章 83: Mage in Plain Sight

Leonor was met with watery brown eyes staring up at her and the small boy's chin quivered as a quiet cry escaped his lips. 

"I've fallen and hurt my knee," he whined. "The others are too fast for me. I can't keep up with them."

The others he was referring to were the children at the edge of the circular town center playing with a leather ball that they kicked back and forth.

To the maid and Gideon's surprise, Leonor said, "Would that be alright if I lift you and take you back with the others? It isn't safe to sit down on a busy street. Someone much heavier than I am may trip over you next time." 

The boy seemed uncertain at first but nodded slowly.

Leonor found an issue with him trusting a stranger, but she decided it was a future issue she would bring up once the child was safe and where his parents likely left him.