Bab 3: I was chose
The man who had disappeared reappeared but now next to the Lord and the madam.
Apparently, they were thanking him.
"Thank you very much, John, for getting rid of the 'elves'" The gentleman said while the lady only showed a smile in gratitude.
"I don't deserve it sir, and if I wasn't still, you could get rid of them just by wagging your hand" John knelt in front of the gentleman while he spoke.
"Why do you say you don't deserve it?"
"I didn't know of his existence if it were not for the boy and his amazing instinct, my lord"
"Oh, how amazing it is, according to your" The Lord raised an eyebrow at his interest.
"He detects the 'elves' that I could not, apart from pointing out to me, who they were without effortless"
They both came walking towards me once they finished talking, although I heard their talk I don't understand why they are so surprised.
*Sniff sniff*
"You smell ..." I was just about to say the word blood, but John signaled me to keep quiet, so I simply pointed to his shoulder where there was a cut on his body.
"Oh, the elve will have bitten you" The madam said, who had followed them and began to heal him with a spell she murmured.
"Again, as those elves annoy, I will not give them my shiny things!" The girl said annoyed by what happened.
<As hell those things will be elves! They were bigger than me and they were human! They are murderers! ... aah!> They only use the word Elves for Assassins to not scare her, what a good father.
They show a smile for the things his daughter said while the gentleman approaches me.
"Child, do you understand what you just did?" The gentleman asked me as he crouched down to my height.
"Ehh ... is not that normal for the beast-man?" I tilted my head as I answered his question.
"Mm... Your mother has not taught you common sense ... wait, you said that you have three mothers, where is where you live?" The way she looked at me changed when I finished speaking, but I did not give importance.
"In the orphanage Moon, it is for-"He subject my hand which was to give indications of the place where I live.
"Better take me there, I need to talk to your three mothers, can you?" He showed a calm smile from an adult.
"Well, come on." I grabbed him by the hem of his shirt as I took him to the orphanage.
On the way, several people inclined their heads towards me.
<At last, they realized the greatness of the great me ...> I was about to take my chest with pride but, I realized that they were bowing to the Lord.
I was a little discouraged, but I still dragged him to the orphanage.
"Suta is back!, Let's play hide and seek and now we will find you!" A child from the orphanage who was sitting on the floor looking at the sky turned to our direction and when he saw me he challenged me.
<Kuku ... ignorant!> I showed a smile and was about to accept his duel ... but I have to guide the Lord with my mothers.
"Wait for a little Luis, now I'm going to play!" I shouted to him to wait while taking the Lord to Nana's office, which is where she usually is.
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Once we arrived, I went in without knocking on the door and found Nana breastfeeding a baby which is not uncommon.
"Ma! A man wants to talk to you and the other two! "I ran to her while I hug her leg because of how tall she is.
"Oh, and what's your visit, do you know my child?" She showed a motherly smile and asked me something I don't know.
"Nop!" I smiled at my honest answer.
"Let them in and call the other two" She left the baby she had in her arms in a crib with wheels which was pushed by one of the girls who is training to be a 'Mother' of the orphanage.
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After Suta ran out, I could see the guests.
"You can go in!" Suta shouted in the distance as he went for Rin and Mary.
Tilt my head quickly when I see the shield of a tap with a red feather in the chest of the Lord or rather Lord.
Arthur Grinford, the current leader of his clan. <Oh and he doesn't come alone>
Scarlett Grinford, wife of the clan leader.
Lux Grinford, the youngest daughter of the Clan Leader.
What did this child do this time? I held my forehead for the imaginary pain I felt when I remembered the problems he had caused.
"Go ahead, take a seat" I spoke with my usual smile as I straightened up.
"With your permission" Mr. Arthur entered while being followed by his wife and daughter.
Each one took a place and they kept silent.
"So, Mr. Arthur, what are you looking for at the Luna Orphanage?"
"You only go to an orphanage for one reason madam and you have to know what it is" When he said that prayer a feeling of joy flooded my body to know that one of my children would find family, but not because I am happy, I will make things simple.
"But if you know that child can only get out of here if you agree to be his father and do his duty?" Ask to be sure that we are on the same frequency.
"Yes, I understand it very well, how it works, I know very well that I can't go out with the child and just say that I will take care of it, not for nothing the King created that rule and it is to avoid cases similar to that" He answered calmly, but when I was about to continue our talk.
"What rule daddy? And similar to what? "The girl asked while looking into her father's eyes.
"It's a rule that the King created for some ugly things that happened, the rule was or law dictates that an orphan can only leave the orphanage when he is older or finds a tutor ... [Parents], not teachers, uncles, acquaintances, only that they accept to be their parents, for the simple reason that previously orphaned children were taken away by people who claimed to be some kind of acquaintance of them and those children were never seen again and those who did reappear had an absolute hatred for the world and his Mana was demonized "
"To prevent that and someone else from doing something similar, the King imposed that rule, the papers that are signed accepting to be their parents are special, with them one can know what the intention of the person is when taking the child and not can deceive the spell because it was created by the same King, although at the beginning it was only a roll of two meters in length, but now there are more than 50 similar rolls and you only need a piece of it to use it as a contract, like the one with the madam there in that frame "Arthur pointed to a painting which had a piece of rectangular paper the size of a Ratcek (45-50cm)
On the sheet, there were many names written and their fingerprints marked with blood, but only a few that you could count on the fingers of one hand and leftover fingers were black while the others were green.
"The names in green are the people who managed to be a family, while the blacks are buried under three meters of land right now" I said while looking also at the sheet which I took and brought to the desk.
The atmosphere was silent because of the sensitivity that is the issue of the abuse of orphans, but in that my star enters the room.
Suta entered while pushing Rin and Mary with a big smile.
"Ugh ... you don't need me anymore?" Suta asked and was about to deny me.
"Stay, this concerns you" Mr. Arthur spoke.
"I came here to take that child, but before I take him I want you to tell me things about him"
"Eh?!, I can tell you if you asked me" Suta said confused, but I understand what you want to know Mr. Arthur, he wants to get clues from Suta's parents and it is very common when they take the children.
"ME!, I'll tell Suta's antics!" Rin raised her hand and jump in her side to let her count.
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Suta arrived at the orphanage on the 9th day of the seventh month of the year 2020, was wrapped in worn sheets and placed outside the orphanage, not even in front of the door, but it was not raining and it was a night.
Suta like the other baby-beasts, he had his ears covered that made him deaf and was like a solitary snowflake because it was a white ball.
When he arrived at 2 months it was the first time he cries, he cries so hard that he raises the other babies that were with him.
It is rare that he took a long time to cry and more when he is a baby-beast, that usually they are too linked with their mothers through the smell, and I can affirm it because I am one.
When he was a year old, he had the habit of asking for things with his tail instead of screaming like other babies.
When he was two years old and could run, he easily joined with the older children to play hide and seek and we always ended up worried that he would have got lost, but when we least expected he would show up or let himself be seen and when he had to always look he found everyone, from there he showed a nose that was sharper than normal.
Then on a thundery day, Suta showed that too loud or high-pitched sounds hurt his ears and that he can hear things that others don't, like when Nana finishes baking cakes and he listened as she opened the ornó to get them out.
When he turned four there was a blackout in the orphanage and while the other children shouted scared, Suta was the only quiet, Mary asked him why that day? Suta replied that he could see everyone and since he could see them he was not afraid.
"I'm a beast-woman, I don't have any of those skills that he has ... damn!" The last thing was a murmur.
Suta also showed great instincts, he could know when it was going to rain or when we discovered some of his pranks and went out to hide.
With which you throw a bit of intention or stare at him, Suta will feel it, several times I catch him watching him on orders from Nana.
"I knew it!" Suta screams and interrupted me.
"Keep quiet for now Suta" Mary scolds him.
But what is more surprising is that he can guess when it will be a monsters overflow, he usually hides in Nana's room when that will happen even if he doesn't understand what happens, usually, that happens until a few days before the monsters start there make havoc
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"Something else," Rin asked with a smile.
"Not nothing else" The Lord shook his hand in denial.
"Then you could sign here and put your fingerprint" Nana indicated to the lord to sign on the sheet he always has in a box.
"But first, put this, you must know what it is" The Lord took out a piece of stone with the shape of a pyramid but it has four sides, it has several carvings but mainly has the same figure as an eagle and a feather in the background. <What a rare eagle>
"I see ..." Nana nodded but I don't know what it is.
<I want to know too!>
"Suta don't interrupt them." Mary held me by the shoulder as she spoke in a low voice.
"Mary, you know what is that?" I point to the stone the Lord placed on the paper and it began to shine.
"That is a privilege that the 7 main noble families have, with them they can change the contract rules and allow them to take the children without having to accept being their parents, it also has other functions" She told me in a low voice, but When she finished speaking, a blue light illuminated the room.
The name of the Lord became a blue color and stands out a lot.
"Ready, with that I prove that I have no prejudice towards Suta and that he is now under my wing" The Lord rose from his seat and looked satisfied as Nana had a happy but also sad smile.
The Lord left followed by his daughter and his wife.
"It would be better to say goodbye to him because we're leaving now" He spoke.
"Who?" I asked confused, but the moment the door closed, Nana, Rin, Mary hugged me tightly each one.
I don't understand what is happening, but I don't feel happy.
Nana began to shed tears first and then be followed by the other two.
"I don't understand anything!" I said between the tears I was letting go because I feel very sad and I don't understand why!
"Suta ... my star, the time has come, the moment for you to have a better life and that man who has just left is the one who will take you and make you have a better life than we can offer you," Mary said through tears.
"I still don't understand!" I repeated desperate for the anguish I felt.
"Suta, you are the one who will go away, you will not come back here" Rin showed me a smile, but not with the usual spirit.
"But ... but" I do not know what to say.
"Suta, this is our goodbye, we hope you live a happy life" The man named John came in and took me.
* SFX The tinkle of a bell *
So many times I had heard that sound and they always took a child here and there, I always saw them go, I was never one ...
<It's my turn to have a family, it's not me looking at how they take a child, I'm one of the chosen ones!>
While the clinking continued, several children from the Orphanage came running to the exit to see who would go now as we have always done ...
Rin, Mary, Nana, and more children from the orphanage were gathered outside the orphanage and everyone shouted the same phrase.
""Suta continues shining!!""
Joseph my best friend came running and threw me a bag which I caught, while he just waved his hand in goodbye like the other children.
My vision was distorted by the tears that were now a combination of Joy and sadness.
<This time I will not be forgotten!>
Status Power Mingguan
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