Owen glanced murderously at the Sages on the other side of the space tear, and some of the radiance silhouettes trembled slightly. He snorted in disdain and looked towards his wife, releasing her brilliance and having a sigh of relief.
The next moment, he vanished and appeared right beside her and apologetically said, "Forgive me for not listening to you; I shouldn't have left you alone."
"Tsk, you always said the same thing and then go again and repeat the same mistake." Stella scoffed with a disdainful glare, but the faint smile on her lips was filled with satisfaction.
"Cooo..." A cheerful sound suddenly rang as the baby Ace dandled his tiny hands towards Owen with a big smile on his face as if asking him to hold him.
Owen felt his heart melt seeing his baby boy's innocent smile, "Dad will take you flying after dealing with these 'guests,'" he promised Ace before he looked at the silent Sages and then his own Father. His eyes were deadly cold.
"Why?" He uttered a single word filled with coldness and absolute disappointment.
"I..." Leonard wanted to explain, but no words came out of his mouth. He was too ashamed under his son's harsh gaze.
"Here, you'll understand after this!" Stella coldly stated before a starry stream suddenly shot out from her eye and directly entered Owen's head. He didn't resist, as he knew Stella was sharing her memories with him.
Within an instant, Owen understood what had happened, and his expression turned absolutely livid!
"Good! Good! You all really did well!" He was literally shaking with anger.
"Calm down, Owen. We have no intention of harming your son. It's just a safety precaution. Now that your wife is also a Sage, can you both live in the alliance? You shouldn't have any misgivings about joining the alliance now as well." The amiable voice suddenly rang from the other side.
However, at this moment, Ace felt his heart suddenly gripped by something, and his entire being shuddered. He looked towards his baby self in his mother's embrace, who was cooing in dissatisfaction after Owen refused to hold him.
Then, right at this moment, Ace witnessed something that sent shivers to his very bones, like it was a trauma that he had already experienced, and it was slowly surfacing again. He knew this was the very moment where all of this started!
A tiny tear in space suddenly opened up right above the baby's head; despite both Owen's and Stella's protection, the space was still ripped open, despite only a tiny bit; it made both Stella's and Owen's expressions change.
However, whoever was behind this was extremely fast and knew exactly what needed to be done and how much time it had. Ace watched this in slow motion while trembling fearfully.
From that tiny space cracked, a sharp fingernail shimmering with a devilish crimson rune suddenly surfaced and stabbed into the baby's head!
By the time Stella reacted, she had used her full power to protect Ace and had teleported away. But alas, a loud cackling filled with eerie derision rang in the entire space.
"Kekekekeke... thank you, Sages, for giving me such a delightful chance to bury this era's talent! I considered this service a favor to you all!"
Ace felt icy cold at this moment, as the entire scene suddenly turned black, and he only heard faint furious voices of his Father and Mother, even his Grandfather seemed to be roaring out something in panicked.
But he couldn't understand any of it. He only felt cold creeping all over his body, and the next moment, he felt like tiny ants crawling all over his body and then biting into his bones.
Pain... so much inhumane pain, fear, anxiety... it was too much; he felt like he could die at any moment!
But alas, deep down, Ace knew this was just the beginning of something that he had long forgotten, and he finally understood the reason why his mind had sealed these memories!