Chapter 3: Noble Life
Playtime was over and Charlos happily waved Mark goodbye; Mark also waved back at him and slowly walked away, his destination being the Rose household.
Charlos had become his close friend; building friendly relationships was very easy for Mark; he didn't live his previous life in vain after all.
As Mark was walking back to his household, a team of guards was surrounding him, guarding him in an airtight fashion.
'Father let me go and play with Charlos, but he told the guards to follow me; I would say it's for the best.'
'If someone like Fisher Tiger happens to meet me when I am walking around, I'll die in a heartbeat.'
Can that actually happen within the Holy Land? No, it was unlikely, but Mark didn't like to take chances.
So he had zero opinions about the strong guards surrounding him, privacy be damned.
'The guards can do their thing; I have a much more important concern right now.'
'My Observation Haki hasn't grown in range for a month.'
'I can fully observe the Rose family property, but I can't see any further than that.'
'I may have hit a limit.'
Mark was sure of this; it's been almost 3 years, give or take, that he was training his observation haki; he knew he was hitting a limit.
He had spent all these years trying different ways to activate, deactivate, sense, feel, and even smell with observation haki.
Of course he couldn't do many of these things yet, but it was a work in progress.
He figured experimenting with Haki is what will show him the correct path forward.
'I am from a world where nothing like this was possible.'
'Haki is nothing less than a superpower for me. Who will not spend their time playing around with their own superpowers?'
Stopping his thoughts for a second, he looked at another celestial dragon walking around with a group of long-legged tribe people.
'Long leg tribe, trippy.'
Seeing the disproportionately large legs and a regular-sized body, Mark shook his head; this was obviously unnatural; that's not how biology works.
'Were they artificially modified in ancient times? This world used to have very advanced technology, before the void century.'
'Someone had to have created the ancient weapons, right?'
Mark was pretty sure the ancient people were responsible for this.
They must be doing some crazy genetic experiments too, just like vegapunk does right now.
Just look at the sea kings, a giraffe fish? What kind of creature is that!
"Whatever, artificially created or not, it's not my problem."
"Let's go."
Mark commanded his guards, and they quickly made way for him. He was done seeing the long-legged tribe; he must now go home.
He walked for a while longer before reaching his yard; there he found his mother, who was sitting and drinking tea while a dancer danced before her.
"Mark! Come here, sweetie!"
Mark smiled and cheerfully reached for his mother, who easily picked him up and sat him down on her lap.
She was a woman who kept herself healthy; as the lady of the Rose household, she couldn't look bad.
"Did you have fun with Charlos, sweetie? I heard he showed you a pink mermaid; do you want me to get one for you?"
Mark shook his head; no, he wasn't interested in that kind of thing.
The only pink mermaid he wanted to get was Shirahoshi, who was the ancient weapon Poseidon.
Normal mermaids were worthless to him, he would rather use his superpowers and have fun messing around.
"No, Mother, I don't want one, and honestly, Carlos was really boring."
"If he wasn't Saint Rosward's son and their next heir, I wouldn't have given him a second look."
Mark's disregard didn't make his mom the slightest bit angry, instead she was happily hugging her son.
"Sweety, I am so proud of you."
Luna understood how hard it was for a three-year-old child to suppress boredom and act for the family.
The fact that Mark didn't leave, and did something he could have avoided without any trouble on his part, made her very proud.
"And Mark, do you want me to dye your hair?"
She asked with some concern; she knew Mark got his pink hair from her, so when she heard Charlos called him ugly, she wasn't sure if his mind would be negatively affected.
"No, Mother, it looks so good on you; no way will it look bad on me!"
Mark exclaimed, Please, he was going to show the world horrors of Goku Black; how can he change his hair colour because of a word from Charlos?
"Oh honey! Thank you so much!"
Mark smiled happily as Lady Luna caressed his head warmly. She was happy that Mark wasn't sad about Carlos's words.
Because those were pure nonsense, her baby boy was very good, with chubby cheeks, grey eyes, a healthy body, and fair skin with her signature pink hair.
He was a model celestial dragon, according to her, a symbol of beauty and perfection; that's how she kept herself, and that's how her son will keep himself as well.
"I am proud of you, Mark."
Luna told Mark how incredibly proud she was of him; Mark smugly smiled back in return.
Then both mother and son sat down and began enjoying the dancer's dance again.
Seeing the smooth moves before him, Mark remembered she was supposedly a professional dancer, and he had to agree; her moves were indeed good.
Mark decided to stop training his Haki and relaxed; spending time with family was equally important, always training will make even superpowers seem boring.
Mark wouldn't want to get bored and stop his progress; now that would be quite terrible.
Chapter 4: Body strength
It's been 5 months since Mark's last visit to Carlos's house. Mark never left his villa after that day, and was focused on only one thing.
Training his observation Haki.
"My range isn't increasing at all."
Mark was shaking his head while sitting in his personal bedroom. He whispered to himself indifferently.
He was training his observation Haki nonstop all this time, but the range didn't increase in the slightest.
"This is my limit, at least my current limit; my young age is holding me back."
"I am turning four in a few months, but I am not big mom who could kill giants at age five."
"My body is that of a normal human, that's totally not enough."
Mark wanted strength, and observation haki was a dead end.
Now he had a few options before him, all of which could solve his current problem.
"I can eat a zoan devil fruit, but I don't want to eat a random one."
Rubbing his chin Mark muttered thoughtfully.
"I know a devil fruit which suits me well, sadly I can't tell my parents to get it for me."
"If I tell them, the world government will know that this fruit exists, and they'll take it for themselves."
"It's a very good devil fruit, the holy knights and elders will take it for sure."
Mark hummed and decided to let devil fruits be for now.
He was interested in their powers and wanted eat one, but as of now he couldn't get the fruit he wanted.
He wasn't too sad though, he had other options, he was a celestial dragon and never lacked options.
"Now that devil fruits are out of the question, I have two more ways remaining."
"Haki and Rokushiki, which one do I choose?"
Mark wondered for a bit, then stopped thinking because thinking was for plebes.
He didn't want to waste time thinking about something he didn't need to. Mark was almost four and had his very own maidservants.
They will do the thinking on his behalf, he simply clapped his hands and called his servant.
_Clap clap_
Immediately the door opened, and a woman of considerable grace bowed to him.
"Please command Saint Mark."
Mark said casually.
"I am interested in methods of promoting strength."
"Bring me a copy of ALL such methods available in the sea."
For many this would be considered an impossible task, but celestial dragons have ruled the world for 800 years, their library was filled with all kinds of books.
This task was as easy as it got.
"I'll be right back, Saint Mark."
Unbothered by her caution, Mark waved her away.
"You are dismissed."
Swiftly leaving Mark's room, the maid got to work; meanwhile, Mark kept on practicing his Observation Haki.
This time around he was sensing the maid, while she did her job in the most efficient way possible.
Not only her, even the librarian was rushing to collect everything he could find on the topic.
"They are an efficient bunch; mother and father have selected the best of the best."
Understanding that his servants were not slacking off, Mark stopped observing them and began to observe his mother and father.
They were currently discussing the economic situation of the Rose family.
Mark knew this because he could read their lips, not because he had activated the ability to listen to people's voices.
Koby could do something like that, but it was random and it traumatized him when he kept hearing people die.
"Our finances look okay this year."
"Although an Island was punished as they couldn't pay their heavenly gold."
Mark shrugged, that island had nothing to do with him. He just was relieved seeing they were in no financial crisis.
Sure, it was basically impossible because they were celestial dragons, but it didn't hurt to check.
"This reminds me."
"While my servants find new training methods, let me see if I can listen to people's voices like Koby."
"I don't need Roger's voice of all things; just give me voice of somethings."
If possible Mark wanted this observation haki ability, and he didn't want to unlock it randomly, as it could be quite traumatizing.
So he decided to keep practicing, he was trying to awaken abilities by controlled training, not abruptly in the middle of a fight.
It's very difficult to control new abilities during a death match. Unless you have a thick plot armor named destiny.
"I am a regular man; I have no fate helping me around."
"Unlike the saviour who's destined to succeed, I gotta put in some real effort."
Mark promptly decided ignore Luffy's cheating destiny, and focused on himself. In Kaido's words, he would use his Haki to overpower everything.
Regardless of what happens in the future, a strong Haki will be his biggest support.
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