After a week, when I picked up Alstroemeria, she has been accepted quickly by the residents of Nanab Harbor Town. Although some adventurers bat their eyes on her because of her monstrous strength, nonetheless, no one still dared to lay their hands on her.
That child is curious and talkative about many things.
I am having fun being with her all day. Even we are just talking random things. She also helps out around the guild. She lifts heavy crates and sacks from the pier too from the docking ships that need assistance.
Come to think of it, I never asked her anything about her or how did she end up alone.
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An accident happened.
An adventurer is provoking Alstroemeria.
I remembered that this is one of the common jerk adventurers that spew and profanity and insults here and there to whomever they meet if they don’t bend to their will. He is also one of those people who look at Alstroemeria with hostility.
To even do that to a child…
Of course, I educated Alstroemeria about this kind of matter. In fact, the provocation didn’t work on her and she simply brushes it off putting the adventurer in a shameful situation.
Probably because he got shamed, he resorted to violence, throwing a punch at Alstroemeria.
That asshole…
But there is something unexpected happened…
I was about to jump in to beat the hell out of the guy too for making a ruckus and saving Alstroemeria but…
His fist lands on her face…
…
“AH SHIT! What the hell!”
Alstroemeria’s face didn’t even budge and the man’s fist broke. He holds his hand and looks at Alstroemeria with great disdain.
After throwing insults again here and there, he drew his sword which alerted everyone in the guild hall.
I immediately grab my spear under the reception desk to intercept him…
But before I can even dash towards the jerk…
[Avidya Severance – Forgiving Sins and Mockery]
BOOM!
Alstroemeria throws a palm fist towards the sword the jerk is holding. The sword broke, but half of the adventurer’s guild hall and adventurers themselves got blown away by the sheer force Alstroemeria threw.
Shock, bafflement, bewildered and many more expression to describe the situation that traversed in the guild hall.
Sadly… I mean, fortunately, no reported casualties.
Since the jerk is the one who threw the punch first and even drew a sword towards a little girl, he and his party were the one got the charges and expenses for repairing since Alstroemeria is the victim here and she is just a little girl.
Not to mention she doesn’t have any legal guardian.
That night, I told her that we have to talk after dinner. She trembles upon my words and looks at me sadly while trying to smile…
…
We sat down on the sofa facing each other.
Her face says that it’s not something new to her.
“Alstroemeria, about today, your strength is too much that you destroyed the guild hall. Now, why do you think I am talking to you right now?”
“Sorry. It’s really my fault that it happened. I really don’t belong anywhere…”
“…”
“It’s fine. You don’t have to push me away too. I am just going to leave on my own.”
“…”
“Thank you for everything.”
“You dumbass.”
I hit her on the head, preferably, on the top of her head, with my fist.
I just hurt myself and she is fine, but she looks at me befuddled.
“I don’t know what happened to you, and I want to hear about it too. But for now, let’s fix that misconception of yours that I will cast you out because of what you did.”
“Eh?”
“What I mean is it’s too early for me and for them to judge it like that. You can just learn how to control yourself. If you can’t do that immediately, we are tough enough that those kinds of incidents cannot take us down.”
“I see…but... there are more instances where I cannot control strength… and I don’t think I can learn how to…immediately…”
“You sound so unsure. Will you tell me about yourself… why did you end up in your situation…”
“Okay.”
Her story goes like this.
It seems that her strength bloomed at age of five. At first, it gave her parents high hopes for her making expectations and dream that they tried to force on her.
After a year, though, they already isolated her from society as her strength is unmeasurable, scary and destructive that even she is just playing with kids around her age. An incident will happen and cause harm for everyone around her.
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Because of it, her parents kept her inside the house not because they don’t want her playing with another kid anymore, but they themselves are afraid of her. In instances, she would tear down or breaks something without knowing it.
She was an obedient and kind child, but she gets emotional easily at her age and will sometimes throw a fit and in the process, destroy something. For example, multiple house and properties that even the city officials themselves are alerted.
By the age of eight, she was thrown out of the city because of fear and loathing to her.
After she cried the whole day in front of the city gate with no one answering to her wails, she left. She wanders the land, scavenging food for survival and drinking water from any sources she can get to.
She runs away from magical beasts and devils because she is still not aware how to utilize her strength and it was a bizarre and scary thing for her to see.
She continued to wander like this for three months until she was picked up by a monk in a temple in the north.
The temple is a training ground for aspiring young fighters and people who seek peace and calm through meditation. The people there also practices Ki and apply it to battles.
Alstroemeria becomes a resident of the temple. She was thoroughly educated and trained there by the masters. She also learns many techniques, skills, and meditations. She mastered the way of Ki in just a very short time and was called grand master already at the age of ten.
But does a child know about holding back?
There are so many instances that she would accidentally destroy the temple or injure someone with her monstrous strength.
And before she knew it, no one wants her there anymore. Even the head monk of the temple, although, sorry, he can’t take the rising cost of repairs and medicines, so they need to kick her out too at the age of twelve.
At that time, she already knows not to wail at someone’s front and left obediently.
She then wanders in the coldness of the north, hunting her own food and living in the icy hell.
After wandering like a wild animal for six months, I found her.
And that’s how everything came to be.
She looks at me timidly after telling me how she lived her life up until now.
I just can’t believe how people treated her… It might be her strength partially at fault but… throwing her out suddenly like that… they are too heartless or they just wanted to protect their own interests.
If they truly care for Alstroemeria, they wouldn’t even think of throwing her out. I really can’t throw any insults at them too as if you are sleeping in the same place with someone who has the ability or strength comparable to a goddess… you would also feel uneasy.
I also feel uneasy of her strength. I am somewhat afraid of it too.
But, for once, just for once. I want to finish something I started. I started taking care of her, taking her home with me. Not even a month passed and she is already thinking that I would throw her away.
I am going to see to it that I see her grow up properly!
“Alstroemeria… do you want to become my family?”
“Cecille-san?”
“I am going to be your legal guardian. I am going to take care of you. In return, I want you to do your best at restraining yourself. If you do something wrong or destroyed something, don’t assume that I am going to throw you out! I am just going to scold you senseless! Understand?”
“C-Cecille-san!”
“Also, call me ane-sama! Remember that! Not mother or aunty! I am going to throw you in the sea if you do!”
“Yes! Cecille ane-sama!”
“Tomorrow, I am going to talk to the headmaster about it so I need you to come with me,okay?!”
“Yes! Also, can I sleep with you tonight? I feel…lonely sleeping alone….”
W-what’s up with this adorable creature?!
“Of course you can! Let’s take a bath, then bring your pillow, we will sleep together as you wished!”
“Yay!~”
We sleep together cuddling each other.
I am glad I immediately decided to take her in officially.
I woke up with fractured and broken bones so I got to rest for that day.