The next day, out in the heat of the rising sun, Melian stood with a lifted hand with an axe.

Hamp!

Clamp!

With a great force he strike at the firewood in front, splitting it in half.

Then picking those split parts he throwd them to a nearby pile of them.

As a result of work, His whole body is sweating in buckets, and because he wore nothing in his upper body the sweat that glided down through his back shined like jewels.

"This is great" right now he's measuring the strength and vitality of his young body. And gladly they all up to his expectations. For upcoming plans he set and other things the strength of this young body is very important to him.

"Need some help!" at that moment came Hailey brother from afar asking in a sincere voice.

"up to you" said Melian. Hailey's brother's name is Deroth, he and melian had a relationship that stood between friendship and a stranger. Unlike Melian who's apathetic and strange Deroth is a kind and pure child. So they didn't have much in common to be friends.

"You don't have to do all this you Know" Deroth smiled as he picked up a few firewood from the ground. When he lowered his head, a necklace, round and had some strange symbols engraved hung down from his neck and revealed to the outside.

Melian saw this necklace, and it took a moment for him to avert his eyes from it. Unlike him or rether unlike anyone else Deroth's origin is connected to the realm of nexus, and as a descendant of a high-class family in nexus deroth has the opportunity to enter it when they chooses talents from outside world.

And that 'opportunity' is the necklace that hanging down on his neck, it was like a pass that given to a chosen person.Only the one who has his blood registered into that pass can use it. Looking at how the surface of the necklace is shining in deep red, Melian knew Deroth already bloodmark the necklace.

"for someone who doesn't know about his own origin he still Somehow manages to bind it to himself, or maybe it has been bound to him from the start. " Melian guseed.

In his previous life Deroth had gone to nexus long before Melian did, and when he finally got there Deroth is alredy somone with a higher status in that society with considerable power in his hand. He even had a biography, which is the reason Melian knew so much about Deroth, even the fact that he didn't know about who he really is untill he came to nexus.

While Melian thinking, Deroth Continued to pick the wood pieces and throwd them to the nearby pile and asked "Are you excited about the big day, is that why you preparing all this"

"What big day?" melanin looked truly Confused.

"What else..." Deroth straightened up his back as he finished picking all the firewood on the ground. "..but queen Neguns birthday, mother and father left in the morning I think they're preparing something for us"

"Queens birthday,... actually I didn't thought about that, how many days before that" Melian asked as if he really didn't know, but the truth is he's looking forward to that day than anyone else. Because the day Nexus opens its doors for newcomers is the same day as the queen's birthday.

"About five days, I guess. If you are getting something don't forget Hailey," said Deroth in a casual tone, but its hidden melanin is that Hailey might have got something for Melian. In Queens birthday it's a tradition to pass gifts among each other. So it's not much of a thing to worry about.

"Speaking of.. where is she"

"In the kitchen, she had a lot to do"

"Does she need help"

"Maybe"

"All right, can you take things from here? I'll go check on her" After a quick talk, Melian passed the axe to Deroth and walked away.

Deroth stood still holding the axe given to his hand. Alone and somewhat dumbfound he looked at the axe.

"I didn't agree tho"

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Melian whipped out his sweat, put on a new shirt and stepped out of his room. However, he didn't go to look for Hailey, not to mention he didn't know where she is, but after carefully thinking about it he realised that even tho he had the mind of a long lived human they all just his memory, and his body is still young as it can see. And as expected from a youngster, he's vulnerable to all kinds of emotions and hormones, Just like what happens when he sees Hailey. These things are Drawbacks to him, who had his mind set on something far greater.

But just when he stepped out of his room while aiming to avoid her what he met is Hailey herself.

"Melian is that you?" Hailey asked because she was holding a big basket full of clothes that covered her vision of the front.

"Yeah" seeing no way to avoid Melian however doesn't need to see her. Once he smelled that unique scent she has on her body he instantly know it was her.

"I thought you were with Deroth "

"I was, but I finished my part and left the rest to him. he seems board so. Anyways, Forget about me. What's you doing," asked Melian while trying to look at her face behind all those clothes.

"What does it look like, I have to wash all of this before Her Highness's celebration, I came to look in Bartha's room if they have any dirty ones to wash"

Once melian heard what she said his eyes lit up.

"perhaps I could be a help" Melian lifted the bucket of clothes from Haley's hand, because she's shorter than him it was much easier to take that from her and he didn't feel much pressure from it as it did to her.

"Oh, thanks" With the weight of the clothes bucket out from her body, Hailey's first act is to adjust her dress.

"You're so nice" After she made sure she looked somewhat pretty she started to head to Bartha's and kwoskys room, holding the clothes basket melanin walked alongside her.

Kwosky and Bartha's room is not much further than Melian room, only a one-room distance.

"So, those two indeed are the culprit for why I stay awake all night."

The reason Melian decide to help Haley is because he wants to get into Kwosky's room. Not because he had to complain about the sound at night. Instead, what he is aiming for is the most valuable thing in that room, the treasure box where they put all the funds.

To get a chosen pass, melian needed to be selected by the scouting people from nexus that Rome outside world. But that process takes whole lot of time and it's not like he could prove his worth to them in a short time, neither would they be willing to hand him a pass even if he gives out money. So Instead, Melian decided to find a scout himself and get a pass from him by stealing it. But in his memory the only scout nearby is a bit further than he can walked and he needed money to get to that far place. So he decided to steal the orphanage fund and run away. However, his mind directly ignored that by doing so he would put the whole orphanage in a very terrible time, some might starve or die as a result.

When the two came in front of the kwoskys room, Hailey took a bunch of keys from her pocket and chose one from them. It was the spare key to the kwoskys room that was handed to her by them.

With a clink, she opened the door, and when Melian saw inside, he first realised that the room was much bigger than his own room.

It has more than enough space to walk back and forth and even had its own closet. A pair of chairs to sit together, and a little table where a bunch of old books piled up are placed at the corner of the room.

As soon as melian steps in his eyes began to Search for clues of where the treasure box or rather, the fund box is, on other hand unlike him Hailey calmly picked some clothes that are placed on the two chairs, which are Intended for washing.

"Did Kwosky said a time they come back?" Looking at the unsettled bed, Melian asked.

"Don't know, but it'll be like every other time" Hailey piled the clothes she picked one by one and sometimes took a look at the one worn by Bartha closely, to see their fashionable beauty, at one point she Looked at one piece of cloths that hidden through the other. holding it she stretched and took a good look at it.

"Uh.." unexpectedly, it was a underwear of Bartha, a big one at that. Hailey hurriedly threw it back into the basket and even put a few clothes above it. She glanced back at Melanin to see if he saw any, and thankfully, he's looking somewhere else.

"So they'll be late" Melian glanced at Hailey.

"Why are you asking? Do you have somewhere to go in their absence?" Hailey avoided direct eye contact with Melian. And taking that chance, Melian hurriedly looked under the bed and the mattress. But he found nothing.

"Just asking" in his failed attempt Melian began to think where could they probably hide the money, but at the moment Hailey had finished her task.

When the two of them stepped out of the room, Hailey made sure to lock the room correctly, and Melian made sure to look where she's putting the key.

"Let's go; I believe you'll help me to bring that to the laundry room", she said mischievously before walking away; Melian followed her silently. He had to if he wanted to steal that key from her.

'Come to think of it, Deroth and she are siblings, right? But why didn't I saw any sign of her in Nexus? Is she not allowed to enter it, or is there something else I don't know about.' hurrying his footstep, melian once again walked alongside Hailey. He time to time secretly looked at her neck to see if there any necklaces hanging but he saw none. Since there's not any reward for him knowing what happened to Hailey, Melian, just let that thought pass by.

Instead, He looked at her dress, or rather at the pocket on it where she put the keys and planned how to get them.

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In their quick steps, after a few minutes, they came to the back area of the giant orphanage, where a tiny wooden hut was located. It was the laundry room. In this same building, beside the laundry room, is the storage room where they store dry wood and other useful stuff. One might wonder how it is possible to keep the wood dry beside the laundry room, and the much harder and larger wall placed between each room gave the answer to that.

Thud!

Placing the clothe bucket on a desk melian backed off, giving Hailey enough space to sort them out.

"Thank you", appreciated Hailey, thinking Melian would leave. But Melian had no intention of leaving. He silently leaned against the wall, firstly looking at Hailey's pocket and then at her.

"I can still give you some help... If you need any," he said in a sincere voice. Hailey stopped what she was doing and looked at him, stunned.

"Really, you.. washing clothes?" she laughed, Thinking it was a joke.

"Well she drown me before I even sailed" in his failed attempt melian felt discomfort. Then he stayed silent. Hailey Continued to wash their clothes, not minding Melian much (she actually enjoyed the alone time).

An hour or two passed, and the two made some small talk; Melian was still eying Hailey's pocket and trying to slip the keys when they heard a few footsteps, and there came a few kids barging into the laundry house.

"Hailey, Hailey, oh Melian here too." said one kid surprised to see Melian in there.

"What is it," Hailey asked, somewhat annoyed about disturbing Melian and her time.

"It's father and mother they came back and said to gether everyone, I think they got us gifts" kid said in cheers before ran away, to tell other And probably to get away from anger Hailey.

Hailey got up, washed her hands and wiping them she looked at melian, "Shall we"

"Let's go", said Melian as he accompanied her to the main building. While walking together, he got extra closer to her to get into her pocket. he nearly did by putting his hand onto it, but Hailey is a sensitive girl, and Melian didn't want to take any risk by going any further. So he took a step back.

Without realising it it was already closer to lunch time. When Hailey and Melian came, they saw Barthe, who was preparing the table for everyone. The two also sit quietly, like the one that is already there. While Barthe present them with some buns and delicious soup, a thing that they got from a nearby food store as a charity. With the lunch in their hands, They all looked at Kwosky, who seemed to be in a happy mood, just like Bartha.

It took another few moments for all the others to come, and when all that done the table became quiet.

"Since all of us are here, then wait no more, gentlemen" As always, kwosky started a dinner with his same old phrase. And it was only after he halfway done in his lunch that he started to talk again.

It's daytime, so there are no burning candles to brighten the air; the shine of the sun rushes from the surroundings, and from a nearby window, a bright ray falls directly to the table where the food is.

"Kids, you're mother, and I talked to each other and came to a decision", in a grave voice Kwsosky said as he whipped his mouth and stood up. Rising tension in everyone's Heart.

He picked up a quite a large box that they had brought back with them and opened it as he talked.

"we remember how every one of you negged about this thing, so we got all of you new suits" From the box, kwsosky pulled out a beautiful dress, specially worn by little girls.

One little girl screamed in joy as she saw that dress, she hurriedly ran to Kwsosky and hugged him. There's no word needed to say who that dress belongs to now.

"There there, my sweet princess" with a warm smile kwosky patted her head and gave her the dress, he then looked at others, and with the same smile on his face he took out another dress, surprising someone else, then another, then an another..... So on, he took out new suits that he and Bartha got for everyone.

Melian also got one, a black and neat one. And Hailey got a light dress that made her charming to his eye.

"They all seem rather pricey. Did our orphanage have this much money to spend? Don't tell me they spent all on this" Melian is confused by this generosity and he felt something is wrong.

"Look, father", a little girl, Whose name is Mili, put on the clothes given to her on top of her, showing them to Kwosky as she turned around. Showing its beauty.

"See what I say. You really are a princess " Kwosky picked her up from the ground, and with her in his hand, he sat down again on the chair.

"But if you wore this today there be no surprise on the festival day sweety, don't you think we should wait until then"

The little girl nodded, agreeing to him, and hugged the clothes in her hand, as if to not be seen by anyone else.

"That includes you all too. Save those things until festival day, and wear something ordinary on these days, specifically tomorrow. A big rich uncle is coming tomorrow to give you more gifts, so try to behave your self, okay?" Kwosky said seriously, to which all others nodded.

"A big rich uncle?... Probably a donation from some aristocrat," guessed Melian, still looking at his dress. It was not until a few minute passed and when all began to go on their way that he came back to his senses.

That evening went on a sweep, the sun gone down in the west and moon rose in the east, bringing the coldness and darkness.

After a warm meal and Heartly talk with each other at the dinner table. Melian walked back to his room. Now he didn't felt strange. He knew almost everyone in the orphanage, from little kid to the oldest, from one corner to another. But he didn't got too closer to them. Only Hailey and Deroth are the ones that acquainted with him. He has a lot of experience, and some of them taught him the burden of emotional attachments very well.

Laying in bed, melanin thought about the next day to come, and as the moment passed, his eyes closed, sinking into a deep sleep under the warmth of his blanket.

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After a night passed everyone woke up before their usual time, they washed up their bodies and put on clothes that showed their pitifulness(literally every piece of cloth they have is suitable for this), a future that Kwosky asked for. He himself is dressed like some begger, and up in the morning he went on his way to dress up some little kids who still don't know what pitifulness is in their innocent world.

When that all said and done, after breakfast time passed by a usual tasteless meal. There came a carriage, a clean and luxurious one, to the front of the orphanage, dragged by two brilliant white horses that had long waving hair.

At that time kwosky is already at the door, and Bartha and all others stood beside him.

The coachman, dressed in a dark suit, jumped down from his high-up seat. After adjusting his suit correctly, he respectfully stood beside the door of the carriage as he gently opened it.

From inside the carriage firstly a graceful lady steps out through the door. In a graceful fairy colour skin and a very luxurious dress, in this poor dump, she appeared like an angel from fairytales descended from above. And she had a bosom fitting for that picture very well. A pair of melons that are much larger than Barthas.

In that instance Melian saw her His breath became heavy, and he felt a heat from his body. He felt his blood rush to a certain part. "Just great", in annoyance, he closed his eyes, thinking about distracting things.

However, when the woman saw melian and others, her face turned into instant disgust, way different from what's Melian experiencing.

Then from the carriage steps out a chubby young man, his belly is the one that guided him to wherever it wanted to go. and with every step he took he exclaimed heavily like a giant animal. Behind that abomination came running a little kid who was fat but not much like that first one.

"Mommy" little kid grabs onto the woman's hand, looking at the orphans like they are some strange creatures

"Urgh" opening the other side door of the carriage a man stepped out, nobody saw him, but they all felt his heavy steps. While he Walking he seems to be murmuring something.

"For god sake I was supposed to be in the otherside" he was far larger than anyone else in his family, with a black jacket and white shirt wore under it he had a gentlemen look but it was so what ruined by his large belly and grumpy face.

Kwosky hurriedly stepped up, sprinting at them. "Mr Belion and Mrs Belion it is our pleasure to see you"

"Hoho, are you the one in charge?" said Belion with a deep laugh as he looked at Kwosky and then all the others that stood behind him. But as he saw them, his face turned bitter.

"Huh!. Are we at the right place? , I thought we're going to see some orphanage, not some overgrown rats," whispers he to the coachman beside him, who's also their Buttler.

"Sir we are at the right place" said the butler lowering his head

"oh" looking at them once again, belion took out a pair of hand gloves from his pocket and put them on before grabbing the hand of Kwosky.

"Pleasure is yours indeed,", Belion said, showing a forceful smile.

Then he looked at the buttler "Take those things out"

The butler obeyed with a bow and opened a large storage at the back of the carriage. From it, he took out a few bags; they were a bit larger, and he could only hold two of them at once. He holds them carefully before walking toward Belion.

"Tell your little ones to come," said Belion to Kwosky. And Kwosky hurriedly waved his hand to others to come,

"Let's just hurry up. I don't want to be in this filthy place any longer" In that meantime where it took bartBartha others to come the woman whispers to belions ears. "stay patient don't forget what we here here for, I'm also doing this fast as I can" whispered belion in a same tone that holds disgust.

When Meliana and others all arrived they all stood like statue, some is embarrassed, seeing how belion and his family disgusted them, and some were shy and tried to hide, especially young ones like Deroth and Hailey. Melian's young body is in the same boat; if not for his strong mind holding onto it, he might have run away the moment he saw the disgust on the woman's face.

The bags of gifts that belions butler brought, of course, for the orphanage kids, and Belion handed them out to one by one, not from his own hand but by butler's hand.

The little kids got excited as they saw the gifts; some of them had candy and toys, and some even had clothes that were way better than the ones they even saw in their dreams.

"Oh, you poor fellow, I don't think this is enough for you" After sometimes seeing how everyone reacted to gifts, Belion took out his wallet from his pocket and handed out a few money notes to Kwoksy, seeing as he was unable to see how miserable these orphans.

"My lord, this is more than enough of you're generosity for us,", said Kwosky as he knelt and cried, but he grabbed the notes from Belion hand before anything else.

"No no, we'll need to be happy. Even in some times," said Belion, trying to lose Kwosky at his feet. He then urges his wife and sons to hand over some gifts, to which they surprisingly agree.

When the kids saw three of them handing out gifts to them, their embarrassment and shyness loosened a bit, and they even thanked them after taking the gift bags. Some cried (especially kids), looking at their gifts, and Deroth and Hailey smiled sweetly at the fat kid who gave them gift bags. Melian even hugged Bellion even tho he wasn't the one who gave him the gift, saying his thanks and praising Belion's kindness right into his ears.

"There there", Belion backed off from Melian as he stepped away. He looked at his clothes to see if there's anything disgusts attach to them, and thankfully, there was none. Kwoksy pulled back Melian and looked at Belion apologetically.

At that point, Bellion had enough, and it was already done. The last gift was given to Bartha and they all got onto the carriage in hurry. While getting in, Belion once again looked at all the kids, and his eye temporarily halted at Hailey and Deroth for a moment, and nobody noticed it.

"Very much thanks for the gifts",said the orphans; they wanted to say come back once again as it was the word that they usually used, but at this moment they knew it was inappropriate.

"Hahaha!" came the laughing sound of bellion from inside the carriage; the coachman urged his horse, and they, with a sharp hoof, started running, dragging the carriage far away from the poor orphanage as much as possible. Fulfilling the wishes of their masters.

The orphans, and kwosky and Bartha, look at the carriage that slolwy disappeared from their sight, holding Each other's gift bags, they walk back to the orphanage with their children, who were very eager to see their gifts and cherish them.

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On a decrepit road, a carriage of rich and luxury drove in a hurridly manner; the coachman waved his whip, urging the two white horses that looked like drops of milk in this muddy and shabby environment on the road.

It's all are poorly builded house. Some had broken roofs and doors, and their inside was pure dark even in this bright daylight. People in them peered from those dark houses at the shiny carriage that running past them, Silently but also frighteningly. None came to road, and even the ones on the road ran back to a nearby house or something else to hide from the riches eyes.

Inside the carriage, on a soft cushion, sits Belion, gazing at the depressing outside. His wife is at the seat Infrot, facing him. His two children are seated on two sides, one with the father and one with the mother.

"Look at them; today's gonna be the worst day of my life. I don't want to come back to this filthy place ever" said the woman in displeasure.

"If not for this specific task, I didn't want to come here either, but... Just look at them; don't you feel that thrill seeing how miserable they are? If I put a coin and tell them to fight for it, I could laugh for hours", said belion with a smirk.

Soon, they exited the poor people's area, or in other words, 'the slum'. Then they came to a clear road that had no bump, which made them jump.

"Yummy", gazing outside, the little kid said in a loud voice, looking at a candy shop on the streetside. The two adults, who are very fond of their kids, order the carriage to halt and the coachman to bring some candy for the kids.

"Here, take whatever he needs and tell the owner to keep the change", said Belion as taking out his wallet.

"Huh", but he suddenly became confused; there was no wallet of his in his pocket.

"My wallet, where the hell is it" he exclaimed. "Look, it might have fallen," said the woman as she lowered herself to look at the floor of the carriage; Bellion looked at the seat he sat in, and the other fatty kid also looked around the carriage.

But little did they know it was all in vain; the kid that used to be pampered didn't get his candy and unlucky Bellion never saw his wallet again.