Dawn's pupils shrank and his body shuddered under the strange pressure that had suddenly enveloped him.
Just as his face was about to be pierced by the sharp dagger, Dawn felt a strange force wrapping around his body and stopping the dagger from advancing any further.
Dawn was too stunned and shell-shocked to care about the strange force.
"How is this possible?" A cold and hollow voice echoed in the room.
Followed by the voice, a thin man appeared beside Dawn's bed, his hands clutching the sharp dagger tightly, his face showing a hint of shock—obviously he had never expected his attack to suddenly fail.
Dawn came back to his senses. He resisted the urge to fire a Nine Abyss Laser directly at the man's head and blast him to the shadow realm.
As he was trying to control his emotions, the air around his bed vibrated once more and another figure appeared beside him.
"Uncle Robert..." Dawn sighed once he recognized the newcomer; thankfully it wasn't another murder hobo that wanted to kill him.
Robert glanced at the young Dawn and let out a sigh of relief. His eyes swiftly turned icy cold, and he said in a chilling voice, "An assassin targeting the youngest son of the Skylar family lord? Who sent you?"
"Lion of Skylar family... why is he here?" The assassin muttered with a dazed look in his eyes, despair slowly creeping in, realizing the situation he was in, his hand holding the dagger started shaking.
Lion of the Skylar family, a renowned Gold grade Warrior, Robert Skylar was notorious for being especially cruel to his enemies; dismembering their corpses and hanging them on the family's main gate was his favorite hobby.
"So this is the difference..." The lean young man was in disarray; he had been keeping a silent watch for days but he had never noticed the presence of Robert.
"Could it be..." Suddenly the lean young man realized something and muttered with a forceful smile, "So it had been a trap all along. No wonder the Skylar family was able to become the overlords of the Mesarith city..."
Quickly, Robert, who hadn't spoken anything and maintained silence, suddenly coughed.
Realizing his end was near, the lean young man finally lost it. His body suddenly glowed with a silvery light, displaying a shockingly exquisite technique.
"Hmmm! How brave, do you want to make my young nephew cry?" Robert said with a smiling face.
The lean young man's movement immediately stiffened and the silvery glow disappeared.
Phuchi!
In the next moment, the young man's body exploded, sending droplets of blood flying in every direction; strangely, however, none of them landed on baby Dawn's body.
"How bold of the Lionheart family, to fall to such cheap tricks, truly despicable."
Robert muttered with righteous indignation, his eyes filled with ruthless and murderous intent.
However, his eyes immediately softened when his gaze landed on the young Dawn lying on the bed, who seemed to be sleeping soundly, completely unaffected by the carnage.
Robert didn't disturb Dawn but flicked his wrist; immediately all the signs of blood disappeared and the room returned to its original state.
After cleaning up the mess, Robert also didn't stay here for long and disappeared.
Dawn finally opened his eyes and took rapid breaths to calm down his heart, which was threatening to burst out of his chest at any moment.
When Robert appeared, his danger sense skill reacted very intensely; Dawn felt as if his head was going to split open.
Moreover, after hearing his muttering, he realized his so-called uncle had been patiently waiting for the assassin to attack. It was as if he wanted the assassin to attack Dawn.
Dawn suddenly felt as if he was being used as a tool, and immediately he felt slightly hollow inside.
"To use a just a few days old baby as tool..just how ruthless my new family is..."
Although he had remained unscathed throughout the process, Dawn was still disgusted by the attitude of his family members.
He also inadvertently realized the people in this world were ruthless and cruel. And he was foolish for expecting kindness from such people.
Just at this moment, the gate of his room opened and an especially joyful Fiona rushed inside with a wide smile on her lips.
She seemed completely oblivious to the bloodshed that had taken place in this room just a moment ago.
She noticed Dawn was awake and immediately rushed closer, and started to pinch his cheeks fondly.
Dawn, however, didn't react; he was lost in his thoughts. Although rationally he knew that he couldn't expect kindness from the world, somewhere deep in his heart he wanted and craved family care, just like those novels where a protagonist's family members would shower him with love and care without expecting anything in return.
...
Time continued to pass and soon one month passed in the blink of an eye.
During this one month, an explosive atmosphere gripped the Mesarith city; unexpectedly, tension had risen between the two behemoths, the Skylar family and the Lionheart family, two overlords of the city, and war could break out between the two families any time.
At this time, a rumor had also started to circulate, catching the citizens of the Mesarith city by surprise, the head of Lionheart family, using underhanded means, had tried to assassinate the newborn son of the head of Skylar family.
Angered by the news, Theodore Skylar couldn't bear it any longer and finally declared war on the Lionheart family.
Total lockdown was imposed on the city and no one was allowed to move in or out of the city.
During these few days, the city quaked under the might of two behemoths.
Although troubled by the atmosphere, the citizens of the Mesarith city, whether young or old, fully supported Lord Skylar in this righteous war to avenge his son.
The public opinion was with the Skylar family and finally after some days, the Lionheart family, unable to bear the losses, finally surrendered and agreed to part ways with their twenty-five frost iron mines.
Lord Skylar showed his magnanimous side and calmly accepted the apology; he even hugged the leader of Lionheart family. Looking at the scene, the elderly who had experienced highs and lows sighed while shaking their heads.