A few minutes later, outside the house, the kids have stopped hugging, and the nuns have also stopped hugging and they are whipping their tears because I don't know how did they get the information that I was in "war", which it was not even a war, more like a battle for territory and also. later I heard this part has become free from the reign they had endured for thousands of years.
"Judah." says a little girl to me while the other members of the Orphanage are around me and forming a big circle. "It is true you were in battle with an enemy?"
"It is true," I say to the little girl while I bend down to talk to her. "I was fighting against some enemies and I even meet my family there."
"You have met your family?!" asks a few shocked kids who knew I was without parents.
"Yeah. But they couldn't take me because they were in another war at that time, and then they jumped into another battle, but this time, into the Mountains of Ice." I told them the stories my aunt and uncle told me at a bonfire on day three of staying in the bunker to capture enemies which are venturing on my Kingdom territory.
And after I told them that, some of them started to feel sad, but I didn't catch the reason they are, but I think it is because I have found my family and they didn't. But then, the same little girl looks at me and says the reason why they, are sad, and this one made me tear up a bit.
"You had a difficult childhood, Judah."
"Yes... We all have." I say to the young girl and then I and the rest of the kids together with a few nuns are entering the Orphanage building.
When I entered the building I have felt like I wasn't here for a few years, which it was just almost four months since I left the Orphanage and started my life as a squire. When we entered the Orphanage, I walk across the hallways with a few kids, while other and the nuns are going into the kitchen to prepare the Lunch, which will happen in a few minutes. That fight with Ron has taken a while because after we left, he regains and consciousness and runs to me while he was muttered bad language and wishing to see me dead. I also think it would be a good idea not to mention these kids to Ron, or mostly to the girls.
---
While I was walking together with five kids Yary, Larry, Ginger, Harry and Olive, to the Bedrooms floor, I saw a few rooms opened which has started to open me some memories, about how some kids, including me, used to go into the other rooms, mostly at girls, laughing about funny stories, teaching small kids to read novels and playing games like Rock, Paper and Scissors, or Hide-N-Seek. I even remember my first game, me and the other four kids were playing in someone room, only in the room. The kids were Judy ( a blonde girl with pigtails which is now twelve and I remember she told us before she was bout to leave, that she will go and work at a Tavern in Arges, I hope she is doing fine ), Gio ( a kid which is now thirteen years old and I saw him working as a squire to an archer in Arges, and I know that thanks to Diana, which has told me one time she saw a kid from the Orphanage I was working to an archer which his family is owing to a Fur Market close to the borders of real-world and ghost world), Tinna (a girl which is still at Orphanage because she is three years younger than me) and Harold ( the only kid at the Orphanage who has died three weeks later that day because of a disease called Cancer and not even the healing spells of my nuns couldn't cure him).
All five of us have scattered around, while Tinna was counting, with the face at the wall and keeping her eyes closed to not see us where are we hiding. But I, forgetting about the rule that shows, we have to play in the room, I hide outside the room, on the basement and I stayed there, for a couple of hours, until a Nun came, she saw me hiding in the boxes and asked me what I was doing here, and I told her.
"I am playing Hide-n-Seek with Tiana."
"Aha. And... Did she come here?" asks the nun
"No." I respond to the old nun.
"Then maybe it is time to leave and search another or give up."
"Why give up?"
"Because the dinner it is almost ready." says the nun who is taking a few apples from another box, she put it in her basket and left the basement while I was in shock that the dinner time has come and Tiana haven't found me.
At the dinner, the atmosphere was kinda hard, for me and also for her. But the one who has to be blamed it is I because I ignored the rule which it says that I have to hide somewhere in the room and to be honest, I would've been caught faster because the rooms are tiny and it doesn't have enough space for five children's who are playing hide-n-seek. And on that day, I started to listen more carefully to the rules.
---
I entered a room together with other five kids and I recognized the room. That room was mine, Larry, Harry and Olive, and now, it belongs to those three and two new kids, Yary and Ginger. I looked at the bed which I laid down and sleep nights and sometimes afternoons, I saw the small wardrobe where I had my light and winter clothes put it, I walk across the room and I can feel the old and damaged floor squeaking. I decided to stay in one of the chairs in that room and look at the five kids there, staying in front of me, then sitting on the floor and looking in my eyes with those innocent eyes.
"Have you had fun working?" asks Olive who seems excited because in a few days he will be ten years old and he will start going my squire path, the one I have chosen.
"Did you meet a noble?" asks Ginger.
"Have you fought a dragon?" asks Larry.
"Did you marry a woman?" asks Olive again.
And then, the questions continued to come. I responded to a few of them, and I even told them how I got my spell book. One of them, which was Harry, got excited when I told him I got that small spell book from a building which has sold me cheap, and he asked me.
"Can you show me where is that building?"
And instead of responding to him, I took the small spell book from my backpack, and handed it to him and told him.
"This was my first spell book, and now, I got a new one from someone dear to my family. Now, I do not need this spell book anymore, but you... You might need it."
Harry has started to cry when he got in his hands an actual spell book. He thanked me, and he started to search the spell book, to see if he can find a spell, and when he finds one, he started to say it, but nothing happened. I told him, that a spell can be activated if you use a wand, and then he says to me.
"I see." and he seemed awkward but he accepted the gift.
Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.
"Judah, have you met Nathalia?" asks Ginger. "I heard she got adopted by a noble family."
"Yes. And I have met her, but that was a few months ago."
"An, she was fine?"
"Yeah, I think. I saw her at Church, while I was finding a Tavern to sleep for tonight because back then I was trying to find a knight to work as an apprentice. "
"Have you seen her since then?"
"No. But I do think she is doing fine."
These little kids are around me and start to ask me questions, about the adventures I got, the knight I work for, where I live, simple questions and I am answering like I am some sort of traveller after he left his natal Kingdom from a long time.
A few minutes later, one of the kids entered the room, saw us and told us the diner it is ready. And all seven of us are leaving the room and heading to the dining room, where we are going to eat the dinner nuns and some good kids in the kitchen have prepared for the entire Orphanage. When we arrived there, I saw twelve kids, sitting at a big table and the nuns bringing the food to the tables. One of them saw me, they welcomed me and asks me where I'd like to sit. So, I take one of the sits, next to Olive, which seemed shy after I sit next to her for some reason, but two other girls from the other side, were giggling, and I didn't catch the reason they are doing that.
***
I and other twelve kids, together with the nuns are sitting at the big table in the middle of the room, eating soup made with pork and also drinking some apple juices made it from a store which is selling juice made by fruits and vegetables at an accessible price. One of the nuns who used to take care of me when I lived here, Sister Margaret, passes me a bowl of soup with pork and she asks me.
"You have grown since I last saw you running for your knight."
"I do?" I asked Sister Margaret, but right before she answered, one of the kids at the table, asked me.
"Who are you working for? Tell me."
"Is it a strong knight?" asks a girl who probably thought the knight I work for it is a charming man.
"Is it beautiful?" asks another girl.
"Is it male?" asks one of the boys.
Then, I decided to tell them about this thing, with the knight I am working for because not many of them know I work for a woman who fought in a war and have supernatural superpowers.
"The knight I work for it is Fiona Lunderberg. She is a nice girl, who carries an enormous sword around and fight beasts or in wars."
"How big is the sword?" asks a guy who is on the other side of the table.
To show him how big it is the sword Fiona is always carrying around her, I raised both of my hands, and show him the measures of the sword by pulling my hands away and stopping them at a considerable distance to show these orphans how big Fiona's sword is. A few of them were shocked and impressed at this, even one girl was smug smirking at one of the kids next to her. I don't know why she did that, but it is her business.
"It might be bigger than the measure I showed you, "I say after I stopped showing these kids the length of the sword Fiona is carrying around. "And the sword it is not the single thing who made her strong and terrifying, it also her..." then I realize I cannot tell them about the Vewolf because it will give me problems, so I decided to lie to them, kinda. "Muscles are the second thing who made her much more carrier."
"She is ripped?" asks a kid who seemed impressed.
"Quite a lot," I respond to him.
"You are having fun with the knight?" asks one of the nuns.
"Yes, we do. We go together in capturing or killing monsters who could kill citizens, resolve some problems, like the one with the thunder, and we also join a war."
"Woah," says Nun Margaret scared at that last part. "You joined the war?"
"Yes. Because I squire has to escort and help him a knight in a difficult situation." I say to the nun which seems like she accepts my response, after all, in this world, if you are ten years old, you are not qualified to be a child anymore.
"Have you met a noble?" asks the same kid who asks me about Fiona. "I heard they are stronger and I hope one of them would like to hire me a squire if they would like to work together with one who can run really fast."
I look at the kid eyes, named Dominique by the way, and I laughed.
"Nobles? Bah hahaha haha! Strong? Hahahahah! Oh, man." I swipe off my tears from laughter with my left finger and tell I tell to the kids. "Nobles are not even strong, they got assassins which are doing their things, and even if you became their squires, you will live in something much worse than the prison."
"You have been into the Prison?!" asked a few nuns which seems shocked I was in Prison.
"What have you done?" asks sister Margaret which seems concerned about this thing.
"Well... Funny story. You see... One time I used a spell from my old spell book, and that spell was powerful and I did not even realize I have committed a mistake, which has turned into a heroic act."
And I told them about the adventure when I use the spell "So No Chi Sadame", caught two prisoners, getting arrested for thinking I was about to attack other citizens, meet a few prisoners, finding out there are much more types of magic after I heard the magic of the Music, getting bailed by Fiona which made her upset and also proud of me by catching two criminals without her assistance or without helping to catch them.
"And can you control that spell?" asks Olive after I slurp the nuns have prepared.
"Not yet." I respond to her and then I look at everybody. "But thanks to my Mother teacher, Derek, I can do some spells and know much more about wizards and their magic."
"Can you show us a spell?" asks a little kid who seems excited.
"Yes. Can you show us?" asks another kid, and then the other three kids asked me if I can show them a spell.
I look at the nuns and they approved, which made me feel quite insecure and worried because they will never use their magic in this Orphanage, for the kids' protection. I left my seat, I go a few steps to the window, I take out my wand and aimed at the window and say "Vulture" with a loud voice. A vulture leaves my wand and flies straight out of the window. When I did that spell a few kids seemed impressed, happy and amazed by this spell, even a few nuns smiled at me. Sister Margaret told me.
"You executed well, Judah."
"Thanks." I said to Sister Margaret, and when I look at the window to see if the Vulture will come back and he came back.
When he was about to enter the building, I raised my left hand to let him land on my hand. When he landed on my hand, his nails hurt me, but a little. After all, I got used to this pain. But, he also came back with something, he got a parchment on his Vulture back. I took the parchment and then I read it with a loud voice to everyone in this room.
"The war between Turkey Empire it has been ended! Kingdom of Romania and Kingdom of Moldovia have won the war, and restore the Empire to his pure and non-corrupted times, thanks to our army, ex-citizens of Turkey Empire and also a few fighters from the Kingdom of Bulgaria. The reward for the soldiers who have participated in this war can be taken from the deposit of Royal Palace Economy System."
I closed the parchment, and then I put it on the table and looked at the Orphanage. I think it is the time I have to give them my present. I took my backpack filled with gold, put on the table and opened it. The entire Orphanage was with their mouth opened and astonished by the amount of gold I took as a reward because I fought in three different regions, the River of Steel, Moldovans Forests and The Dark Forests.
"This amount to gold. Should be given to Orphanage."
"To us?!" asked a few nuns astonished and shocked by my gesture.
"T-This one should be to you." said one of the nuns, whose name is Sister Elizabeth.
"The gold doesn't matter to me, Sister Elizabeth. All I want in life is to make people happy and have amazing memories."
A few of the nuns have started to cry, most likely because of the gold they got from me, but one even left her seat and start hugging me, and whispered that she apologize for the things she did to me. I gotta admit, she did some cruel punishment, but these have taught me how to become a better human.
---
Later, when the dinner was finished, I took my things back and headed to the home. But before I left, I said goodbye to all of the kids and Nuns. They also said goodbye to me. But, right when I was about to leave, Olive told me something I have not expected.
"Judah! Do you have a girlfriend?"
"Eh?... No. Why?" I asked her.
"Then... W-Would you... Would you like to be my boyfriend when we will grow up and be at the same level?"
And this thing, I have not expected to a girl to tell me, but right at this moment. Now, here is the problem. I like her as a friend, but not as a lover because I got much more important things in my head, such as trying to find Big Gus and Emily and go with them to my Family building where they kept some important secrets. But if I refuse her right now, the things might get ugly for me and her, because some kids might laugh at her, and a few of them consider me a monster, so I smiled and told her.
"Yes."
"R-Really?" says Olive who has started to have her entire face coloured in red, and then she fainted before she was about to say something.
Some kids tried to help her get up, and some laughs at her. But a few nuns looked at me, smiled and they tried to help Olive getting up and be back to her senses. I did not help her, because I continued to walk to the knight I work for, Fiona.