Reese Crozzo smiled to herself as she entered the forbidden armory. It was way cooler than her toys! Gardener told her some secrets and now, here she was.

"This is cool!" Her high-pitched squeal echoed in the empty hallways underneath the manor.

Walking around, she looked at the numerous shiny weapons before pausing at one of them. An empty chamber with two words.

"Hmm... Rexley... Crozzo?" Reese whispered, looking at the name and a person's portrait. "Huh? Is that Uncle Rex?"

Taking one last look at the portrait. "Bleh! stinky!" She whispered before looking around and noticed some things.

"Ooh, spiky!" She said as she took the spiky armor set and poked it. Gently, she held the gun on the table and frowned as she tried to pick it up.

"Too heavy!" She complained before sighing and holding the sword.

"Release us from our torment..." 

"Bleh!" Tossing the sword back to its holder, she looked around and grinned as she noticed the Black Blade on the corner. "Ooh, shiny!" 

Approaching the blade, her little fists tugged on the chain. The chain was cold and the blade taller than her but she felt shape. 

"It's yours now, I can't use it anymore y'know. All of these are yours now, my little gremlin of a successor," 

A kind and gentle voice filled her mind as a figure stood behind the blade. 

She couldn't see their face but the warm hand on top of her head reminded her of her father and uncle while his mannerisms reminded her a bit of her mother. For some reason, tears formed in her eyes as she saw the masked man and by instinct, she approached him and wrapped her little arms around his leg. 

"Reese?" Turning to her pink-haired auntie, the gremlin looked back to the man only to see that what she was hugging was the black blade. "Are you alright?! What are you doing here?" 

"I... there was a man here," Reese said, turning to where the man was while holding the blade. 

"I see, come on, put the blade back and—"

"No!" For some reason, she couldn't let this blade go... like the toy Uncle Reve gave her. 

"What's going on?" Kiana asked, dust covering parts of her hair and outfit. "Reese! There you... are..." Seeing the black blade and the chains pushed memories in the front of her mind. 

"So... a Herrscher? That sums up, you can be pretty sweet sometimes... when you're not busy trying to perv on Mei," A young man with dark hair said with his back turned to her while polishing a familiar black blade. 

"Shut up, Rexie! Now, which one should I wear?" 

"Kiana... you're going on an outing with friends and family, not a bar. Put away that bunny suit," 

"What? Don't you find it sexy on me?"

"Yes, but that's not the point,"  

"That blade..." Kiana whispered, approaching Reese. Kneeling to her eye level, she smiled at her. "You know... your Uncle Rex used this sword," 

"Really?!" chuckling at the shining eyes of the innocent child, she turned to Rin and nodded. 

"Here," Pressing something on the blade, the little girl's eyes widened as it became smaller and blunter while fitting into her little fists. "Your uncle always carried this blade everywhere and like this, he can disguise it as a belt." 

"So cool!" Reese turned to Kiana before looking down. "Uhm... auntie... c-can you tell me more about Uncle Rex?" She asked, stunning both Rin, Kiana and some more people that just arrived. 

"Wait, your mom and dad didn't tell you about Rex?" Kiana asked, shocked that Rein and Elysia didn't tell her. 

"No... I don't ask them... Daddy looks so sad and Mommy cries a lot while hugging Uncle Rex's picture... Uncle Reve is too busy..." Reese looked down on her feet. "Is he going to get mad that I took his sword? That I use his room to play in?"  

Warm arms embraced the little girl as Kiana held her in her arms. "Well, don't worry! I was your Uncle Rex's best friend! I'll tell you all about him! And Reese, Rex won't be angry. I know if he's here then he'll spoil you all the time!"

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Adam sighed as he looked at his instructor. Reve said nothing as he looked at the training he put Adam on. If he wanted to get together with Rin then he needed to finish the Crozzo family workout routine! Elysia did it, but at the time, she was just Rein's partner, and with her personality and attitude, she won their parents over. 

'He has the determination and he is ready to be named as a knight of the order of the crosses,' Reve thought to himself before noticing something. A visage of his younger brother overlapped with Adam for a split second. 'I see, Rin taught him more things...' 

"What are you doing here?" A beautiful young woman with two-toned white and black hair asked, looking at him while holding onto a pair of gray-haired kids. 

"Training Adam," He said before humming at the sight of the kids. "Man, you and Natasha are really living up to your titles as 'Mother' and 'Father'" He teased with a blank look on his face before noticing something on the two. The girl had a similarity with Rex's poker face while the boy had something like Rex's expressiveness. "Hey kids, wanna be knights?" 

"Meh?"

"Yes!" 

The kids, twins probably, turned to each other. The sudden action reminded Reve of Kiana and Rex— especially how Rex acted after waking up. 

"Don't forget, we have dinner at the house. Do not be late, 'UNCLE,'" Arle said before turning to the kids. "Come on, we should go shopping."

"Don't you dare 'Land of the Promised Neverland' things!" Rex teased, dodging a firebird with ease while Arle walked away. 'Man, I am Scaroused by her,' 

"Here," Rein said with a smile, tossing a box to Reve. "Go wild," 

Taking a look at the box, Reve chuckled as he looked at the condoms. "You don't want a Niece or nephew?" 

"i do, but you have a lot of kids to take care of," Rein pointed out. 

"Elysia can straighten you out," 

"Natasha," 

"Touche, brother. Touche," 

'Whipped,' By reflex, the two turned to a space between them and saw nothing.