As Rexar with his calm smiling face and the frowned Raj walked in the town, everyone was looking at them. Not because they were an Idol nor because they were Ragna's sons, but because of a three-headed muscular dog walking behind Raj.
"Raj... stop frowning, c'mon you're finally walking in the town right?" Rexar trying his best to cheer Raj.
"I'm not in the mood for a walk, brother." Replied Raj to his brother.
Though, 5 minutes later while Rexar was buying some supplies, Raj was smiling and drolling when he saw a hot dog vendor.
"Erm... young master Raj, do you want some?" Said the vendor owner.
"*Gulp* I don't bring any money, but if you insist... oh and don't tell my mom about this." Raj biting his lips when he said this.
"No, no, no it's fine, I won't tell Lady Rose. Just promise me you'll eat it somewhere else, here take it." Said the vendor owner.
As soon as Raj taking the hot-dog, he ate it while walking with Cerberus, the vendor owner breathed the sigh of relief and slowly the other people began to gather at his vendor again.
"Roof! (If only we don't wear this collar.)" Said Cere while trying to break his collar.
"Ruff! (Stop it, do you want to kill us?!)" Eduardo coldly glaring at Cere, reminding him about the collar.
"Woof! (Brat, what is that?! I want that! Give me that!) Said Wompum Stompum; trying to get Raj attention.
A few moments later, Rexar came back and saw the little Raj already brought a bag bigger than his body, with Wompum Stompum kept barking at him. "Oh, do you bring some money?" Said Rexar.
"Nope~ dad and mom never give me one, and dunno why but everyone is nice today!!" Raj voice came out from the back of a brown bag.
Seeing that no one dared to walk near the Cerberus, Rexar knew the reason everyone was giving foods to Raj, "Ahaha, after we're done tell me the vendor that gives you food, we should pay for their kindness. Ah, do you need any help with that bag?" Said Rexar, trying to hide the real fact that everyone was afraid of Cerberus.
"No! my bag my food!" Said Raj.
Hearing Raj's answer, Rexar only rubbed his hair and the two brothers continued their walks, their destination was the orphanage. "Do you want to go in with me?" Asked Rexar.
"Nope, I want to play with the other kid, just go do your business." Said Raj.
After walking a few more minutes, they reached the orphanage. "Alright, wait outside and don't wander around." Said Rexar while messing with Raj's hair.
"Yes, yes." Said Raj.
While Rexar went to the building, Raj went to the nearby tree and dropped his bag, and finally realized Wompum Stompum's droll already flooded the ground. "Oh, sorry, here eat it, and do not go anywhere, I want to play with my friend." Said Raj while scattering the food to the ground.
Raj stood up and saw a girl he'd never seen before, selling the Rula juice on the orphanage vendor. After Raj walking around, trying to find his friends though after spending 10 minutes he couldn't find anyone in the orphanage. Slowly he walked to the new girl.
"Hey~ are you new? do you know Gaius and Avilda? where are the other kids? and what happened to your right arm?" Said Raj when he realized the straight blonde hair, blue eyes girl didn't have a right arm.
"Don't want to talk about my arm. and about Gaius and Avilda? Umm... ah, Gaius is the boy orange haired one with a headband and the girl with a scar on her left eye, right? They were adopted a day after I-"
"WHAT?!!! HOW?! DO YOU KNOW WHO ADOPTED THEM?!" Raj cut the girl word before she was able to finish it.
"Erm... don't know, sorry, are you their friend?" Said the girl.
Feeling dejected, a single drop of tear came from the corner of Raj eye while he staggeringly walked to the Cerberus and sat next to them with a depressed aura.
The girl just came one week ago and she'd only seen Ragna and Rexar, seeing that Raj brought a bag, bigger than his body, only to giving it to the three-headed dog. Because the big bag was covering Raj's face and head, she thought Rexar was hitting Raj and with Raj's baggy eyes, the girl was sure that Raj was one of the child labor on the lord household. Moreover, it never crossed her mind that a lord son would be hanging around with an orphan.
Feeling sorry for Raj, she took one of the Rula fruit and painstakingly squeezed it, after adding some water to the Rula juice, she walked to Raj and gave him a cup of Rula juice. "Are they your best friend?"
"...More like partners in crime, and they are the only kid around my age *Hiks* ....Grah!!! Life sucks!! First mom always made me to do a chore! (Only Three days), yelling at me (His own fault), and now I'm losing my friend *Hiks*." Said Raj while trying to hold his tears.
He took the Rula juice and drank it, though the one he always had was a sweet Rula, this was the first time Raj tasted a sour Rula. "Blegh! what is this thing?!" Said Raj while trying to spit the watered sour Rula.
"Oh... are you never tried the Rula juice? but I know your feeling, it is very sour, I wonder why everyone like it." Said the girl while looking at Raj with a pity, as far as she knew Rula was a cheap fruit on Roulimar (She didn't know about the sweet Rula). Seeing Raj's reaction, she thought that was Raj first time drinking Rula juice.
"Woof?! (What is that? give me that!)" Said Wompum Stompum.
"You want it? here open your mouth." Raj poured the sour Rula to Wompum Stompum's mouth and much to his disbelief, Wompum Stompum's eyes became shiny when he drank it.
The girl, even though afraid of the three headed dog, slowly sat next to Raj after she realized Cerberus was a tame animal. "Is your mother bad?" Asked the girl.
"Yes, she is the red devil! (Raj Version)" Said Raj.
"Hee... I thought everyone in this town is a nice person, I guess every place is the same as my place, but at least your mother is still live." The girl gave a weak smile to Raj when she said this.
"Is your mom kind? does she ever lock you on the house like almost forever? (Raj version of the grounded for the 3 days) my house is a prison you know?" Said Raj.
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"Oh... sorry, I don't know what I should say, but... ehehe... I guess my mother and father is a nice person compared to yours." Tears fell down from the girl eyes when she started to remember about her parent.
"You know, if you want to be the one that told about your sad story, please do it and just ignore mine. I'm not interested in your family though." Said Raj.
"Ah... Sorry *Sob* your right, they are dead. It's better to ignore my past." The girl forcing to smile and somewhat the tears was stopping. "Speaking of which, are you live in that mansion?" Asked the girl.
"Yes... it sucks to live on that place, *Sigh* mom never let me out from the house (Grounded). And even though there is a leftover dessert I can't eat it (Last night incident.)" Raj took a deep breath after he said this.
"Hee... your mother sounds really evil, what about your father? is he with you?" Asked the girl curiously, thinking that she found a kid with the same fate as her.
"Dad? I know he is working but I don't know anything about his work, oh... as far as I know, every time dad wandering in the town people always give him something." Said Raj with somewhat prideful expression.
"...Is your father (Uhm... this boy doesn't seem to understand that his father is a bandit. How should I put the word? ah right) the kind of a man that use strength to solve a problem?" Asked the girl.
"Dad seems like the type that uses words to solve a problem though, but I know that if necessary he'll use a brute strength to solve a problem, oh by the way, my dad is really strong, and I mean it! really, really strong!" Said Raj.
"Ahaha... my father is... was a strong person too.... I really like the sound of hammer clamping down with a steel on the middle of the night.... It was kinda like my personal lullaby....." The girl's eyes slowly turned glassy, and a moment later. "Huwaaaaaa.... father..... mother......." Tears poured from her cheek and she cried as loudly as she could.
"What?! Stop, stop don't cry next to me! Mom will kill me if someone tell her that I make a girl cry." Said Raj.
Though, the girl was crying so hard, she basically ignored Raj's words.
"Stop crying... urgh... wait here, I'll go get someone."
Raj dashed to the orphanage, leaving the girl alone as she cried next to the Cerberus.
"Roof! (If only we aren't wearing this collar I'll rip your head!!)" Said Cere.
"Ruff.. (GAh.. what an annoying girl...)" Said Eduardo
"Woof! (Hey! Girl! Stop crying and make me another Juice!)" Said Wompum Stompum.
Meanwhile inside of the orphanage.
"This sound, it looks like Veris crying again." Said Semestra.
"Pardon me, but who?" Asked Rexar.
"It is Veris the new girl, her family is killed by a jealous rival, *sigh* human really an annoying creature kekeke... your father should've partied with the demon king army and ruling the world together." Said Huberta.
"Ahaha... but granny is a human too, speaking of this, don't you guys supposedly cheer her up or something like that?" Asked Rexar.
"Kekeke, just leave her be, if we kept meddling around she will not grow up." Said Huberta. "Anyway, I'll go and check her up, just in case if the neighbor is bothered by her." As Huberta took her walking cane and walked away from the dining room.
"*Sigh* Granny method is extreme but I agree with her, speaking of which about the oven, can the orphanage use it? or it is made only for school?" Asked Semestra.
"Eh... It's fine if the orphanage wants to use it, about the ingredient feel free to use it too." Said Rexar.
"Oh, I see. Well, then thanks for your time, now please excuse me, I want to check Veris condition." Said Semestra.
"Ah, wait. Semestra in three days I returned back to the academy." Blurted Rexar from out of nowhere.
"Is that so? Be careful then." Said Semestra coldly.
"A..ahaha... yes thanks." Rexar scratching his head while laughed weakly; trying his best to not show any sign of disappointment on his face.
"By the way, since there are only three days left, make sure you come to this place every day and finishes the plan and the oven." Said Semestra.
Hearing Semestra's words, the corner of Rexar's lips raised into a smile "Yes! Of course we'll finish it!"
Getting to work up, Rexar walked closer and grabbed Semestra's hands, right now their eyes met and staring at each other, sweat fell down from Rexar's face, his mouth was moving like a worm, trying to say something. "A...um...erm...Semestra! Why don't you go-"
From outside of the door Raj's yell cutting through Rexar's words. "Granny?! What are you doing on that door?! Wait that doesn't matter! Come with me! I'm not the one that made her cry! She just starts crying by herself!" Raj's yell alongside with his footsteps and the sound of something being dragged could be heard from the inside.
Still holding face, face close enough to feel each other breath. "Why don't I go what?" Asked Semestra.
"A...e...ah, why don't you go to the front? this seems serious enough." Said Rexar while letting Semestra's hands that covered in his sweat.
Semestra turned around and taking a long deep sigh. "Yes, let's go checking Veris." Said Semestra.
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As Raj carried Huberta on the top of his head while running toward Veris, Her tears already flooded the ground, while her voice already hoarsed.
"Trust me! I'm not the one that made her cry!" Raj putting Huberta while trying to convince her.
"Kekeke... who cares~ Raj makes a girl cry~ Raj makes a girl cry~" Huberta mocking while circling and dancing around Raj.
"What?! No I'm not!!" Said Raj.
"Eh? What?" Huberta moving her ears closer to Raj's mouth. " *Gasp* You're punching her in the face? Oh my, I can't wait to tell your mom about this."
"Whaaat?! How do you get to that conclusion granny?!"
"Ohoho, I wonder which one Rose will believe? My word? Or your word? How about making a deal with me? Stop her crying and I will not tell your mom." Said Huberta.
"Kh! You old witch, how do I do that?!" Raj protested to Huberta impossible task.
"Just use your magic~ Abrakadabra sesame sesame and poof~"
"Fine... whatever, just promise me don't tell mom about this." Said Raj.
"Yes,yes I promise, I promise."
Raj's little hands touched Veris's head and while wondering what kind of spell he should use. "Erm... let's see... Unbreakable Heart? Sleep? Memory Lapse, no Amnesia should do it. Hand, Min, Path, Excel, Scan," As Raj chanting the spell, his mom words a few days back echoed on his mind (Listen! Magic can't solve everything.) "Illus, Scri... Hahdrim....."
"What? Do you forget~?" Mocked Huberta with her tongue sticking out.
"....Grah!!!" Raj took his hands away from Veris's forehead and putting it into the top of her head. "Pain pain go away~, Don't come back another day~ Pain pain go away~" And starting to sing a song Rose sang when he was a little while rubbing Veris's head.
"*Sob* Cough... cough... *Sob*."
"....(Mom!!! IT doesn't work!)"
"What are you doing Raj? Hurry up! Hug her! hug her! hug her and rub her back!" Shouted Huberta from the spectator side. Troubled Raj turned his face and glared at Huberta.
"*Sob* granny... *cough* I can hear you." Said Veris while still trying to stop her sobbing. "Ehehe... *Cough* what kind of song is that?" Asked Veris.
"Oh, the one my mom sang to me when I was a little baby." Said Raj while kept patting her head.
"Hee... I thought *Cough* your mother is a bad person." Said Veris with a slightly confused face.
Raj answered her by putting his finger on top of her lips and said "Shuuush! ah, Lyf, Holys, Jun, Touch, Heal." As the glow of warm golden light flow from Raj's finger and went to Veris's throat.
"....Wait! You can use magic?!" Veris shouted as loud as she could when she realized Raj used a magic.
"Yup, and very good at it." Said Raj with a big grin on his face.
"Hee~ Thanks god, I thought you were going to use any memory spell back then." Rexar, came out of nowhere and sat next to Huberta.
"Geh!... please don't tell mom I used a magic."
Hearing Raj's words, Veris shaking her head toward him and Rexar. "Eh? Eh? Eh?"
"Um... let me think about it for a second, nah I'm not going to tell mother, in fact, why don't you throw some spell, flashy enough to attract others attention." Said Rexar while smiling. "No, in fact why don't we have a little competition about who could throw the flashiest spell."
"....Yes! Gahaha! Watch this brother! I know many kinds of spell that could be used as a distraction!" Said Raj while pointing toward his brother.
"Ehhhhh?! Lord Rexar is your brother?!" Veris kept looking at the two brothers and after a while noticed that Raj clothes were made from cotton. Slowly, her body was shaking and tears falling from the corners of her eyes. "Please forgive me Young master Raj!!! I didn't mean it! I swear!!" And bowing her head in front of Raj's legs.