Martial Arts Worlds

The dinner ended.

While it was Julian's turn to help Karma with the dirty dishes, Karma went outside to have a quick phone call with his friends as they've been calling him for the last ten minutes.

Kiernan, on the other hand, returned back to his room, got seated on his chair, and quickly opened his computer.

'Boarding school of Gaul…'

He quickly typed that into the search bar and started researching.

It was a nice-looking boarding school in the countryside of Gaul. It was far from civilization, surrounded by fields and forests.

There were dormitories, classrooms, and a dining hall for the students. There were also some recreational facilities, such as a gym and a swimming pool.

'It sure looks nice.'

Kiernan leaned back against the chair's backrest, tapped his finger against the wooden desk, and then pressed his forefinger against the desk's polished surface, feeling the smoothness beneath his touch.

Crack…

That small spot in the desk cracked, and then Kiernan stabbed his finger through the desk's surface, creating a jagged hole.

Kiernan looked at his forefinger with a small.

'My condition is much better. I think I can finally unleash my Iron Lance. It was about time. I've been wanting to use my favorite technique.'

Flap! Flap!

At that moment, he heard some strange flapping noises, and then, to his surprise, a small-winged pigeon flew through the window, circling near the ceiling, making turns around the chandelier.

"A pigeon?"

Kiernan stood up, and as the pigeon perched on the chandelier, he noticed the small paper tied to its leg.

'Paper… Nevaeh…'

Kiernan reached out his hand towards Pigeon. It was like he was saying, 'Come on, land on my palm instead,' and the pigeon seemed to understand as it flew down and landed on his palm.

He carefully lifted the small paper tied to its leg, and as soon as he did, the pigeon flew off, but it landed on the windowsill, waiting patiently for him to read the message.

Kiernan went to his bed, sat down with his back against the wall, and unfolded the message to read it.

He would be lying if he said that he wasn't nervous.

It must be a message from his mother.

'Hello, son.

'I hope this letter finds you well and happy. I am saddened that we couldn't talk properly before you left, but I hope you understand that what I said, I did it for you.

'I heard my sister told you everything. About the abortion. Back then, I was young, scared, and alone. My father wanted me to do it. All my relatives wanted me to do it. I wasn't ready to have a child.

'I thought about just leaving the Abracadabra family, giving birth to you, and living out my life as a mother. But I was too scared to go independent. Therefore, I chose the second option. I returned you to your father. Discover stories at My Virtual Library Empire

'New Rakuya is a relatively safe country. Weak, small, and out of harm's way. I thought we would never meet again and that you would spend the rest of your life there, staying away from the dangerous parts of the world.

'It looks like I was naive. My son wasn't destined to be just another ordinary young man. Despite living in a place where the strong don't appear too often, you managed to become one of them.

'I am proud of you, and I love you.

'I'd like to know more about you. You can write your response on the back of this letter, and Nevaeh's pigeon will bring it to me.

'Believe me or not, it was hard for me to write this letter. I wanted to include every feeling I have for you in this letter, but I realized it was impossible.

'I am not a good writer. I would like to hear your voice again. I'd like to see you again. I'd like to hug you. You mean everything to me.

'Your mother—Bella.'

Kiernan finished reading the letter and looked at it blankly for a couple of moments.

The pigeon then started pecking at the window. Almost like it was telling Kiernan to start writing the response to the letter.

"Haaah…"

Kiernan let out a deep sigh and shook his head.

"Argh, I don't know. I am pissed. She doesn't really care about Karma in any of this. I shouldn't be surprised. She was just using him to get what he wanted."

Kiernan looked into pigeon's eyes, but he had a hunch that he was staring at someone else on the other side.

"Nevaeh, you there?"

The pigeon started pecking on the windowsill's edge. It looked like it was nodding like a human would.

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The pigeon pecked at the windowsill. It nodded as a response.

Kiernan put the letter down on his desk and headed downstairs.

The splashing of water came from the kitchen as Julian was busy washing dishes. He clearly wasn't enjoying it.

"Where is Karma?"

Kiernan asked from the busy Julian.

"Outside on phone!"

Julian shouted back while trying to scrub off the burnt cheese from the pan.

Kiernan headed out of the front door and saw his father having a phone call, laughing with his friend on the other side of the line.

"Dad, there's something I'd like to ask you."

"Oh?"

Karma raised an eyebrow and turned to look at his serious-looking son. He then quickly finished the phone call with his friend and pocketed his phone.

"What's wrong?"

"When my mother brought me here, and you found me, was there a necklace around my neck? It's how you knew to name me Kiernan, right?"

Karma looked surprised, then his expression softened, and he nodded.

"There was a necklace around your neck, yes."

"Where is it?"

Karma scratched the back of his head, told Kiernan to follow him, and then headed to the attic of their house.

The attic was all dusty with old boxes and cobwebs hanging from the ceiling.

In one of the boxes, there was a baby's basket, a blanket, and an old-looking necklace.

"You came in this basket, wrapped around a blanket, and a necklace around your neck."

Karma said, then picked up the necklace and handed it over to Kiernan.

"Why did you never mention this?"

Kiernan asked as he looked at the necklace in hand. It had his name engraved on it.

"…"

Karma stayed tight-lipped, but he then let out a resigned sigh and said.

"I thought it was better to keep the thoughts of your mother out of your head. She was basically a stranger to both of us, even though she gave birth to you.

"I never expected you to want to go willingly search for your mother. I thought it was best if we just left the past in the past."

When he was done explaining, Kiernan nodded, grabbed the necklace tight, and then headed back to his room to finish the letter.