"Waaaaah!"",

The moment he heard his daughter's first cry, Vicente stopped where he was and looked at the scene in front of him, where Nova lay on a stretcher, her legs spread and blood staining the bed and the floor.

There was so much blood that it looked like the scene of a massacre!

But unlike a massacre, everyone in the room prepared for Annie's delivery had smiles on their faces, Nina and Eve holding Nova's hands as they looked down Nova's legs, at the doctor's hands.

Lauren had a smile on her face, unable to see the face of the newest member of the Fuller family, but able to feel her tiny body and her heartbeat.

The members of the medical team worked to stop Nova's bleeding, while the doctor held a newborn baby girl in his hands, a tiny creature measuring 42 centimeters long and 3.2 kilograms.

Vicente felt his heart beat faster as he saw the little one wrapped in a blanket specially prepared for her, the little one opening her mouth and screaming loudly.

"Waaaaah!"

A smile escaped Vicente's lips as he felt as if time had stopped for a moment, before he came to his senses and acted.

He displayed his magical powers, manipulating Nova's cells and heart to stimulate the regeneration she needed to stop the bleeding.

The medical team realized he was there, and the doctor handed him little Annie.

"Calm down, Annie, daddy's here." Vicente said as he held his first daughter for the first time, just before the little girl stopped screaming.

She fluttered her eyelids, trying to open her eyes for the first time.

It wasn't easy for a newborn to do it. Many of them took several days to open their eyes for the first time, and even when they did, they could see poorly.

But after five seconds of trying to look at this person, Annie opened her eyes and revealed blue eyes, just like her mother's.

However, her hair was as black as Vicente's, which was easy to notice because of the large amount of hair on her head.

A strange smile appeared on Annie's face as she completely calmed down from this traumatic situation.

Something had thrown her out of her warm and cozy, quiet and safe 'home' to bring her into this cold, noisy and strange world.

How could that not be frightening?

But amid her crisis, when she was possibly experiencing the end of her period of absolute peace, she found the warmth of the aura of someone she knew well.

Vicente smiled back at Annie before walking over to Nova's side and taking her daughter in his arms for the first time.

Already feeling much better with Vicente's help, Nova took Annie into her arms and saw her daughter's face. Tears flowed from her eyes as she didn't realize how much Annie looked like Vicente.

It was as if she was the female, blue-eyed version of Vicente!

'This guy put a copy of himself in Nova.' Eve thought to herself as she and Nina looked at Annie's little face.

"Venerable Fuller, congratulations on the birth of your first daughter. Annie is very strong and healthy. You can rest assured about it."

The doctor stopped at Vicente's side and informed the father of the condition of the newborn and what needed to be done for Annie and Nova over the next few days.

Nova would be weakened for about a week, and then her strength would gradually return. In two weeks at the most, she should be able to cultivate and fight as she did before her pregnancy.

As for Annie, as an ordinary newborn, she was fragile and had a long journey ahead of her. The first 3 months were definitely the most complicated, when she would have little control over her body and would be 100% dependent on her parents.

Nova would have to breastfeed her for a year, while for the first few months they would have to deal with Annie feeding every 2 hours and soiling herself at a similar frequency.

Only after the first 3 months would things improve as she grew enough to eat more at once, sleep longer, and soil herself less often during the day.

She would have some independence between the 9th month and her first year, when she should be able to say a few words and walk. But for that to happen, the family would have to do a lot of training and stimulation to get her to a less vulnerable state within a year.

And so began Vicente and his family's new journey in Metal City, with the women of the family all willing to help the couple take care of the little one.

Lauren took Vicente's newborn daughter in her arms and got to know the newest member of the household.

"Welcome to our boat, girl. I hope you're not as boring as your father, but don't worry, I'll be here to teach you useful things and not be like him." Lauren said as she touched Annie's little face.

The little baby smiled at Lauren, making the cold woman feel her icy heart melt as long dormant memories flooded through her mind.

Tears formed in her eyes as she felt an extreme need to hold the little creature in her arms.

The others saw this, but didn't understand what was really happening.

Nina bent down beside Lauren and stroked the bent woman's back, imagining how thrilled her older sister must be.

She was moved, too, so Nina took Lauren's behavior as natural.

Lauren remained silent during her crying and hugging of Annie until she suddenly showed a change in her aura and Vicente took Annie in his arms.

"Go cultivate, Lauren. You're about to advance to the Mid-

level." He said as he smiled in satisfaction, not expecting Annie's birth to stimulate anything in terms of Lauren's powers.

She stood in front of Vicente for a moment, but said nothing, feeling ashamed. From there, she simply ran to the nearest cultivation room, trying to control her racing thoughts.

Lauren suddenly remembered her mother, father, siblings, and some of her early years in Martell Village.

She didn't remember everything about her life, but enough to better understand who she was before she was taken by Nixlas' Shadows.

'Mother, father, I'm sorry I wasn't there for them when they were growing up. But I'll do my best from now on!' She thought to herself before sitting down in a lotus position to cultivate.