Aidan throws some plastic, filled with papers.
" You might want to prepare yourselves. " Aidan says it as the other three gulped on how Aidan gave them the papers.
( Minutes later. )
All of the trio's faces are different, filled with dread and disbelief over what they saw.
" I've been doing some research, call me nerdy, but hey, I work as a Healer and a Hunter here... "
" Doing research and hunting some tracks over it should've been my greatest forte, right? take a look. " Aidan says as the others open it and see all of its contents, seeing the photos of their particular friend and also.
Some particular person who's on the hot topic now is.
" You gotta be kidding me, Aidan? " Jan stares at him after seeing it, seeing Ragna's photos put at the same with the 'White Demon'.
" Are you sure this isn't just you making some conspiracy? " Jan asks with his sharp eyes while Aidan could only look at him.
" What do you think? " Aidan asks after some silence.
" This is just the beginning of what I theorized about, there's still more to come. " Aidan opens his bag, summoning many things he made for this discussion, the discussion he has been longing to do with his friends.
" This is too much! " Jan says after seeing it.
" How did you get this thing, the samples, the... "
" Their DNA's? The Hemoglobin properties from both genetic markers... "
" Carbon dating on a cellular level... and... " Jan's brain began to work more for the biology lessons, the lesson he excelled despite his Gifts.
" How do you even manage to do this!? " Jan asks, he doesn't want to believe the results on the printed papers.
" I gathered the resources with the help of my father's authority. " Aidan explains.
" Using it to solve this thing that has been bugging me in my current life. "
" After all, even before we all met in Junior High, I was already friends with Ragna back when my parents had to move during some financial struggle... "
" Don't forget, at that time, the ties between my father and causing Ardan's were very hot before the 'Incident', so my family needed to retreat for some time. "
" Should I tell you a story? "
" For this story is the reason, I still keep searching for him... " Aidan starts it while seeing one of his printed paper that shows something he remembers.
...
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[ April 15th, 2015 ]
[ District M ]
I just moved into a new house, a not-so-good house, but for me, it wasn't so bad since when I first looked at it, it was white and clean.
Plus, District M is on the Trinia Mountains, so It was great for us to perhaps lay low while recovering in a place filled with fresh air and more connected with nature.
It was a nice place to start some new life and new friends.
Yes, new friends.
...
" Dad, look. " Aidan looked and pointed over a boy with eyeglasses, sitting on the branch of a large tree near a pond. At that time, he was having his 7th years birthday, but unlike the birthdays he had before, he was only given some treats and not even a party, thus, he could only have his birthday by just sightseeing outside his residence with his dad, who happened to be available for him at the moment.
" Can I sleep like that? I've seen that boy always sleep there many times before. " Aidan asks his dad as he too wonders about it.
No offense, but his dad too often sees the eyeglasses boy, sitting on that tree, the tree placed near their residence.
" It's not common for a kid to sleep alone in the trees, especially these years," said Aidan's dad as he sees it.
[ Name: Alan Adler ]
[ Gift: Heat Healing ]
[ Gifter: Agni]
[ Core Tier: 4 ]
" Where's his parents? What kind of parents let their kids sleep outside like that? " Mr. Alan asks himself as he and Aidan decide to approach the boy.
As they approach, the boy is half-asleep, for the smooth breeze of the wind makes him almost enter the world of dreams, the world where he was supposed to be at the time, but.
" Hey! " said both of them as the eyeglasses boy immediately woke up and lost his sleeping balance.
" Whoa, whoa! " the boy was frightened as his body began to fall, Mr. Alan quickly caught him, for he didn't want to see the boy dead near his place.
" I got you! " Mr. Alan catches the little boy, as he lands over his arms. Despite his panic earlier, the boy didn't cry or go tantrum, he just looked around as if that didn't scare him anymore.
" Are you OK? " Aidan asks, approaching the boy while seeing his face, he looks calm.
The boy was quickly made to stand by Mr. Alan, but no response was given as he only looked at them, no words uttered.
" Are you not going to say thank you to my dad? " Aidan asks him, but the boy just looks at him with silence.
" Hello, I heard you have a voice before, so don't act like you're mute! " Aidan says to him, but Mr. Alan, who began to question things in his head, immediately asks.
" What is your name, son? " Mr. Alan asks the boy as the boy who went silent earlier tells his name.
" Ragna. " the boy utters his name.
" Ragna...? " Mr. Alan began to wonder about it when hearing it, his thoughts began to branch everywhere upon hearing it.
"( I never heard names like this before...? )"
"( The sound of his name, does his family's Patron God, Loki? )" Mr. Alan asks himself, for he swears the name sounds right like an Asgardian-based name.
Speaking of names, in this world, the names of the Mortals are originally given by the gods themselves, and the given names are used and grown even further and produce many kinds of names descended from the primarily given ones.
Despite this fact, this is not a thing that many people thought they should be proud of. Besides, despite its meanings, what harm is there in adding new names to the list, after all, it's just a name, it doesn't 'foreshadow' anything.
So what's the importance of a name, anyway? Yes, these thoughts are for those who didn't fathom the ways of the Divine, but for an Adler like Mr. Alan, whose family is part of the Blue Blood Clan, this kind of thing should be questioned in his mind.
"( Names, despite the common act of doing so, are a blessing from a parent to child, for a name itself defines the parents' purpose of having the child in the first place. )"
"( Like myself, 'Alan' was given to me for me to be 'Bright' in the future, whilst the name 'Aidan' was given to my son for him to be 'Brave' and 'Fiery' as a person. )"
"( But, Ragna... )"
"( This is new..., or... )" Mr. Alan was deep into his thoughts, and the two kids immediately looked at him, wondering why he was not moving.
" Oh, have I gone too far? " Mr. Alan asks them.
" Sorry, my mind drifted a bit. "
" But anyways, Ragna... "
" Where do you come from? Why are you here? and... "
" How old are you? " Mr. Alan asks Ragna as he just shows his left hand, raising five of his tiny fingers.
[ 5 Years old. ]
" Five!? " Mr. Alan shouted, he never expected this to come and thought that the boy, Ragna he just met was just shy.
The other reason, he didn't even see this coming, is because Ragna and Aidan are on the same height. While in the other hand, Aidan here, just ended his 6th-year-old age just now.
Thus, after that meeting. The two take the boy, Ragna towards their home and decide to make the guest at Aidan's sparse birthday party.
Ah yes, some opening story before things gets crazy.
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