back at the two men who felt too embarrassed after hearing what he said.

They felt too silly and childish because the kid really seemed like the mature one among them.

Lucas finally opened his mouth to say : "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that about Betty."

Pio nodded before answering : "Damn right you are."

"Hey! I'm trying to make peace here." Lucas frowned once he saw Pio acting all too prideful.

"I accept your apology. Let's... let's just avoid that topic in the future, especially when young master Ron is around." Pio scratched his cheek when he said that.

Lucas nodded before saying : "Agreed."

Afterwards both men shook hands and smiled sheepishly before following the kid.

Thirty minutes later the three of them were gasping for air after running non-stop, right when the two men thought their training was over they saw the kid doing push-ups.

But when he glared at them they didn't hesitate to do the same weird exercise with no questions asked.

They did whatever their young master Ron did, be that push-ups, pull-ups, or squats.

a little bit over an hour after they left the west-gate of the Village, the three of then returned all drenched in sweat and extremely exhausted.

Especially the two men.

'I just hope that I wouldn't grow up to become weak like these two.'